Word Magazine September 1999 Page 21-22 Mount Athos: a reminder of WHO WE ARE AND WHY WE LIVE By Seminarian Joshua Makoul In a world so consumed and fixated with worldly pleasures and riddled with secularism, it has become dangerously easy for the Christian to lose touch with his identity as a child of God [...]
Word Magazine October 1960 Page 3-4 TRADITION AND THE BIBLE By Father Michael Azkoul Spring Valley, Ill. The Church is “the Body of Christ” and is therefore essentially an organism. Orthodoxy is a growing thing, a living Body. She is the “extension of the Incarnation,” as the Fathers used to say. There is “one” Christ, [...]
Word Magazine April 1960 Page 6-7 THE SECOND COMING OF OUR LORD By Father Michael Buben The Seventh-Day Adventists teach that at the time of our Lord’s second coming, all the righteous living and dead will go with Him to heaven where together they will reign for a thousand years. After a thousand years all [...]
Word Magazine February 1968 Page 20-21 THE RELEVANCE OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH TO ALL TIMES AND PLACES By The Late Very Rev. Father Michael Baroudy, Pastor Emeritus St. George’s Orthodox Church, Vicksburg, Mississippi No one actually knows how long religion has been in existence. We know that our own, the Christian religion, has been in [...]
Word Magazine November 1966 Page 15 THE MIRACULOUS CLOUD OF DECISION By Rev. Father Theodore Ziton St. George's Church, New Kensington, Pa. The king, prophet, and psalmist David taught through his writings that “the Heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament proclaims His handiwork.” (Ps. 19:1.) As rich and as great and as [...]
Word Magazine December 2000 Page 4-5 THE ISRAEL OF GOD By Rev. Fr. Alban West For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision avails anything, but a new creation. And as many as walk according to this rule, peace and mercy be upon them, and upon the Israel of God. (Galatians 6:16-17) With the recent [...]
Word Magazine February 1967 Page 10-11 THE HISTORICAL AND SPIRITUAL ASPECTS OF OUR HOLY FAITH By Rev. Father Michael Baroudy Pastor Emeritus of St. Georges Orthodox Church, Vicksburg, Mississippi The history of the Christian Church as a whole is just as fascinating as it is informative and inspiring, for it contains the record at the [...]
From the Again Magazine Volume 18, Number 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 [...]
THE EASTERN ORTHODOX FAITH By Louis Cassels United Press International Feature Writer Reprinted by permission The Goyan It comes natural to most people to speak of “the three great religious faiths,” meaning Protestants, Catholics and Jews. This national habit is a source of considerable irritation to some 5,000,000 Americans who are members of the Eastern [...]
Father Michael Azkoul There is a great deal of talk nowadays about the importance of religion, any religion. Any religion, whether Christian or not, is considered good and necessary so long as it brings men to realize their duty to mankind and God. It is generally believed that such is the purpose of religion and [...]