!Abortion the indescribable calamity
This Icon is a work of the iconographer
Mr. Kostas Vrousgos from Thessaloniki and
,was painted in Adelaide
.South Australia
with the blessing of Bishop Joseph of Arianzos
. It was published in thousands of copies
His Grace wrote the following text about abortion and the Icon, printed on the reverse side of the Icon
Today’s holocaust 
.“The All-Holy God is the fountain of life
.Life belongs to him
His love provides life to all living organisms
, and especially to man
.whom He created in His own image and likeness
We live and exist because of the Abortion the indescribable
.alamity! overflowing love of God
, As in this sacred overflowing love of God which is life
. every person has a right which cannot be taken away
, The Son and Word of God became human
was crucified and was resurrected so that all
“may have life and abundantly they may have”
(John 10:10)
. God’s gift of life is inviolable and murder is forbidden by the Holy Scriptures and the Holy Tradition of the Church
. (Holy Fathers, Synods and Canons)
He who takes away life opposes the work of
the Life-giving Lord and joins with the devil,
who “was a murderer from the beginning”
.(John 8:44)
Abortion the indescribable calamity!
Human life begins from the moment of
, conception and fertilisation. The Church believes this
and so does contemporary medicine
.(Panhellenic Medical Conference 1985)
, Furthermore the science of embryology
with the assistance of ultrasound and of other admirable technological means which are available
proved that the unborn baby is
, “certainly a new human being, a new member of human society
inseparable from each and every one of us in any way”
.(Drimages Bernard Nathanson)
,Therefore, from the moment of conception
!the violation of life at whatever stage is murder
, As much as the killing of an adult or an adolescent is murder
so much so is the killing of a foetus
.by abortion at any stage of pregnancy
It is the cowardly murder of an innocent and completely
,unprotected human being
which has no possibility
.whatsoever to defend or protect itself
,Despite all these
the various human passions
and especially sensuality, hard-heartedness
,superficiality and indifference
very often lead to abortion as a
“solution” of some “unwanted” or
!otherwise problematic pregnancy
.Nevertheless, this is no solution
It is a manifestation of rage of
, the above-mentioned fathomless passions
which characterise the souls
which are found outside the life of the Church
. and the fear of God
αρχείο λήψηςI believe that this most beautiful
, Icon by the talented Iconographer Mr Costas Vrousgos
very clearly expresses all the Church wants
,to say to Her children about the dreadful subject
,the indescribable calamity of abortion
.the contemporary baby-killer Herod
,The Iconographer’s ability to blend colours
,being led by the Spirit of Truth
,presents the causes of evil
,the murderers of innocent babes
,the sadness of the Life-giving Christ
,the solution and need for repentance of the mother
the equally responsible and unloving father
, and perjurer murderer-doctor
.and to anyone else associated with the crime
The testimonial cross of the unmarried mother who
prefers the cost of social shame rather
.than the killing of her child
.The blessing of the Christian family
,The eternal prototype of the mother of God
the all-honoured person of the breast-feeding
.Mother of the Blessed One
. No other comment is needed”
BY METROPOLITAN JOSEPH OF PROIKONESSOS
الخميس ديسمبر 11, 2014 4:57 pm
