Petras Gerasimos: Man must destroy everything that is harmful to the Word of Godtranslated

On Sunday 4th Luke, October 11, Rev. Metropolitan of Petra and Herronissos, Mr. Gerasimos officiated at the Holy Church of the Holy Trinity of Tzermiadon, Lasithi Plateau. Speaking to the faithful, he referred to the Holy Fathers who formed the Seventh Ecumenical Council in the year 787 against the heresy of Iconoclasm, who formulated the doctrine regarding the honorable veneration of holy icons.

He then referred to the Gospel passage of the day, the parable of the Sower, noting the importance of the heart of each person, which in this parable is presented as ground, sometimes hard, sometimes full of stones, sometimes with thorns and sometimes fertile:

"The people who are receptive to His word, Christ presents them as fertile and good land, which the Farmer cultivates, trying at the same time to uproot the thorns and weeds that grow in it. In the same way, the human heart has passions, it has weaknesses, it has problems which it comes to face through the divine Confession and the mystery of the divine Eucharist in order to be able to destroy everything it is harmful and to help the seed, the Word of God to grow and sprout...