Kissamou Amfilochios: Without the Divine Liturgy the Church becomes a uniontranslated

On the feast of Saint John Chrysostom, Archbishop of Constantinople, His Eminence the Metropolitan of Kissamos and Selinos Mr. Amfilochios presided over the Divine Liturgy in the homonymous I. Church of the Parish of Gavalomouri. In his brief speech he referred to the great figure of the celebrating Saint, noting: "Today's feast is not one of the many feasts of our Church, the honored Saint John the Chrysostom holds a prominent position in the life of the Church as he is the one who wrote the Divine Liturgy, which also bears his name, which we celebrate throughout the year, apart from some specific days when we celebrate the Divine Liturgy of Basil the Great and St. Iakovos of Adelfotheos.

Within the Divine Liturgy, the great mystery of Life, the mystery of the Holy Eucharist, is created, that is, the offering of the Body and Blood of our Lord Jesus Christ which nourishes and leavens the whole Body of the Church. There is a Church because there is the Divine Liturgy and the Holy Eucharist. Without this great mystery, the Church loses its mission and becomes a union, an association, an NGO, without saving power and life-giving energy,...