“BLESSED IS THE NATION WHOSE GOD IS THE LORD” Psalm 33:12 By Metropolitan Philip As the United States of America embarks on its third century of proclaiming Liberty and Justice to, and for all mankind, I would like to share a few brief thoughts with you before we conclude this Convention and disperse to our [...]
BELIEFS AND PRACTICES Traditional Belief and Practices of the Ancient Christian Faith From a pamphlet produced and distributed by: ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN PRISON MINISTRY HOLLYWOOD CALIFORNIA copyright, 1999 INTRODUCTION As Orthodox Christians, what do we believe and how do we practice our faith in everyday life? First of all, we believe that we are members of [...]
Again Magazine Volume 20 Number 2 Summer 1997 Page 28-31 I BELIEVE In the Holy Catholic Church; in the forgiveness of sins; in the resurrection of the body; and in life everlasting. Baptismal Instructions compiled from the early Church Fathers on the meaning of the Apostles’ Creed. A selection from From Darkness to Light by [...]
Aphrahat, The Persian Sage +345 Select Demonstrations Number 10 “Of Pastors” Introduction The second of our patristic sources on the pastoral life is taken from the writings of a man known as Aphrahat, the Persian Sage. Who was he? Aphrahat was a Persian. He is called the Persian Sage. However, he wrote in the Syriac [...]
Word Magazine September 1970 Page 18-19 “AND THEY WERE FIRST CALLED CHRISTIANS IN ANTIOCH…” By REV. ELIAS AUDI ANTIOCH was the second most-mentioned city in the Acts of the Apostles and the third city of importance in the Roman Empire. It was founded by Seleucus I in 300 B.C. on the Orontes, and was named [...]
Word Magazine January 2001 Page 34-35 AND HE SHALL COME AGAIN By Very Rev. Robert M. Arida Fundamental to Christian faith and life is the expectation of the Lord’s coming again. Indeed, Saint Paul’s first letter to the Corinthians written in the mid first century — describes the celebration of the eucharist which climaxes with [...]
Word Magazine November 2000 Page 13-14 THEOCRACY: AN ANCIENT FORM FOR CONTEMPORARY TIMES? By Fr. Joseph Allen The Orthodox tradition in the Christian East has always held the concept of “Theocracy” as a fundamental principle by which governmental policy is motivated. Theokratia, or Theokratos, meant “ruled or headed by God.” In Byzantium and Imperial Russia, [...]
Word Magazine June 1990 Page 29 ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE TO HIM WHO BELIEVES Belief is not belief unless it is lived If we consult a Bible concordance for the words “belief” and “faith”, we find many pages of Biblical references. So very much has been said in the Scriptures and by the Fathers, yet [...]
Word Magazine October 2000 Page 8 A GOD OF PEACE AND A MAN OF VALOR: CHRIST’S MANIFESTATIONS IN THE OLD TESTAMENT By Very Rev. Joseph Sakkab “And what shall I say? For the time would fail me to tell of Gideon and Barak and . . . . (Hebrew 11:32) The deity of our Lord [...]
Word Magazine October 1989 Page 14 A CASE FOR AMERICAN ORTHODOXY By Philip Najeeb Saliba The incontestable fact pertaining to Orthodoxy in America is the absence of a united American Orthodox Church. This phenomenon has historical roots. When Greek-speaking Byzantine missionaries converted the Slavic peoples to Christianity, they did not insist that Greek be the [...]