Elder Philemon: Christ Turns Water into Wine, Wine into Blood, Blood into Resurrection

Elder Philemon, Dikaios of the Coenobitic Skete of the Prophet Elias (Pantokratoros) on Mount Athos, speaks about the joy of life in Christ. He describes a chain of transformations that Christ performs: water into wine, wine into His blood, and that blood into resurrection, life, and paradise. The elder applies this sequence to the Christian life today.

In our era, he says, there should also be this trained, incorruptible light. He admits this is not easy, but he says it at least shows us a solution. He sets a boundary for how a Christian should relate to this light: a Christian should not be deified by it, but should know that this is our path, see it, and hold on to it so as not to become discouraged.

The post shares a video from the channel Kiriakos Agio Oros, where the full talk can be watched, and lists hashtags on Christ, joy, life, faith, Christianity, and Orthodoxy. The discussion in the source stays with the elder's own words: the transformation of water into wine, wine into blood, and blood into resurrection and paradise; the presence of a trained, incorruptible light in our era; the difficulty of this; the solution it points to; and the counsel that a Christian should see this path and hold on to it in order to avoid disappointment.

The post is in Greek, with English hashtags alongside the Greek ones, and identifies the speaker by name and by his office in the Holy Skete of the Prophet Elias on Mount Athos.