Un video documenta, per la prima volta in Occidente, la celebrazione della festa del Taumaturgo a Mosca, nella più bella chiesa al mondo dedicata al Vescovo di Neocesarea.
di Domenico Condito
Oggi la Chiesa celebra la Solennità dell'Immacolata Concezione della beata Vergine Maria. Alla stessa circostanza è legata la stesura finale di uno degli studi più importanti sul “Simbolo” [1] , o “Esposizione della Fede”, che la Tradizione attribuisce a San Gregorio Taumaturgo. It was December 8, 1928 when his father Leon Froidevaux signed at Versailles, "en la fête de l'Immaculate Conception de la Sainte Vierge," the essay titled "Symbole de Saint Grégiore the Thaumaturgo" (which was published in Recherches de Science Religieuse, 19 (1929), 193-247). The choice was not random. According to a tradition reported by Gregory of Nyssa in the "Life of St. Gregory the Healer," the bishop of Neocaesarea he composed the "symbol" in a vision, at which the Madonna was in charge of San Giovanni Evangelista instruct the Healer on the mystery of the Trinity . This is the first officially recognized Marian apparition by the Church.
Today, December 8, 2010, more modestly, I decided to put online a video documenting for the first time in the West, the celebration of the feast of St. Gregory the Healer in Moscow, in the most beautiful church in the world dedicated to Santo. This is the main place of worship consecrated to the Holy Bishop of Neocaesarea in the Orthodox world.
The original church of wood, was built by Grand Prince Vasily II, around the middle of the fifteenth century, in gratitude for the miraculous deliverance from captivity tartar. The present building dates from the seventeenth century and was built by Tsar Alexis I. The church was christened Peter the Great, Emperor of All Russia.
confiscated by the communist regime, which used to make the sacred building of offices, the church was restored and returned to the cult in 1990, thanks to the intervention of His Holiness Alexy II, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, who died in 2008. Alexy II was particularly devoted to St. Gregory the Healer, and almost every year on the feast of the saint, went to his church for the celebration of Divine Liturgy.
always in the hearts of Muscovites, the church of San Gregorio Healer has always mirrored the history of the city of Moscow itself remains marked by the tragedies, the contradictions, the joys and the deepest aspirations that have paved the way over the centuries. Only yesterday, the symbol of the barbarous violation of the soul of the city, the church of the Healer today lives as an expression of bright sign of hope and redemption.
In the new calendar of the Russian Orthodox Church marks the feast of St. Gregory Taumaturgo November 30 (the Catholic Church maintain the ancient celebration of the Nov. 17).
To make the video I used pictures that relate to the liturgical celebrations of the festival this year, for which I thank Bishop Girolamo, Rector of the church of San Gregorio Healer in Moscow, and the photographer Guri Balayants.
Today, December 8, 2010, more modestly, I decided to put online a video documenting for the first time in the West, the celebration of the feast of St. Gregory the Healer in Moscow, in the most beautiful church in the world dedicated to Santo. This is the main place of worship consecrated to the Holy Bishop of Neocaesarea in the Orthodox world.
The original church of wood, was built by Grand Prince Vasily II, around the middle of the fifteenth century, in gratitude for the miraculous deliverance from captivity tartar. The present building dates from the seventeenth century and was built by Tsar Alexis I. The church was christened Peter the Great, Emperor of All Russia.
confiscated by the communist regime, which used to make the sacred building of offices, the church was restored and returned to the cult in 1990, thanks to the intervention of His Holiness Alexy II, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, who died in 2008. Alexy II was particularly devoted to St. Gregory the Healer, and almost every year on the feast of the saint, went to his church for the celebration of Divine Liturgy.
always in the hearts of Muscovites, the church of San Gregorio Healer has always mirrored the history of the city of Moscow itself remains marked by the tragedies, the contradictions, the joys and the deepest aspirations that have paved the way over the centuries. Only yesterday, the symbol of the barbarous violation of the soul of the city, the church of the Healer today lives as an expression of bright sign of hope and redemption.
In the new calendar of the Russian Orthodox Church marks the feast of St. Gregory Taumaturgo November 30 (the Catholic Church maintain the ancient celebration of the Nov. 17).
To make the video I used pictures that relate to the liturgical celebrations of the festival this year, for which I thank Bishop Girolamo, Rector of the church of San Gregorio Healer in Moscow, and the photographer Guri Balayants.
I dedicate this video to my fellow citizens of Stalybridge, the Calabrian ionic center that for many centuries venerated as the Patron Saint Gregory the Healer, the Franciscan Friars of the Franciscan Order who lovingly preserve the relics in the ancient Byzantine church to the saint, the parish priest, Father Robert Corapi.
[1] This is one of the most popular exhibitions of the ancient doctrine of the Trinity of Christianity.
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