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Connecting with God in a World of Mass Advertising Gale Bellas-Papageorge 2 January 2017 (Written exclusively for Pemptousia.com) Whether watching television, reading a newspaper, walking around town, driving on the interstate, surfing the net, or visiting stores, we are constantly inund...

Illumination Saint Tikhon of Zadonsk 1 January 2017 Lord Jesus Christ, have mercy upon me. Be the light for my darkened soul....

Simple Thoughts for the New Year Archbishop of Canada Sotirios 1 January 2017 NEW YEAR’S ENCYCLICAL Certain followers of another religion — that is very much in the news today — are fond of ridiculing Christianity and Christians. They say such things as: “Are you dumb? Are you...

Die to live Abbess Christonymfi, Monastery of Our Lady the Queen of All, Keratea 31 December 2016 The monastic life is nothing other than one soul bringing respite to another, without thought for itself. This is also pleasing to God. In the monastery, a nun should efface herself. Her life should...

The Foundation of Spiritual Life and Spiritual Fatherhood’s Mystery 31 December 2016 Elder Elisaios, Abbot of the Holy Monastery of Simonos Petras, Mt Athos, Greece, speaks on spiritual life's content and the Mystery of spiritual Fatherhood...

The Mind, the Heart and the Way of Salvation Archimandrite Meletios Webber 31 December 2016 The Expulsion of Adam and Eve You’ve got to get out of your head and into your heart. Right now your thoughts are in your head, and God seems to be outside you. Your prayer and all your spiritual ex...

Violence in sports David W T Brattston 31 December 2016 Do Christians really disobey Christ’s command to “turn the other cheek” and “resist not evil” when they participate in or watch fistfights and returning blow for blow with a consenting partner for t...

A natural characteristic Saint Theophan the Recluse 30 December 2016 Since everybody has some faith, even if it’s not always right, we have to accept that it’s a natural characteristic in people. People who haven’t got faith aren’t whole, and so they’re unbelievers....

The Spiritual Inheritance of Sinai – 2 30 December 2016 The Arab Conquest According to tradition, the brotherhood of the monastery sent a delegation to Medina in 625 A.D. to ask Mohammad for political protection. Mohammad approved the request and wrote th...

The One You Don’t See Fr. Stephen Freeman 30 December 2016 My recent post on the One God has shown me that there is much more to say on the subject. "We believe in One God..." but do we? In a recent conversation, someone said to me that they had difficulty b...

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