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Πέμπτη 4 Οκτωβρίου 2018

Concerning the holy blessing of all creation by the Church


Αποτέλεσμα εικόνας για ΕΥΛΟΓΙΑ ΓΙΑ ΤΟΥΣ ΚΑΡΠΟΥΣ

ΤΗΕ ROLE OF THE ORTHODOX CHURCH


Concerning the holy blessing of all creation by the Church

Question from the audience: “Father, we noticed that the blessing of the harvest, the fruits, the seeds, the farms, the grapes and the first produce, is a common practice in the Orthodox Church, isn’t it?”
Answer (by Fr. Savvas): Well, we have to be careful. We should know WHY we do this. Yes, we (the Church, here meaning the clergy) bless them all, indeed, but WHY do we do that? Please, go ahead and read the words of the prayers of these blessings, and you will understand.
For example, on Holy Easter, when we read the prayer to bless (we actually beg God to bless) “the cheese and eggs”, we do it because on this special day it is the first time we eat cheese and eggs after 50 days of fasting, and the priest blesses them. (This counts only for those who fasted; the ones who didn’t were eating cheese and eggs all the time through anyway). So, why does the priest bless them? He does not bless them in a magical way (somehow ordering God to obey, God forbid!), but actually offers them to God as a thanksgiving and a glory to Him for all His blessings to us. God blesses them all, and we get blessed and sanctified by consuming them.

In everything we do in Church there’s always a theology behind. And this theology is the purification, the illumination and the deification of man. Of course, we do not aim at appeasing God or acting religious, to have a good crop, for example etc., but every act within the Church is an act of communion with God. Everything done within the Church is a manifestation of Christ.
However, when we act as aforementioned, and we go to the priest to order him, in a way, to read (bless) our Fanouropita, and the priest asks, “Why do you do this, my child?” and we reply to him that we do it for the good of it… can you please tell me where Christ is in all these cases? Sadly, nowhere!

It is, for instance, like when somebody goes to his Buddhist “priest”, handing him out their produce (fruits etc.) and asks him to read them words of blessing (so they think), in order to get a successful harvest. They do not approach the whole matter out of love towards God, but towards themselves. In their pursuit of happiness and joy, they do not hesitate to “use” even God. This is not right. In all our deeds Christ must be manifested and our love for God has to be our number one priority.

f. Savvas Agioreitis

To be continued...

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