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Το Απόκρυφο Τι είναι;

Το Απόκρυφο Ευαγγέλιο του Νικοδήμου είναι ένα αρχαίο χριστιανικό κείμενο που συνδέθηκε παραδοσιακά με τον Νικόδημο. Δεν ανήκει στα τέσσερα κανονικά Ευαγγέλια της Καινής Διαθήκης, αλλά επηρέασε βαθιά τη χριστιανική παράδοση, ιδιαίτερα την εικόνα της Αναστάσεως.

Το κείμενο περιγράφει τη δίκη, τη σταύρωση, τον θάνατο του Ιησού Χριστού, την κάθοδό Του στον Άδη και την Ανάσταση.


What is it?

The Gospel of Nicodemus is an ancient Christian text traditionally associated with Nicodemus. It is not part of the four canonical Gospels of the New Testament, but it deeply influenced Christian tradition, especially the understanding of the Resurrection.

The text describes the trial, crucifixion, death of Jesus Christ, His descent into Hades, and His Resurrection.


Η Κάθοδος του Χριστού στον Άδη

The Descent of Christ into Hades

Σύμφωνα με την αφήγηση του κειμένου, μετά τον θάνατό Του στον Σταυρό, ο Χριστός κατεβαίνει στον Άδη. Εκεί βρίσκονται οι ψυχές των δικαίων της παλαιάς εποχής, που περιμένουν τη λύτρωση.

Ο Άδης ταράζεται, γιατί καταλαβαίνει ότι αυτός που έρχεται δεν είναι ένας απλός νεκρός, αλλά ο Χριστός, ο νικητής του θανάτου.


According to the text’s narrative, after His death on the Cross, Christ descends into Hades. There He finds the souls of the righteous of the ancient world, waiting for redemption.

Hades is shaken because he realizes that the One who has arrived is not an ordinary dead man, but Christ, the conqueror of death.


Ο διάλογος του Χριστού με τον Άδη

The Dialogue Between Christ and Hades

Ο Άδης λέει:

«Ποιος είσαι Εσύ που έρχεσαι σε μένα;
Γιατί ενώ οι άνθρωποι πεθαίνουν, Εσύ έρχεσαι με εξουσία;»

Ο Χριστός απαντά:

«Εγώ είμαι ο Ιησούς Χριστός, ο Υιός του Θεού.
Ήρθα να ελευθερώσω τους δεμένους, να σηκώσω αυτούς που περιμένουν και να νικήσω τον θάνατο.»

Τότε ο Άδης αναγνωρίζει ότι δεν μπορεί να κρατήσει τον Χριστό. Οι πύλες του ανοίγουν και οι δίκαιοι ελευθερώνονται.


Hades says:

“Who are You who comes to me?
Why do You come with authority while all others come as prisoners?”

Christ answers:

“I am Jesus Christ, the Son of God.
I have come to free those who are bound, to raise those who wait, and to overcome death.”

Then Hades realizes that he cannot hold Christ. The gates are opened and the righteous are set free.


Κεντρικό μήνυμα

Main Message

Η βασική ιδέα του κειμένου είναι η νίκη της ζωής πάνω στον θάνατο, η απελευθέρωση του ανθρώπου και η ελπίδα της Αναστάσεως.

The central message of the text is the victory of life over death, the liberation of humanity, and the hope of Resurrection.


Σημείωση / Note:
Το Απόκρυφο Ευαγγέλιο του Νικοδήμου δεν θεωρείται μέρος της Αγίας Γραφής, αλλά αποτελεί σημαντικό έργο της αρχαίας χριστιανικής γραμματείας και επηρέασε την τέχνη και την παράδοση της Αναστάσεως.

The Gospel of Nicodemus is not considered part of the Bible, but it is an important work of early Christian literature and influenced the art and tradition of the Resurrection.

