‘Today, the Mother of God shows us that it is not Christ alone Who rises from the dead: it is the whole of human creation’: Sermon of Bishop Irenei on the Feast of the Dormition.

«Днесь Матерь Божія являетъ намъ, что не Христосъ единый воскресаетъ изъ мертвыхъ: воскресаетъ весь родъ человѣческій»: Проповѣдь епископа Иринея въ праздникъ Успенія Пресвятыя Богородицы.

‘When you feel overcome by worldly concerns, remind yourself of the girl who spoke to an angel, who beheld sorrow and dishonour, who entered into death — yet who was lifted up unto life…’

«Когда тяготятъ тебя житейскія попеченія, вспомни Дѣву, бесѣдовавшую съ Ангеломъ, видѣвшую скорбь и поруганіе, вошедшую во смерть, но возведенную къ Жизни…»

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