Divine Worship and Sacramental Life · Lecture 033
On Churchgoing (Part 10)
A lecture by Dimitrios Panagopoulos · Δείτε στα Ελληνικά
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Summary
The tenth talk explains what the furnishings of the temple mean. Lighting a candle is a confession that carries a different sense at baptism, at a wedding, at a funeral, at a memorial, and at Pascha, and Dimitrios Panagopoulos calls it a grave error to light one for the departed during the Epistle. The polyeleos hanging beneath the Pantokrator signifies the Church triumphant suspended from Christ, while the candle stand represents the Church still militant on earth. The iconography of the dome descends from the Pantokrator through the angelic powers, the Theotokos and the Forerunner, the prophets, and the four Evangelists. The templon figures the sin that separated God and man, torn like the temple veil at the Crucifixion, with the Beautiful Gate reopened by Christ; the proskomide re-presents the Cross and the pierced side.
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