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Five Ways to Repent

Elder Moses the Athonite †   Saint John Chrysostom shows us five practical ways to repent. He says: The first way is to condemn yourself for your sins. The Lord esteems this action greatly. If, of your own volition, you condemn your sins, you’re less likely to repeat them. No Read more…

By Pemptousia Partnership, 2 yearsOctober 29, 2023 ago
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Living with cunning people

Fr. Andreas Agathokleous   We usually view other people on the basis of our own inner eyes and ‘what the heart is full of’ (Luke 6, 45). If we’re cunning, we think other people are cunning, as well; if we’re guileless, we think that other people are, too. Saint Gregory the Read more…

By Pemptousia Partnership, 2 yearsOctober 21, 2023 ago
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Distress and Delight

Fr. Andreas Agathokleous   How is it that you want to be friends with someone, but yet you don’t make any effort to get in touch with them, particularly when there’s no reluctance on their part? How is it that you want to feel God’s joy within you, to feel Read more…

By Pemptousia Partnership, 2 yearsOctober 14, 2023 ago
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Who loves perfectly?

Fr. Andreas Agathokleous   I don’t know if, in other eras, people experienced confusion regarding words, that is, that they said one thing and meant another. Despite the great achievements of scientific progress, technological development, the shrinking of distances, and tremendous communications, I think that, in our own age there’s Read more…

By Pemptousia Partnership, 2 yearsOctober 11, 2023 ago
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Self-Justification

Protopresbyter Themistoklis Mourtzanos   ‘Justifying ourselves, following our own opinion and satisfying our own will are the progeny of ungodly pride’ (Abba Dorotheos). When we’re accused of something, our first reaction  is to defend ourselves. To explain why it’s not like that, even if it is. And that doesn’t apply Read more…

By Pemptousia Partnership, 2 yearsOctober 6, 2023 ago
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Tears and … tears

Protopresbyter Georgios Dorbarakis   ‘My beloved, God has no need of tears nor does he want people to mourn from the pain in their hearts. Rather, he wants us to rejoice and be glad out of love for him’ (Saint John of the Ladder, Discourse 7, 45). You hear and Read more…

By Pemptousia Partnership, 2 yearsSeptember 30, 2023 ago
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The Difficulties of Life

Metropolitan Athanasios of Lemessos   Often when we go to sad events, we all say, with the best will in the world- and we’re partially right- that it’s God’s will. And, of course, if we can understand properly, those are, indeed, words of comfort, words that give us strength. Since Read more…

By Pemptousia Partnership, 2 yearsSeptember 28, 2023 ago
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Knowledge by itself is dangerous

Archimandrite Iakovos Kanakis   Knowledge is power and love is the aim; when they go hand in hand we have a wonderful result. ‘Knowledge puffs up whereas love builds up’ (1 Cor. 8, 1) and Saint Maximos the Confessor urges us to: ‘yoke together knowledge and love and you’ll become humble Read more…

By Pemptousia Partnership, 2 yearsSeptember 25, 2023 ago
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The Authenticity of the Vision of Christ in the Life of Saint Silouan

Archimandrite Zacharias Zacharou   Christ is the miracle that astounds us. He is the sign that God gave to all generations of all times. In His Person, every problem, every impasse, every tragedy received its solution. Being imitations of Christ and bearing Him in their heart, the saints are also Read more…

By Pemptousia Partnership, 2 yearsSeptember 23, 2023 ago
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The invisible life of the soul

Fr. Andreas Agathokleous   We live among people who are imperfect, with lots of passions and faults which are likely to irritate us enormously and make us upset. But we can’t change the way they behave, particularly their negative attitude towards us. Nobody changes their own disposition unless they want Read more…

By Pemptousia Partnership, 2 yearsSeptember 22, 2023 ago

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