Bishop Bounias Polykarpos: God does not abandon fallen mantranslated

In the historic church of the Dormition (Metropolis) of Giannitsa, he officiated and officiated on the Sunday before the Exaltation of the Holy Cross (13.9.20260) the Most Holy Bishop of Bunia, Kisangani and Eastern Congo, Mr. Polykarpos. In his sermon, he interpreted the passage from the pre-evangelical passage: "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten son". He emphasized first of all that God loved the world despite its degradation and hostility, to the point where He was accused of associating with sinners. But he loved him without participating in his fall, in order to lift him up and lead him through the Cross to the Resurrection. "So the Cross is precisely this proof that God does not abandon, did not abandon and will never abandon man, this fallen man...", he pointed out.

He also connected the great trials of the people of his episcopal province in the Congo, the guerrilla raids and the recent epidemic of the Ebola virus, with the daily sacrificial lifting of the Cross but also with the hope of the Resurrection.

His Holiness Theophilus thanked the Metropolitan of Edessa, Pelli and Almopia etc.