Again Magazine Vol. 21 No. 1 Page 21 ST. SILOUAN: CONCERNING OBEDIENCE Rare are they who know the mystery of obedience. The obedient man is great in the sight of God. He follows in the footsteps of Christ, Who in Himself gave us the pattern of obedience. The Lord loves the obedient soul and affords [...]
Word Magazine April 1964 Page 5-9 ST. JOHN OF DAMASCUS A Compendium on the Life and Works of St. John of Damascus Prepared On The Occasion Of The 55th Anniversary Of The Founding Of The Parish Of St. John Of Damascus Boston, Massachusetts, December 4th, 1962 Prepared by: ARCHPRIEST PAUL W. MOSES Dear Reader: No [...]
Word Magazine May 1965 Page 6 ST. JOHN OF CRONSTADT The newest Saint in the Orthodox Calendar is St. John of Cronstadt. He is the first Orthodox Saint to be canonized on American soil. He is one of the few secular priests to be canonized, and he died only in 1909. Though many of us [...]
Again Magazine Volume 18, No. 3 – September, 1995 Page 8 The Fathers Speak… ST. IRENAEUS: ON THE SPIRITUAL GIFTS Saint Irenaeus, Bishop of Lyons (c. 130—c. 200) was a disciple of Saint Polycarp, who in turn was a disciple of Saint John the Evangelist. He is thus one of the earliest witnesses to the [...]
Word Magazine June 1977 Page 13 ST. IGNATIUS OF ANTIOCH By Fr. Constantine Nasr Ignatius, Bishop of Antioch, was most probably born in Syria in 35 A.D.; he was of pagan origin and a persecutor of Christians before his conversion. According to Origin, he was the third Bishop of Antioch. Little is known about his [...]
Word Magazine June 1983 Page 41 ST. ELIAS - OPEN TO GOD’S VOICE Homily By Father James C. Meena On July 20th, in the calendar of the Church, we celebrate the Feast of St. Elias the Tishbite, the Great Prophet. For us of the Orthodox Faith and particularly those of us who are from the [...]
ST. AHMET THE CALLIGRAPHER “The greatest of all things is the Faith ofJesus.” Crying this, 0 A,)met:. thou didst receive a great crown. ~ AHMET, the holy New Martyr, was from Constantinople, havihg been reared in the ungodliness of the Moslems ~ by his parents. By trade he was a scribe of the Great Archives. [...]
The Passion of the Holy, Glorious Great-martyr of Christ, Demetrius The holy great-martyr Demetrius was born in the city of Salonika and was the son of noble and pious parents. His father was the Military Governor of Salonika and secretly believed in our Lord Jesus Christ and labored for Him. He did not dare, however, [...]
Word Magazine September 2001 Page 16 SALVATION BELONGS TO OUR GOD By Very Rev. Stephen Rogers St. Cornelius the Centurion On the thirteenth day of September, we commemorate St. Cornelius the Centurion, the first Gentile to believe in Christ. In the tenth chapter of Acts, we learn that Cornelius was centurion of the Italian Regiment [...]
Saint Seraphim of Sarov was born on the 19th of July, 1759. His birthplace was Kursk, Russia, a town famous for its miracle-working icon of the Mother of God. At birth he was named Prokhor, after the disciple of Saint John the Theologian. While still a small child, Prokhor’s father died and his mother, Agatha, [...]