Word Magazine September 1959 Page 5-8/10 THE NATURE OF THE CHURCH By Father Michael Azkoul Spring Valley, Illinois The Church is very difficult to understand. It is not entirely due to the logic involved, but rather the ideas necessary to the explanation may rub us the wrong way. The modern mind with its beliefs about [...]
Word Magazine May 1980 Page 5-6 THE NAME OF GOD: ABBA By Paul Tarazi When Jesus sent His apostles to preach the kingdom of heaven (Mt. 10:7), He said to them, “He who welcomes you welcomes Me, and he who welcomes Me welcomes Him who sent Me. He who welcomes a prophet because he is [...]
Word Magazine June 1960 Page 7 THE MYSTICAL BODY OF CHRIST A Brief Synopsis By Father John Newcombe Beckley, W. Va. The Mystical Body of Christ is one, living reality, born of the Redemption wrought for us by the Incarnate Word. It is that Society formed of Christ and the Church, of which One is [...]
Presentation by Father Isaac Henke Midwest Spring Gathering in Livonia, Michigan March 8, 2003 THE MYSTERY OF RECIPROCITY! Good afternoon, (Sayidna, reverend clergy, guests, and faithful of the Midwest Region) – Christ is in our midst! I am Father Isaac Henke, the priest and pastor of the wonderful parish of St. John Chrysostom Church, an [...]
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 [...]
Word Magazine May 1965 Page 10-12 THE ‘MINISTRY’ and the LAITY By Henry C. Allan, Jr , of Chicago, Illinois An otherwise well-informed and highly articulate Orthodox expressed skepticism and doubt when the writer recently spoke with him in terms of a “lay ministry” or the “ministry” of the laity in the Orthodox Church. For [...]
Word Magazine September 1960 Page 5 – 6 THE MEANING of SUNDAY by FATHER MICHAEL AZKOUL Spring Volley, Illinois The Holy Eucharist is the central act of Christian worship. It is held on Sunday, otherwise known as “the first day,” “the Lord’s Day,” “the Day of Yahweh,” “the eighth Day” and as the Russians call [...]
Word Magazine December 1969 Page 10 THE MEANING OF LIFE by The Very Rev. Panayot Pamukov, St. Clement’s Church, Dearborn, Michigan Man is created with a body and a soul: the body is only temporary, but the soul is eternal. Too often, as we live our daily lives, we spend our time worrying only about [...]
Word Magazine February 1965 Page 12-13 THE MEANING OF HOME An address delivered at St. George Annual Banquet, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania By Samuel Hazo Associate Dean, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania It is a difficult thing to define a Christian home. If the basis of a Christian home is the presence [...]
Word Magazine December 1990 Page 5-6 THE MEANING OF CHURCH by Deacon Germanos Guthrie E. Janssen Church is the most important, most glorious entity on the face of the earth, or in the universe. It is not just a gathering of Christians, but the very presence of Jesus Christ, God Himself, in our midst. It [...]