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A Multitude of Invalids

Protopresbyter Themistoklis Mourtzanos   ‘Now there is in Jerusalem by the Sheep Gate a pool, in Hebrew called Bethesda which has five porticoes. In these lay a multitude of invalids, blind, lame, paralyzed, waiting for the waters to be moved’. One of the factors of human existence, which often constitutes a trap Read more…

By Pemptousia Partnership, 3 yearsMay 16, 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, 3 yearsMay 14, 2022 ago
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The First-Born of the Dead and the Land of the Living

George Mantzarides, Professor Emeritus of the Theological School of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki   ‘The greatest sin these days lies in the fact that people are plunged into despair and no longer believe in the resurrection’ (Saint Sophrony in Essex). In the pre-Christian and also, later, in the world Read more…

By Pemptousia Partnership, 3 yearsMay 3, 2022 ago
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I am the Resurrection and the Life

Saint Justin Popovich   If there’s one truth that sums up all the Gospel truths, it’s Christ’s resurrection. Moreover, if there’s one reality that summarizes all the realities in the New Testament, it’s Christ’s resurrection. All his miracles, all his truths, all his words, all the events of the New Read more…

By Pemptousia Partnership, 3 yearsApril 29, 2022 ago
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The Role of the Disciples in the Preparation of the Last Supper in Hymnological Tradition

Anastasios Aslanidis   In their works, the hymnographers of the Orthodox Church express their approach and perception of events, as presented by Orthodox tradition, in a particular way. With the Gospel and hymnographical texts as our guide, we shall approach the role of the disciples in the preparation of the Read more…

By Pemptousia Partnership, 3 yearsApril 20, 2022 ago
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The Three ‘Buts’ of Divine Mercy

Metropolitan Chrysostomos of Mani   We’re sinners. The beginning of ode 7 of the Great Canon is absolutely right about this: ‘We have sinned, we have transgressed, we have done evil in your sight; we have not kept or followed what you directed us to do’. It’s a fact that, Read more…

By Pemptousia Partnership, 3 yearsApril 14, 2022 ago
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The Son of Man will be delivered

Protopresbyter Themistoklis Mourtzanos   ‘We are going up to Jerusalem’, he said, ‘and the Son of Man will be delivered over to the chief priests and the teachers of the law. They will condemn him to death and will hand him over to the Gentiles’ (Mark 10, 33). Among all the religions, only in Read more…

By Pemptousia Partnership, 3 yearsApril 12, 2022 ago
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Scales of Justice (2)

Protopresbyter Georgios Dorbarakis   3.Faced with the Cross of Christ, then, we have two entirely different conditions: that of the blasphemous man and that of the theologian who saw God. The crucified Lord acts as scales of justice, as the measure by which people have to reveal their inner state Read more…

By Pemptousia Partnership, 3 yearsApril 6, 2022 ago
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The careless and devious eye

Alexandros Christodoulou, Theologian   The Fathers of the Church consider that the eyes are the gates or windows of the soul. It’s through them that the fiery darts of the evil one enter. In the past there was much to be seen, and there is even more so today. Images Read more…

By Pemptousia Partnership, 3 yearsMarch 16, 2022 ago
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The Radical Nature of Christianity (1)

George Mantzarides, Professor Emeritus of the Theological School of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki   The Gospel of Christ doesn’t come from this world, nor is it compatible with the spirit of the world. Moreover, the Gospel of Christ isn’t usually preached intact in the world, nor has it ever Read more…

By Pemptousia Partnership, 3 yearsFebruary 23, 2022 ago

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