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The Rendition of Easter

Archimandrite Daniel G. Aerakis   The Resurrection continues. This is shown by the feast of the Rendition of Easter. The same messages from the night of the Resurrection are also heard at the Rendition of Easter, which is celebrated one day before the Feast of the Ascension. Every great feast Read more…

By Pemptousia Partnership, 10 monthsJune 1, 2022 ago
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Midpentecost

Archimandrite Zacharias Zacharou   ‘I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely’[1]. During Great Lent, to a certain degree, we taste of Christ’s death. In the middle of this period, the Church institutes the Veneration of the Precious Cross, to quicken Read more…

By Pemptousia Partnership, 10 monthsMay 18, 2022 ago
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The Voice of the Conscience

Metropolitan Ieronymos of Larisa and Tyrnavos   Countless times in our lives we’re faced by doubts about what we should do. We often hesitate to decide, but not because we’re uncertain as to how we should act or proceed. Although we know what’s right, although we feel the moral imperative, Read more…

By Pemptousia Partnership, 11 monthsMay 9, 2022 ago
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Disbelief and Divine Compassion

Protopresbyter Vasileios Kalliakmanis, Professor of the Theological School, A.U.Th.   a) Divine compassion, as a consequence of the mystery of divine self-emptying, isn’t restricted to the Cross and burial. It continues after the Resurrection as well. The risen Lord had no wish to impose the glad tidings on people by Read more…

By Pemptousia Partnership, 11 monthsMay 4, 2022 ago
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Entering in Holy Week

Protopresbyter Vasileios Kalliakmanis   a) Joseph the Fair leads the chorus of those celebrating God’s condescension in going to His voluntary passion, an event of universal significance. In his person, the Gospel messages of reconciliation, forgiveness, restraint and purity of heart find their application. He may not have heard the Read more…

By Pemptousia Partnership, 11 monthsApril 18, 2022 ago
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Easter before Easter, the Annunciation of the Resurrection

Father Nikolaos Patsalos   This year, the 5th Sunday in Lent coincided with the great feast of the Mother of God, her Annunciation. We’d left the middle of Lent the previous Sunday, that of John of the Ladder, and, instead of the 5th being centred on the great desert ascetic, Read more…

By Pemptousia Partnership, 12 monthsMarch 26, 2022 ago
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Prefiguration of the Resurrection in the Easter Canon

Mihail Tritos No other hymnological text expresses the redemptive, existential and metaphysical dimension of the Resurrection with such completeness and power as does the incomparable canon by Saint John the Damascan. It’s a masterpiece of Byzantine poetry and one of the most beautiful texts in world literature. Full of sublime Read more…

By Pemptousia Partnership, 2 yearsMay 1, 2021 ago
The Children's Word

Christ Always Helps Us Find the Way

Have you ever tried to find something in the dark? Have you walked around in pitch black? Maybe you stumbled into things. Maybe you tripped and fell. Maybe you tried to hold onto something that would help you find your way. It’s hard to find our way when we don’t Read more…

By Presvytera Alexandra Houck, 2 yearsApril 28, 2021 ago
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Easter in the Liturgical Year

Fr. Alexander Schmemann In the center of our liturgical life, in the very center of that time which we measure as year, we find the feast of Christ’s Resurrection. What is Resurrection? Resurrection is the appearance in this world, completely dominated by time and therefore by death, of a life Read more…

By Pemptousia Partnership, 2 yearsApril 9, 2021 ago
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Resurrection: Christ is Risen. A Short Film

Orthodox Australian filmmakers Stephan and Andrew, ‘The Brothers Robinson’, have returned with another short film influenced by their Orthodox faith. A few years ago they appeared on OCN for a film entitled ‘The Alternate’, an artistic piece that took inspiration from the Transfiguration story. Resurrection is a short film built Read more…

By Chris Vlahonasios, 3 years ago

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