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And at the end… humble God

Maria Loupidou   ‘Do you know of any series I can watch, given the time of year? I’d like something romantic, optimistic and warm. I can’t get to sleep for second thoughts and feeling dejected. Something…, you know, that I can believe that there’s something good and beautiful and that Read more…

By Pemptousia Partnership, 2 monthsDecember 7, 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, 4 monthsOctober 5, 2022 ago
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‘And leaving everything, they followed him’

Hierodeacon Rafael Misiaoulis, Theologian   Today’s Gospel reading tells us how the fishermen of Galilee specifically and in practice denied themselves and their own affairs, followed Christ and became his disciples and apostles. Our Lord was at Lake Gennesaret, and on the bank he saw two boats, from which some Read more…

By Pemptousia Partnership, 4 monthsSeptember 28, 2022 ago
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Presence and Absence

Elder Teofil Paraian   One of the great Elders of recent years was the Romanian hieromonk Fr. Teofil Paraian (†2009). Blind from birth, he nevertheless completed his studies at the Theological School of Sibiu and then entered the monastic community of Brancoveanu (Sâmbăta de Sus). Despite his blindness, he was Read more…

By Pemptousia Partnership, 4 monthsSeptember 22, 2022 ago
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‘The storms of life…’

Archimandrite Theofilos Lemontzis, D. Th.   ‘The storms of life swarm round me like bees round a honey-comb and have taken possession of my heart, while spears of afflictions pierce me’. Thus sings the hymnographer in the Great Supplicatory Canon. He compares the cares of daily life with bees. Just Read more…

By Pemptousia Partnership, 6 monthsAugust 11, 2022 ago
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Don’t expect the world to get any better

Protopresbyter Georgios Dorbarakis   The consistency of the pattern in Christ’s life is a challenge for the rational thinking of people in the world and a reversal of everything they hold to be a constant. Why? Because, having expunged God from their life, they seek comfort, complete acceptance by others, Read more…

By Pemptousia Partnership, 1 yearOctober 20, 2021 ago
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How to Make Your Life Less Stressful

In today’s world we have so many wonderful advances in technology that are supposed to make our lives more comfortable, easy and efficient. Yet, why does it seem everyone is so tense, stressed out and angry?  Christ wants to help calm things down. He wants to make your life easier.  That’s Read more…

By Fr. Chris Makiej, 3 yearsAugust 9, 2019 ago

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