As Parousia celebrates her 7th year Anniversary, it is with Joy we announce a call for submissions for our 14th Issue to be published by Christmas 2022. The theme of this forthcoming Issue is JOY TO THE WORLD. Joy to … Continue reading CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS | JOY TO THE WORLD ISSUE 14 | PAROUSIA MAGAZINE
I could not hold back the tears again as I cried on his shoulder. Earlier that morning, I never believed that a miracle could happen but God surprised me. Indeed, it was a Christmas miracle. Truly, what God cannot do does not exist. Continue reading A Christmas Miracle by Emediong Edem – A Christmas Story – PAROUSIA Magazine
There are days when I wake up in twisted bed-sheets, drenched in sweat birthed from pre-jentacular nightmares that accompany me into the morn. There are days when the melodious songs of birds mixed with the chirping of insects, seep in … Continue reading DAYS by Jewo Oghenetega – A Christmas Story – PAROUSIA Magazine
In the month of December, in the grand mansion of the president of Nigeria at Abuja filled with guards to protect on case of any emergency, a parlor filled with antique things there sat president Iraub watching the news … Continue reading Happiness by Afolabi Oluwaseun – A Christmas Story – PAROUSIA Magazine
“Deck the halls with boughs of holly, falalala…” Christmas songs blared from the speakers in the Town Square. It was just few days to Christmas Eve and I walked through the Square, an empty shell of my former self, tired, … Continue reading CHRISTMAS AT HOME by Udochukwu Chidera Amarachi – A Christmas Story – PAROUSIA Magazine
It is that time of the year again, the wind blowing, the whole environment beaming with beautiful decorations. Indeed Christmas was around the corner. I had looked forward to this Christmas ever since the beginning of the year. The season … Continue reading A Christmas Miracle by Ngwu Nneoma – Christmas Short Story – PAROUSIA Magazine
We kneel down to pray with the Yoruba version of our mother’s King James Bible open before us, what used to be its fine spine is now a splintered woodwork from endless use. I hold John’s hand with my left … Continue reading A Christmas That Smiles Brightly by Adefemi Fagite – A Christmas Story – PAROUSIA Magazine
That particular night – as I lay on a faded tattered mattress in a cement cell, ravenous and cold, in the female section of the Condemned Criminals Cells (CCC) of Kirikiri Maximum Security Prison – I thought about death; about … Continue reading FREEDOM AT CHRISTMAS by Ikenna Igwe – A Christmas Story – PAROUSIA Magazine
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