Word Magazine October 2000 Page 8 A GOD OF PEACE AND A MAN OF VALOR: CHRIST’S MANIFESTATIONS IN THE OLD TESTAMENT By Very Rev. Joseph Sakkab “And what shall I say? For the time would fail me to tell of Gideon and Barak and . . . . (Hebrew 11:32) The deity of our Lord [...]
Word Magazine October 1989 Page 14 A CASE FOR AMERICAN ORTHODOXY By Philip Najeeb Saliba The incontestable fact pertaining to Orthodoxy in America is the absence of a united American Orthodox Church. This phenomenon has historical roots. When Greek-speaking Byzantine missionaries converted the Slavic peoples to Christianity, they did not insist that Greek be the [...]
When all is said and Done, Will We Hear the Words: ‘Well Done?’ This Address, by His Grace, Bishop DEMETRI, was delivered on Friday, March 7, 2003, at the Midwest Spring Gathering in Livonia, Michigan I. Intro: Christ is in our midst! I greet you with joy on behalf of our Beloved Primate, His Eminence [...]
September, the first month of the new ecclesiastical year, offers us the opportunity to reorganize our lives spiritually after the summer holiday. This yearly beginning is an occasion for us to change, to see the need for change, to take the opportunity God is giving us to leave behind our old ways and ideas and [...]
The Priesthood in the Third Millennium: A Priest Is Not Just A Community Builder Or Animator, But A Man Of Sacrifice, A Victim, Another Christ The Mystery Of A Vocation To The Priesthood We have now spent these days together, preparing ourselves in this “House of Studies” for the sole purpose of fulfilling the ministry [...]
The Pastor: His Role and Responsibilities Address delivered by His Grace Bishop Demetri to the attendees of the Antiochian House of Studies September 6, 2000 - Ligonier, PA We have now spent these days together, preparing ourselves in this “House of Studies” for the sole purpose of fulfilling the ministry that God has given to [...]
Address at the 12th Annual Sacred Music Institute Antiochian Village, PA THE NEED FOR GOOD CHOIRS AND GOOD MUSIC By His Grace Bishop DEMETRI Good Evening! I hope that you are enjoying this 12th Annual Sacred Music Institute. It is a great pleasure for me to be here not only as a speaker but also [...]
This speech was delivered by His Grace Bishop Demetri at the 2000 St. Thekla - St. Raphael Pilgrimage at Antiochian Village - September 8, 2000 In behalf of His Eminence Metropolitan PHILIP, and their Graces, Bishops Antoun, Joseph and Basil, and the director of this center, Father Michael Masouh. I want to welcome you to [...]
The Holy Season of Great Lent has always been for Orthodox Christians a time of self-denial, a period of self-examination, a period for preparation to enter the Holy Passion and Resurrection of our Saviour. But in recent years, we have seen a sad attitude take over what was once an attitude of joyful expectation and [...]