Saint Paisios: From Farasa to Heaven
Season One (English subtitles)
Season One (English subtitles)
Saturday, July 12, 2025
Cast and Screenwriter of the Television Series About Saint Paisios Visit the Metropolis of Nafpaktos
On the 9th and 10th of July, His Eminence Metropolitan Hierotheos of Nafpaktos and Agiou Vlasiou was visited by the screenwriter of the successful television series about Saint Paisios “From Farasa to Heaven,” Mr. George Tsiakkas and his wife, actress Christina Pavlidou, who played Saint Paisios’ mother, Eulogia, with three other friends of his.
On the morning of July 9, they visited the Offices of the Sacred Metropolis, where they discussed with His Eminence Metropolitan Hierotheos about Saint Paisios, whom he met personally and wrote two books about, such as “Saint Paisios the Athonite as an Empirical Theologian” and “Saint Paisios the Athonite: An Autobiography”, as well as drafting the petition for his canonization to the Ecumenical Patriarchate as early as 2004, ten years after his repose.
On the morning of July 9, they visited the Offices of the Sacred Metropolis, where they discussed with His Eminence Metropolitan Hierotheos about Saint Paisios, whom he met personally and wrote two books about, such as “Saint Paisios the Athonite as an Empirical Theologian” and “Saint Paisios the Athonite: An Autobiography”, as well as drafting the petition for his canonization to the Ecumenical Patriarchate as early as 2004, ten years after his repose.
Thursday, June 5, 2025
"Life Is Not Digital" (Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew)
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople was interviewed on May 25th 2025 by George I. Androutsopoulos, Associate Professor of Law at the University of Athens, which was published on Sunday, May 25, 2025, in the University of Athens newspaper, “Vima tis Kyriakis”. We quote below a portion of the interview:
Question: I thank you very much, on behalf of the university community, for the honor and opportunity of our conversation. Let us start with the young people. One - the positive - side is that the students of our University record excellent performance when they continue their studies abroad or participate in international competitions. The other, however, is that our children and young people today spend a large part of their time on Instagram and TikTok, while the rise in the phenomena of violence among young people is impressive. Have the standards and the path of prudence and virtue been lost in our days? How could the University and the Church contribute to a restart?
Answer: Christ is Risen! Thank you very much for the invitation. I am familiar with the newspaper of the University of Athens and I congratulate you for the initiative to create this forum for dialogue and reflection, but also for the effort to highlight the multidimensional work that is being done in your historic educational institution for the benefit not only of the academic community, but also of the entire Greek society.
Question: I thank you very much, on behalf of the university community, for the honor and opportunity of our conversation. Let us start with the young people. One - the positive - side is that the students of our University record excellent performance when they continue their studies abroad or participate in international competitions. The other, however, is that our children and young people today spend a large part of their time on Instagram and TikTok, while the rise in the phenomena of violence among young people is impressive. Have the standards and the path of prudence and virtue been lost in our days? How could the University and the Church contribute to a restart?
Answer: Christ is Risen! Thank you very much for the invitation. I am familiar with the newspaper of the University of Athens and I congratulate you for the initiative to create this forum for dialogue and reflection, but also for the effort to highlight the multidimensional work that is being done in your historic educational institution for the benefit not only of the academic community, but also of the entire Greek society.
Saturday, April 12, 2025
Movie Review: "The King of Kings" (2025)
The King of Kings
Director: Seong-ho Jang
Producer: Seong-ho Jang, Woo-hyung Kim
Based on: "The Life of Our Lord" by Charles Dickens
Screenplay: Seong-ho Jang
Cinematographer: Woo-hyung Kim
Music: Kim Tae-seong
Starring: Oscar Isaac (Jesus Christ), Kenneth Branagh (Charles Dickens), Uma Thurman (Catherine Dickens), Mark Hamill (King Herod), Pierce Brosnan (Pontius Pilate), Forest Whitaker (Peter), Ben Kingsley (High Priest Caiaphas)
Production Company: Mofac Studios
Country: United States
Initial release: April 11, 2025
Run Time: 101 minutes
Every year around Christmas for at least the past 30 years I have read "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens, and ever since I discovered he wrote "The Life of Our Lord" about 15 years ago I have included it among my annual or semi-annual readings after I read "A Christmas Carol", just like the Dicken's family would do after Charles Dickens passed away. I always thought the two should be published together, at least, and perhaps even include a few of his other Christmas tales.
Monday, March 17, 2025
Movie Review: "The Last Supper" (2025)
The Last Supper
Director: Mauro Borrelli
Producer: Shawn Boskie, Ivan Cohen, Manu Gargi, Ken Halsband, Michael Scott
Screenplay: Mauro Borrelli, John Collins
Cinematographer: Vladislav Opelyants
Music: Leonardo De Bernardini
Starring: Jamie Ward as Jesus Christ, Robert Knepper as Judas Iscariot, James Faulkner as Caiaphas, James Oliver Wheatley as Peter
Production Company: Pinnacle Peak Pictures, Canyon Productions, Wellspring Entertainment, Skyrun Pictures
Country: United States
Initial release: March 14, 2025
Run Time: 114 minutes
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