Word Magazine December 1975 Page 3-5 CHRISTMAS IN TURKEY; A VISIT TO ST. NICHOLAS Twas the night before Christmas, and rather than wait for St. Nicholas to visit us, my husband, son and I were visiting him instead — in a warm, dusty town called Demre on Turkey’s southern shore. Demre is the site of [...]
Word Magazine December 1979 Page 3/4 CHRISTMAS EVE by Metropolitan PHILIP “What is a merciful heart? It is a heart that burns with love for the whole creation — for men, for birds, for beasts, for demons and for every creature.” (St. Isaac the Syrian) Christmas music is filling the air. In every home there [...]
Word Magazine December 1959 Page 3 CHRISTMAS EPISTLE OF THE MOST REV. METROPOLITAN ANTONY To the Clergy and Laity“Come, let us exalt unto the Lord; let us make a joyful noise to God our Saviour” (Ps. 94: 1). This invitation of the Holy Psalm-singer is especially meaningful for us in these days when we, together [...]
Word Magazine December 1984 Page 16 CHRISTMAS AGAIN! Homily by Father James C. Meena Christmas will be upon us soon and I know some of you are thinking, . . . “What, again?” Yes, again! And I pray that you will celebrate many more Christmases to come. I become consciously aware of the fact that [...]
Word Magazine December 1998 Page 14-15 CHRISTMAS: A GREAT FEAST OR A SECULAR HOLIDAY? BY V. REV. MICHAEL ABDELAHAD During the month of September, I needed to purchase a birthday card. I entered the card store, “... when what to my wondering eyes should appear, but ...” a display of Christmas ornaments. My initial reaction [...]
Word Magazine December 1998 Page 3-4 CHRIST IS BORN! GLORIFY HIM! By Father John Abdalah As Orthodox Christians, we greet one another with this confident exclamation during the Feast of the Nativity of our Lord. With this seasonal greeting we affirm that Jesus, who took on flesh and was born into our world, is indeed [...]
THE WORD MAGAZINE, MAY 1970 PAGE 17 Christ is Among Us "Know that I am with you always; even to the end of time.” (MATT. 28:20) At ASCENSION we depart from the Paschal mystery of Christ’s resurrection. We acknowledge that the period in which Jesus visited the disciples to witness his victory over death and [...]
Word Magazine November 1998 Page 16 BECOMING A LIVING TEMPLE OF GOD By Fr. Steven Rogers On November 21, the Church proclaims with joy, “Today is the foreshadowing of the good pleasure of God and the herald of the salvation of men. The Virgin is revealed in the temple of God, and beforehand she announces [...]
Word Magazine May 1969 Page 8 “AND ASCENDED INTO HEAVEN... “And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, ‘Who is worthy to open the scroll and break its seals?’ And no one in heaven or on earth or under the earth was able to open the scroll. . . And between the [...]
Word Magazine December 1971 Page 9 AN ATOM FOR CHRISTMAS AND EVERY DAY A CHRISTMAS SERMON by FATHER THEODORE E. ZITON We are living in hard times. If we were disappointed in the peace and rehabilitation of nations that followed World War I, we can well be alarmed at the situation that prevails after World [...]