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Pemptousia Partnership

The Holy Victorious Martyr Marina – 17 July

Saint Nicodemus the Hagiorite   Saint Marina was from a village in Pisidia, the daughter and only child of a certain Aidesios, a pagan priest, and lived in the reign of Emperor Claudius II. When she was twelve, her mother died and she was given into the charge of another Read more…

By Pemptousia Partnership, 5 yearsJuly 17, 2020 ago
The Children's Word

Have You Ever Played a Sport on a Team?

Have you ever played on a team? You probably had a coach who told you the plan. For example, if you played baseball, you might have heard your coach tell the team: “You play first base. You cover second. You play right field…” and so on. Your coach had a Read more…

By Presvytera Alexandra Houck, 5 yearsJuly 17, 2020 ago
The Prayer Team

Summer Reset 2020: Part V—Looking Forward

As they were saying this, Jesus Himself stood among them. But they were startled and frightened, and supposed that they saw a spirit. And He said to them, “Why are you troubled, and why do questionings rise in your hearts? See my hands and my feet, that it is I Read more…

By Fr. Stavros Akrotirianakis, 5 yearsJuly 17, 2020 ago
Pemptousia Partnership

What should we know in the battle against thoughts?

Saint Paisios the Athonite   ‘We should put a question mark against conjectures of suspicion’. ‘Elder what helps to get rid of suspicions? ‘Are things always the way you see them? Always put a question mark after each of your thoughts, because you usually look at things ‘from the left’ Read more…

By Pemptousia Partnership, 5 yearsJuly 16, 2020 ago
The Prayer Team

Summer Reset 2020: Part IV—Hope for the Future

And Jesus went away from there and withdrew to the district of Tyre and Sidon.  And behold, a Canaanite woman from that region came out and cried, “Have mercy on me, O Lord, Son of David; my daughter is severely possessed by a demon.”  But He did not answer her Read more…

By Fr. Stavros Akrotirianakis, 5 yearsJuly 16, 2020 ago
Pemptousia Partnership

Just the same

Saint Gregory of Nyssa   All the other capacities which we glimpse around the divine nature surpass the measure of human understanding, but lowliness is implanted within us and co-exists with those who come from below, are composed of earthly material and who return to the ground. You acquire the Read more…

By Pemptousia Partnership, 5 yearsJuly 15, 2020 ago
The Prayer Team

Summer Reset 2020: Part III—Challenges/Difficulties During the Pandemic

And Jesus said down opposite the treasury, and watched the multitude putting money into the treasury.  Many rich people put in large sums.  And a poor widow came, and put in two copper coins, which make a penny.  And Jesus called His disciples to Him, and said to them, “Truly, Read more…

By Fr. Stavros Akrotirianakis, 5 yearsJuly 15, 2020 ago
Pemptousia Partnership

Saint Vlasios from Sklavaina Appears to Saint Païsios

(edited by Stelios Koukos) Archimandrite Avgoustinos Katsambiris had repeatedly asked the Elder (Saint Païsios the Athonite) to pray that the newly-revealed Saint Vlasios, from Sklavaina, would appear to him. The archimandrite wanted to know what Saint Vlasios looked like, so that he could paint an icon of him. It was Read more…

By Pemptousia Partnership, 5 yearsJuly 14, 2020 ago
The Prayer Team

Summer Reset 2020 Part II—Things We Still Have and Are Grateful For

On the way to Jerusalem, Jesus was passing along between Samaria and Galilee.  And as He entered a village, He was met by ten lepers, who stood at a distance and lifted up their voices and said, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us.”  When He saw them He said to Read more…

By Fr. Stavros Akrotirianakis, 5 yearsJuly 14, 2020 ago
Pemptousia Partnership

Liberation from the Power of Evil

Ioannis Karavidopoulos, Professor Emeritus of New Testament Hermeneutics, A. U. Th.   The central aim of the Gospel reading for the fifth Sunday of Matthew is to demonstrate Christ’s Messianic power. Through Jesus’ activity in the world, His crucifixion, resurrection then the foundation of the Church, the destructive work of Read more…

By Pemptousia Partnership, 5 yearsJuly 13, 2020 ago
The Prayer Team

Summer Reset 2020: Part I—Things We’ve Lost

Now the tax collectors and sinners were all drawing near to hear Him.  And the Pharisees and the scribes murmured, saying “This man receives sinners and eats with them.”  So He told them this parable: “What man of you, having a hundred sheep, if he has lost one of them, Read more…

By Fr. Stavros Akrotirianakis, 5 yearsJuly 13, 2020 ago
Pemptousia Partnership

James W. Lillie: My Personal Recollections of Saint Paisios

James W. Lillie   As I mentioned in the recent article about the Elder, I was fortunate enough to translate his biography of Saint Arsenios. As a result of this, I met him on a number of occasions. Were I a more saintly person, I would no doubt have recognized Read more…

By Pemptousia Partnership, 5 yearsJuly 12, 2020 ago

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