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The Old Testament Readings in the Triodio

Georgios Zaravelas, Theologian   Great Lent is the most holy and the most conservative time in the liturgical year. Among the ancient ritual customs during this period is the particular arrangement of the readings of extracts from books of the Old Testament. In the 7th century, such readings formed the Read more…

By Pemptousia Partnership, 3 monthsApril 4, 2022 ago
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Why are there expressions in the Old Testament which present God as ‘vengeful’?

Archimandrite Iakovos Kanakis   Study of the Old Testament requires discernment and a firm grounding in the knowledge of the holy books. You might, for example, be surprised by many of the expressions you read in Leviticus, precisely because it requires genuine learning, an evidence-based and subtle approach to interpretation. Read more…

By Pemptousia Partnership, 5 monthsJanuary 19, 2022 ago
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Priesthood in the Old and New Testaments

Grigoris Sahinoglou   The concept of priesthood exists in the Old Testament, though it has a significance and character  that is different from that which it assumes in the New. In the Old Testament, before the time of Moses, every head of a family could offer sacrifices to God and Read more…

By Pemptousia Partnership, 9 monthsSeptember 27, 2021 ago
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The Old Testament, Ancient Greek Culture and Christianity

Ippokratis Tavlarios, Theologian   In recent years we’ve seen a resurgence of neo-pagan propaganda against Christianity. This polemic derides the historical progress of the Church and presents it as an organ of barbarity. Christianity is accused of having violently extinguished ancient Greek culture. Another charge levelled against it is that Read more…

By Pemptousia Partnership, 2 yearsFebruary 4, 2020 ago
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The Sign of the Cross in the Old Testament

Theodore Rokas   In his first epistle to the Corinthians, Saint Paul mentions that ‘the Jews seek a sign’ (1 Cor. 1, 22), that is they wanted a supernatural sign, such as resurrection of the dead, or healing of the demonically possessed, which would make them believe in the preaching Read more…

By Pemptousia Partnership, 3 yearsOctober 8, 2019 ago

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