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The Expectation of the Second Coming isn’t about Fairy-Tales (Efstathios Kefalouros)

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The way the Church lives is in the end times. From the moment Christ ascended into heaven, the Church has never ceased to await His return to the world. The eschatological expectation manifests itself to the faithful in different ways in different eras. On the Sunday of Meat-Fare, this was the opening sentence of the two-page sheet The Voice of the Lord, which is published by Apostoliki Diakonia of the Church of Greece and distributed to those who want it at the time of the Holy Liturgy, on a Sunday. So that Sunday I went to church because, apart from anything else, I’d hear about the Second Coming. A difficult subject, for theologians and everyone. The editor of The Voice ...

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Living the Church in the Home Today (Fr. Bassam Nassif, Member of the Association Board of the International Association of Digital Media and Orthodox Pastoral Care (DMOPC))

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Nowadays, Christians are going through difficult times due to the pandemic, which is preventing them from going to church and actively participating in the daily rich liturgical life of the Great Lent. We are on the threshold of Holy Week. Is it enough to listen to the prayers broadcasted by the social media, such as Facebook? How do we truly experience these prayers for our lives, since today we are denied for health reasons to go to church? In the days of adversity, persecution, and epidemic, and in times of prosperity, health and peace, the voice of St. John Chrysostom addressing the Christians of his era resounded as follows: “Let your house be a church!” (Homily on Acts 26, 3.4). How can ...

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