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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
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Let the Spirit Lead

Teach me the way I should go, for to Thee I lift up my soul. Deliver me, O Lord from my enemies! I have fled to Thee for refuge! Teach me to do Thy will, for Thou art my God! Let Thy good Spirit lead me on a level path! Read more

By Fr. Stavros Akrotirianakis, 6 years ago February 19, 2020
The Prayer Team

Keep Your Eyes on the Prize

For what does it profit a man, to gain the whole world and forfeit his life (soul)? For what can a man give in return for his life (soul)? Mark 8:36-37 One of the most egregious (in my opinion) mistranslations in the Bible is in Mark 8:36-37. The word which Read more

By Fr. Stavros Akrotirianakis, 6 years ago February 19, 2020
The Prayer Team

The Story of a Father and His Two Sons

The Lord said this parable: “There was a man who had two sons; and the younger of them said to his father, ‘Father, give me the share of property that falls to me.’ And he divided his living between them. Not many days later, the younger son gathered all he Read more

By Fr. Stavros Akrotirianakis, 6 years ago February 19, 2020
The Prayer Team

Your Body is a Temple

“All things are lawful for me,” but not all things are helpful. “All things are lawful for me,” but I will not be enslaved by anything. “Food is meant for the stomach and the stomach for food”—and God will destroy both one and the other. The body is not meant Read more

By Fr. Stavros Akrotirianakis, 6 years ago February 19, 2020
The Prayer Team

The Highest Goal is Holiness

But as He Who called you is holy, be holy yourselves in all your conduct; since it is written, “You shall be holy, for I am holy.” I Peter 1:15-16 If you ask the majority of people what their number one goal in life is, the answer is “to be Read more

By Fr. Stavros Akrotirianakis, 6 years ago February 14, 2020
The Prayer Team

God Wants Us to Succeed

Yet among the mature we do impart wisdom, although it is not a wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are doomed to pass away. But we impart a secret and hidden wisdom of God, which God decreed before the ages for our glorification. None Read more

By Fr. Stavros Akrotirianakis, 6 years ago February 14, 2020
The Prayer Team

We’re Supposed to be Satisfied with How Much?

Jesus said “What man of you, having a hundred sheep, if he has lost one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness and go after the one which is lost, until he finds it? And when he has found it, he lays it on his shoulders, rejoicing. Read more

By Fr. Stavros Akrotirianakis, 6 years ago February 12, 2020
The Prayer Team

Would Anyone Describe You with This Word?

It is well with the man who deals generously and lends, who conducts his affairs with justice. Psalm 112:5 On Christmas Eve, as part of my sermon, I read the children a Christian Christmas book. After reading the story, I asked them to describe Santa Claus. One of them said Read more

By Fr. Stavros Akrotirianakis, 6 years ago February 12, 2020
The Prayer Team

St. Haralambos: Endurance is Important

You then, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus, and what you have heard from me before many witnesses entrust to faithful men who will be able to teach others also. Share in suffering as a good soldier of Christ Jesus. No soldier on service Read more

By Fr. Stavros Akrotirianakis, 6 years ago February 5, 2020
The Prayer Team

First Sunday of Triodion—The Publican and the Pharisee

“Two men went up into the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, ‘God, I thank Thee that I am not like other men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even like this tax collector. I fast twice a Read more

By Fr. Stavros Akrotirianakis, 6 years ago February 5, 2020
The Prayer Team

The Road to the Cross and Resurrection Starts This Sunday

Now you have observed my teaching, my conduct, my aim in life, my faith, my patience, my love, my steadfastness, my persecutions, my sufferings, what befell me at Antioch, at Iconium, and at Lystra, what persecutions I endured; yet from them all the Lord rescued me. Indeed all who desire Read more

By Fr. Stavros Akrotirianakis, 6 years ago February 5, 2020
The Prayer Team

Generosity with Money

And He sat 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 He called His disciples to Him, and said to them, “Truly, Read more

By Fr. Stavros Akrotirianakis, 6 years ago February 5, 2020

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