Statue of St. Francis of Assisi outside the Catholic Cathedral of Rhodes, Rhodes.
The larger than life size statue depicts St Francis of Assisi in a friar's robes.
"Launched in 1936, under the Italian rule of the island, construction works on this church were brought to completion three years later. It is situated next to the Gate of Agios Athanasios (St. Athanasius) and continues to this day to function as the official parish church of the Roman Catholic Church of Rhodes.
One of the features worth noting about this church is the larger-than-life statue of St. Francis, standing in the outside area of the church as well as the recently refurbished belfry, from the top of which the views over the city and beyond are simply stunning. The church of St. Francis has also made a reputation for its excellent acoustics, hence its frequent hosting of Sacred Music events.
Holy Mass here is celebrated in Greek although hand-outs are available at the entrance, featuring the psalms translated in 12 different languages."
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On the plinth is inscribed the Prayer of Saint Francis in several languages:
Lord, make me an instrument of your peace.
Where there is hatred, let me bring love.
Where there is offense, let me bring pardon.
Where there is discord, let me bring union.
Where there is error, let me bring truth.
Where there is doubt, let me bring faith.
Where there is despair, let me bring hope.
Where there is darkness, let me bring your light.
Where there is sadness, let me bring joy.
O Master, let me not seek as much
to be consoled as to console,
to be understood as to understand,
to be loved as to love,
for it is in giving that one receives,
it is in self-forgetting that one finds,
it is in pardoning that one is pardoned,
it is in dying that one is raised to eternal life.
"Saint Francis of Assisi (Italian: San Francesco d'Assisi, Latin: Sanctus Franciscus Assisiensis), born Giovanni di Pietro di Bernardone, informally named as Francesco (1181/1182 – 3 October 1226), was an Italian Catholic friar, deacon and preacher. He founded the men's Order of Friars Minor, the women's Order of Saint Clare, the Third Order of Saint Francis and the Custody of the Holy Land. Francis is one of the most venerated religious figures in history.
Pope Gregory IX canonized Francis on 16 July 1228. Along with Saint Catherine of Siena, he was designated Patron saint of Italy. He later became associated with patronage of animals and the natural environment, and it became customary for churches to hold ceremonies blessing animals on or near his feast day of 4 October. In 1219, he went to Egypt in an attempt to convert the Sultan to put an end to the conflict of the Crusades. By this point, the Franciscan Order had grown to such an extent that its primitive organizational structure was no longer sufficient. He returned to Italy to organize the Order. Once his community was authorized by the Pope, he withdrew increasingly from external affairs. Francis is also known for his love of the Eucharist. In 1223, Francis arranged for the first Christmas live nativity scene. According to Christian tradition, in 1224 he received the stigmata during the apparition of Seraphic angels in a religious ecstasy, which would make him the second person in Christian tradition after St. Paul (Galatians 6:17) to bear the wounds of Christ's Passion. He died during the evening hours of 3 October 1226, while listening to a reading he had requested of Psalm 142 (141)."
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Ágalma tou Agíou Frankískou tis Asízis éxo apó ton katholikó kathedrikó naó tis Ródou, Ródos.
To ágalma megalýtero apó to mégethos tis zoís apeikonízei ton Ágio Frankísko tis Asízis sta boufán ton monachón.
"Xekínise to 1936, káto apó tin italikí kyriarchía tou nisioú, ta érga kataskevís tou naoú olokliróthikan tría chrónia argótera. Vrísketai dípla stin Pýli tou Agíou Athanasíou kai synechízei méchri símera na leitourgísei os epísimi enoriakí ekklisía tis Romaiokatholikís Ekklisías tis Ródou.
Éna apó ta charaktiristiká pou axízei na simeiotheí gi 'aftí tin ekklisía eínai to ágalma tou Agíou Frankískou, megalýtero apó tin zoí, pou stéketai ston exoterikó chóro tis ekklisías, kathós kai to prósfata anakainisméno kampanarió, apó tin koryfí tou opoíou vrískontai oi apópseis páno stin póli kai péran aftís eínai aplá ekpliktikí. I ekklisía tou Agíou Frankískou échei epísis apoktísei fími gia tin exairetikí akoustikí tis, os ek toútou ti sychní filoxenía ekdilóseon tis Ierís Mousikís.