 Ευαγγέλιο του Νικοδήμου The Gospel of Nicodemus (Acts of Pilate


Τι είναι;

Το Απόκρυφο Ευαγγέλιο του Νικοδήμου είναι ένα αρχαίο χριστιανικό κείμενο που συνδέθηκε παραδοσιακά με τον Νικόδημο. Δεν ανήκει στα τέσσερα κανονικά Ευαγγέλια της Καινής Διαθήκης, αλλά επηρέασε βαθιά τη χριστιανική παράδοση, ιδιαίτερα την εικόνα της Αναστάσεως.

Το κείμενο περιγράφει τη δίκη, τη σταύρωση, τον θάνατο του Ιησού Χριστού, την κάθοδό Του στον Άδη και την Ανάσταση.


What is it?

The Gospel of Nicodemus is an ancient Christian text traditionally associated with Nicodemus. It is not part of the four canonical Gospels of the New Testament, but it deeply influenced Christian tradition, especially the understanding of the Resurrection.

The text describes the trial, crucifixion, death of Jesus Christ, His descent into Hades, and His Resurrection.


Η Κάθοδος του Χριστού στον Άδη

The Descent of Christ into Hades

Σύμφωνα με την αφήγηση του κειμένου, μετά τον θάνατό Του στον Σταυρό, ο Χριστός κατεβαίνει στον Άδη. Εκεί βρίσκονται οι ψυχές των δικαίων της παλαιάς εποχής, που περιμένουν τη λύτρωση.

Ο Άδης ταράζεται, γιατί καταλαβαίνει ότι αυτός που έρχεται δεν είναι ένας απλός νεκρός, αλλά ο Χριστός, ο νικητής του θανάτου.


According to the text’s narrative, after His death on the Cross, Christ descends into Hades. There He finds the souls of the righteous of the ancient world, waiting for redemption.

Hades is shaken because he realizes that the One who has arrived is not an ordinary dead man, but Christ, the conqueror of death.


Ο διάλογος του Χριστού με τον Άδη

The Dialogue Between Christ and Hades

Ο Άδης λέει:

«Ποιος είσαι Εσύ που έρχεσαι σε μένα;
Γιατί ενώ οι άνθρωποι πεθαίνουν, Εσύ έρχεσαι με εξουσία;»

Ο Χριστός απαντά:

«Εγώ είμαι ο Ιησούς Χριστός, ο Υιός του Θεού.
Ήρθα να ελευθερώσω τους δεμένους, να σηκώσω αυτούς που περιμένουν και να νικήσω τον θάνατο.»

Τότε ο Άδης αναγνωρίζει ότι δεν μπορεί να κρατήσει τον Χριστό. Οι πύλες του ανοίγουν και οι δίκαιοι ελευθερώνονται.


Hades says:

“Who are You who comes to me?
Why do You come with authority while all others come as prisoners?”

Christ answers:

“I am Jesus Christ, the Son of God.
I have come to free those who are bound, to raise those who wait, and to overcome death.”

Then Hades realizes that he cannot hold Christ. The gates are opened and the righteous are set free.


Κεντρικό μήνυμα

Main Message

Η βασική ιδέα του κειμένου είναι η νίκη της ζωής πάνω στον θάνατο, η απελευθέρωση του ανθρώπου και η ελπίδα της Αναστάσεως.

The central message of the text is the victory of life over death, the liberation of humanity, and the hope of Resurrection.


Σημείωση / Note:
Το Απόκρυφο Ευαγγέλιο του Νικοδήμου δεν θεωρείται μέρος της Αγίας Γραφής, αλλά αποτελεί σημαντικό έργο της αρχαίας χριστιανικής γραμματείας και επηρέασε την τέχνη και την παράδοση της Αναστάσεως.

The Gospel of Nicodemus is not considered part of the Bible, but it is an important work of early Christian literature and influenced the art and tradition of the Resurrection.


Morfou Neophytos-A person was possessed....


A person was possessed, and they heard him say the following terrible things about the demon.

He says, “You know, this is how we demons speak. You commit so many sins, and Emmanuel forgives you. Who is Emmanuel? Emmanuel. He doesn’t call Him Emmanuel; he calls Him Manolis. He always tries to belittle Him. And Manolis, he says, always forgives you.”

“And when you commit a very great sin, who do you put in the middle? You put that one there. He doesn’t even say her name, Mary. He says, "Maria. "You put her there, and whatever they ask of her, she grants their request.

A priest who was performing exorcisms at that time asked the demon why Christ did


What she asks for.

Listen to what the demon answered through the mouth of the possessed person.

He said, "You are a priest, and you don’t know why? Why, good priest? Because she gave Him what He did not have.”

“Because she lent Him a body, and He is always indebted to her.”

“Listen, if you lend me a little money in my difficult time, if I am a proper person, I will owe you gratitude for my whole life. I will say, ‘Thank you very much, my friend, for lending to me when I was in my difficult time.’”

“So imagine God — what greatness He has toward the one who lent Him.”

“Because she lent Him the body.”

And the demon kept saying:

“Even your body, when Manolis created it, He created it in the shape of the wood where the Jews lifted Him up. He does not say ‘the Cross.’ He cannot say ‘Cross.’”

“Open your arms for a moment. Open your arms and see what shape your body takes immediately.”

“Even your body, he says, He made it in the shape of the wood where the Jews lifted Him up.”

“And you still do not believe Him. Or if you believe Him, you believe Him only a little.”

And the other thing he said — when I heard it, I was shocked — he said this:

“I committed one disobedience in Heaven. I was an angel, and I committed one disobedience in Heaven, and I fell forever into Hell together with all my angels.”

“You sin every day, and as soon as you say ‘I have sinned,’ the other one intervenes, the Virgin Mary, and immediately He forgives you and wants to place you with Him eternally.”

He did not even say the word “Paradise.”

“To be with Him, to enjoy His light. That light I also experience, but I do not rejoice in it—it burns me.”

“While you enjoy it, some of you from now, the saints, and all of you will go with Him forever.”

“Listen to what Paradise is: the enjoyment of the uncreated light, the divine light.”

“And what is Hell? The same light, because God is everywhere present, and even in Hell His light descends.”

“But the condemned and the demons, instead of experiencing this light with joy and knowledge, are filled with knowledge, because this light is full of information according to the desires of each person —”

“What fills us, the unborn? We go to Hell.”

“The burning of the light becomes fire, it becomes flames, and it judges the conscience and burns the conscience.”

“Because we carry our conscience with us. Whatever conscience we had in this life, we carry it with us.”

“And may God make us worthy of this light—to be a light of joy, a light full of information and knowledge, so that we can complete what we began in this temporary life.”

And this terrible spirit ended and said,

“I committed one sin, and since then I have been in Hell.”

“You commit sins every day, and Manolis forgives you through the intercessions of His Mother.”

The priest asked:

“Why did you enter this person?”

He answered:

“His parents committed sins, and later he himself was careless, and I entered.”

“Since he does not allow me. Do you know how many times I asked Him?”

“This is what I wanted to tell you. I have never said this before.”

“Do you know how many times I asked to enter and I asked for a body?”

“Listen.”

“And He does not allow me to unite with a body, with a woman, as His Spirit united with her.”

“He does not allow me, so that evil does not become immortal. That is why He does not allow it.”

“How much Christ loves us—so that evil does not become immortal.”

“And not only that—He does not allow me out of kindness.”

“Since I cannot become a demon-human, as He became God-human, the demon wants to become a demon-human.”

“Because I cannot, He sometimes allows me, when I see someone careless, to enter inside him.”

“Listen—to enter inside the image of God, meaning the human being, and to trouble him and possess him.”

“Forgive me for speaking at length, my dear Anna, but we must say these things because I see that our people need guidance, not only…”

  Το Απόκρυφο  Τι είναι; Το Απόκρυφο Ευαγγέλιο του Νικοδήμου είναι ένα αρχαίο χριστιανικό κείμενο που συνδέθηκε παραδοσιακά με τον Νικόδημο....