Κυριακή 13 Απριλίου 2025

The Darkness Shall Not Prevail

π. Αυγουστινος Κ

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(†) Bishop Augustinos Kantiotes
Palm Sunday Evening

Tonight, my beloved, Great or Holy Week begins, according to the typicon of our holy Church. Why is it called Great? Its duration is no different from the other weeks of the year. It is called Great because during this week, humanity remembers the thrice-great events of the life of Christ, which occurred on the shell of this earth.
Time rolls on, the months pass, the years go by, the centuries drift away. And while most things that occur don’t make much of an impression on us, there are, however, some times in our personal or family life, or in events concerning our nation, that move us. We all have such hours - milestones that leave a mark on us.
Once, when a Greek sailor’s ship was shipwrecked and he was miraculously saved, he wrote in his diary...