I Panagía málista giortázetai sta elliniká, parólo pou ta eisitíria diatíthentai stin eísodo, me tous psalmoús pou metafrázontai se 12 diaforetikés glósses ".
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Sto plíntho anagráfetai i Prosefchí tou Agíou Frankískou se diáfores glósses:
Kýrie, káne mou éna órgano tis eirínis sou.
Ópou ypárchei mísos, epitrépste mou na féro agápi.
Ópou ypárchei adíkima, epitrépste mou na mou synchorésete.
Ópou ypárchei diafonía, epitrépste mou na synenóso.
Ópou ypárchei sfálma, epitrépste mou na féro tin alítheia.
Ótan ypárchei amfivolía, epitrépste mou na féro písti.
Ópou ypárchei apelpisía, epitrépste mou na férno elpída.
Ópou ypárchei skotádi, epitrépste mou na féro to fos sou.
Ópou ypárchei thlípsi, epitrépste mou na férno chará.
Kýrie, min epitrépste mou na anazitíso tóso polý
na eínai parigoriménoi os pros tin konsóla,
na gínei katanoitó óti katanoeí,
na agapás tin agápi,
giatí eínai na díneis óti kápoios lamvánei,
eínai se afto-xechnóntas óti kápoios vrískei,
eínai stin aponomí cháritos óti to éna eínai chári,
eínai sto thánato óti kápoios eínai anypsoménos stin aiónia zoí.
"O Frankískos tis Asízis (1182 – 3 Oktovríou 1226) eínai ágios tis Katholikís ekklisías, idrytís tou Tágmatos ton Frankiskanón.
Genníthike stin Asízi tis Italías, apó ploúsia oikogéneia. Píre méros se emfýlious polémous. Katá ti diárkeia mias arróstias tou eíde dýo óneira tóso synklonistiká, pou ton odígisan stin ametákliti apófasi na afierotheí oloklirotiká sto érgo tis filanthropías. Stóchos tis frontídas tou ítan oi ftochoí kai se aftoús édeichne émprakta tin agápi tou. Kápote málista enóthike mazí tous se mia exégersi katá ton evgenón kai aftó tou stoíchise éna chróno fylákisi. Diogménos kai apokliroménos apó ton patéra tou, égine ermineftís ton aisthimáton pou ítan diadedoména stin epochí tou: kíryxe tin isótita, tin eiríni, tin perifrónisi tou ploútou kai tin yperochí tis ftócheias, tin agápi pros óla ta dimiourgímata tou Theoú, émpsycha kai ápsycha, ti storgí stous leproús. O ídios kykloforoúse ntyménos me éna chitóna, deméno sti mési me éna skoiní (aftó to eídos endymasías échoun kai símera oi monachoí tou tágmatós tou).
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Gia tría chrónia aposýrthike stin isychía tis askitikís zoís, óspou to 1209 ídryse choristó monachikó tágma. Oi opadoí tou oloéna plíthainan kai apotélesan to tágma ton Frankiskanón, pou eíche tin énkrisi kai tou Pápa Innokéntiou G?. O Frankískos tis Asízis episkéfthike ti Gallía, tin Ispanía, tin Palaistíni, tin Aígypto. Epistréfontas stin Italía éthese kanonismoús gia tin kalýteri leitourgía tou tágmatos, tou opoíou i orgánosi égine artióteri. To 1224, ýstera apó saránta iméres prosefchís kai nisteías, eíde na apotypónontai páno sto sóma tou ta stígmata ton pligón tou Iisoú.
Ótan péthane, ton éthapsan se naó pou mólis eíche chtisteí. Anakirýchtike ágios to 1228 apó ton Pápa Grigório TH?. I mními tou timátai stis 4 Oktovríou."
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