His Grace Assistant Bishop Damaschin of Dorna from the Archdiocese of Suceava and Rădăuți celebrated the Divine Liturgy on Sunday at St Demetrius the Myrrh-gusherParish in Trei Movile, Suceava County, where he stressed that only God can deliver people from sin and spiritual weakness.
The bishop visited the parish to bless the recently completed restoration and improvement works at the church.
“Let us call upon God, dear faithful, because with our limited strength, only His power, only His grace and only His help can save us,” the bishop said in his homily.
He warned that sin offers only temporary satisfaction before leaving lasting spiritual consequences.
“At first, sin is sweet, but afterwards it becomes very bitter. It leaves an emptiness in the soul beyond anything we can imagine. This is one of the reasons behind the growing wave of depression that, sadly, is affecting more and more people,” he said.
At the conclusion of the service, the parish priest, Fr Cornel Fodor, was awarded the ecclesiastical distinction of stavrophore oikonomos in recognition of his cultural, pastoral, missionary and administrative work.
The St Demetrius Parish Church in Trei Movile was built between 2000 and 2005 through the efforts of brothers Vasile and Dumitru Buhac, together with the local faithful.
Photo: Archdiocese of Suceava and Rădăuți
