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Fr. Stavros Akrotirianakis

Fr. Stavros N. Akrotirianakis is the Proistamenos of St. John Greek Orthodox Church in Tampa, FL. Fr. contributes the Prayer Team Ministry, a daily reflection, which began in February 2015. The Prayer Team now has its own dedicated website! Fr. Stavros has produced multiple books, you can view here: https://amzn.to/3nVPY5M
The Prayer Team

Sunday Epistles and Gospels | We Are God’s Vessels

Now as Peter went here and there among them all, he came down also to the saints that lived at Lydda. There he found a man named Aeneas, who had been bedridden for eight years and was paralyzed. And Peter said to him, “Aeneas, Jesus Christ heals you; rise and Read more…

By Fr. Stavros Akrotirianakis, 22 hoursMay 10, 2025 ago
The Prayer Team

I Believe – The Nicene Creed | And in one Lord, Jesus Christ

The next day, he saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world! This is He of whom I said, ‘After me comes a Man who ranks before me, for He was before me.’ I myself did not know Read more…

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

Feast of St. John the Theologian | A Son, a Mother, a Scribe, the Church and the Gospel

Standing by the cross of Jesus were His mother, and his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. When Jesus saw His mother, and the disciple whom He loved standing near, He said to His mother, “Woman, behold, your son!” Then He said to the disciple, “Behold, Read more…

By Fr. Stavros Akrotirianakis, 3 daysMay 8, 2025 ago
The Prayer Team

St. John the Theologian | The Theologian | Epistle 

That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon and touched with our hands, concerning the word of life— the life was made manifest, and we saw it, and testify to it, and proclaim to you the Read more…

By Fr. Stavros Akrotirianakis, 4 daysMay 7, 2025 ago
The Prayer Team

I Believe – The Nicene Creed | The Father Almighty, Creator of heaven and earth, and of all things visible and invisible

No one has ever seen God; the only Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, He has made Him known. John 1:18  Christ is Risen! The overwhelming majority of the Creed is dedicated to summarizing the theology of the Holy Trinity.  The Creed will mention the Incarnation and Read more…

By Fr. Stavros Akrotirianakis, 5 daysMay 6, 2025 ago
The Prayer Team

I Believe – The Nicene Creed | In One God

I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. You shall have no other gods before Me. Exodus 20:2-3 Christ is Risen! The concept of a “higher power” has been part of society’s consciousness since the beginning. People Read more…

By Fr. Stavros Akrotirianakis, 6 daysMay 5, 2025 ago
The Prayer Team

The Courage of Joseph and the Myrrh-Bearing Women

Joseph of Arimathea, a respected member of the council, who was also himself looking for the kingdom of God, took courage and went to Pilate, and asked for the body of Jesus. And Pilate wondered if He were already dead; and summoning the centurion, he asked him whether He was Read more…

By Fr. Stavros Akrotirianakis, 7 daysMay 4, 2025 ago
The Prayer Team

The Basic Work of the Church

Now in these days when the disciples were increasing in number, the Hellenists murmured against the Hebrews because their widows were neglected in the daily distribution. And the twelve summoned the body of the disciples and said, “It is not right that we should give up preaching the word of Read more…

By Fr. Stavros Akrotirianakis, 1 weekMay 3, 2025 ago
The Prayer Team

I Believe – The Nicene Creed | I Believe

Now Thomas, one of the twelve, called the Twin, was not with them when Jesus came. So the other disciples told him, “We have seen the Lord.” But he said to them, “Unless I see in his hands the print of the nails, and place my finger in the mark of Read more…

By Fr. Stavros Akrotirianakis, 1 weekMay 2, 2025 ago
The Prayer Team

I Believe – The Nicene Creed | Three Important Contributions of the First Ecumenical Council

But false prophets also arose among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you, who will secretly bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them, bringing upon themselves swift destruction.  And many will follow their licentiousness, and because of them the way of truth Read more…

By Fr. Stavros Akrotirianakis, 1 weekMay 1, 2025 ago
Articles

I Believe – The Nicene Creed | The Backdrop of the First Ecumenical Council

But some men came down from Judea and were teaching the brethren, “Unless you are circumcised according to the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved.” And when Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and debate with them, Paul and Barnabas and some of the others were appointed to go Read more…

By Fr. Stavros Akrotirianakis, 2 weeksApril 30, 2025 ago
The Prayer Team

I Believe -The Nicene Creed | We All Believe in Something

When the people saw that Moses delayed to come down from the mountain, the people gathered themselves together to Aaron, and said to him, “Up, make us gods, who shall go before us; as for this Moses, the man who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we Read more…

By Fr. Stavros Akrotirianakis, 2 weeksApril 28, 2025 ago

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