Metropolitan of Piraeus: One of the symbols of Christ's victory is healing from sickness of soul and bodytranslated

At the Vespers service held during the Holy Vigil at the Holy Church of Agioi Anargyros (old Church) Karavas, the Reverend Metropolitan of Piraeus Mr. Seraphim officiated. During his sermon, His Holiness referred, among other things, to the healing of soul and body through man's communion with our living God, as well as to Christ's victory over corruption and death.

Interpreting the Gospel word, according to which the faithful "will lay their hands on the sick and they will recover their health", His Holiness emphasized that illness is not a creation of God, but is a reality linked to the fall of man and the entry of corruption into the world.

"The Lord demonstrated with His Gospel that illness, disease, is something very bad. It is something that has nothing to do with Him. The Lord did not create sickness, disease", he emphasized characteristically, pointing out that the disease is "an interest of man's trust in the built reality", instead of communion with his Creator.

Referring to original sin, he recalled that the…