Metropolitan Irineu consecrated a church in Gorj: God blessed and built this house with our handstranslated

On Sunday, Metropolitan Irineu of Oltenia re-consecrated the church in Vladimir township, Gorj county, dedicated to Saint Parascheva: "God blessed and built this house by our hands".

The program continued with the Holy Liturgy, where His Eminence showed the connection between the healing of the soul and that of the body, starting from the Gospel of the healing of the emaciated man in Capernaum.

"Our savior Jesus Christ tells him: Your sins are forgiven, son! This statement confirms to us that illness is the result of sin, that man first suffers in the soul, then his body also gets sick."

"The Son of God tells them that he has the power to heal diseases and forgive sins, because all this is in God's power," the Metropolitan of Oltenia also said.

Grace is acquired in the Church His Holiness Father Irineu emphasized that true spiritual strengthening is achieved through participation in liturgical life.

"Let us be faithful children of God, let us have faith, let us have love in Christ and in His Church. The strength of grace is gained only in the Church, where we come to the Source of grace, to the Lord...