"The "other", the immigrant, the refugee, the "stranger," is my brother/sister..."

Evangelos Thiani

""So who is the "other", the immigrant, the refugee, the "stranger" for the Church? The "other", the immigrant, the refugee, the "stranger," is my brother/sister. Therefore, since he is my brother, then there must be no opposition and quarrel, not even in the area of intellect: “Do not hate your brother in your heart” (Leviticus 19:17). And not only do not hate, but do not even cultivate the lie at the expense of your brother. On the contrary, you should open your hand and help him: ‘You shall open wide your hand to your brother, to the needy and to the poor” (Deuteronomy 15:11). The "other", the immigrant and the refugee, the "stranger," are Christ Himself. In the face of "the other", the "stranger" I meet Christ Himself. The "other" is my salvation, and my entry into the Kingdom of Heaven depends on the relationship I have with him. Christ places Himself in the face of "the other", the "stranger," of my fellow man.

The Lord taught us that the only criterion for every believer to be next to Him, in His Church, ....""
Greeting by
His Beatitude Theodoros II,
Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa
to the World Council of Churches, Conference on World Mission and Evangelism,..
on the topic:
“If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit” (Gal. 5:25)
(8 –13 March, Arusha Tanzania) 
https://panorthodoxcemes.blogspot.gr/…/greeting-by-his-beat…

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