Dimitriados Ignatius: "Whoever loves lives in Heaven from this earth"translated

The holy memory of Saints Anargyros Cosmas and Damianus of the Asians was celebrated with splendor by the Holy Metropolis of Demetrias and Almyros. The focus of the religious events was the homonymous Church of Volos, where on the day of the holiday a solemn High Priestly Divine Liturgy was celebrated, officiated by Rev. Metropolitan Dimitriados Mr. Ignatiou, in the presence of the Vice-Regional Governor Anna-Maria Papadimitriou and a crowd of pious believers.

In his sermon, His Holiness referred to the evangelical parable of the rich man and the poor Lazarus, pointing out that its essential message is not about wealth or poverty, but the presence or absence of love in a person's life. As he characteristically pointed out: "It has nothing to do with what he had, but with the way he lived.

The rich man loved only himself. That was the difference. Even in the Hell he found himself in, he thought of himself and his own. Hell is not being able to love. To not be able to love. This is hell."

At another point in his speech, Rev. Ignatius connected the message of the Gospel passage with the feast of Saints Anargyri and the hymn of love of the Apostle Paul,...