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Meeting with the Samaritan Woman (2)

George Mantzaridis, Professor Emeritus, Theological School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki   While the Samaritan woman was talking to Christ, she basically didn’t understand what he was saying. He was talking on the level of eternal life. She automatically transferred what she heard to the level of this transitory life. There Read more…

By Pemptousia Partnership, 1 weekMay 14, 2025 ago
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When Christ Appeared to Saint Efraim Katounakiotis

One of the brethren was troubled and went to see the Elder. He begged him: ‘Elder, say a prayer for me to be rid of my sadness’. He put his hands on the man’s head and prayed as he usually did. Then he said to him: ‘Listen, son. In the Read more…

By Pemptousia Partnership, 2 yearsNovember 1, 2023 ago
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Faith in Christ is a matter of the heart

Protopresbyter Georgios Dorbarakis   Faith in Christ is principally a matter of the heart, and then of reason. The Lord didn’t say, ‘If you understand me’, but ‘If you love me, keep my commandments’. This means that we can understand him to the degree that we try to love him. Read more…

By Dimitris Iliopoulos, 2 yearsAugust 1, 2023 ago
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Let us keep Christ’s commandments properly

Protopresbyter Georgios Dorbarakis   ‘Illumined, brethren, by the resurrection of Christ the Savior and having reached the mid-point of the Lord’s feast, let us keep God’s commandments assiduously; that we may be worthy to celebrate the Ascension and enjoy the presence of the Holy Spirit (Doxastiko, Lauds, Saturday of Mid-Pentecost). Read more…

By Pemptousia Partnership, 2 yearsMay 15, 2023 ago
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Meeting with the Samaritan Woman (1)

George Mantzaridis, Professor Emeritus, Theological School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki   Any encounter with Christ astonishes people. If you’re not astonished, you should ask yourself whether you actually encountered Christ, if you really felt His presence. This astonishment isn’t inexplicable, nor absurd, but rather it’s understandable and rational. It’s something Read more…

By Pemptousia Partnership, 2 yearsMay 13, 2023 ago
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The Stranger

George Mantzarides, Professor Emeritus of the Theological School of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki   Creation suffers the Passion of its Creator. The sun hides its rays. The earth quakes and the veil of the temple is rent in two ‘from top to bottom’ (Matth.. 27, 51). The Savior is Read more…

By Pemptousia Partnership, 2 yearsApril 14, 2023 ago
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The Tomb of the Lord (Great Saturday)

Fr. Lev Gillet   On Holy Saturday the Church directs and concentrates our attention on our Lord’s tomb. In the whole liturgical year, there is no day with a more complex character than Holy Saturday, for this day shares both in the sorrow of the Passion and in the joy Read more…

By Pemptousia Partnership, 2 yearsApril 14, 2023 ago
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Christ’s Behavior (Matth. 4, 12-17)

Metropolitan Ioïl (Frangkakos) of Edessa, Pella, and Almopia   ‘When he heard that John had been delivered up, he withdrew into Galilee’. Christ’s behavior towards people wasn’t monolithic. He reacted in a variety of ways. In any case, He became incarnate, was made manifest to people and revealed His wisdom Read more…

By Pemptousia Partnership, 2 yearsJanuary 11, 2023 ago
Pemptousia Partnership

The Word became flesh (John 1, 14) A Sermon on the Nativity of Christ

Saint John of Kronstadt   The Word became flesh; that is, the Son of God, co-eternal with God the Father and with the Holy Spirit, became human — having become incarnate of the Holy Spirit and the Virgin Mary. O, wondrous, awesome and salvific mystery! The One Who had no Read more…

By Pemptousia Partnership, 2 yearsDecember 23, 2022 ago
Pemptousia Partnership

11th Sunday of Luke: Will we accept Christ’s invitation?

Sotirios Theologou   The voice of the Lord is directed towards all of us who are concerned with the necessities of life and, perhaps, have our mind on them alone. You might ask how we’re supposed to hear the Lord’s voice. Through the Gospel. Today is the Sunday of the Read more…

By Pemptousia Partnership, 2 yearsDecember 14, 2022 ago

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