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Ascension

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The decrepit world was renewed

Protopresbyter Georgios Dorbarakis   ‘When, by your suffering and resurrection, you had renewed the world aged by many sins, you ascended into heaven, riding on clouds. Glory to your glory’ (Ode 1, Ascension). Saint Iosif of Thessaloniki, who wrote the second canon of the great feast of the Ascension of Read more…

By Pemptousia Partnership, 2 yearsJune 3, 2023 ago
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The Lord’s Ascension: the Visible Sign of God’s Reconciliation with Us

Fr. Gennadios Manolis, Theologian   The Lord’s Ascension is the visible sign of God’s reconciliation with us, but also the glorification of our human nature. This reconciliation and our glorification were achieved through the incarnation of the Son and Word of God, His teachings, His voluntary Passion, His glorious Resurrection, Read more…

By Pemptousia Partnership, 2 yearsMay 26, 2023 ago
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The Ascension of Jesus Christ in Glory

Archimandrite Zacharias Zacharou   ‘God is gone up with a shout, the Lord with the sound of a trumpet.’[1] The Ascension is the last event in Christ’s earthly life. Of course, Pentecost is the fulfilment of God’s dispensation, which is why is called ‘the last feast’[2]. God the Father was Read more…

By Pemptousia Partnership, 2 yearsMay 25, 2023 ago
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‘You who fill all things ascended in glory…’

Archimandrite Pavlos Dimitrakopoulos   The Lord’s ascension in glory and his being seated at the right hand of God the Father is the last act in his life and mission on earth. It’s the end of the concession he made in becoming human and of his incarnate, divine dispensation. But Read more…

By Pemptousia Partnership, 3 yearsJune 7, 2022 ago
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The Promise of the Father From Ascension to Pentecost

Ascension For forty days after the Resurrection, the Lord Jesus was ‘being seen of His disciples’.[1] He was gladdening the hearts of His disciples with His Presence and initiating them into the mysteries of the Kingdom. Christ appeared to them and opened their minds to understand the Scriptures. At the same Read more…

By Pemptousia Partnership, 4 yearsJune 14, 2021 ago
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The Importance of the Ascension

Fr. Andreas Agathokleous   The feast of the Ascension seems not to present any particular interest, but rather a certain sadness in our hearts that the Lord is departing from us. Nevertheless, the following points emerge from the Gospels and from our lives as Christians: 1. Each of us, in Read more…

By Pemptousia Partnership, 4 yearsJune 12, 2021 ago
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What Happens 40 Days After Pascha

  Pleased to share with you a short videoscribe presentation by Dr. Eve Tibbs about the The Ascension of the Lord in the Orthodox Church that was created as a discussion starter for a high school Sunday school class. About:  Dr. Eve (Paraskevè) Tibbs (PhD, Theology) is an Affiliate Professor of Read more…

By Dr. Paraskeve (Eve) Tibbs, 6 yearsJune 6, 2019 ago
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Sermon on Ascension Day

– Archpriest Andrew Phillips In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. So we have come to the Feast of the Ascension of Our Lord. Thus we have come to the last day of Christ’s physical presence on Earth. This marks the fulfilment Read more…

By Pemptousia Partnership, 6 yearsJune 6, 2019 ago

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