Love does not end at the grave: PS Macarie's speech at the falling asleep of the presbyter in Copenhagentranslated

"Love does not end at the grave. Only our ability to embrace each other for a while ends at the grave," the Most Reverend Father Macarie, the Bishop of Northern Europe, said on Thursday.

The hierarch had an impressive speech at the funeral of Maria Crăciun, the old nun of Copenhagen. The octogenarian recently moved to the eternal ones after, for 18 years, she prepared the prescriptions for the Holy Liturgy.

"For us, Sister Maria was one of those humble souls that hold a community together, like roots that nourish a tree. She was a discreet, luminous presence, full of piety and love, a heart that beat together with the heart of the Church," said His Eminence.

Comforting work for the neighbor The bishop father recalled the modest social origin of the young girl from Copenhagen, born in Giurgiu county, in a family where, "among the furrows of the land and the hardworking hands of her parents, she understood that bread is never an insignificant thing".

"Bread means life, it means toil, it means blessing, it means fellowship with the other. And the All-Merciful God, in His care, would order them, towards the end...