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Commemoration of the Beheading of the Holy and Glorious Prophet, Forerunner and Baptist John

08/29/2026

The divine Baptist, the Prophet born of a Prophet, the seal of all the Prophets and beginning of the Apostles, the mediator between the Old and New Covenants, the voice of one crying in the wilderness, the God-sent Messenger of the incarnate Messiah, the forerunner of Christ’s coming into the world (Isaiah 40:3; Mal. 3: 1); who by many miracles was both conceived and born; who was filled with the Holy Spirit while yet in

Nostalgia for Paradise

08/28/2026

~By Fr. Stephen Freeman, July 9, 2025 This is an excerpt from the small book, Nostalgia for Paradise, by Dr. Alexander Kalomiros. It’s good for the soul. When the ascetical life of a Christian and the privations that he imposes upon himself are beyond the measure of grace that he has been given, a void is created in his soul. Either it will lead him to sin, or it will make him perverse, proud, hard, and

Saint Phanourios

08/27/2026

Commemorated on August 27 We know nothing for certain about the background of Saint Phanourios, nor exactly when he lived. Tradition says that when the island of Rhodes had been conquered by Moslems, the new ruler of the island wished to rebuild the walls of the city, which had been damaged in previous wars. Several ruined buildings were near the fortress, and stone from these buildings was used to repair the walls at the end of

Miraculous Love

08/26/2026

Sermon preached by Fr. Antony Hughes on Sunday, July 21, 2024 The Lord seems to have been very mindful of the people he met. Men, women, children, the rich and poor, the well-positioned and even more the lowly, oppressed, needy and foreigners. The Mosaic Law was the overshadowing context of Jewish life and, after all, Jesus was a Jew, but people were more important to him than the Law. Today he meets a Centurion, a

Love for Your Neighbor

08/25/2026

Published by Pemptousia Partnership on November 13, 2019 Saint Porphyrios of Kavsokalyvia Love for your neighbor encourages love for God There’s one thing that’s required in this life, love and worship for Christ and love of our fellow human beings. We should all be one, with Christ as the head. This is the only way to acquire grace, heaven, eternal life. Love for your neighbor cultivates love for God. We’re happy when we love everyone else, mystically. Then

Me and My Bible

08/24/2026

~By Fr. Stephen Freeman, November 18, 2024 How do you feel about the Scriptures? What thoughts come to you as you read? Do they comfort you or challenge you? Do you love them or wrestle with them? Does God speak to you in them or are they opaque and bothersome? My primary relationship with the Scriptures as I was growing up was as a “Bible.” It was a book I carried with me when I

Life as a Fractal

08/21/2026

~By Fr. Stephen Freeman, September 3, 2024 I have found the term “fractal” to be increasingly useful. Rather than thinking of one thing as a “copy” of another, I see the similarities that are, nevertheless, unique. I have three adult daughters, all of whom resemble their mother (and each other) with each them still being quite unique. Interestingly, I did not recognize this until a decade or so ago in which their resemblance was a

The Participation of Nature in Worship: The Blessing of the Fruits of the Vine

08/20/2026

Published by Pemptousia Partnership on August 6, 2019 Georgios N. Manolis, Theologian According to Saint Basil the Great, nothing exists without due cause, nothing’s fortuitous, everything has some secret and unexpressed wisdom. Thus, regarding plants and their fruits, apart from their ecological importance as producers of eco-systems they’re also schools for rational souls and colleges of the knowledge of God, which train the intellect and lead it from the visible and tangible to the contemplation of things invisible. Plants

Love Lifts Me

08/19/2026

Sermon preached by Fr. Antony Hughes on Sunday, May 18, 2025 Hafiz wrote:  I once asked a bird, how is it that you fly in this gravity of darkness. She responded, “Love lifts me.” The Samaritan Woman came to Jacob’s Well at noon when the day was hottest and the sun at its zenith, wrapped in a cloak of darkness. She did not want to be seen. And there she WAS seen by someone who we, in

The Responsibility of Love – 11th Sunday of Matthew

08/18/2026

Published by Pemptousia Partnership on September 2, 2019 Metropolitan Ieronymos of Larisa and Tyrnavos One of the features of our society is a sense of lawlessness. It’s a belief common to all that certain people get treated in a preferential way, that, while laws exist, they aren’t applied- or at least not equally- to everybody. At the same time, it’s seen as ‘reasonable’, only to be expected in practice, for us to exploit whatever ‘opportunities’ we’re presented with

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