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‘She wipes tears from eyes and banishes darkness from hearts’: Sermon of Bishop Irenei on the Feast of the Mother of God, Joy of All Who Sorrow.

November 6, 2026 · 1 min read

‘The Theotokos takes each broken heart and draws her Son ever closer to it, and us closer to Him; and in the meeting of our brokenness with His purity, divinity, grace and strength, something happens deep within this heart that He has fashioned...’

Source: Великобританская и Западно-Европейская епархия · Read the full story →

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