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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

It Is the Day of Resurrection

It is the day of Resurrection! O people, let us glory in splendor! Pascha, the Lord’s Pascha! For Christ our God has transported us who sing the triumphal hymn from death to life, and from earth to heaven. ~First Ode, Paschal Canon, Trans. by Fr. George Papadeas — Truly, truly, Read more…

By Fr. Stavros Akrotirianakis, 3 yearsMay 2, 2022 ago
The Prayer Team

Thomas Sunday

On the evening of that day, the first day of the week, the doors being shut where the disciples were, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said to them, “Peace be with you.” When He had said this, He showed them His hands and Read more…

By Fr. Stavros Akrotirianakis, 3 yearsMay 1, 2022 ago
The Prayer Team

Trust and Faith

Now many signs and wonders were done among the people by the hands of the apostles. And they were all together in Solomon’s Portico. None of the rest dared join them, but the people held them in high honor. And more than ever believers were added to the Lord, multitudes Read more…

By Fr. Stavros Akrotirianakis, 3 yearsApril 30, 2022 ago
The Prayer Team

Feast of the Life-Giving Fountain (Zodochos Peghe)

After this, Jesus went down to Capernaum, with His mother and His brothers and disciples; and there they stayed for a few days. The Passover of the Jews was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. In the temple, He found those who were selling oxen and sheep and pigeons, and Read more…

By Fr. Stavros Akrotirianakis, 3 yearsApril 29, 2022 ago
The Prayer Team

Christ is Risen

Christ is Risen from the dead, by death trampling down upon death, and to those in the tombs He has granted life. ~Translation of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America — And when the Sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, bought spices, so Read more…

By Fr. Stavros Akrotirianakis, 3 yearsApril 28, 2022 ago
The Prayer Team

Wednesday, April 27 – PASCHA – Angels in Heaven Praise Your Resurrection

The angels in heaven praise Your Resurrection, O Christ, Savior. Make us also here on earth worthy, to glorify You with pure hearts. ~Resurrection Service, Pascha, Trans. by Fr. George Papadeas — Sing for joy, O heavens, and exult, O earth; Break forth, O mountains, into singing! For the Lord has Read more…

By Fr. Stavros Akrotirianakis, 3 yearsApril 27, 2022 ago
The Prayer Team

Tuesday, April 26 – Come Receive the Light

Come, receive the Light, from the unwaning light, and glorify Christ, Who has risen from the dead. (Resurrection Service, Pascha, Trans. by Fr. George Papadeas) — In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God; all Read more…

By Fr. Stavros Akrotirianakis, 3 yearsApril 26, 2022 ago
The Prayer Team

Come and Sit in the Crowds

Then said Jesus to the crowds and to His disciples, “The scribes and Pharisees sit on Moses’ seat; so practice and observe whatever they tell you, but not what they do; for they preach but to not practice. Matthew 23: 1-3 (From the Gospel of Holy Monday Evening) During the Read more…

By Fr. Stavros Akrotirianakis, 3 yearsApril 18, 2022 ago
The Prayer Team

Saturday of Lazarus – Fully Man, Fully God

Today we begin the journey of Great and Holy Week. Over the course of the next week we will hear dozens of scripture readings and hundreds of hymns. Through these we will relive and relearn the story of the Passion and Resurrection of Christ, and then use this experience as an occasion Read more…

By Fr. Stavros Akrotirianakis, 3 yearsApril 16, 2022 ago
The Prayer Team

Arise, O God

Arise, O God, and judge the earth; for You shall take all nations to Your inheritance. ~Vesperal Liturgy, Holy Saturday morning, Trans. by Fr. George Papadeas — Arise, O God, judge the earth; for to Thee belong all the nations! Psalm 82:8 In the last reflection, we discussed how the Read more…

By Fr. Stavros Akrotirianakis, 3 yearsApril 15, 2022 ago
The Prayer Team

Hymn of the Three Youths

Praise You the Lord, and exalt Him to all ages. ~Hymn of the Three Youths, Vesperal Liturgy, Holy Saturday morning, Trans. by Fr. George Papadeas — Now the king’s servants who threw them in did not cease feeding the furnace fires with naphtha, pitch, tow and brush. And the flame streamed Read more…

By Fr. Stavros Akrotirianakis, 3 yearsApril 14, 2022 ago
The Prayer Team

The Resurrection of Those in Hades

Today Hades cried out groaning: “Would that I had not received the One born of Mary; for He came upon me and loosed my power.  He shattered the gates of brass; the souls, which I held captive of old, as God He raised up.”  Glory O Lord to  Your Cross Read more…

By Fr. Stavros Akrotirianakis, 3 yearsApril 13, 2022 ago

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