Word Magazine March 1960 Page 10 WHAT ARE THE COMMANDMENTS OF THE CHURCH? By Father John Newcombe Beckley, WV The chief and principal Commandments of the Holy Church are nine in number: 1. Every member of the Orthodox Church must pray to God every day with contrition and compunction of heart; and he must join [...]
Word Magazine October 1964 Page 13 WHAT MY CHURCH MEANS TO ME By Beverly Maloof — age l5 Church of St. John of Damascus, Boston, Massachusetts First Prize Winning Oratorical — New England Region of SOYO In answering this question, I first must express what I consider the church to be. I feel that the [...]
Word Magazine May 1981 Page 14 “WHAT WOMEN CAN DO FOR THE CHURCH” Some fifty men and women of all Orthodox jurisdictions met recently at St. Vladimir’s Seminary for a conference on “Women in the Life of the Orthodox Church.” According to Sophie Koloumzin, the Orthodox religious educator who gave a summary talk, “If there [...]
Word Magazine June 1998 Page 8-9 WHO CARES? THE RELATIONSHIP OF CLERGY AND LAITY By Father Joseph Allen Whether one is priest or parishioner in the “symphony” of the Orthodox Christian parish, the question which strikes at the fundamental nature of our life together is, “Who cares?” If we are serious about our parish life [...]
Word Magazine August 1958 Page 7 WHY THEY LEAVE THE CHURCH By Archimandrite Basil Kazan St. Elias Church, Toledo, Ohio During my visits to my parishioners these past weeks, I met many people whose faces I have never seen in Church since my arrival in Toledo. I asked them why they do not come to [...]
Word Magazine May 1981 Page 10-14 WOMEN IN ORTHODOXY: THEIR ROLE AND PARTICIPATION By Laurice B. Maloley The foundation of the spiritual life of the Orthodox Church lies in the Gospel of Christ, in the ‘Good News’ preached by Jesus Christ and the Apostles He chose and sent into the world. ‘The Good News’ is [...]
Women Saints and the Need for Appropriate Role Models for Girls Today By Elaine Gounaris Hanna The following was a talk given for the opening of the Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese, Midwest Region, Fall 1998 Delegates Meeting 25 September 1998 Indianapolis, Indiana Sayidna Demetri, Reverend Fathers, beloved brothers and sisters in Christ: Greetings in the Name [...]
Word Magazine September 1970 Page 12-13 YOUTH, VIOLENCE AND DRUGS A Sermon preached by the VERY REV. GREGORY OFIESH Pastor of St. Nicholas’ Church, San Francisco, California, on August 20, 1970 at the Chicago Archdiocesan Convention. Fr. Gregory is Chairman of the Department of SOYO and Inter-Orthodox Youth Relations, and Spiritual Advisor for the North [...]
Word Magazine January 1959 Page 10 YOUTH IN THE ORTHODOX CHURCH By Father Alexander Curry — New Castle, Pa. No one will deny the importance of the youth in the church, for as we look at our youth, we look at the future membership of our church, and just as the destiny of a Nation [...]
YOU ARE MADE FOR HOPE: ENCOURAGEMENT FOR FAMILY TODAY Sermon Delivered by Father George Shalhoub Pastor of St. Mary Orthodox Church at the 4th Sunday of Great Lent Sts. Constantine and Helen Sunday Vesper Service Dearly beloved in the Lord Jesus, We are in the fourth Sunday of Lent in which the church calls us [...]