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16 Απριλίου 2020
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Take Courage! Why are you Afraid? (Fr. Andreas Agathokleous)

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As we progress through Holy Week with self-isolation and the various messages or news items concerning the course of the corona virus, I remembered the ‘Gospel of the Testament’. It’s the first of the twelve Gospels read on the evening of Great Thursday. It’s also the longest because it contains the words the Lord said to His disciples on the last night of his life on earth, taken from all four of the Evangelists. He prepares them for the difficulties they will encounter and for His betrayal and death. He also explains that He is the way that leads to the Father, the true vine Who keeps alive those who remain attached to Him. But mostly He prepares them for the ...

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‘Today He who hung the earth upon the waters is hanged on a tree’ (old stichario), tone plagal 2. (Greek Byzantine Choir)

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From a recording of the service of the Great Hours on Holy Friday, 25-04-2003 at the church of Saint Irene in Aiolou St. It is sung by the choirs of the church, directed by Lukourgos Angelopoulos and Ioannis Tsitsiopoulos. Recording: V. Zaharis; Photo: I. Panousakis. Your browser does not support the audio element.

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The Betrayal of Remorse and the Salvation of Repentance (Vasilios Grillas, Theologian)

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When Judas, who had betrayed him, saw that Jesus was condemned, he was seized with remorse and returned the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and the elders. ‘I have sinned’, he said, ‘for I have betrayed innocent blood’. ‘What is that to us?’ they replied. ‘You see to it’. So Judas threw the money into the temple and left. Then he went away and hanged himself. (Matthew 27, 3-5). It is not uncommon, though certainly unhealthy, for people to confuse remorse with repentance. The confused situation in which we find ourselves today also engenders confusion in theological thinking. This is clear if we take into account the huge gap between theological theory and theological experience. So, on the ...

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Geronda in Hawaii (Miracles of Saint Joseph the Hesychast) (Elder Ephraim of Arizona †)

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Geronda loved the sea and trees. That is Geronda why, when I went to Hawaii to hear confessions in 1987, I saw him in a vision in the midst of orange trees. Those orange trees were tall and loaded with oranges and apples. Up on top was Geronda, and next to him was Gero-Arsenios. (He had passed away in 1983.) He was enjoying the view from up there. Geronda was delighted to see me. As soon as I saw him, I did a prostration to him and said, “Geronda, will you give me an orange?” “Only one? They’re all yours, my child.” So I draped the end of my cassock over my arms, and he filled it with fruit. Gero-Arsenios said to ...

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