Sunday the 8th of Luke in I. M. Etoloakarnaniatranslated

In the Holy Church of the Holy Apostles, in the local community of Kato Zeugaraki, of the Archpriestly Region of Makrynia, the Most Reverend Metropolitan of Aetolia and Acarnania, Mr. Damascinos, officiated at the Order of Orthros and presided over the High Priestly Divine Liturgy, on Sunday, November 15, 2026.

During his sermon, Metropolitan Damascenes mentioned the following: "With a desire for eternal life, a Jewish teacher of the law approaches Christ today and asks Him what he must do to inherit it.

Christ does not give him any new commandment. He reminds him of what the Old Testament Law teaches:

"Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul, with all your strength and with all your mind; and your neighbor as yourself" (Luke 1:27).

Many think that this double commandment is exclusively a teaching of Christ. And yet! The first comes from Deuteronomy (verse 5) and the second from Leviticus (verse 18).

Well; Did Christ have nothing to add? What new does it bring to the understanding of love? For the Jews of His day, religious and ethnic differences were often obstacles to the…