By Metropolitan Saba (Isper) His Eminence presents a three-part series about revitalizing the diaconate in our Archdiocese. Deacons and Martyrs Steven and Lawrence - Mt Athos 17th century To adequately analyze the diaconal ministry, it is first necessary to look back at its history in the Church. How was it actually carried out in the early Church? How did it evolve? Did it expand or contract? Church history shows that there has never been a rigidly fixed or demarcated minist

By Metropolitan Saba (Isper) In the story of the man blind from his birth (John 9:1-38), we see a profound gesture. Following the Jewish religious concept, which directly linked physical illness to sin, the disciples asked the Master: “Teacher, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?” Jesus replied: “Neither this man sinned, nor did his parents,” rejecting in his answer a direct relationship between physical illness and sin. Illness is not a punishment fo

By Metropolitan Saba (Isper) My sons and daughters in this blessed Archdiocese, I am delighted to inform you that the first issue of Joy...