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"Words of the Heart from the Beautiful Gate": Discussion about the Sunday School of Konstantinos Ganotis, in "PARISH in action..."translated

October 7, 2026 · 1 min read

The book is a valuable testimony of a man who deeply lived the Orthodox faith and transmitted it in a simple, lively and consoling way. Konstantinos Ganotis was a preacher who did not denounce but healed, did not threaten but encouraged, did not raise moral burdens but opened paths to the freedom of love. A discussion, dedicated to the edition of the Sunday of the late Konstantinos Ganotis, which includes his 89 speeches-sermons in the Holy Chapel of Ossia Xeni, with the title "Words of the Heart from the Beautiful Gate", was held in the "Parish Archontariki" of the Holy Church of Evangelistria, Piraeus and within the framework of the program "PARISH in act...", on Monday, October 5.

Giorgos Barlas, Educator, Producer of the R/S "Piraiki Church", discussed the book with Fr. Georgios Ganotis, Teacher and Dimitris Mavropoulos, editor and Author.

The speech of Constantinos Ganotis does not move within the framework of a moralistic or denouncing theology, but expresses a "heart speech", which touches man without crushing him with guilt. The blessed one approached the Gospel in a way that reveals the joy of the Kingdom of God and the...

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Максим Голубев
Thank you for the article. Particularly memorable were the words that Ganatiss did not burden with moral burdens, but opened the way to the freedom of love. We in Samara could use such a preacher, to speak simply and from the heart. By the way, is it possible to buy this "Κυριακοδρόμιο" somewhere?
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