La Santa Teofania

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Al termine della Liturgia Archieratica e della processione al Porto di Oropos dove , come ogni anno, si tiene il Grande Agiasmos, prima di iniziare il Rito il Vescovo supplente del Metropolita Cipriano, gravemente infermo, Cipriano di Oreon ha rivolto ai numerosissimi presenti - nonostante che la Teofania del vecchio Calendario sia in Grecia giorno lavorativo- queste parole che chi conosce un po di inglese non avra difficolta a comprendere:

Christ-bearing Brothers and Sisters:
This response of our Lord today, in the Uncreated Light of the Holy Trinity, is a response of hope and peace.
The only exodus from all impasses, the only solution to all problems, is the God-Man, to Whom the Heavenly Father bears witness today and Whom the Divine Comforter affirms.
• In these days we are living through tragic times in our homeland; yet again we have discovered the great truth that, when man does not strive to become god-man, he is then led into dehumanization and bestialization.
We who call ourselves Christians, and who habitually forget our proper vision, bear enormous responsibility for this harrowing bestialization of our society. We fail to nurture our ontological yearning for ultimate fulfillment: becoming god-men; we participate, albeit passively, in the charge towards neo-barbarism, and we worship the sundry images of the beast-man of the Apocalypse. We do not cultivate in a systematic way either charitable solidarity or compassionate mutuality in humility.
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Light-wrought Children of Orthodoxy:
Let the Uncreated Light of Holy Theophany illumine our hearts unto profound and resolute self-criticism, both personal and collective.
It is now time, and the demand urgent, that we realign ourselves against the spirit of the world, so that we might transform the world and not be conformed thereto.
• In this hopeful journey towards our renewal, let us draw support and strength from the prayers of our Chief Shepherd, Metropolitan Cyprian of Oropos and Phyle, and also from the prayers of the venerable members of our Holy Synod and of the Orthodox Community of those in resistance, who follow the traditional Church Calendar.
• In conclusion, we feel bound to offer our warmest thanks to all those taking part today in this radiant celebration of Orthodoxy, but especially to the Holy Hierarchs and Priests from abroad, the parliamentary representatives, the local authorities, the police, the Port Authority of Oropos, and the traffic police of Malakasa: May the Most Blessed Theotokos bless them during this New Year of 2009.
May God be with all of you!
January 6, 2009 (Old Style)
† Bishop Cyprian of Oreoi
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Santa Teofania 1937 - visibili i Metropoliti Germano di Demetrias e Crisostomo di Florina


Santa Teofania 1938 - Metropoliti Germano di Demetrias, Crisostomo di Florina ed il Vescovo Germano delle Cicladi.


Santa Teofania 1951 - il titolo del giornale è eloquente