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The correct use of ecclesiastical words and phrases and interpretive commentstranslated

October 30, 2026 · 1 min read

Of Rev. Metropolitan of Mani Mr. Chrysostomos III

In the space of the Church, specific words and phrases are often used, which have acquired, so to speak, "ecclesiastical character". Some of them are not always used correctly by everyone, according to the rules of grammar or syntax.  On the other hand, there are various verses in the biblical texts with some difficulty in their interpretation and an explanation is necessary for their understanding. So below we present such words from all parts of speech (nouns, adjectives, pronouns, verbs, etc.) that we use either in Church worship or in sermons or in written texts. In addition, we present words and phrases that deserve to be interpreted, for a better understanding of the content of the divine teaching of the Scriptures.

A. Some cases of stress and punctuation rules, primarily the comma.

a. From the Gospel passages:

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