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All the defendants are declared innocent!
21 March 2017
Today, 21 March 2017, the three-member Court of Appeals in Athens declared all the defendants innocent in the case of the Monastery of Vatopaidi land exchange. This verdict comes at the end of eight... 
We’re the great mystery
Elder Tadej Vitovničk
21 March 2017
We have an exaggerated idea of our own importance. But anything that’s revealed to us actually comes from eternity. We’re surrounded by God’s mysteries. And we ourselves are the greatest mystery. We...
Seeing the wood for the trees, Christianity and the ecological crisis
Archimandrite Vassilios Papavassiliou
21 March 2017
In recent times, the ecological crisis has been brought increasingly to our attention. Scientists, the media, Hollywood, thrash metal bands, and a horde of environmentalists from politicians to tree-h...
On the Third Day of Creation
Saint Neofytos Recluse
21 March 2017
‘And God said , “Let the waters under the sky be gathered together into one place, and let the dry land appear.” And it was so’. (Gen. 1, 9). But where will they be gathered, Lord, where will the wate...
Heal us
Elder Ephraim in Arizona †
20 March 2017
People want to be cured, which is why they cry: ‘Lord Jesus Christ, have mercy upon me’....
The purification of the Heart
Elder Iosif Vatopaidinos
20 March 2017
Our entire life is preoccupied with the spiritual law. This is the reason why we have withdrawn from the world and have forsaken family life, which itself is not something sinful. We have ab...
Maurice Banjoko – ‘How I became Orthodox’
20 March 2017
Maurice Banjoko from Nigeria, Investment Consultant, in his interview with Pemptousia talks about how he became Orthodox...
Recipe for Prosforo (Church Bread)
James W. Lillie
20 March 2017
Ingredients:
5 cups of strong (bread) flour
3 cups (roughly) of warm water
1 teaspoon of salt
Fresh brewer’s yeast, about the size of an almond (or a packet of quick yeast)
A little sugar to ge...
The katavasies for ‘I will open my mouth’ – Iordanis Koutsimanis
20 March 2017
As a living continuum of tradition, Byzantine music occupies an important position in the musical past of Veria. Today, gifted singers continue this musical tradition, which is perfectly attuned to ...
A double adornment
Saint Nectarios of Pentapolis
19 March 2017
Truth is the characteristic of the virtuous life. Telling the truth is everyone’s duty and we owe it to ourselves and to those around us. People who tell the truth respect themselves first and then ...
