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‘Good Teacher what Good should I do to have Eternal Life?’

Hierodeacon Rafael Misiaoulis, Theologian   The rich young man in today’s Gospel reading (Matthew 9, 16-26) begins with an important motive: he seeks an answer about eternal life from Him Who is Eternal, real Life. He seeks an answer to salvation from the Savior. ‘Good teacher, what should I do Read more…

By Pemptousia Partnership, 7 monthsSeptember 4, 2022 ago
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Saint John Chrysostom: Condign Retribution and Reward!

Saint Nicholas Velimirovich   Punishment and reward. Both of these are in the hands of God. But just as life on earth is no more than a shadow of that in heaven, by the same token, punishment and reward are merely a shadow of the real punishment and reward of Read more…

By Pemptousia Partnership, 7 monthsAugust 20, 2022 ago
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Encounter with Eternal Life: ‘Whoever drinks of the water which I will give, will never thirst again’

Sotirios Theologou   Today, Saint John the Evangelist describes for us a very interesting encounter. Before we see the meeting, let’s look at the person who was to meet Christ. The woman whom the Evangelist mentions was someone who took no thought for the morrow. She wasn’t interested in what Read more…

By Pemptousia Partnership, 10 monthsMay 23, 2022 ago
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We weren’t born to die but to live eternally

George Mantzarides, Professor Emeritus of the Theological School of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki   God is love (1 Jn. 4, 16). And we people are created ‘in the image and likeness’ of the God of love. But the God of love is also fair-minded. He respects our freedom and Read more…

By Pemptousia Partnership, 1 yearNovember 17, 2021 ago
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A Glimpse into Heaven and Hell

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Sunday Epistles & Gospels Fifth Sunday of Luke A Glimpse Into Heaven & Hell Gospel for the Fifth Sunday of Luke Luke 16:19-31 The Lord said, “There was a rich man, who was clothed in purple and fine linen and who feasted sumptuously every day. And at his gate lay

By Fr. Stavros Akrotirianakis, 1 yearOctober 31, 2021 ago
Cross in a City
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Part VII: It’s Not Goodness, but Godliness We Are Aiming For

CONCLUSION Part VII: It’s Not Goodness, but Godliness We Are Aiming For A ruler asked Him, “Good Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?” And Jesus said to him, “Why to do you call Me good? No one is good but God alone. You know the commandments: ‘Do

By Fr. Stavros Akrotirianakis, 2 yearsSeptember 15, 2021 ago
Pemptousia Partnership

Eternal Life

Metropolitan Ieronymos of Larisa and Tyrnavos   As we move from the feast of the Ascension to that of Pentecost, we’re essentially progressing from the feast of the glorification of human nature to that of our illumination. Between these feasts, the Church inserts the commemoration of the 1st Ecumenical Synod,

By Pemptousia Partnership, 2 yearsJune 15, 2021 ago
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Fight to the end

Elder Amvrosios Lazaris   We miserable wretches, monks and lay people, are in the last times, but the struggle is the struggle. We won’t give in even for a moment. Fight to the end. Then the Lord, who crowns us and establishes us eternally, at the last moment will not

By Pemptousia Partnership, 2 yearsApril 13, 2021 ago
The Children's Word

Our God Gives Us Eternal Life

Have you ever asked your teacher how to do something? Sure, you have! Your teacher knows more than you do and usually knows the answer! In today’s Gospel reading, we hear about the rich man who came to Jesus and asked Him, “Good teacher, what good deed must I do

By Presvytera Alexandra Houck, 3 yearsAugust 27, 2020 ago
Pemptousia Partnership

On Paradise

Saint John of Damascus   Now because God was about to fashion people from the visible and invisible creation in His own image and likeness to reign as monarchs and rulers over all the earth and everything that therein is, He first made for them, as it were, a realm

By Pemptousia Partnership, 3 yearsMarch 1, 2020 ago

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