Dimitriados Ignatios: "Christ shows us what heaven is"translated

Watch the short video prepared by the Most Reverend Metropolitan of Dimitrias and Almyros, Mr. Ignatios, for Luke 5 Sunday.

"Dostoyevsky said: 'Hell is not being able to love'. Today in the parable of the rich man and Lazarus, Christ tells us about two people. One has no name but is rich. The other has a name but is poor. And finally the poor is in heaven and the rich is in hell. 'Is it because he is rich or because he is poor? No! It is not that. It is the attitude in life. The rich again even in hell he wanted to give him a little dew. He knew that life on earth is ephemeral. The question is not whether you are rich or poor. Christ calls us to give meaning to him and to each one of us man. Christ shows us what heaven is, to be able to love. Hell is not being able to love, and unfortunately, it starts here on earth. There are rich people who love...