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Lives of the Saints throughout the year

Illustrious theologian belonging to the Russian immigration who settled in Paris - father George Florovsky does not confide that: "In the saints we honor the deification of human nature, God's love for them". The essence of the life of the saints and their honor cannot be better expressed than by showing that it is in fact God manifesting himself as the Holy Spirit in a wonderful way in His saints. Holiness is understood as the goal of human persons, achievable through concrete examples. of the saints. Hence the pedagogical and especially intercessory role with God of the saints through that "connunio sanctorum" in the close connection between the "fighting church" and the "triumphant one".

The true Christian must be a saint. This is what the Savior asked when he said: "Be ye also perfect, even as your Father in heaven is perfect" (Matthew V, 48).

"Christian holiness is a great and difficult thing, in truth, said Professor Teodor M. Popescu - but it is not beyond the Christian's ability and this proof is made from the beginning; the first Christians were called SAINTS (Acts 9, 15, 52) and lived like saints. And she was holy for the most part in the life of the Christians, during school, when the pagans marveled at their virtues, even though they hated them".

That's why mystical theology is also called "the sciences of the saints" because its object is a completely fulfilled thing only beyond the temporal order, in the heavenly order, where the saints enjoy God face to face, flooded by his eternal infinite presence", but . a foretaste of which is accessible from this world through the Church.

For this purpose, the purpose of honoring the saints is overwhelming, that is why in Romanian Orthodoxy the hagiographic concerns were and are multiple and varied4.

The saints of the Church as people who realized and exemplified all the virtues, with the sacrifice of their lives many times, carried the cross heroically in pursuit of Christ to attain holiness.

That's why "KNOWING their lives, the difficulties they overcame, their great thoughts, their beautiful attributes... their entire struggle to overcome themselves, the temptations and the obstacles that stand in their way, is uplifting and soul-building.

He is not so helpless, so helpless a Christian, unless he desires the salvation of his soul, that he cannot make himself better than he is, more just, more humble, more patient, purer, more temperate, more pleasant. to God, with his life and deeds".

The acquisition of holiness is therefore the essential concern of the Church through its charic means in history.

"The church does not forget that it is made up of sinners. As St. Ephrem the Syrian says, "the whole Church is a Church of those who repent and of those who perish, but the Church remains in the end a mixed community, including both wheat and tares". We also recommend God the Creator.

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