"Faith as a Force for Unity and Overcoming Global Crises" -By the Metropolitan of Zimbabwetranslated

Today, our Church solemnly honors the memory of Saint Matthew the Apostle and Evangelist (Matthew's 1st Sunday). This juncture is a unique opportunity to turn our gaze to his Gospel text (Chapter 17, verses 14-23), which transports us to a moment of deep human anguish but also of divine revelation: the healing of the new moon.

By Rev. Metropolitan Seraphim Kykkotis of Zimbabwe

In this narration, Christ is confronted with the inability of His Disciples to heal the child and exclaims: "O faithless and perverse generation". When His Disciples ask the reason for their failure, the Lord's answer is clear: "Because of your unbelief." And he adds that if they had faith as small as a grain of mustard seed, they could even move mountains.

The Importance of Faith and Our Spiritual Weapons The Apostle Matthew reminds us that faith is not a passive ideology, but a living, dynamic relationship with God. It is the quality and authenticity of our trust in the Divine Will.

But how is this faith strengthened today? Christ himself gives us the non-negotiable spiritual weapons: prayer,...