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Sermon on the 1st Sunday of Luke (Luke 5: 1-11)

Metropolitan of Pisidia Sotirios   What should be admired first from what the Evangelist Luke told us today? The people of Galilee, who thirsted to hear the words of Jesus? They filled the shore of Lake Gennesaret as soon as they learned that Jesus was there, and they longed to Read more…

By Pemptousia Partnership, 10 hoursSeptember 26, 2023 ago
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Knowledge by itself is dangerous

Archimandrite Iakovos Kanakis   Knowledge is power and love is the aim; when they go hand in hand we have a wonderful result. ‘Knowledge puffs up whereas love builds up’ (1 Cor. 8, 1) and Saint Maximos the Confessor urges us to: ‘yoke together knowledge and love and you’ll become humble Read more…

By Pemptousia Partnership, 1 daySeptember 25, 2023 ago
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The Prayer Team

It is Better to Walk by Faith than by Sight

For we walk by faith, not by sight.  II Corinthians 5:7   We know that faith is believing without seeing. By its very definition, faith means putting trust in something we can’t see. For many people, this seems to be a very hard concept. How can we put trust in something we don’t Read more…

By Fr. Stavros Akrotirianakis, 2 daysSeptember 25, 2023 ago
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Saint Silouan, the great spiritual figure of the 20th century

Alexandros Christodoulou   Saint Silouan the Athonite (24 September) Saint Siouan- Symeon Ivanovich Antonov, before his tonsure- was born in 1866 into a peasant family in the Tambov region of Russia. From the age of four he began wondering: ‘Where is this God? When I grow up, I’ll travel the Read more…

By Pemptousia Partnership, 2 daysSeptember 24, 2023 ago
The Prayer Team

Called to Be Disciples

While the people pressed upon Him to hear the word of God, He was standing by the lake of Gennesaret. And He saw two boats by the lake; but the fishermen had gone out of them and were washing their nets. Getting into one of the boats, which was Simon’s, Read more…

By Fr. Stavros Akrotirianakis, 3 daysSeptember 24, 2023 ago
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The Authenticity of the Vision of Christ in the Life of Saint Silouan

Archimandrite Zacharias Zacharou   Christ is the miracle that astounds us. He is the sign that God gave to all generations of all times. In His Person, every problem, every impasse, every tragedy received its solution. Being imitations of Christ and bearing Him in their heart, the saints are also Read more…

By Pemptousia Partnership, 3 daysSeptember 23, 2023 ago
Pemptousia Partnership

The invisible life of the soul

Fr. Andreas Agathokleous   We live among people who are imperfect, with lots of passions and faults which are likely to irritate us enormously and make us upset. But we can’t change the way they behave, particularly their negative attitude towards us. Nobody changes their own disposition unless they want Read more…

By Pemptousia Partnership, 4 daysSeptember 22, 2023 ago
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Miracles of Our Most Holy Lady the Mother of God of the Holy Monastery of Choziba

In our narration of the miracles of our glorious Lady, full of grace, the Mother of God, we shall draw some drops from the boundless sea, to the honor of the all-praised Mother of God. 1. No woman had ever entered the Monastery of Choziba. This is the reason why Read more…

By Pemptousia Partnership, 5 daysSeptember 21, 2023 ago
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The Prayer Team

Do You Want To Be Transformed?

May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope. Romans 15:13   Every summer, millions of people try to achieve the perfect suntan.  No one wants a sun burn.  Those hurt.  Read more…

By Fr. Stavros Akrotirianakis, 6 daysSeptember 21, 2023 ago
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Should a wife ‘fear’ her husband?

Protopresbyter Georgios Dorbarakis   Even though it’s been answered a thousand times, the question is often posed as to why Saint Paul is so ‘provocative’ in his letter to the Ephesians, which is read at the marriage service. He says: ‘and let the wife fear her husband’ and that she Read more…

By Pemptousia Partnership, 6 daysSeptember 20, 2023 ago
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OCN Weekly Printable Children’s Word

  Welcome to “The Children’s Word,” a weekly ministry of the Orthodox Christian Network. Each week, Presvytera Alexandra Houck writes this little newsletter for young parishioners! You will find age-appropriate articles, stories, and activities in every edition. The newsletter is provided in PDF format so that you can easily download Read more…

By Presvytera Alexandra Houck, 6 daysSeptember 20, 2023 ago
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The Prayer Team

When You Are Not Sure How You are Going to Get it All Done

Cast all of your anxieties on Him, for He cares about you. I Peter 5:7   My dad passed away in June of 2014. I had visited him May 28-30. When I left, we had no idea how long he had to live. We knew the end was coming, we just didn’t Read more…

By Fr. Stavros Akrotirianakis, 7 days ago

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