October 25: Feast of Saint Tabithatranslated

The Church today honors the memory of the martyrs Marcianos and Martyrios and Saint Tabitha, who was a biblical person and whose name in Greek means Zarkadi.

By Lambros Skontzou (Theologian)

Love and charity are synonymous with Christianity. The basis of Christian preaching is love for all people, regardless of their particularities. Nothing can stand in the way of the exercise of Christian love, neither the sex of the human person, nor the race, nor his social and economic situation.

Our Lord Jesus Christ Himself, not only taught love to everyone, but also set as a condition the exercise of love, to those who wanted and want to be His, "a new commandment to you, that you love one another, as I have loved you, that you also love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another" (John 13:34-35). He Himself also gave the example of mutual ministry, washing the feet of His disciples, before the Last Supper, advising His disciples "I have washed your feet, the Lord and the Master, and you owe each other feet...