Consecration for the Beginning of the New Year at Galenís Christ Monastery in Ioanninatranslated

Speaking from his heart to the volunteers who serve with sacrificial spirit, he used the Parable of the Judgment to highlight that Jesus presents the criteria by which He will judge people at His Second Coming.

"The criterion by which Christ will judge us is how we have practically demonstrated our love for our suffering fellow man," he emphasized characteristically. "And indeed, Jesus identifies Himself with the faces of all those who are beyond reproach." He continued: "Therefore, you all who are responsible for operating this Galenís Christ Monastery in the Holy City of Ioannina daily meet the same Christ in the faces of our homeless brothers and sisters. What I am telling you is staggering. You meet the image of Christ, the one who comes here with possible idiosyncrasies and may...