{"id":557989,"date":"2026-02-03T11:02:56","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T09:02:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/?p=557989"},"modified":"2026-02-03T11:02:56","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T09:02:56","slug":"romanian-archbishop-in-uk-calls-triodion-school-of-repentance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/romanian-archbishop-in-uk-calls-triodion-school-of-repentance\/","title":{"rendered":"Romanian Archbishop in UK calls Triodion season a \u201cschool of repentance and humility\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

In a pastoral message<\/a> issued at the beginning of the Triodion period, Archbishop Atanasie of Great Britain and Northern Ireland said that this liturgical season is \u201ca true school of repentance and humility, a school of prayer, and also a school of spiritual asceticism, which reopens for us the doors of the Kingdom of Heaven.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

Archbishop Atanasie stressed that this liturgical order is not accidental, but has a profound pedagogical and symbolic meaning for Christian life. \u201cThe ten weeks of the Triodion are the ten steps that lead us toward fullness, toward perfection,\u201d he said, linking them to the Ten Commandments and to the rhythm of the creation of the world.<\/p>\n

He also noted that monastics have always understood this period as a privileged time of encounter with Christ. \u201cMonastics have always seen in these blessed ten weeks of the Triodion the opportunity to draw closer to Christ, to climb the steps of repentance, and to have the courage to ascend Golgotha in order to rejoice more deeply in the Resurrection.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Archbishop of Great Britain and Northern Ireland reviewed the meaning of each Sunday during this period, highlighting the Church’s proposed spiritual journey<\/a>, which begins with the Sunday of the Tax Collector and the Pharisee and continues through Holy Week.<\/p>\n

Joy through repentance<\/h2>\n

Quoting Saint Ignatius Brianchaninov, Archbishop Atanasie warned against spiritual negligence and religious indifference.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf our life were not centred on the ordinances of the Church \u2014 if in times of fasting we did not fast, in times of prayer we did not pray, and in times of repentance we did not repent \u2014 then, when the time of the Resurrection comes, would we truly be able to rejoice?\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u201cMay the Lord grant that we emerge from this school of the Triodion wiser in spiritual matters, so that day by day, week by week, month by month and year by year, we may live ever closer to what is divine, leaving behind what is worldly,\u201d Archbishop Atanasie prayed.<\/p>\n

Photo: Apollography \/ Nicu Apolozan
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