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Phoebe the deaconess

September 3, 2021September 3, 2021 Father Kevin deacons, diakonia, letter to the romans, saint paul, saint phoebe, service

“…today is also the memorial day of the good lady Phoebe of Cenchrae, about whom we only know from a single mention made of her by the Apostle Saint Paul, in his letter to the Romans…”

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Reading through the first letter of S. Paul to the Thessalonians

August 3, 2021August 3, 2021 Father Kevin acts of the apostles, first letter of saint paul to the thessalonians, i thessalonians, saint aristarchus, saint paul, salonika, thessalonica, thessalonika

“Thessalonika was then as now a natural port and harbour, and in a central position in the Greek mainland, as crucial today as it was in the days of Saint Paul.”

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Reading the Acts of the Apostles

June 4, 2021June 4, 2021 Father Kevin acts of the apostles, apostles, bible in a year, early history, ecclesiastical history, gentiles in the church, saint barnabas, saint paul

“…the constant theme of the Acts of the Apostles, which is the theme of the Gospels: that the time of the Messiah had arrived and so the gates of Israel had been thrown open at last, and the promises of old had been made available to the Gentiles. The Apostles had to learn this, then they had to legislate for the Gentile Christians.”