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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, 1 daySeptember 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, 3 daysSeptember 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, 4 daysSeptember 22, 2023 ago
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On Loneliness and Real Communication

Saint Nicholas Velimirovich   Don’t be afraid to be alone. People are alone if they don’t know God, even if they have dealings with a large number of other people. Even in a densely-populated society, people like this would say- and, in fact, some actually do say- ‘I’m bored. I Read more…

By Pemptousia Partnership, 1 weekSeptember 19, 2023 ago
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‘Why are they dying on me?’

Protopresbyter Antonios Christou   Dear readers, once more, in one more article, I’d like to share with you a real-life incident which happened in the parish where I serve and which has to do with something that’s troubling us in general. Naturally, this particular case isn’t unique but is one Read more…

By Pemptousia Partnership, 2 weeksSeptember 11, 2023 ago
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Geronda in Hawaii (Miracles of Saint Joseph the Hesychast)

Elder Ephraim in Arizona †   Geronda loved the sea and trees. That is Geronda why, when I went to Hawaii to hear confessions in 1987, I saw him in a vision in the midst of orange trees. Those orange trees were tall and loaded with oranges and apples. Up Read more…

By Dimitris Iliopoulos, 4 weeksAugust 28, 2023 ago
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Discourse on Love

Archimandrite Georgios Kapsanis, Abbot of the Holy Monastery of Gregoriou †   Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ handed down to us the perfect teaching on salvation. And he himself was the first to implement what he taught. It is he who ‘practices and teaches’ (Matth. 5, 19). He also Read more…

By Pemptousia Partnership, 1 monthAugust 19, 2023 ago
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His transfiguration is our transfiguration

Fr. Andreas Agathokleous   Shortly before Christ ascended the cross, he took Peter and James and John up onto a high mountain and was transfigured before them. Two features are woven into the fabric of the event of the transfiguration: the cross and height. The cross of each of us, Read more…

By Dimitris Iliopoulos, 2 monthsAugust 10, 2023 ago
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‘Had you not shielded and interceded for us…’

Archimandrite Theofilos Lemontzis, D. Th.   ‘We, though unworthy, never cease from telling your mighty works, Mother of God; for had you not shielded us and interceded for us, who would have delivered us from such dangers’. We raise our voices and sing this in the supplicatory canons, in recognition Read more…

By Pemptousia Partnership, 2 monthsAugust 8, 2023 ago
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‘Make haste to deliver us…’

Protopresbyter Georgios Dorbarakis   ‘Make haste to deliver us from the multitude of our sins’. Writing in an inspired state of mind, the hymnographer- who represents all the faithful- recognizes the vast number of his sins and transgressions. He’s well aware of the condition of this world which has fallen Read more…

By Pemptousia Partnership, 2 monthsAugust 3, 2023 ago

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