Word Magazine November 2000 Page 21 RECLAIMING THE DAY OF THE LORD By Very Rev. Jason DelVitto Orthodox Christian families are hopefully well aware of the numerous distractions that our present day society presents to us with regard to that unique day of the week, Sunday, the Lord’s Day. Beginning with the earliest days of [...]
Word Magazine October 1994 Page 4 - 7 RAISING AN ORTHODOX FAMILY IN MODERN NORTH AMERICA By John T. Chirban, PH.D., TH.D. WE HAVE GOOD REASON TO ASK, WHAT VALUES?’ AND “WHOSE VALUES?” are we applying in raising an Orthodox family in North America because the message of our faith and the notion of family [...]
Word Magazine January 1979 Page 18 PRIESTS ARE PERSONS T00, YOU KNOW. Homily by Father James C. Meena After hearing a certain sermon a parishioner asked, “What were you mad about? My response was, “What you heard was not the voice of anger but the voice of pain and frustration, the voice of a person, [...]
Word Magazine October 1963 Page 5-6 A GOOD TRUSTEE By Father Michael J. Buben (The following article in no way reflects the relationship between the priest and Church Board of St. George’s, Lawrence, Massachusetts, where harmony and love prevail. This article was originally published in The Orthodox Vistnik (Messenger), January, 1959 issue. It is published [...]
Word Magazine April 1974 Page 13 A REFLECTION ON YOUTH By George A. Alberts In today’s society it seems that one of the most overworked topics is youth. Newspapers, magazines, and books have been devoted totally to the question of youth as a distinct category. From reading these items it appears that there exists today [...]
Word Magazine February 1998 Page 23 A TEEN LOOKS TO CHRIST By Rebecca Shwayri WITHOUT A STRONG RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD, THE SPIRITUAL LIFE OF THE TEENAGER DECAYS AND EVENTUALLY BECOMES NON-EXISTENT. ST. Paul’s second letter to the Corinthians directly addresses the weaknesses that each one of us must face throughout a lifetime. Ultimately, we are [...]
Word Magazine May 1959 Page 8 ABOUT THE UNITY By Reverend Ilyas Kurban That they all may be one: as thou, Father, art in Me,and I in thee. That they also may be one in Us. That the world may believe that Thou hast sent me. (St. John17-21) This is a quotation from the last [...]
Word Magazine April 1974 Page 11-12 ADOLESCENTS IN THE FAMILY OR “GET OFF MY BACK” By John L. Boojamra Anyone who has tried to teach religion to adolescents in the past years will probably agree that this age group is the most threatening and difficult to face. Whole segments of our youth population have turned [...]
Word Magazine April 1999 Page 3 ARE WE CHANGED? Editorial by Fr. John Abdalah There is an anecdote of a priest who begins a new assignment at Pascha. He delivers a brilliant sermon, and receives many compliments. On Thomas Sunday, the priest offers the same homily, and again receives several compliments. On Myrrh-bearing Women Sunday, [...]
Word Magazine January 1978 Page 10/18 AS I SEE IT … By George Ghiz THE PAST It need not take those of us of the second generation here in North America too long to remember back to the days when our dear parents, relatives, and friends, who came from Lebanon and Syria, were mostly uneducated, [...]