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The Dormition of the Mother of God – Transition to Life

Elder Efraim, Abbot of the Holy and Great Monastery of Vatopaidi, the Holy Mountain   Every time we celebrate the Dormition of the Mother of God it’s as though we have Easter again. The summer Easter. Our Lady the Mother of God prepares Easter for us. A glorious crossing ‘from Read more…

By Pemptousia Partnership, 3 yearsAugust 14, 2022 ago
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The Dormition Fast

From the 1st to the 14th of August we fast in honor of Our Most Holy Lady, the Mother of God. It’s a strict fast, with fish eaten only on the feast of the Transfiguration of the Savior (6 August). If 15 August falls on a Wednesday or Friday there Read more…

By Pemptousia Partnership, 3 yearsAugust 1, 2022 ago
Pemptousia Partnership

‘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 yearsApril 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 yearsMarch 28, 2022 ago
Pemptousia Partnership

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 yearsMarch 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 yearsMarch 25, 2022 ago
Pemptousia Partnership

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 yearsMarch 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 yearsMarch 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, 4 yearsDecember 20, 2021 ago
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The Pure Virgin of the Vintage

Sister Parakliti, Holy Skete of Saint Mary Magdalene, in Liti   This year, God again permitted us to celebrate the Dormition of the Mother of God at her dependency of Our Lady of the Vintage. This is on the island of Limnos and belongs to the Holy Monastery of Simonos Read more…

By Pemptousia Partnership, 4 yearsSeptember 4, 2021 ago

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