Homilies on the Christian Life · Lecture 006
The Akathist Hymn
A lecture by Dimitrios Panagopoulos · Δείτε στα Ελληνικά
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Summary
In the sixth and final lecture on the Akathistos Hymn, Dimitrios Panagopoulos interprets the stanzas beginning with Phi and Chi, presenting the Theotokos as a type of the baptismal font and as the one through whom the Eucharistic banquet became possible. Baptism is described as burial of the old man and cleansing of ancestral sin, while Confession is the only post-baptismal cleansing of a stained conscience. The conscience is called God’s embassy in hostile territory, capable of being hardened by habitual sin. The lecture also recounts a miracle from Symi concerning the Real Presence and affirms Christ as the incarnate debt-canceller.
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