By Protopresbyter Fr. George Papavarnavas
The divine Chrysostom is one of the top figure known Saints of the Running Religious. He was instinctive in Antioch in 354 from stanch parents. His plus was the lead Sekoundos and his mother was Anthousa. Distinctively little he was vanished fatherless and his mother took thoroughness to increase him with the sacred laws of the Gospel. In Antioch he contrived public speaking and philosophy. At the age of eighteen he was baptized and contrived three energy at the Theological School of Antioch. After the death of his mother he retired to the run off, where he remained six energy. The opening four energy of his stern life were left present an aristocratic stern and the bordering two he stayed without help in a hollow. His origin, Palladius of Helenopolis, writes: "Most of the time he left minus slumber, learning Sanctified Scripture. He did not lay down to slumber for a arena of two energy, neither night nor day." His clang in health from sharp rigor caused him to return to Antioch, where in 381 he was appointed Deacon later Presbyter. As a Presbyter he served in Antioch until 397, the time in which he was free and hallowed Archbishop of Constantinople. From this "castle" he held distinct battles against the pagans, as well as heretics who were opening the unity of the Religious. He rest missions and largesse for Gothia, Scythia, Persia and Phoenicia. Indefatigable and constant as he was in the charge and in the stumbling block against sin and every form of ill-treat, he was exiled three grow old and finally reposed in get rid of in the Caucuses of Armenia on 14 September 407. His recollection, due to the Feast of the Irritated, which is as good as to Spotless Friday, was transferred to November 13th, that he may be notorious lucidly and joyfully.
His works are timeless, seeing that they are divinely romantic. Equally one studies them, they assume they stomach in the past them a up to date and propitious playwright. He is an grow forecaster of Sanctified Scripture, which is to be interpreted not by human being, but by the divinely-inspired Sanctified Fathers of the Religious, who as purified and "bursting with the gifts of the Sanctified Proceed" are correct interpreters of Sanctified Scripture. The sacred hymnographer characterizes him as a "golden sound off and divinely-inspired organ, a cute nous and fullness of wisdom".
One possibly will speak for different hours or letter whole volumes about the Saint of golden declaration. In this down mechanism I movement core properly three points that are simultaneous to this skin and illustrious personality:
Novel, he was a distinct theologian, but as well as a true usher. As His Prominence Community Hierotheos of Nafpaktos stresses: "He shepherded theologians and theologized shepherds". He is characterized by different as extroverted seeing that he dealt with battle and extroverted evils. He was genuinely extroverted, sensitively seeing that he was a neptic and stern. He was forever praying. His discourses and sermons had a brilliance and immediacy about them and are very popular seeing that he actually prized battle and cared for them; for their spiritual refocus, as well their things wishes, for example battle are psychosomatic beings. He sought, immobile, to heal them of their physical and psychic passions. For illustration, for example he beam about greed he urged the rich not to call the engender of God single-handedly for themselves, but to as well as help the low. He does not rack single-handedly show, even though, but he goes deeper recalcitrant to heal the one and the other from this sour combustion, seeing that show are low battle who are as well as grasping, properly absence show are rich battle who are not.
Moment, the pedestal of his life was was a life of ardor and from this angle he struggled to combine the "reason of his bevy". He attached distinct protrusion to ardor seeing that he imaginary that for example we map in the Blessed Liturgy and district of the Fresh Mysteries, we map in a Paschal Supper with the disciples of Christ, eating of the exact bucks and consumption of the exact cup, together with all public whose hearts, from all time and all places, vitality with love for Christ, and know Him as His disciples knew Him from the "opening of bucks". The Blessed Liturgy he wrote is the top figure known for example it is notorious close to all time long for. Of course, dull the centuries it has gone put down fail-safe changes and some trimmings, but the prayers are the exact as they were recited by the Archbishop of Constantinople himself. He sought to man the Sacred Altar with influential Priests, and his language "On the Priesthood" is diverse and deserves to be contrived by all the finish, Clergy and Laity.
Third, that which ample him further was the spiritual refocus of his bevy, as well as the praise of the Triune God and His Sanctified Religious. He did not major radiance for himself, seeing that he did not keep up himself influential of adore. Also, he considered it an apostasy and a sin. And personal effects possibly will not stomach been differently, for example he was top figure meager and by his relevance he taught and showed to all of us the heights of humility. "Refine baking forth from your utter absence a flare has sophisticated the life. It has shown to the world the success of poverty; it has revealed to us the heights of humility" (Apolytikion).
The "writing and central theme of gold" Saint John, by his life and words urges us to love prayer and the life of ardor, in order that our hearts as well as "vitality" with love for Christ, that we may be ended influential to know Him in the "opening of bucks".
Source: "Ekklesiastiki Paremvasi", , November 1999. Translated by John Sanidopoulos.
