Word Magazine June 1958 Page 5 CANDLES IN THE CHURCH By Father David F. Abramtsov St. George’s Church, Bridgeville Everyone has observed the lights and candles that are used in all Orthodox churches and some, perhaps, have wondered at their significance. First of all, let us look at the substance or matter of which these [...]
Word Magazine April 1968 Page 16 CANDLES AND LIGHTS By Rev. Fr. Theodore E. Ziton St. George’s Church, New Kensington, Penna. The candle is one of the oldest and the most widely used sacramentals in the Church. It is one of the richest religious symbols or instruments used to express spiritual ideas. It is seen [...]
Word Magazine June 1987 Page 8-9 PARTICIPATING IN THE EUCHARIST A way of life or a social occasion? by Dr Michael Massouh For as long as I can remember I have been told to go to Church. But the reasons for attendance have seldom been convincing. Because most of us share this ambivalence, I would [...]
Word Magazine September 1963 Page 5/7 ARE WE AFRAID OF OUR OWN PRAYERS By Dr. Lukas Vischer Research Secretary of the Department of Faith and Order of the World Council of Churches Dr. Vischer was WCC’s observer to the Second Vatican Council. Around the world Christians of different confessions are uniting more and more frequently [...]
A FORGOTTEN DIMENSION OF PRAYER by Fr. Gregory Buss The subject of prayer is a vast one and it would be impossible to say all of the things that can be said, and should be said, about it. For that reason I would like to say something about a dimension of prayer that comes from [...]
by St. Cyril of JerusalemOur father among the saints Cyril of Jerusalem (315-3as a distinguished theologian and archbishop of Jerusalem in the early Church. His famous 23 catechetical lectures, which he delivered while still a presbyter in 347 or 348, contain instructions on the principal topics of Christian faith and practise, in a popular rather [...]
Prayer in the Orthodox Church "He who is able to pray correctly, even if he is the poorest of all people, is essentially the richest. And he who does not have proper prayer, is the poorest of all, even if he sits on a royal throne" (St John Chrysostom, PG 48, 767). In the Orthodox [...]
The Word Magazine June 1997 Page 4-7 THE SPIRIT OF ANTIOCH HOW DOES IT COMPARE WITH THE SPIRIT OF NORTH AMERICA? BY ARCHPRIEST RICHARD BALLEW IN THE SUMMER OF 1985, I experienced what I like to call "the Spirit of Antioch" for the first time. Fr. Jon Braun, Fr. Peter Gillquist and I had the [...]
The Word Magazine May 1984 Page 8-9 THE SAYDNAYA CONVENT The Saydnaya Convent is located in the mountains not far from the city of Damascus, the seat of the ancient Patriarchate of Antioch. The village of Saydnaya has many ancient associations with the Holy Bible. The local inhabitants can show you the reputed place where [...]
The Word Magazine May 1997 Page 4-6 THE MINISTRY OF RECONCILIATION By Seminarian Bassam Nassif In a time when the Orthodox Christian Church is facing new challenges, and the interaction between Her and different religious thoughts is growing and intensifying, it is needful and valuable to bring to light the unique traditional stand and mission [...]