Dear Friends of Saint Dumitru Monastery,
Christ is Risen!
Life. In the Office of the Holy and Redeeming Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ (the Service of the Twelve Gospels), we read:
“Thy life-giving side, O Christ, flowing as a fountain from Eden, waters Thy Church as a living Paradise. Then, dividing into the four branches of the Gospels, with its streams it refreshes the world, making glad the creation and teaching the nations to venerate Thy Kingdom with faith.”
Reference is made to the river flowing out of Eden (cf. Genesis 2, 10).
This hymn of the Church inspires us the believe that, when we read the Holy Gospels, we, in fact, drink life. And more so, precious life, because it streams from the suffering of our Savior, Who came to give Himself as a sacrifice for us (cf. 1 Timothy 2, 6), so that we may have abundant life (cf. John 10, 10).
In particular, we understand how precious, in fact, life-giving the reading of the Gospel is…
Feast Day. We will use this opportunity to announce that again this year, with the blessing of His Eminence Metropolitan Nicolae, the father abbot of Holy Putna Monastery, Archimandrite Melchisedec Velnic, will be in our midst for our summer feast day, the Ascension of the Lord, which we will celebrate on Saturday, May 23. We look forward to partaking together of the joy of the feast and seeing each other again.
Gratitude. On this joyful feast of feasts, our thoughts turn with gratitude to the many, many people who, from near or from afar, have been and continue to be beside us with warm and kind hearts, with advice, with prayers, with gifts, with encouragement, with benevolent service. We entreat our merciful Lord that He may reward you for your love and sacrifices!
In Christ, our Lord and Savior,
Abbot of Saint Dumitru Monastery
Archimandrite Ieremia
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