Metropolitan Teofan: In our earthly life we are called to the mystery of sacrificetranslated

His Eminence Father Teofan, the Metropolitan of Moldova and Bucovina, performed the Holy Liturgy on Monday at the Păngărăti Monastery on the occasion of the patron Saint Demetrius the Great Martyr, the Source of Myrrh, where he highlighted: "In our earthly life we are called to the mystery of sacrifice".

The Most Reverend Father Teofan associated the life of the saint with the life of man under the weight of the cross.

"True life is built in the furnace of the Saints through which man, who has hope in God, does not fall, does not weaken, but rises and is empowered."

"Looking at our life and the life of the world, we find that there is no earthly person who is not a bearer of the cross: the cross of suffering, the cross of misunderstandings, the cross of evil speaking, the cross of divisions between brothers, between spouses in the family, so that we can testify looking at our life and the life of the world", emphasized His Eminence.

Saint Demetrius, quick helper The Metropolitan of Moldova and Bucovina highlighted the help that the Holy Great Martyr Demetrius offers to Christians in earthquake situations, but also in the difficulties of spiritual life.

"The holy Great Martyr Demetrius remained in the Christian consciousness as a suppliant to...