Icon placed in the Προσκυνητάρια / Narthex of @OrthodoxStowe is a testament to selfless generosity. Emmanuel Lemelson Jr. used his hard-earned academic scholarship award to make this offering for his mother and sisters, instead of keeping the well-deserved funds for himself.
Today, we had a memorial service for Metropolitan Ilia Katre of blessed memory. It is hard to believe it has been a year since he returned home.
May His Memory be Eternal!
Ἐγώ εἰμι τὸ φῶς τοῦ κόσμου· ὁ ἀκολουθῶν ἐμοὶ οὐ μὴ περιπατήσῃ ἐν τῇ σκοτίᾳ, ἀλλ’ ἕξει τὸ φῶς τῆς ζωῆς.
“I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.” Jn 8:12
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“The words of the Apostle Paul are clear. He says that your body is a temple + you are not your own. This is the exact opposite of what society is telling us now.”
See the full @Lemelson NTV interview below.
https://t.co/Ie49jXobXt
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“Love does not affirm misleading and false facts…. we have to be very, very cautious about anything that affirms, under the false guise of compassion, a need to follow through with any harm towards the body, mutilation, self-harm.”
https://t.co/ILQErDxhan
@Lemelson told the network:
“…take the emphasis off oneself. What must seem like a radical notion in today’s society, that we don’t belong to ourselves, that not even our bodies are our own, is the polar opposite of what everything our society is telling us”