In a festive atmosphere, the Τhird Fast Sunday of the Great Lent (Sunday of the Veneration of the Holy Cross) was celebrated at the Church of Εstavromenou (Crucified Christ), Aigaleo, with the litany and the veneration of Holy Cross.
Metropolitan Alexios of Nikaia presided the Divine Liturgy. In his preach of the Divine Word, Alexios referred to today’s Evangelical passage, to the nurture of our precious soul.
“Man is too easily attracted by the surrounding world and its impressive and fancy material goods, and at the same time he forgets an internal, inestimable treasure that God gave us. Man forgets and thus neglects this treasure, i.e. the immortal soul”, said among other things Metropolitan of Nikaia.
Alexios stressed that inside our body there resides the gold of God, that is our spiritual, priceless soul, while the enemies of our soul are the devil and sin. He also argued that we should distil upon our soul virtues that shall empower it against the temptation of sin.
In conclusion, Metropolitan of Nikaia emphasized the following: “May the Lord’s Cross inspire and empower us. For He reminds us of the great value of our soul”.