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Η Κοίμηση της Θεοτόκου: Η Μητέρα που δεν εγκαταλείπει τα παιδιά Της - Βήμα Ορθοδοξίας

🌐 Quote shown in the original Greek — English translation below

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Εκεί όπου οι άνθρωποι έβλεπαν έναν νεκρό, Εκείνη γνώριζε ότι ο Υιός Της είναι ο Κύριος της Ζωής.

Γι’ αυτό η Παναγία καταλαβαίνει τον πόνο μας.

Δεν είναι μακριά από εμάς.

Είναι η Μητέρα που γνωρίζει τι σημαίνει να πονάς και να συνεχίζεις να εμπιστεύεσαι τον Θεό.

Και αυτό είναι ίσως το μεγαλύτερο μάθημα της Παναγίας.

Η εμπιστοσύνη.

Όταν ο Άγγελος Της ανακοίνωσε το θέλημα του Θεού, Εκείνη δεν ρώτησε:

«Γιατί;»

Δεν είπε:

«Πώς θα γίνει αυτό;»

Παρέδωσε τον εαυτό Της στον Θεό και είπε:

«Ἰδού ἡ Κυρίου δούλη· γένοιτό μοι κατὰ τὸ ῥῆμά σου.»

Αυτό χρειάζεται να μάθουμε κι εμείς.

Να μπορούμε κάποια στιγμή, μέσα στη δυσκολία μας, να πούμε:

«Θεέ μου, δεν καταλαβαίνω…

αλλά Σε εμπιστεύομαι.»

Και:

«Παναγία μου, δεν ξέρω τι θα γίνει αύριο…

αλλά σε παρακαλώ, κράτησέ με από το χέρι.»

Αυτή είναι η πίστη.

Ας κάνουμε λοιπόν …

● Neutral · The Virgin Mary
Sentiment: neutral

The quote describes the Virgin Mary's lack of questioning regarding God's will.
🇬🇧 English translation

The Dormition of the Mother of God: The Mother who does not abandon Her children - Step of Orthodoxy

Dormition of the Mother of God: My brothers,

We are in the holy days of August 15th.

Our Church opens her arms and calls us to approach the Panagia (the All-Holy).

To stand before Her icon.

To speak to Her not with many words, but with our hearts.

Because the Panagia knows the heart of every person.

She knows the pain we hide.

She knows the anguish we tell no one.

She knows the tears we shed secretly at night.

She knows our disappointments, our fears, our wounds.

And more than anything, She knows how much we need a Mother.

That is why the Church does not simply call Her Theotokos.

She calls Her Panagia.

She calls Her Mother of God and Mother of mankind.

She calls Her Refuge, Consolation, Protection, Hope.

And now, as we approach the day of Her Dormition, that wonderful hymn is heard in our temples:

"In the Nativity you preserved the virginity,

in the Dormition you did not leave the world, O Theotokos…"

What a great message these words hold!

"In your Dormition, you did not abandon the world."

The Panagia sleeps, but she does not leave.

She sleeps, but she remains close to her children.

And this is the miracle of love.

Because when someone truly loves, they never abandon the one they love.

How many people today feel alone...

They may be among many people and yet feel completely solitary within.

They may smile at others while weeping inside.

They may say "I am fine," while their soul cries out for help.

To all these, the Panagia comes today and says:

"Do not fear. I am here."

Not to promise us that we will not have difficulties.

But to remind us that we will not go through them alone.

And this is a great consolation.

The Panagia did not live a life without pain.

On the contrary, her life was full of trials.

She saw her Son being born in a poor cave.

She followed Him to Egypt.

She lived the anguish of searching for the twelve-year-old Jesus.

And in the end, she stood beneath the Cross.

There, where most left, She remained.

There, where people saw a dead man, She knew that her Son is the Lord of Life.

That is why the Panagia understands our pain.

She is not far from us.

She is the Mother who knows what it means to suffer and to continue to trust God.

And this is perhaps the greatest lesson of the Panagia.

Trust.

When the Angel announced to Her the will of God, She did not ask:

"Why?"

She did not say:

"How will this happen?"

She surrendered herself to God and said:

"Behold the handmaid of the Lord; let it be to me according to your word."

This is what we too need to learn.

To be able, at some moment, in the midst of our difficulty, to say:

"My God, I do not understand...

but I trust You."

And:

"My Panagia, I do not know what will happen tomorrow...

but please, hold my hand."

This is faith.

Let us then do something simple during these days.

Let us find a little time for prayer.

Let us set aside for a moment the mobile phone, the worries, the discussions, the noise of daily life.

Let us enter a temple.

Let us stand before the icon of the Panagia.

And let us not ask for anything for ourselves first.

Let us say:

"My Panagia, thank you."

For all that God has given us.

For all that we did not understand but ultimately benefited us.

For the people who love us.

For our family.

For every day that God grants us.

And tomorrow, let us say:

"My Panagia, take into Your hands whatever I cannot lift."

And then we will feel something that is not easily described with words.

That our soul finds rest.

Not because everything was resolved.

But because we left it in the hands of God.

August 15th, then, is not just a great feast.

It is an invitation.

To return to Christ.

To rediscover prayer.

To forgive.

To love.

To leave behind everything that distances us from God.

And to learn from the Panagia humility, obedience, purity, and trust.

Because whoever truly approaches the Panagia does not remain far from Christ.

The Panagia always shows the way to her Son.

And she whispers to us:

"Do not fear.

Move forward.

Keep Christ in your heart."

Let us then implore Her, during these holy days:

My Panagia,

protect our home.

Protect our children.

Protect our parents.

Protect the people we love.

Protect those who suffer.

Protect those who are alone.

Protect those who have lost their hope.

Protect those who have distanced themselves from God.

And above all:

Do not let us lose Christ.

And when the hour of our own trial, our own anguish, our own "Dormition" comes, grant that we leave this world with peace in our soul and with the hope of the Resurrection.

Because our Christ is not a God of death.

He is the God of the Living.

And the Panagia is the Mother who shows us the way to Him.

Let us have, then, Her blessing.

Let us have Her protection.

Let us have Her intercession.

And let us keep within our heart only one prayer:

"Most Holy Theotokos,

protect, guard, and keep us,

and lead us always

toward your Son and our God."

And let us be able, during these days, to say from the depths of our soul:

My Panagia,

thank you for being our Mother.

Thank you for not abandoning us.

And please...

keep us close to Christ

until our last breath.

Amen.

🙏 Blessed August 15th!

🙏 Happy Panagia!

🙏 Most Holy Theotokos, intercede for us!

"Glory to You, who showed the light"

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