Larisis Hieronymos: "Spiritual indifference is one of the greatest dangers for the human soul"translated

In the Holy Church of Agios Nikolaos of Larissa, the Most Reverend Metropolitan of Larissa and Tyrnavos, Mr. Hieronymos, officiated at the Orthros and celebrated the Solemn Divine Liturgy, today Sunday 2 Luke, the day when our Church celebrates the memory of the Holy God-bearing Fathers who constituted the Seventh Ecumenical Synod. His Holiness, taking occasion from the Gospel passage of the parable of the Sower and especially from the word of the Lord "so that those who see may not see and those who hear may not understand", focused on the phenomenon of indifference that often characterizes the attitude of modern man towards life, fellow human beings and above all towards God.

He emphasized that man, absorbed in daily cares, personal pursuits and the noise of the world, is in danger of losing essential contact with the truth, seeing without really perceiving and hearing without understanding.

He particularly emphasized that spiritual indifference is one of the greatest dangers for the human soul, as it gradually leads to inner anesthesia and alienation from God. It is not always the conscious denial of faith that alienates the...