Celebration of Saints Anargyro on the Island of Imathiatranslated

On Sunday November 1st, the Most Reverend Metropolitan of Berea, Naoussa and Campania Mr. Panteleimon officiated and preached the divine word at the celebrating Holy Church of Saints Anargyro on the Island of Imathia.

His Excellency's speech

"You are the body of Christ and members in part."

A bold metaphor is made by the first apostle Paul addressing the Christians of Corinth, as we heard in today's apostolic reading.

And what does he say to them? You are the body of Christ. You are members of this divine body and each one has his own role and his own mission.

But how do the Christians of Corinth constitute the body of Christ and what is it?

Initially, we should say that the words of the apostle Paul do not refer only to the Christians of Corinth, but to all Christians in general. We all form the body of Christ, not of course that which he received during his incarnation from the Virgin Mary, but the conceivable body of Christ, for three reasons.

The first reason is that those of us who were baptized in the name of Christ, put on Christ. "Those who were baptized into Christ", says the apostle Paul, "put on Christ". And we didn't wear it...