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Parish Bulletin- April 2015 Vol.Vol. 03 Issue No.No. 4 APRIL 2015 CuÌÀ BiwkIÄ ST. THOMAS ORTHODOX CATHEDRAL - DUBAI for private circulation only P.O. Box : 2563, Dubai - UAE Tel : 04-337 1122, Fax : 04-335 2252 Email : [email protected] www.stthomascathedraldubai.org Dr. Youhanon Mar Demetrios Diocesan Metropolitan We join the chorus of happy voices in changed as Jesus has been glorified by His praising how the risen Jesus Christ has resurrection from the dead! regrouped the dispersed disciples without And that is one of the facts of the giving serious consideration to what it resurrection that should grab our means. Let us recall that after Jesus’ arrest, attention. Yes, hope and faith in God virtually all the disciples had forsaken that He would be faithful to His word, Him and fled for their lives (Mt 26: 56; Mk especially to His promise to humankind 14:50); St. Luke notes how St. Peter follows that they would trample on the serpent’s Jesus to the trial by Caiaphas and St. John head (Gen 3:15) is definitely one aspect of narrates how the Beloved Disciple follows the experiences of the Easter event. But Jesus to the trial and stays till His death on just as important is that the disintegration the cross. At any rate the community that seen in creation by the fall of Adam and we knew as The Twelve had disintegrated Eve is now reversed with the risen Jesus with the death of Jesus Christ. integrating all of creation. At the time It is the same before the appearance of Fraction and Commixture during the of the resurrected Jesus Christ. St. Peter, Holy Eucharist, this important outcome along with a few other disciples, return of the Easter is specially emphasised. to their former life of fishing- it was to During the inaudible prayer recited by the the situation that prevailed prior to their celebrant while the altar is veiled he says: being called by Jesus at the beginning “BY the blood of His body, He reconciled of his earthly ministry. To all intends and and united the heavenly with the earthly; purposes, we can surmise that they had the chosen people and the Gentiles; and not only forsaken Jesus, but also the the soul with the body.” It is this aspect commission He had given them to preach, of reconciliation and reintegration that teach and heal. is observed as Jesus Christ now appears But then notice the remarkable in His glorified state to his regrouped transformation that the news of the disciples. Truly, this work of regrouping resurrection makes in the disciples. They and integrating into a unified body can gather together once more as the Eleven, only be the result of God’s handiwork. a change forced by the betrayal and In all this it is to glory of God that He death of Judas Iscariot. The note of joy works through the Church and its members and re-energised commitment to their to extend these benefits to all creation. commission is all too apparent as they Celebration of the Easter, therefore, regroup around the risen Jesus Christ. means that we are now entrusted with Gone is their fear of the Jews or their fear the commission to heal and reconcile. of being discovered as the disciples of That is why the Easter service concludes the crucified, but now resurrected Jesus with the kiss of peace we exchange with of Nazareth. They now are just as much all members. Regrettably, we permit this 2 to be a mere act without ensuing effects. and to transmit the joy of the Resurrection Just as the risen Jesus commissions His to all of creation. It is in so doing that we disciples to now spread the Good News make the Easter a joyous event in which all to all creation, so also we are tasked to be can share and celebrate. reconciled with our brothers and sisters KohÀKokv amÀ ^neIvknt\mkv (]p¯³Imhn sIm¨p-Xn-cp-ta-\n) Ing-t°-X-e-bv°¬ A®s‚ ZznXob Øn\p siΩm-ip-]´w sImSp-Øp. ]p{X-\mbn 1897 Pq¨ 10 hymgmgvN I¬°-´-bnse skdm-ºq¿ tImtf-Pn¬ Koh¿§okv F∂p t]cmb am¿ ]oe- \n∂pw Xntbm-fPn ]T-\-Øn\p tijw Ivkn-t\mkv sa{Xm-t∏m-enØm `qPm-X- siΩm-i≥ \m´n-te°p aS-ßn. 1921 \m-bn. sshZnI ]mc-º-cy-ap-ff sabv 16 \v tIm´bw Fw.-Un. skan-\mcn ]pØ≥Imhv Ing-t°-X-e-bv°¬ IpSpw- sslkv°q-fn¬ A≤ym-]-I-\mbn _-Ønse \mev]Øn H∂m-asØ {]h¿Øn-®p. 1926 PqWn¬ ho≠pw sshZn-I-\mWv Ct±-lw. sImbv∏pdw I¬°-´bv°p t]mhp-Ibpw AhnsS Np¶-Øp-ho-´n¬ dmtl-eΩbmWv \n∂v Cw•ojv kmln-Xy-Øn¬ Fw.-F.- amXmhv ]pcm-X\ {]kn-≤hpw ]g-a- _n-cpZw t\Sp-Ibpw sNbvXp. ]Tn-Ø- bpsS kuc`yw XqIp-∂-Xp-amWv Ing- tØm-sSm∏w ^pSvt_mƒ, sS∂okv XpS- t°-X-e-bv°¬ Xd-hm-Sv. am¿tØm-Ωm- ßnb Ifn-I-fnepw \o¥-enepw At±lw «olm {InkvXp aX-Øn-te°p B\- D’m-l-]q¿∆w ]s¶-Sp-Øn-cp-∂p. bn® A©v `´Xn-cn-am-cn¬ Hcm-fm-bn- _ncpZw t\Sn Xncn®p h∂ tijw cp∂p Ing-t°-X-e-bv°¬ IpSpw-_- ]pØ≥Imhv C.-Fw.-F-kv. kvIqfn¬ Ønse ]q¿∆n-I≥ F∂mWv slUvam-Ã-dmbn tkh\a\p-jvTn-®p. hnizmkw. 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