We owe so much to Panaghia.1 This is why the Church honors and venerates the Theotokos so much, so that Gregory Palamas, summarizing Patristic theology, says that our Panaghia holds the second place after the Holy Trinity; that she is god after God, the boundary between the created and the uncreated.
+Archimandrite George of St. Gregorios, from Theosis The True Purpose of Human Life, The Contribution of the Theotokos to the Theosis of Man.
1Panaghia: "All Holy", a title for the Theotokos Mary, the mother of God.
1Panaghia: "All Holy", a title for the Theotokos Mary, the mother of God.
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