{"id":352616,"date":"2022-01-26T16:29:50","date_gmt":"2022-01-26T14:29:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/?p=352616"},"modified":"2022-01-26T16:29:50","modified_gmt":"2022-01-26T14:29:50","slug":"saint-alexanders-relics-offered-to-bucharest-retirement-home-chapel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/saint-alexanders-relics-offered-to-bucharest-retirement-home-chapel\/","title":{"rendered":"Saint Alexander\u2019s relics offered to Bucharest retirement home chapel"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bishop Galaction of Alexandria and Teleorman donated a particle of the relics of St. Alexander of Constantinople to the chapel of the Luxab Retirement Home in Bucharest. The hierarch celebrated the Divine Liturgy at Luxab together with His Grace Assistant Bishop Timotei of Prahova on Sunday, January 16, 2022.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cIn doing good, let us not wait for thanksgiving and reward. And when we receive good, let us be thankful unto God, as we say, to the one who did us good,\u201d His Grace Bishop Galaction said in his sermon.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen we do good, let us not expect reward from people. Let us not ask for the gratitude of the one to whom we have done good. This was the purpose for which the Saviour often spoke to those whom He did well to say nothing to anyone,\u201d the Bishop of Alexandria and Teleorman said.<\/p>\n

\u201cNow, however, we see the Saviour Jesus Christ waiting and even asking for the gratitude of those to whom He did good because He wants to teach us that when we receive good, no matter from whom, from men, or God, we should not forget to give thanks, we should not forget to show our gratitude for the good we have received,\u201d His Grace went on saying referring to the healing of the ten lepers.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is no inconsistency. There is no conflict between what the Saviour Jesus Christ says. It is just pedagogy, wisdom that teaches us how to behave so that we do not err before God,\u201d the bishop added.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe greatest benefactor is God Himself,\u201d said the Bishop of Alexandria and Teleorman.<\/p>\n

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Photo: Basilica.ro \/ Raluca Ene<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Divine Liturgy was preceded by the blessing of the reliquary containing the fragment of Saint Alexander\u2019s relics.<\/p>\n

After the liturgy, Assistant Bishop Timotei of Prahova reminded that this year, the Romanian Orthodox Church celebrated for the first time a saint who suffered from leprosy, St. Nikephoros the Leper, commemorated on January 4, according to a decision last year by the Holy Synod.<\/p>\n

\u201cHis great virtue was that of serving the afflicted. He was joy and hope for those who suffered terribly for years, bearing the same cross himself. Therefore, this service in a centre for the elderly may not be accidental,\u201d the Assistant Bishop to the Archdiocese of Bucharest noted.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe greatest joy is that of the liturgy, which is the highest form of gratitude that we show first to God but also to those around us,\u201d His Grace added.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe thank Father Alexander Ivan for his hard work and love. We thank all those who, helping him in this centre for the care of the elderly, show devotion, love, as St. Nikephoros the Leper showed,\u201d the hierarch concluded.<\/p>\n