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Homily on Palm Sunday (Metropolitan of Pisidia Sotirios)

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Our Lord Jesus Christ with His triumphant entry in Jerusalem, for the first time in His three-year long public ministry, presents Himself to the people as the Messiah, Whose coming to the world was foretold by the Prophets.  As He enters Jerusalem, He is accompanied by the triumphant welcoming of the crowd, holding palm branches and cheering: “Hosanna! Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord! The King of Israel!” (John 12:13).  When the Pharisees protested this, the Lord replied: “I tell you that if these should keep silent, the stones would immediately cry out” (Luke 19:40).  And this did happen a short while later, when Jesus, nailed on the cross, was breathing His last breath, “the ...

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Corona and the New Tower of Babel (Fr. Antoine Melki, Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science, University of Balamand)

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Pemptousia, Orthodoxia News Agency stress need to unite our voices, strengthen presence of Orthodox world amid pandemic. The editors and staff of both the online magazine Pemptousia, which focuses on Orthodoxy, scholarly research and culture, as well as the Orthodoxia News Agency have become aware of the crucial need for all of us to unite our voices and to strengthen the presence of the Orthodox world, especially now amid this ominous pandemic. Moreover, the International Association of Digital Media and Orthodox Pastoral Care is participating, along with its members, associates, researchers, lecturers and clerics, in this initiative with Pemptousia and the Orthodoxia News Agency. Today we present an article by Fr. Antoine Melki, Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science, University of Balamand and Member ...

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3 Ways to Grow Closer to the Church, from our home (Metropolitan Alexios of Atlanta)

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March 24, 2020 To The Clergy, The Esteemed Parish Council Presidents and members The Esteemed Philoptochos Presidents and members And All the Faithful of the Metropolis of Atlanta: My brothers and sisters in Christ, “O save your people, and bless your heritage; be their shepherd, and carry them forever.” (Psalm 28:9) I greet you with love in the name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ! I pray that this message finds you all safe and healthy. In these uncertain times, when news of the Coronavirus can shift from hour to hour, I am mindful of the worry and fear that many of us are feeling. For this reason, I encourage each and every one of us to practice the recommended practiced suggested by the CDC and enacted by our local governments: whether ...

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