High Priestly Liturgy in Kastania Imathia for the feast of St. Paisiostranslated

On Sunday, July 12, in the morning, the feast day of Saint Paisios the Agioreitos, the Most Reverend Metropolitan of Veroia, Nausis and Campania Mr. Panteleimon officiated and preached the divine word at the Holy Church of the Forerunner in the mountainous Kastania in Vermio. The Speech of the Metropolitan of Berea, Naousis and Campania:

"Having gifts according to grace, we were given various things."

With these words from his letter to the Christians of Rome, which we heard in today's apostolic reading, the foremost apostle Paul attempts to interpret the differences between people. The great apostle himself had on various occasions defended the equality of men. "There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female, for you are all in Christ Jesus", he wrote to the Galatians.

Yes, all people are equal before God, because we are all his children, because we are all his creatures, because we are all heirs of his kingdom. But this does not mean that we are alike, that we are all the same.

Imagine a world where all people had exactly the same abilities and skills. If we could all…