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Three Ways of Approaching the Lord (2nd Sunday in Lent)

Saint Nicholas Velimirovich   In today’s Gospel, the paralytic arose immediately, took his bed upon his shoulders and walked past everyone. And everyone was amazed and glorified God saying: “We’ve never seen the like”. Let’s look at the marvellous powers the Lord reveals for us in this miracle: He reads Read more…

By Pemptousia Partnership, 3 weeksMarch 11, 2023 ago
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Pre-requisites of Orthodoxy

Archimandrite Varnavas Lambropoulos   Today’s Gospel certainly has nothing to say to those who embrace the modern ‘gospels’ of self-salvation, which derive from the demonic ‘gospel of the serpent’: ‘You can become gods without God’. The words of the reading will be heard with even greater indifference by those who Read more…

By Pemptousia Partnership, 3 weeksMarch 7, 2023 ago
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Thanksgiving and Gratitude

Ioannis Karavidopoulos, Professor Emeritus of New Testament Hermeneutics, A. U. Th.   Imagine for a moment how frightening it would feel to be cut off from all other people, without any chance of contacting or encountering anyone else, while at the same time having a body which was sick and Read more…

By Pemptousia Partnership, 3 monthsJanuary 15, 2023 ago
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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, 4 monthsDecember 14, 2022 ago
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The transcendent as the objective of the Christian life

Protopresbyter Nikolaos Patsalos   Thirteenth Sunday of Luke and Jesus Christ teaches us how we can gain eternal life. The occasion for what today’s Gospel reading teaches us is provided by a Jew who appears to have been a most diligent observer of Jewish law. This rich lordling, then, approached Read more…

By Pemptousia Partnership, 4 monthsNovember 28, 2022 ago
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9th Sunday of Luke: ‘A Fierce Condemnation of Greed’

Protopresbyter Nikolaos Patsalos   The ninth Sunday of Saint Luke and the Gospel reading again revolves around the great temptation of the misuse of wealth. The parable of the foolish rich man is well-known and, at the same time, of enduring interest to everyone, not only to those who have Read more…

By Pemptousia Partnership, 4 monthsNovember 20, 2022 ago
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Are there limits to human kindness? (8th Sunday of Luke)

Ioannis Karavidopoulos, Professor Emeritus of New Testament Hermeneutics, A. U. Th.   It’s right and proper, if you’re in a hurry to get to work, to your office, or to go about your business that you should stop on the way and help somebody in need, even though you risk Read more…

By Pemptousia Partnership, 5 monthsNovember 13, 2022 ago
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The Rich Man and Lazarus

Monk Agapios   Gospel Reading for the 5th Sunday of Luke From the Kyriakodromion of Monk Agapios, 17th century*. 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 a poor man named Read more…

By Pemptousia Partnership, 5 monthsOctober 30, 2022 ago
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The abolition of pain and death

Metropolitan Ieronymos of Larisa and Tyrnavos   Whatever corner of the planet you turn to, your gaze will be met with pain, sorrow and bitterness. These in turn generate callousness, depression and pessimism. People have forgotten joy, or rather, as with so many other things, they’ve forgotten to live while Read more…

By Pemptousia Partnership, 6 monthsOctober 10, 2022 ago
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Love for your enemies is a challenge of life (Luke 6, 31-36)

Archimandrite Nikanor Karayannis   Christ stands us before a mirror today so that can see our weakness and monitor our condition. ‘As you wish people to do to you, do so to them’. In other words, do as you would be done by. Such an attitude is essentially the first Read more…

By Pemptousia Partnership, 6 monthsOctober 5, 2022 ago

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