Sunday of the Holy Fathers of the 4th Ecumenical Council
"You are the light of the world"
The memory of the Saints was honored with due splendor 630 of the God-fathers of the congregants in Chalcedon, the Fourth Ecumenical Council, the Holy Cathedral of the Holy Virgin, on Sunday 16 July 2023.
Inconceivable pole stars saddlers,
Please light a brake for me.
He celebrated the Orthro and then the Divine Liturgy, the High Priestly Commissioner of Delos and Mykonos, The Most Reverend p. Petros Maragos, flanked by the archpriest Fr. Georgios Kousathanas with the prayerful presence of Mykonian believers and pious vacationers.
"He who does and teaches this is called great"
In the Church calendar, three Sundays a year are dedicated to the honor of the holy Fathers, that is, of the Bishops who formed the seven Ecumenical Synods, who with their theology, their experiential experience and the sanctity of their lives managed to defeat the various sects, to guard the Orthodox faith and to formulate the doctrines and sacred rules of the Church.
"So let your light shine before men"
About the middle of July, designated by the church to honor the memory of the fathers of the 4th Ecumenical Synod in Chalcedon, which was convened in Chalcedon on 451 A.D., by decision of the Emperors Marciano and Pulcheria, under the presidency of the Patriarch of Constantinople Anatolia and the representatives of Pope Leo.
Gospel Reading – Gospel Reading
The Reading is from the Gospel According to Matthew 5:14-19
Gospel Reading of the 7th Sunday of Matthew (Matthew. ε´ 14-19)
The Lord said to his disciples: You are the light of the world. A city cannot hide itself on a written mountain; they do not burn a lamp and see it under the fire, but on the lamp, and it shines on everyone in the house. Let your light shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your father in heaven. Do not think that he came to destroy the law or the prophets; he did not come to destroy, but you get paid. For I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, For not one iota shall depart from the law until all is done. If, then, he solves one of the least of these commandments and teaches men thus, few will be called into the kingdom of heaven; whatever he does and teaches, This great man is called into the kingdom of heaven.
Epiphany Sunday of the Holy Fathers
Apolytikion of Sun. of the Holy Fathers -Plagal of the Fourth Tone
Overwhelmed he is, Christ our God, the luminary on earth of our founding Father, and di’ of them to the true faith, you have always led us, most merciful, glory to you.
His Eminence Fr. Petros Maragos in his sermon referred to the teaching and example of the Holy Fathers.
"If there is a solution to one of the commandments of these least and thus teach the people, few are called in the kingdom of heaven; but not poetry and teaching, this great man is called into the kingdom of heaven".
but he also asks for the prayers of the Church for them:
