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The Ascension of Jesus Christ in Glory

Archimandrite Zacharias Zacharou   ‘God is gone up with a shout, the Lord with the sound of a trumpet.’[1] The Ascension is the last event in Christ’s earthly life. Of course, Pentecost is the fulfilment of God’s dispensation, which is why is called ‘the last feast’[2]. God the Father was Read more…

By Pemptousia Partnership, 2 yearsMay 25, 2023 ago
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And He is the Expectation of Nations

Fr. Andreas Agathokleous   Below we will present the birth of the God Who became human, as this is shown to be the expectation of all the peoples of the world, from ancient times until today. From the very first moment after the Fall and the exodus from Paradise, the Read more…

By Pemptousia Partnership, 3 yearsDecember 17, 2022 ago
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Him, Jesus Christ

Saint John Chrysostom   Jesus Christ was called human, he was called the son of man, he was called the way, he was called a rock… Why was he called the way? To teach you that we ascend to the Father by him. Why was he called a rock? To Read more…

By Pemptousia Partnership, 3 yearsApril 27, 2022 ago
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Don’t stop

Saint Joseph the Hesychast   Constantly say ‘Lord Jesus Christ have mercy on me’ with your tongue and your mind. When the tongue tires, start with the mind. Then, when the mind becomes burdened, the tongue. Just don’t stop. When you’re at prayer keep control of your mind and don’t Read more…

By Pemptousia Partnership, 3 yearsFebruary 16, 2022 ago
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Emmanuel

Metropolitan of Pisidia Sotirios   It is during these Christmas days that we hear another name applied to the Son of God, our Lord Jesus Christ.  It is the name taken from the day of His birth in Bethlehem, and this name is Emmanuel.   The first to say this name in Read more…

By Pemptousia Partnership, 4 yearsDecember 26, 2021 ago
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Bearing within Us the Dying of the Lord Jesus

Archimandrite Zacharias Zacharou   Today’s Epistle (2nd Sunday of luke) reading preaches with assurance the paradoxical and antinomical truth that in the life of the disciples of Christ, sorrow and joy, death and life depend on each other and alternate, as long as there is faith in God and surrendering Read more…

By Pemptousia Partnership, 4 yearsOctober 9, 2021 ago
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The Promise of the Father From Ascension to Pentecost

Ascension For forty days after the Resurrection, the Lord Jesus was ‘being seen of His disciples’.[1] He was gladdening the hearts of His disciples with His Presence and initiating them into the mysteries of the Kingdom. Christ appeared to them and opened their minds to understand the Scriptures. At the same Read more…

By Pemptousia Partnership, 4 yearsJune 14, 2021 ago
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The First Resurrection

Archimandrite Varnavas Lambropoulos   What was Christ’s greatest miracle? Most people would say the raising of Lazarus. But Saint Isaac the Syrian disagrees, saying: ‘Someone who is aware of his or her sins and genuinely repents is on a higher level than a person who raises the dead. Raising a Read more…

By Pemptousia Partnership, 4 years ago
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Unveil my Eyes

Archimandrite Varnavas Lambropoulos   The healing of the blind man in Jericho is the last of the miracles recorded by Saint Luke before Christ’s entry into Jerusalem and his impending Passion. It may be no coincidence that, on Great Friday, the hymnographer has Christ express the bitter complaint which begins Read more…

By Pemptousia Partnership, 4 years ago
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Nasty and ungrateful

Elder Efraim, Arizona   ’Sweetest Jesus, you who were sinless God suffered so, so many injuries, so much contention, so many curses, and so much mockery from such a large number of people who hated you and bore you such ill-will. And you endured all that with tolerance, for my Read more…

By Pemptousia Partnership, 5 years ago

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