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A Thorny Hug

Protopresbyter Georgios Dorbarakis   The Christian life is to be judged entirely on our attitude to other people. The welcome we give others, how we find room for them, is indicative, or otherwise, of our good apprenticeship. Because, according to his own revelation, Christ and other people are one and Read more…

By Pemptousia Partnership, 4 yearsJuly 31, 2021 ago
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Man of God / Great Lakes Christian Film Festival / Northeastern U.S. Premiere Buffalo, New York USA

Dear all, We are pleased to announce that “Man of God”, the highly anticipated award-winning film based on the life of Saint Nektarios of Aegina starring Aris Servetalis, Alexander Petrov, and Mickey Rourke, will have its Northeastern U.S. premiere at the Great Lakes Christian Film Festival on Saturday August 7th at Read more…

By Pemptousia Partnership, 4 yearsJuly 30, 2021 ago
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Recognizable features of a non-authentic Christian experience

Metropolitan Nikolaos (Hatzinikolaou) of Mesogaia and Lavreotiki   An experience which isn’t genuine produces Christians who, instead of being saved within the Church, feel as though they should save the truth. Instead of discerning the face of Christ in our brother and sister Christians, we see opponents whom we must Read more…

By Pemptousia Partnership, 4 yearsJuly 30, 2021 ago
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How to recognize the authentic Christian experience

Metropolitan Nikolaos (Hatzinikolaou) of Mesogaia and Lavreotiki   What are the characteristic features of the authentic Christian experience? We can begin by looking at the end of the first chapter of the Gospel according to Saint John, the section regarding the call of the disciples. This passage is of particular Read more…

By Pemptousia Partnership, 4 yearsJuly 29, 2021 ago
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The Holy New Martyr Christodoulos from Kassandra – 27 July

Saint Nicodemus the Hagiorite   The new martyr and servant of Christ Christodoulos was from Kassandra, the first leg of Halkidiki, from a village called Valta. When he was still young, he left his home and went to Thessaloniki and, when he’d learned how to make thick woollen cloth and Read more…

By Pemptousia Partnership, 4 yearsJuly 27, 2021 ago
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Fear: Cause and Cure

Protopresbyter Georgios Dorbarakis   The Christian faith doesn’t doubt the existence of fear in people’s lives. It accepts it as a reality and interprets it. Fear is the product of our Fall into sin- that which opened the gates for every kind of fear to enter our life, and therefore Read more…

By Pemptousia Partnership, 4 yearsJuly 25, 2021 ago
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The Personality of Saint Mary Magdalene, Equal to the Apostles

Georgios Zaravelas, Theologian   Saint Mary Magdalene is the most outstanding person in the circle of Christ’s women disciples, and, indeed, the most significant female figure in the Christian Church, after the Mother of God. Her importance for the Church is expressed in the lengthy references to her in the Read more…

By Pemptousia Partnership, 4 yearsJuly 24, 2021 ago
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Saint Makarios the Egyptian – Homily XXV. No-one can overcome evil by their own efforts

Saint Makarios the Egyptian   There are those upon whom the divine law is written, not with ink and letters, but implanted in their hearts of flesh. These people have had the eyes of their mind enlightened and they reach after a hope which isn’t tangible and visible, but is Read more…

By Pemptousia Partnership, 4 yearsJuly 23, 2021 ago
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Saint Mary Magdalene: The Revision of the Role of a Prominent Apostle

The years between 1976-1985 were declared by the United Nations to be the “Decade of the Rights of Women”. Within the framework of the related activities which were undertaken at the time, it was claimed, among other things, that religions bore the responsibility for the suppression of women’s rights. In Read more…

By Pemptousia Partnership, 4 yearsJuly 22, 2021 ago
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Saint Paul’s Chains

Archimandrite Varnavas Lambropoulos   What is the greatest glory of Saint Paul the Apostle? What was the greatest of God’s gifts to him? Why should we call him blessed and envy him? Saint John Chrysostom answers: ‘I call Paul blessed not so much because he was caught up into Paradise Read more…

By Pemptousia Partnership, 4 yearsJuly 21, 2021 ago
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What to know about the struggle against thoughts

Saint Paisios the Athonite   We should put question marks against speculations – Elder, what helps to dismiss speculation? – Everything’s always the way you see it. Always put a question mark against every one of your thoughts, because you usually see everything in a bad light. Do the same Read more…

By Pemptousia Partnership, 4 yearsJuly 19, 2021 ago
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The True Christian

Metropolitan Nikolaos (Hatzinikolaou) of Mesogaia and Lavreotiki   In the Gospel readings, we often come across the Apostles invoking the authenticity of their personal witness in order to be convincing: ‘which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have Read more…

By Pemptousia Partnership, 4 yearsJuly 18, 2021 ago

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