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‘Triumphant Leader’ (setting by Georgios Raidestinos), Greek Byzantine Choir

‘Triumphant Leader’ (setting by Georgios Raidestinos), tone plagal four. Sung by the Greek Byzantine Choir conducted by Lykourgos Angelopoulos. From the CD Hymne Acathiste (2005). Source: pemptousia.com  

By Pemptousia Partnership, 3 monthsApril 8, 2022 ago
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Hail, for through you our sin is remitted: Hail, for through you Paradise is opened

Protopresbyter Themistoklis Mourtzanos   Freedom’s a gift from God. And since we’re made in God’s image, we can’t be deprived of it. Its use, of course, may follow two main paths. One leads to God and other people, that is, that we become bound together in love and become companions Read more…

By Pemptousia Partnership, 3 monthsMarch 28, 2022 ago
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Easter before Easter, the Annunciation of the Resurrection

Father Nikolaos Patsalos   This year, the 5th Sunday in Lent coincided with the great feast of the Mother of God, her Annunciation. We’d left the middle of Lent the previous Sunday, that of John of the Ladder, and, instead of the 5th being centred on the great desert ascetic, Read more…

By Pemptousia Partnership, 3 monthsMarch 26, 2022 ago
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First Discourse on the Annunciation (part 3)

Saint Gregory the Wonder-Worker, Bishop of New Caesarea (ca. 213-270)   Just as the pearl comes from two natures, from lightning and water, from the unfathomable parts of the sea, so also our Lord Jesus Christ proceeds, without confusion and without change, from the pure, chaste, undefiled and holy Virgin Read more…

By Pemptousia Partnership, 3 monthsMarch 25, 2022 ago
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First Discourse on the Annunciation (part 2)

Saint Gregory the Wonder-Worker, Bishop of New Caesarea (ca. 213-270)   [The archangel continued]: ‘You alone, All-Holy Virgin, now receive the mysteries unknown to all of these and learn their origin. For where the Holy Spirit is, everything is already well-ordered. Where there is Divine Grace, everything is possible for Read more…

By Pemptousia Partnership, 3 monthsMarch 24, 2022 ago
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First Discourse on the Annunciation (part 1)

Saint Gregory the Wonder-Worker, Bishop of New Caesarea (ca. 213-270)   Today, the ranks of the angels rejoice at the hymns being sung and the light of the presence of Christ shines brightly upon the faithful. Today, is glad spring-time for us, and Christ the Sun of Righteousness shines all Read more…

By Pemptousia Partnership, 3 monthsMarch 23, 2022 ago
The Children's Word

Craft Templates: Old Testament Connections

In Partnership with Orthodox Pebbles we offer a downloadable printable packet to access the craft templates for children.  In the Old Testament, we read about the forefathers of our Lord Jesus Christ. This part of the Bible explains how God the Father promised to the chosen people of Israel to send Read more…

By Orthodox Pebbles, 6 monthsDecember 20, 2021 ago
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The Entrance into the Temple

Fr. Alexander Schmemann   It seems thousands of years removed from us, but it was not so very long ago that life was marked out by religious feasts. Although everyone went to church, not everyone, of course, knew the exact contents of each celebration. For many, perhaps even the majority, Read more…

By Pemptousia Partnership, 7 monthsNovember 21, 2021 ago
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Miracles of Our Most Holy Lady the Mother of God of the Holy Monastery of Choziba

In our narration of the miracles of our glorious Lady, full of grace, the Mother of God, we shall draw some drops from the boundless sea, to the honor of the all-praised Mother of God. 1. No woman had ever entered the Monastery of Choziba. This is the reason why Read more…

By Pemptousia Partnership, 9 monthsSeptember 22, 2021 ago
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The Holy Forebears Joachim and Anna

Lambros Skontzos, Theologian   Joachim and Anna, the forefather and foremother of Our Lord Jesus Christ, occupy an important place of honor in the hagiology of the Church. At almost every service, there’s a separate reference to these venerable persons, with the celebrating clergy invoking their prayers to God. They’re Read more…

By Pemptousia Partnership, 10 monthsSeptember 9, 2021 ago

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