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Encomium on All Saints – Part II

Saint John Chrysostom   But let’s not merely listen to what’s been said, that is that there were hot coals below the wounded bodies, but let’s think how we feel when we suddenly come down with a fever. We think that life’s unbearable, we’re upset, we fret, we gripe like Read more…

By Pemptousia Partnership, 4 yearsJune 27, 2021 ago
Pemptousia Partnership

Encomium on All Saints – Part I

Saint John Chrysostom   Not seven days have passed since we celebrated the holy feast of Pentecost and again we’re overtaken by a chorus of martyrs, or better, serried ranks of martyrs, which are in no way lesser than the ranks of the angels seen by the Patriarch Jacob but Read more…

By Pemptousia Partnership, 4 yearsJune 26, 2021 ago
Pemptousia Partnership

Why are we agitated?

Protopresbyter Themistoklis Mourtzanos   ‘The beginning of quietude is to repel the blows of the demons, because they trouble you to the depths of your heart. The end of quietude is not to fear turmoil, but to be indifferent to it’ (Saint John of the Ladder). Turmoil is a common Read more…

By Pemptousia Partnership, 4 yearsJune 5, 2021 ago
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LIVE Theological Online Conference

Live on Sunday of Orthodoxy, the 1st Sunday of the Fast Saint Maxim the Greek Institute and Pemptousia WATCH Recorded Program HERE.  The spiritual leader of the Orthodox world, His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch BARTHOLOMEW, His Eminence Ierotheos, Metropolitan of Nafpaktos and Ayios Vlasios, His Eminence Ieronymos, Metropolitan of  Larissa, Elder Read more…

By Pemptousia Partnership, 4 yearsMarch 20, 2021 ago
Pemptousia Partnership

Dealing with Sickness

Saint Neofytos Recluse   So you should reflect on your sins and say ‘Glory to You, Lord, for You’re punishing me justly’. Recollect that, before, you’d forgotten God and say: ‘Glory to You, Lord, that you’ve given me cause and reason to remember You frequently’. Think about the fact that, Read more…

By Pemptousia Partnership, 4 years ago
Pemptousia Partnership

Let us find room for the new-born Christ

Theoni Marinou-Boura, Theologian   Thoughts on the Events of the Nativity • Joseph and Mary went to Bethlehem to be counted in a census and were unable to find an inn in which to stay. Really, who has time and space for God today? How necessary is God for us Read more…

By Pemptousia Partnership, 5 years ago
Pemptousia Partnership

The Fear of God is Reverence for and Love of Him

Metropolitan Athanasios of Lemessos   The Church is not opposed to the human body. This is why the Fathers were so careful not to damage their body with their ascetic efforts. They tried to submit it to the Holy Spirit and to God’s commandments, so as not to seek the Read more…

By Pemptousia Partnership, 5 years ago
Pemptousia Partnership

The Sanctification of the Human Body

Metropolitan Athanasios of Lemessos   The human person is the temple of the living God. This is an Apostolic teaching of our Church, which means that, just as the grace of God, the grace of the Holy Spirit, resides in a church, the same is true of the human body Read more…

By Pemptousia Partnership, 5 years ago
Pemptousia Partnership

Don’t Turn Back

Protopresbyter Themistoklis Mourtzanos   ‘You’ve ascended the ladder of renunciation; don’t turn back’ (Saint John of the Ladder). How many times, in the course of marriage or family life, are we troubled by the thought that perhaps we married the wrong person. Our mind goes to other loves and we Read more…

By Pemptousia Partnership, 5 yearsOctober 23, 2020 ago
Pemptousia Partnership

The Divine Eucharist according to Saint Nikodimos (2)

Metropolitan Christoforos, former Archbishop of the Czech and Slovak Republics   B. The second issue which concerns the writer is centered on frequent communion. The Divine Eucharist is a subject which is also to be found in his other writings, such as the ‘Mystic Struggle’. In contrast to ‘On Frequent Read more…

By Pemptousia Partnership, 5 years ago

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