Resolution Sent in Protest of Silence Concerning Kidnapped Syrian Bishops
PETITION ON THE ABDUCTION OF THE TWO HIERARCHS OF ALEPPO SYRIA CALL TO ACTION: Sign the Petition Today, Wednesday 18 May 2016, we have gathered here in Athens, from all over Greece, Syria, Lebanon, the rest of Europe and the Middle East, on the occasion of the third anniversary of...
Elder Elisaios: “1050 years of Holy Mountain”
Elder Elisaios, Abbot of Holy Monastery of Simonos Petras, Mt Athos-Greece, speaks for 1050 years anniversary of Mt Athos’ blessed place. Speech was given at Parents School, in the city of Katerini, Macedonia, Greece. Watch Now Click here to see more at Pemptousia About Pemptousia: Contemporary post-modern man does...
Resurrection and Agape Vespers in Holy Great Monastery of Vatopedi on Mount Athos
Watch Agape Vespers, as well as Elder Ephraim speaking to the guests on the Holy Mountain about the Resurrection on Easter Sunday morning. On the Holy Mountain, Agape Vespers takes place in the morning hours of Easter Sunday and is celebrated in a festal manner. The most important feature is...
Jonathan Jackson + Enation Hit the Road for Summer Tour
Following the release of their new EP Blame-shifter, Jonathan Jackson + Enation will be hitting the road this summer; tour dates are listed below. Jackson, a five-time Daytime EMMY® Award-winning actor for his role in General Hospital, is also an Orthodox Christian. In an interview with Pemptousia in April of...
Christ is the Resurrection and Eternal Life
The author continues his thoughts on the Resurrection and notes that the Resurrection is of great significance for humankind as it is a command to to follow Christ’s path, copying his works, following His commandments, and loving our fellow man. (Continued from The Resurrection of Christ is...
The Resurrection of Christ is the Quintessence of the Divine Revelation
The author offers thoughts on the Resurrection with a look at current and ancient views on faith, death, and belief in immortality. The Resurrection is forgotten in this day and age. Even the immortality of the soul is ignored. It’s typical that scientists who concern themselves with the human soul...
Holy Memorial Service in a Nazi Concentration Camp
On April 23, 2016, the Holy Metropolis of Germany held an official memorial church service in honor of all the Orthodox victims of the Nazi Concentration Camp in Hersbruck, Germany. In his address, Protopresbyter Apostolos Malamousis emphasized the symbolic importance of the joint participation of Bavarian students and those of the Greek...
Mother’s Day and the Church
As we celebrate and honor our mothers on Mother’s Day, we are reminded that in the Church, the Mother of God is the most outstanding of mothers, and Church itself is regarded as the mother who gives birth to us and gives us rebirth in Christ, also bringing us to salvation....
‘No forgetting’: A Pemptousia Event for the abducted Metropolitan of Aleppo
PRESS RELEASE Athens, Τuesday, 10 May 2016 On Wednesday, 18 May 2016, at 18:00, at the Military Museum in Athens, the web magazine Pemptousia and the Holy Patriarchal and Stavropegic Monastery of Our Lady, in Balamand (Lebanon) are organizing an event on the subject ‘No forgetting. 3 years since the...
Marriage or Monasticism?
Based on the teaching of the Eastern Church Founders, Bishop of Nafpaktos, Hierotheos shares thoughts on marriage and monastic life. Love is the ultimate goal of both, “both are compared to and directed to God’s love.” Most young people don’t know how to discover their calling in the life. Whether to...
The Kollyvades Movement and its Significance
Nicknamed Kollyvades, by their opponents, these great teachers of the Greek nation had a significant impact on Orthodox faith and life. Both the Holy Mountain, which bred them, and St Gregory Palamas can be proud of these great teachers of Orthodoxy and the Nation. From 10 November 2011 The...
What Great Thursday tells us
On our journey to Pascha, we are reminded of the Lord’s desire for unity of his flock, that he wishes us to be as one. The importance of this wish is reflected in the Divine Eucharist because to be in communion with God, we must first be in communion with...
