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“Whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me, it were better for him that a
millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea”
(Mat. 18:6).
Little children from Persia, America, Sweden and Indonesia.
“…It is for this that we cannot attract to Christ either ourselves or anyone else - because neither did we win Him, nor do we respect the other person whom we have before us. Yet she, the sometime prostitute, the sometime adulterer, without spending forty years in the desert, became equal to the Apostles. She became superior to the Apostles, because as they were returning with the loaves and other supplies that they had bought to eat, they were scandalized, seeing Christ speaking with her. And afterwards, instead of confessing, they invited Him to eat with them, while internally they were reasoning against Him for “speaking with a woman” (John 4:27). But she brought everyone there where He was, and they took Him back with them; and He stayed with them, while we, now, want to give him His passport to leave Greece, having already cast Him out of our hearts.
Whom? Him Who is everywhere present and fillest all things.”
From the homily of our Very Reverend Elder, Archimandrite Dionysios, on the
Sunday of the Samaritan Woman, May 28, 2000 in our Holy Monastery.
| 1 S Justin the Philosopher and Martyr, Blessed Phyrrus. | 16 S †Sunday of the Fathers of the First Ecumenical Council, Bishop Tikhon of Amathountos. |
| 2 S †Sunday of the Samaritan Woman, Nicephoros Archbishop of Constantinople, Herasimos. | 17 M Martyrs Isauros, Manuel, Savel, Ishmael, Basil & Innocent. |
| 3 M Martyrs Lucilianos, Paula and their four infants. | 18 T Leontios of Aegina, Martyr Hypatios, Aetherios, & Theodoulos. |
| 4 T Metrophanes of Constantinople, Martha and Mary. | 19 W Apostle Jude, Blessed Zenon, Paissios the Great. |
| 5 W Bishop Dorotheos of Tyre, Martyrs Nikandros and Apollon. | 20 T †Nicholas Cabasilas, Bishop Methodios. |
| 6 T Blessed Hilarion, Attalos the Wonderworker. | 21 F Bishop Terentios of Iconium, Julian. |
| 7 F Sebastiane, Bishop Theodotos of Ancyra, Zenais. | 22 S †Saturday of Souls, Hieromartyr Eusebius, Martyrs Zenon and Zena. |
| 8 S †Great Martyr Theodore the Commander, Martyr Kalliope. | 23 S †Pentecost – Agrippina, Aristocles and Athanasios. |
| 9 S †Sunday of the Blindman, Cyril of Alexandria, Ananias. | 24 M †The Holy Spirit – Nativity of John the Forerunner. |
| 10 M Martyrs Alexander & Antonina, Pansemne. | 25 T Blessed Martyr Febronia, Dionysios of Mt. Athos. |
| 11 T †Apostles Bartholomew of the 12, and Barnabas of the 70. | 26 W David of Thessalonica, Bishop John of Gotthia. |
| 12 W †Leave-taking of Pascha, Blessed Onuphrius and Peter of Mt. Athos. | 27 T Samson the Unmercenary Doctor, Myrrhbearers Joanna and Mary. |
| 13 T †Ascension of Christ, Martyrs Akylina and Diodoros. | 28 F Unmercenary Doctors Cyrus and John. |
| 14 F Prophet Elisha, Methodios Archbishop of Constantinople. | 29 S †Holy Apostles Peter & Paul (no fasting). |
| 15 S †Jerome, Blessed Augustine of Hippo, Prophet Amos. | 30 S †Sunday of All Saints – Synaxis of the 12 Apostles. |
The other thing that I am thinking about is that which Father Dionysios exhibits generally by his demeanor. With his glance, his manner, and his words, he shows us that about which the Holy Schema speaks, namely, one episode in our journey up till this point, and the beginning of a new journey, which is nothing else but a mystical experience. How many “unutterable sighs,” as the service says, must he have poured forth? No one knows, only he himself and God.
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