“The Church, through the temple and Divine service, acts upon the entire
man, educates him wholly; acts upon his sight, hearing, smelling,
feeling, taste, imagination, mind, and will, by the splendour of the
icons and of the whole temple, by the ringing of bells, by the singing
of the choir, by the fragrance of the incense, the kissing of the
Gospel, of the cross and the holy icons, by the prosphoras, the singing,
and sweet sound of the readings of the Scriptures.”
Saint Gregory Palamas-Homily on Saints Peter and Paul
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*By St. Gregory Palamas1. The commemoration of each of the saints on the
appointed feast day is an occasion for town and country, citizens and their
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