Posted By Macedon on November 9, 2024
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In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen!
In this Gospel reading and Gospel event, described in the Holy Gospel according to Luke, the greatness and glory of God are revealed: God is the Only Lord of life and of death, as well as of everything else. The widow, who mourned her son and ‘gathered’ many people at the funeral, is a testimony to her social status: rich, famous, and respected. But that did not help her prevent the death of her beloved and only child. Neither all the people that were gathered nor the wealth she possessed could help her in this instance. The only One who can do that is God, the Lord Jesus Christ.
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Posted By Macedon on November 9, 2024
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Во името на Отецот и Синот и Светиот Дух. Амин!
Во ова Евангелие и Евангелски настан, опишан во светото евангелието според Лука, се открива големината и славата Божја: Господ е единствен Господар на животот и на смртта, како и на се’ останато. Bдовицата, која што го оплакува својот син и на погребот ‘собрала’ многу народ е сведоштво за нејзината општествена положба: богата, славна и почитувана. Но тоа не и помогнало да ја спречи смртта на своето сакано и единствено дете. Тука не можел да и помогне ниту сиот собран народ, ниту пак богатството што го поседувала. Единствениот што може тоа да го направи е Бог, Господ Исус Христос.
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Posted By Macedon on November 9, 2024
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“Now it happened, that Jesus went into a city called Nain; and many of His disciples and a large crowd went with Him. And when He came near the city gate, behold, a dead man was being carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow; and a large crowd of the city was with her. ”
And, what if a large crowd accompanied her? Even if the whole world was with her, no man or angel could bring a dead person back to life, i.e. to resurrect a man from the dead. But still there is One who can resurrect the dead and even deliver them out of Hades.
First, a note:
Sometimes it is good to use the Alexandrian allegorical school in combination with the Macedonian ascetic-hesychastic school of thought in the interpretation of the Gospel.
Thus, in this Gospel reading (Luke 7: 11–16), the dead person represents the mind of the man – held captive and dead by the passions, and his mother is the soul of a man; the stretcher on which the dead body is laid are the sins, while the gilders (pallbearers) are the demons. The people, i.e. the angels are sympathizing.
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Posted By Macedon on November 9, 2024
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„Во она време, се случи Исус да оди во градот наречен Наин; и со Него одеа мнозина Негови ученици и многу народ. А кога се приближи до градската порта, ете, изнесуваа мртовец, единствен син на мајка си, а таа беше вдовица; и многу народ од градот одеше со неа.“
И што ако многу народ одеше со неа? И целиот свет да одел, ниту еден човек или ангел не може да врати во живот мртов човек, т.е. да воскресне човек од мртвите. Но, сепак има Некој кој може и мртви да воскреснува, па дури и од адот да ги извлече. Прво, една забелешка:
Понекогаш е добро при толкувањето на Евангелието да се користи и Александриската алегориска школа во комбинација со Македонската аскетско-исихастичка школа.
Така, во оваа евангелие (Лука 7, 11–16), мртовецот го претставува умот на човекот – заробен и умртвен од страстите, а мајка му е душата човекова; носилата на кои е положен мртовецот се гревовите, додека пак, носачи се демоните. Народот, т.е. ангелите сочувствуваат.
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Posted By Macedon on November 8, 2024
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Saint Demetrius of Thessalonica was a Christian martyr who lived in Thessalonica in the early 4th century. His day is celebrated on November 8 (October 26 according to the old calendar).
This glorious and wonderworking saint was born in Thessalonica of noble and devout parents. Implored of God by childless parents, Demetrius was their only son, and so was raised and educated with great care. Demetrius’s father was a commander in Thessalonica. When his father died, Emperor Maximian appointed Demetrius as commander in his place. As he appointed him, Maximian, an opponent of Christ, particularly recommended that he persecute and exterminate the Christians in Thessalonica. Demetrius not only disobeyed the emperor but openly confessed and preached the Lord Jesus Christ in the city of Thessalonica. When the emperor heard of this he became furious with Demetrius. Then, when he was returning from battle, Maximian stopped at Thessalonica to investigate the matter. The emperor summoned Demetrius and questioned him about his faith. Demetrius openly acknowledged his Christian Faith to the emperor and also denounced the emperor’s idolatry. Maximian cast Demetrius into prison.
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