Sunday after the Elevation at Didymoteichotranslated

"The Gospel is a practical and everyday way of life. It is life with Christ. The Holy Gospel is the way of God. It is the path that the God-man Savior walks and that every believer who desires union with Him also walks. The Gospel is more than theory, it is practice. It is action that seals the theory. It is life. It is life with Christ" emphasized the Reverend Metropolitan of Didymoteicho, Orestia and Soufli Mr. Damascinos at the Holy Parish Church of Sotiros Christos in the Castle of Didymoteicho, where he officiated on the Sunday after the Ascension, September 20, 2026.

And he continued, "The Lord confirms this truth today, as He calls us, in a procession, in a meeting with Him. In the aftermath of the great feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, the eternal Wisdom and Word of God presents us with the ethos of the Cross: "whoever wants to follow me, let him deny himself and worship his cross".

He exhorts us to walk the path of self-denial and the path of lifting our cross, in order to tune in to His steps. There is no true life apart from Christ. Life becomes true only...