The Metropolitan of Oltenia at the consecration of the Polovragi Monastery: The Mother of God is the embodiment of the Churchtranslated

"The Mother of God is the embodiment of the Church, because she preserves the words of our Savior Jesus Christ", emphasized on Saturday His Holiness Father Irineu, Metropolitan of Oltenia, at the patron of the Polovragi Monastery, in Gorj county.

His Eminence spoke about the connection of the Mother of God with the Savior and about her intercession for believers: "Our Lord Jesus Christ is with His Mother at the wedding in Cana of Galilee, and His Mother is with her Son on the Cross. She suffers together with the One who came into the world to lift our suffering."

"In the comments of the Holy Fathers, the Savior's Sacrifice on the Cross is the image of the foundation of His Kingdom. And the Savior places the Mother of God as an icon of the Church, in the sense of the one that includes all the faithful, because she intercedes for us all", the metropolitan pointed out.

"Grounds for hope in our resurrection" The Most Reverend Father Irineu also emphasized the role of the prayers of the Mother of God in the lives of believers: "We enter the Kingdom of God through our Lord Jesus Christ, but we also receive this joy through the prayers of the Most Holy Theotokos, because she...