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The Prayer Team

“The Prayer Team” is a daily devotion written by Fr. Stavros N. Akrotirianakis, written every day since February 2015. Fr. Stavros is the Parish Priest at St. John the Baptist Greek Orthodox Church in Tampa, Florida. It began in February 2015 as an opportunity to write more on the subject of prayer and now has branched into other subjects.

The Prayer Team

Faithful to Relationships

Be watchful, stand firm in your faith, be courageous, be strong.  Let all that you do be done in love. I Corinthians 16:13-14 Today we will focus on being faithful in relationships with others.  The first one I’ll mention is the relationship one has with a spouse.  When people come Read more

By Fr. Stavros Akrotirianakis, 18 hours ago September 9, 2025
The Prayer Team

Faithful to God

The saying is sure: If we have died with Him, we shall also live with Him; if we endure, we shall also reign with Him; if we deny Him, He also will deny us; if we are faithless, He remains faithful-for He cannot deny Himself. 2 Timothy 2:11-13 Yesterday we Read more

By Fr. Stavros Akrotirianakis, 2 days ago September 9, 2025
The Prayer Team

Faith and Being Faithful

Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. Hebrews 11:1   Before we can understand what it means to be faithful, we should understand what the word “faith” means.  In his letter to the Hebrews, St. Paul sums up the meaning of faith Read more

By Fr. Stavros Akrotirianakis, 3 days ago September 9, 2025
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The Prayer Team

Feast of the Exaltation of the Venerable and Life-Giving Cross

When the chief priests and the officers saw Him, they cried out, “Crucify Him, crucify Him!” Pilate said to them, “Take Him yourselves and crucify Him, for I find no crime in Him.” The Jews answered Him, “We have a law, and by that law He ought to die, because Read more

By Fr. Stavros Akrotirianakis, 4 days ago September 9, 2025
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The Prayer Team

A Matter of Perspective

For the word of the cross is folly to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. For it is written, “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and the cleverness of the clever I will thwart.” Where is the Read more

By Fr. Stavros Akrotirianakis, 5 days ago September 9, 2025
The Prayer Team

Let Good Lead to God

Every good endowment and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change. James 1:17 Many Christians think that goodness is the goal of the Christian life.  Christianity becomes a set of moral principles, rules, Read more

By Fr. Stavros Akrotirianakis, 6 days ago September 9, 2025
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GOD BLESS AMERICA

And cause Thy whole nation and every tribe to know and understand that Thou art God, the God of all power and might, and that there is no other who protect the people of Israel but Thou alone! Judith 9:14  As we do each year on September 11, we must Read more

By Fr. Stavros Akrotirianakis, 7 days ago September 9, 2025
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I Should Care for Your Good, and You Should Care For Mine

Let love be genuine; hate what is evil, hold fast to what is good; love one another with brotherly affection; outdo one another in showing honor. Never flag in zeal, be aglow with the Spirit; serve the Lord. Romans 12:9-11 The two greatest commandments that Christ gave to us are to Read more

By Fr. Stavros Akrotirianakis, 1 week ago September 9, 2025
The Prayer Team

Tell Me Something Good

Let no evil talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for edifying, as fits the occasion, that it may impart grace to those who hear.  And to not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, in whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.  Let Read more

By Fr. Stavros Akrotirianakis, 1 week ago September 4, 2025
The Prayer Team

There Is Only ONE Needful Thing

Now as they went on their way, He entered a village; and a woman named Martha received Him into her house. And she had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord’s feet and listened to His teaching. But Martha was distracted with much serving; and she went to Him and Read more

By Fr. Stavros Akrotirianakis, 1 week ago September 4, 2025
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The Prayer Team

A Short Reading, a Succinct Summary

Jesus said, “No one has ascended into heaven but He who descended from heaven, the Son of man. And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of man be lifted up, that whoever believes in Him may have eternal life.” For God so loved Read more

By Fr. Stavros Akrotirianakis, 2 weeks ago September 4, 2025
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The Prayer Team

This is What Really Counts

See with what large letters I am writing to you with my own hand. It is those who want to make a good showing in the flesh that would compel you to be circumcised, and only in order that they may not be persecuted for the cross of Christ. For Read more

By Fr. Stavros Akrotirianakis, 2 weeks ago September 4, 2025

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