Kiev, October 7, 2024
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Humility is a necessary virtue that leads us to and helps us to understand God, the primate of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church said in his homily on Sunday.
His Beatitude Metropolitan Onuphry of Kiev and All Ukraine celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the St. Agapit Church in the Holy Dormition-Kiev Caves Lavra yesterday.
According to the hierarch, humility leads a man to God, brings him closer to understanding created nature, and allows him to always remember that he is God’s creation, as well as to properly understand his Creator, report the Information-Education Department of the UOC.
His Beatitude noted that the Lord created man from the earth. Knowing this, he said, is very instructive, as it encourages us to care about humility and virtue.
“The characteristic of the earth is that it constantly does good for us: We plant one grain of wheat in the ground, and a whole ear of wheat grows from it; we plant the seed of a vegetable, and a whole vegetable grows; we plant the seed of a tree, and a whole tree grows that bears many fruits. In other words, the earth constantly multiplies goodness and gives it to us,” His Beatitude emphasized.
The Metropolitan stressed that we, having our origins from the earth, should do good even to those who don’t love us, because the earth does good and provides what is needed for life even to those who trample on it and even exploit it.
“And so, a man should—regardless of how others treat them—do good to others, be good, and be without malice. Through goodness and kindness, all evil that exists in the world is overcome. There is no other weapon to defeat evil except for goodness,” said the Archpastor.
In conclusion, His Beatitude wished all believers that by doing good and thus overcoming evil, each of us may be capable of inheriting eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
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