During the Divine Liturgy, just before the recitation of the Creed, the priest urges the faithful: ‘Let us love one another, that with one mind we may confess’. Confess what? The people reply (through the singers): ‘Father, Son and Holy Spirit, Trinity consubstantial and undivided’. In other words, our faith in the one true God, the Holy Trinity. Therefore, a confession of faith without love isn’t pleasing to God. *** Photo: Rafail Georgiadis At the same time, within the sanctuary, the priests are embracing, kissing each other on the cheek and saying: ‘Christ is in the midst of us’. ‘He is and will be’. So He can see that we’re sincere in our expression of love, which is the embrace. In former times, this embrace was also given outside ...
