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The Resurrection and Ascension of Christ and the Importance of the Human Body (3)

Metropolitan Athanasios of Lemessos   Fasting is a theological action, and sin has a theological hypostasis. We don’t avoid sin because it will upset our nervous system or because it’s better for our health to do so. A God who needs things like that isn’t the God of the Gospels, Read more…

By Pemptousia Partnership, 10 monthsJune 4, 2022 ago
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The Resurrection and Ascension of Christ and the Importance of the Human Body (2)

Metropolitan Athanasios of Lemessos   Once upon a time I thought that if a person saw a saint, they’d immediately be astonished, as I was when I saw a man of God. One example would be Elder [now Saint] Païsios with whom we were in close contact for so many Read more…

By Pemptousia Partnership, 10 monthsJune 3, 2022 ago
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The Resurrection and Ascension of Christ and the Importance of the Human Body (1)

Metropolitan Athanasios of Lemessos   The event of Christ’s Resurrection is the continuation not of the Passion, but of providence, that is, God’s undertaking for the salvation of humankind. Had Christ ended up in the grave and remained there, everything would have been in vain. Our faith would have been Read more…

By Pemptousia Partnership, 10 monthsJune 2, 2022 ago
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The Rendition of Easter

Archimandrite Daniel G. Aerakis   The Resurrection continues. This is shown by the feast of the Rendition of Easter. The same messages from the night of the Resurrection are also heard at the Rendition of Easter, which is celebrated one day before the Feast of the Ascension. Every great feast Read more…

By Pemptousia Partnership, 10 monthsJune 1, 2022 ago
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The First-Born of the Dead and the Land of the Living (4)

George Mantzarides, Professor Emeritus of the Theological School of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki   God doesn’t impose himself on people in a high-handed manner. The kingdom of God isn’t a kingdom of imperious authority but of interactive love and freedom. It’s a communion which offers boundless love and freedom. Read more…

By Pemptousia Partnership, 10 monthsMay 19, 2022 ago
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The First-Born of the Dead and the Land of the Living (3)

George Mantzarides, Professor Emeritus of the Theological School of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki   The resurrection and entry into the eternal life of the Kingdom of the Triune God are not abstract ideological matters. They are truths and circumstances which came into the world with the advent of Christ Read more…

By Pemptousia Partnership, 11 monthsMay 14, 2022 ago
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The Voice of the Conscience

Metropolitan Ieronymos of Larisa and Tyrnavos   Countless times in our lives we’re faced by doubts about what we should do. We often hesitate to decide, but not because we’re uncertain as to how we should act or proceed. Although we know what’s right, although we feel the moral imperative, Read more…

By Pemptousia Partnership, 11 monthsMay 9, 2022 ago
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Sunday of the Myrrhbearers

Archimandrite Zacharias Zacharou   ‘And when ye see this, your heart shall rejoice, and your bones shall flourish like an herb.’[1] Just before His Passion, the Lord promised the inalienable joy of the Resurrection to His disciples and all those who loved Him, ‘I will see you again, and your Read more…

By Pemptousia Partnership, 11 monthsMay 8, 2022 ago
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The First-Born of the Dead and the Land of the Living (2)

George Mantzarides, Professor Emeritus of the Theological School of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki   The resurrection of Christ is the quintessence of God’s revelation to us. It’s the foundation of the recreation of the world, the basis of the Church and its message: ‘And if Christ has not been Read more…

By Pemptousia Partnership, 11 monthsMay 6, 2022 ago
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Disbelief and Divine Compassion

Protopresbyter Vasileios Kalliakmanis, Professor of the Theological School, A.U.Th.   a) Divine compassion, as a consequence of the mystery of divine self-emptying, isn’t restricted to the Cross and burial. It continues after the Resurrection as well. The risen Lord had no wish to impose the glad tidings on people by Read more…

By Pemptousia Partnership, 11 monthsMay 4, 2022 ago

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