Word Magazine March 1959 Page 9 MARRIAGE BLESSING THE UNION OF MAN AND WOMAN By Reverend Elias G. Dacy While Christ’s authorization of Holy Matrimony as a sacrament has been endlessly debated, Catholics: both Orthodox and Roman and some others have traditionally pointed to His presence at the marriage in Cana where He performed His [...]
Word Magazine October 1963 Page 4 THE SACRAMENT OF LOVE Rev. Robert E. Lucas At the holy supper, the Redeemer’s voice reverberated throughout the room in significant tones, “Do this is commemoration of Me.” Thus Holy Mother Church has since that day celebrated on myriad altars throughout time this great mystery and has united its [...]
الصفحة الرئيسية المطران إيماننا وعقيدتنا جديد في الموقع Word Magazine March1989 Page 17 MEDITATION ON THE HOLY SACRAMENT OF CONFESSION by Archpriest Jehad T. Michael “Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy loving kindness: according to the multitude of thy tender mercies, blot out my transgressions. Wash me thoroughly from mine iniquity, and [...]
Word Magazine March 1978 Page 8-9 FOR PRIEST AND PARISHIONER THOUGHTS ON CONFESSION By Father Alexander Leon Repent, for the Kingdom of God is at hand. The Kingdom is indeed at hand, and we are called to a life of repentance. But how does the priest promote this process? Or, put another way, how can [...]
Word Magazine March 1996 Page 9 ON CONFESSION By Archpriest Antony Gabriel On the advice of parishioners and friends, I am writing to share with the readers of The Word, the following observation: In both official Archdiocesan statements, as well as the report from the Task Force on the Twenty-first Century, that have been disseminated [...]
Word Magazine February 1962 Page 5 WHAT IS HOLY CHRISMATION? Father Michael J. Buben “Holy Chrismation is a Sacrament in which the baptized believer, being anointed with Holy Chrism on certain parts of the body, in the name of the Holy Spirit, receives the gifts of the Holy Spirit for growth and strength in spiritual [...]
Word Magazine December 1985 Page 21-22 REFLECTIONS ON THE WORD OF GOD THREE VERSES FROM THE BIBLE By The Rev. Dr Stanley S. Harakas You may be one of those Orthodox Christians who find it hard to accept that frequent Holy Communion is Orthodox teaching. You learned at your mother’s knee that a long and [...]
Word Magazine January 1975 Page 3,4/14 SACRAMENTAL LIFE —AND THE LIFE STYLE OF ORTHODOXY The Keynote Address of the 21st Annual Conference of the Eastern Orthodox Catechetical Association delivered on July 22, 1974, by the Very Rev. Fr. John Badeen, President of the Association In his piercing insights into the nature of Christianity, St. Paul [...]
Word Magazine September 1957 Page 174 SPONSORS AT BAPTISM by Father David F. Abramtsov The church has made use of sponsors (godparents) at Holy Baptism from the earliest days of its history. The practice is mentioned by such early Christian writers as Tertullian, St. Dionysius the Areopagite and others. According to the “Priest’s Guide” published [...]
Word Magazine January 2000 Page 7-8 THE EUCHARIST: THE HEART OF OUR CHRISTIAN FAITH By Fred Mark Shaheen As Orthodox Christians, we may be confronted from time to time by inquiries from the curious regarding the nature of our faith: What exactly do the Orthodox believe? How is your faith different from that of Roman [...]