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Great Lent

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Wednesday before Palm Sunday

Protopresbyter Georgios Dorbarakis   Having strengthened by the power of the cross my mind weakened by wicked attacks, direct me to your will, Lord. Raise me, Christ, who am sleeping on the bed of pleasures, slumbering in sloth, and show me to be a venerator of your Passion. Having burnished Read more…

By Pemptousia Partnership, 2 monthsApril 13, 2022 ago
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‘Triumphant Leader’ (setting by Georgios Raidestinos), Greek Byzantine Choir

‘Triumphant Leader’ (setting by Georgios Raidestinos), tone plagal four. Sung by the Greek Byzantine Choir conducted by Lykourgos Angelopoulos. From the CD Hymne Acathiste (2005). Source: pemptousia.com  

By Pemptousia Partnership, 3 monthsApril 8, 2022 ago
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Scales of Justice (1)

Protopresbyter Georgios Dorbarakis   ‘Between two robbers, your Cross was like the scales of justice. One was taken down into Hades because of his blasphemy; the other was relieved of his transgressions and recognized God. Christ our God, glory to you’ (Hymn of the 9th hour during Lent). 1.The image presented Read more…

By Pemptousia Partnership, 3 monthsApril 5, 2022 ago
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The Ascetic Life (4th Sunday of Great Lent)

Bishop Agathangelos of Fanari   For the secular people of today, focusing on an ascetic saint represents a problem. How can the ascetic figure of Saint John, the author of the Ladder, speak to us, when he acquired and preserved the Grace of God through tears, prayers, and spiritual asceticism? Read more…

By Pemptousia Partnership, 3 monthsApril 3, 2022 ago
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4th Sunday in Lent

Protopresbyter Nikolaos Patsalos   After the middle of this period [Lent], then, the Church provides appropriate additional help in our ascetic efforts, which differ in accordance with the capacities of each one of us, by presenting the perfect figure of asceticism, Saint John of the Ladder, that great asceticwho really Read more…

By Pemptousia Partnership, 3 monthsApril 2, 2022 ago
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Sunday of the Veneration of the Cross

George Mantzarides, Professor Emeritus of the Theological School of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki   In the middle of the time of Great Lent, we have the Sunday of the Veneration of the Cross. The rubrics for the day begin as follows: ‘Since we, too, are, in a sense, crucified Read more…

By Pemptousia Partnership, 3 monthsMarch 27, 2022 ago
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The Remission of Sins (2nd Sunday of Great Lent)

Pavlos Mouktaroudis   What is it exactly that the Gospel for this day [Mark, 2, 1-12] tells us? That we should do everything, the impossible, in order to draw close to the Lord in our lives and in our experience of the cross. We must overcome every obstacle, every sin Read more…

By Pemptousia Partnership, 3 monthsMarch 22, 2022 ago
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The Simplicity of God according to Saint Gregory Palamas

George Mantzaridis, Professor Emeritus, Theological School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki   The prime feature of God is His simplicity. If God is not simple, but composed of different parts, then these parts must have existed before Him. Such a God would not be the Cause and Creator of all things, Read more…

By Pemptousia Partnership, 3 monthsMarch 20, 2022 ago
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Saint Gregory Palamas and the Hesychasts (2nd Sunday in Lent)

Pavlos Mouktaroudis   The second Sunday in Lent is devoted to Saint Gregory Palamas (14th century), a hesychast from the Holy Mountain and later Archbishop of Thessaloniki. Saint Gregory Palamas defended the hesychasts of the Holy Mountain who were being mocked and attacked by the person who expressed the spirit Read more…

By Pemptousia Partnership, 3 monthsMarch 19, 2022 ago
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Τhe Τriumph of Orthodoxy

Saint Luke the Doctor   Discourse on the First Sunday of Lent On the first Sunday of Great Lent, our Holy Church celebrates the triumph of Orthodoxy, of the correct faith, which trampled down all heresies and has been established for ever. This is why this Sunday is called the Read more…

By Pemptousia Partnership, 4 monthsMarch 13, 2022 ago

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