Over 1,500 Romanians attended the Sunday Divine Liturgy celebrated by Bishop Macarie of Northern Europe at the Three Holy Hierarchs church in La Courneuve, France.
“Only through the Cross can we rise to Heaven,” bishop Macarie told the believers gathered for the Sunday liturgy.
“The cross becomes a ladder to Heaven. Only through the Cross can we acquire Heaven, as the thief on the right, who repented and, in the last moment of his life, cried out to the Lord in tears of repentance and correction: My Lord, remember me when you come into your Kingdom! And the Lord opened Heaven with him,” bishop Macarie said.
The hierarch presented Parish Priest Mircea Filip with the “Northern Cross” Award as a sign of appreciation for his sacrifice and service to the Romanian community in Paris.
The Romanian Bishop of Northern Europe’s visit to Paris was occasioned by a lecture about the Cross of young people today, which Metropolitan Iosif of Western and Southern Europe attended.
Photography courtesy of the Romanian Orthodox Metropolis of Western and Southern Europe / Damian Filip
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