We Are Not Here, We Are Up There (The Mystery of the Divine Liturgy)

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Excerpted from Lesson 2 of the Fall 2020 course "On the Divine Liturgy" by Fr. Peter Heers https://www.orthodoxethos.com/on-the-divine-liturgy "When we enter church, then, we are traversing the distance from earth to heaven. We pass beyond the stars, we leave the angels below us, and we rise up to the heights of the Holy Trinity. This is the mystery of our Church... The same mystery is enacted here, outside the space of the sanctuary. In front of us we see various images, above us are the lamps, each hanging next to the other. But that’s wrong. These too are a part of the mystery. We are not here. We are up there, together with the assemblies of the Saints, together with the ranks of the angels, with the six-winged Seraphim - whose swift movements teach us to hasten day and night to Christ - together with the cherubim of many eyes, so that our own eyes can become accustomed to seeing Christ. This is a sacrament. This is what a “Mystery” of the Church means." -Elder Aimilianos https://www.orthodoxethos.com/post/we-are-not-here-we-are-up-there-with-the-saints --- Join over 1,400 other serious Orthodox Christians, Catechumens, and inquirers into Orthodoxy (1,050 on Patreon, 350 on orthodoxethos.com). SIGN UP at our NEW Orthodox Ethos website (www.orthodoxethos.com) and get everything we offer in one place. In addition to the weekly classes and other content, we meet every Thursday evening, 8 PM EST, 5 PM PST for question and answers and discussion of contemporary issues. - - - - - Share and Subscribe to the OE YOUTUBE CHANNEL: https://www.youtube.com/c/OrthodoxEthos OE WEBSITE: https://orthodoxethos.com UNCUT MOUNTAIN PRESS (UMP) Website - NEW BOOKS and NEW WEBSITE: https://www.uncutmountainpress.com *For all who would like to support The Orthodox Ethos, donations can be made via Paypal at the following link: -- http://paypal.me/FrPeterHeers Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/OrthodoxEthos Twitter: https://twitter.com/OrthodoxEthos Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/orthodoxethos Amazon Author Page: https://www.amazon.com/-/e/B00Y938IQ2 Postcards from Greece Podcast: https://saintkosmas.org/heers-postcards-from-greece Academia: https://hts.academia.edu/FrPeterHeersDTh LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/frpeterheers Books: https://uncutmountainpress.com/books/the-ecclesiological-renovation-of-second-vatican-council--english/ https://uncutmountainpress.com/books/missionary-origins-of-modern-ecumenism/