“St. Nazaria, he said, shows that pure prayer isn’t a utopia. St. Olimpiada, he continued, shows that taking on external cares and administrative or leadership responsibilities doesn’t stop a person from reaching God—rather, when such service is undertaken in God’s name, it becomes a pure offering to the Holy Trinity. St. Elisabeta, he added, shows those who fulfilled the Lord’s word to the rich young man in the Gospel: “Go, sell your possessions, give to the poor, then come and follow Me.”
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“St. Nazaria brought the hesychast order, St. Olimpiada cultivated liturgical beauty, and St. Elisabeta turned prayer into almsgiving, showing that prayer, service, and love of neighbor aren’t separate paths but expressions of the same spiritual work.
“Venerable Nazaria brought the hesychast tradition to the monastery, Olimpiada fostered the beauty of its liturgical life, while Elisabeta transformed prayer into works of mercy
“Her humility, patience and faithfulness to the will of God raised the Maiden of Nazareth higher than the heavens,
“the canonization of Venerable Nazaria, Olimpiada and Elisabeta, together with thirteen other Romanian holy women, is a powerful testimony to God’s grace at work among the Romanian people
“he also encouraged the faithful to pray to the Theotokos with trust, confident that she knows human suffering and understands their concerns
“he would take the humility, obedience and self-offering of the Theotokos as his guide and example.
“Let us ask the Panagia to teach us to bring more Christ into our lives