Archbishopric circular for the feast of the Three Hierarchs and the day of Greek letters was issued by the Archbishop of America Mr.. Promising.
In this circular he characteristically states "the" three greatest educators of the threefold divinity "become the teachers and guardians of piety, precisely because they paved the way, so that the most precious gems of the Greek heritage serve the Lord, as the Virgin serves the mystery of incarnation. So let us follow "the cleos of the fathers" bringing Christ into our lives through the fullness of our Greek tradition ".
The circular is quoted:
To the Most Reverend and Most Theophile High Priests, the Most Reverend Priests and Deacons, the Monks and the Nuns, the Presidents and Members of the Community Councils, the Most Honorable Lords of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, the members of their Leadership 100, the Day and Afternoon Schools, the Poor Brotherhoods, the youth, the Greek Orthodox Organizations and the entire Christopher name crew of the Holy Archdiocese of America.
"The hierarchs of Christ,
and fathers cleos, of faith the towers,
and faithful teachers and guardians "
(Doxastiko Litis of the evening of the feast)
Beloved brothers and sisters in Christ,
The feast of the great hierarchs and ecumenical teachers, Of the Great Kingdom, Gregory the Theologian and John Chrysostom, is an occasion of intangible joy for the Church. The three together are the "pillars of piety", during the troparion, as the Lord makes the victors as pillars of the temple of God, as mentioned in Revelation: "He that overcometh I will make this pillar in the temple of my God". Actually, each of the three triumphed triumphantly against heresy and idolatry. All three are examples of pillars, whom the Wisdom of God places to support her home, that is, the Church. (Prov. 9:1).
As models of true philosophy, embody what we call "Greek Letters", that is, Greek culture, that is, Greek culture, that is, Greek culture. that is, Greek culture, that is, Greek culture, that is, Greek culture. that is, Greek culture, that is, Greek culture, not only with the translation of the Old Testament by the Seventy into the common Greek language, but mainly with the spread of the Gospel, through the expansion of Hellenism by Alexander the Great in the areas where the Apostles preached the Gospel.
So, the "three greatest educators of the threefold divinity" become the teachers and guardians of piety, precisely because they paved the way, so that the most precious gems of the Greek heritage serve the Lord, as the Virgin serves the mystery of incarnation. So let us follow "the cleos of the fathers" bringing Christ into our lives through the fullness of our Greek tradition.
After paternal love in the Lord Jesus Christ,
After paternal love in the Lord Jesus Christ