9.11.2004: Death of Pope and Patriarch Petros of All Africa in a Crash
Memory eternal to Pope and Patriarch Petros (and hiscompanions) who died in a helicopter crash as they where flying close to
Mount Athos ten years ago. It is important for all of us to share and
know that the Church is wide, broad, long-spaced through the Earth and
this is the profundity of our task: to put all the nations, tribes,
races, peoples of all languages together: A Greek hierarch over all of
Africa, where so many "clans, tribes, iks, nations, languages, dialects,
speeches" are used, here commemorated by the South African English (not
only)-speaking community of Saint Nicolas of Japan (indeed!) at
Brixton-Johannesburg and its blogging deacon Steve Hayes
("Khanya.wordpress.com"). Our task is to widen, always make larger,
deeper this mystery of the Lord who gives and takes and still maintains
us, hold us together. Social networks allow this sharing, subsequently
it brings us to more than liking, but learning from each other as we are
born to and for - from faith in the Only One and His Only-One begotten
Son. The Spirit waves and fies as and eagle (Hebrew word -
merachefet/מרחפת) to steeple over continents, time and space and unite
us in Eurcharist. The Church of Africa is huge and at times so tiny. She
is broad and still tribal, not only black or white or coloured. There
is a temptation of "singletonness" while today the situation at
Alexandria is definitely not evident, too many hardships.
Laat ons alle bid en geheug Patriaarg Petros en all wat met hom gesterwe
is, wand Christ het opgegaan, waarlik het opgegaan en lewe gee vir ons
één lewe van bo tot hier en weer to eeuwig lewe.Amen.
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