SYMPOSIUM-CHURCH GROWTH. CHURCH SUPPORT/GIVING (TITHING)THE RESPONSIVE CHURCH IS A HEALTHY CHURCH: A HEALTHY CHURCH IS A GROWING CHURCH! A Presentation given at the 5thBiennial Parish Council Symposium by His Grace Bishop Demetri Antiochian Village, PAFriday, October 13, 2000 I.) OPENING REMARKS:On behalf of his eminence Metropolitan Phillip, Fr. Michael Massouh, the director of this Center, Mr. [...]
From the American Carpatho-Russian Diocese website:Frequent Communion: Tradition or Innovation? Recently an article was published which stated that the frequent reception of Holy Communion and the practice of receiving Communion without going to Confession each time was unknown in Eastern Europe and was, in fact, "an American innovation. "It is, indeed, unfortunate that very often [...]
A Homily by Father Alexander Schmemann + 1983As once more we are about to enter the Great Lent, I would like to remind us —myself first of all, and all of you my fathers, brothers, and sisters of the verse that we just sang, one of the stichera, and that verse says: ‘ ‘Let us begin Lent, the Fast, with [...]
by the New Hieromartyr John of RigaThe death of people who are close and dear to us is one of the most difficult trials sent to us by the Lord God during this temporary life. There are no tears more bitter than the tears of a mother for the beloved child of her heart who [...]
by Reverend Thomas Fitzgerald (edited) “We knew not whether we were in heaven or on earth, for surely there is no such splendor or beauty anywhere on earth. We cannot describe it to you; we only know that God dwells there among men and that their Service surpasses the worship of all other places...”In the latter [...]
دليل الاعتراف* فحص النفس. * تداريب روحية.الكاتب: القمص زكريا بطرسالناشر: www.fatherzakaria.com"إن اعترفنا بخطايانا فهو مين وعادل حتى يغفر لنا خطايان ا ويطهرنا من كل إثم"يو(19:1)مقدمةهذا مجرد دليل للاعتراف. فهناك كثيرون لا يعرفون ماذا يقولون لآباء اعترافهم. ولهذا يعتبرون الاعتراف همُّ ثقيل.وهناك البعض الذي يذهب ليعترف، وبعد أن يخرج من جلسة الاعتراف يتذكر أموراً لم يعترف بها، ويظل [...]
عيد رقاد السيدة هو آخر عيد كبير في السنة الطقسية التي تنتهي في 31آب، ويدشّنها عيد ميلاد العذراء في 8 أيلول. ويرتكز هذا العيد، كباقي الأعياد المريمية (ماعدا البشارة) على معلومات استقتها الكنيسة من التقليد. وقد أُسس هذا العيد في أواخر القرن السادس أو أوائل القرن السابع (بين 610 و 649) بمناسبة الكنيسة التي دشنت [...]
صوم الرسلان صوم الرسل موجود منذ عهد الرسل القديسين لاكرام كل من يعمل الخير وقد حافظت عليه الكنسية حتى يومنا هذا ، لانه يدخل في صلب ا لتقليد الشريف . فلا يليق بنا نحن ابناء الكنسية الارثوذكسية الذين نفتخر باننا مستقيمو الراي وقد حافظنا على التقليد الرسولي ان نذعن لتبريرنا عدم التزامنا بهذا ااصوم .فعلى [...]
The Great Schism The Estrangement of Eastern and Western Christendom Bishop Kallistos Ware One summer afternoon in the year 1054, as a service was about to begin in the Church of the Holy Wisdom (Hagia Sophia) at Constantinople, Cardinal Humbert and two other legates of the Pope entered the building and made their way up [...]
Do You Want to be Made Well? A Sermon on John 5:1-9 During the early morning hours of August 29th, Hurricane Katrina was swirling off the coast of Southern Louisiana. The call to evacuate the lower portion, including the City of New Orleans, had gone out hours before and most people heeded the call. Those [...]