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Mighty God, Potentate, Prince of Peace Father of the Age to Come (Hierodeacon Rafael Misiaoulis, Theologian)

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The Lord left Galilee to go to the eastern shore of the lake, on the border of Israel. The local inhabitants were Jews, but had been influenced greatly by the pagan way of life and so the demons had greater authority, because of the apostasy of the people. So Jesus went to the country of the Gadarenes. As he entered the town, he came across a man completely under the domination of demonic forces who asked Him: ‘What have I to do with you , Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg you, do not torment me’ (Luke 8, 28). The man was totally overwhelmed by a host of demonic forces and had been marginalized by society, because he ...

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Patriarch Dositheos of Jerusalem (1641-1707) (James W. Lillie)

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On 23 October, we keep the memory of Saint James, the Brother of Our Lord and first Bishop of Jerusalem. One of his successors in the 17th century was a most remarkable man, Patriarch Dositheos. He was born in the small town of Arahova, in the province of Corinth. At the age of 15, he was ordained deacon and, in the same year (1656), he left home and went to Constantinople. While there he met Patriarch Païsios of Jerusalem, who took him under his wing. Thus began his long association with the city. In 1661, Nektarios, a learned monk from Sinai, was elected to be the new Patriarch of Jerusalem and Dositheos because his arch-deacon just before his 20th birthday. ...

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