عيد التجلي تحتفل الكنيسة الأرثوذكسية بالتجلي في 6 آب. يدعو العامة هذا العيد بعيد الرب وهذه التسمية لها اساسها العميق : يسوع المسيح ربنا وإلهنا . ففي التجلي ظهر لنا المسيح كإله ممجد, وأثبت لنا في تجليه جوهره الأساسي , الإله الممجد . قبل حدث التجلي هيأ المسيح تلاميذه لهذه الرؤيا بقوله " إن قوماً [...]
Word Magazine May 1964 Page 7 THE TREND OF OUR TIME By Archpriest Michael Baroudy The Twentieth Century, the time through which we are passing, will probably go down in history as the most critical period of all, a period of tension, fear and bewilderment. The newspaper headlines, as well as the radio and television, [...]
Word Magazine January 1974 Page 5-6 THE WORLD AS FAMILY By Father Joseph Allen My task is to speak about the world as our family. How is it that we, as the Church, can call the world a family? Where is it that these words —World and Family — connect and cross? They make their [...]
Word Magazine October 1976 Page 16 TODAY IS MINE - TOMORROW IS YOURS Homily by Father James C. Meena “Be firm in your faith, don’t get involved in foolish contentions about the law”. Don’t get involved in foolish arguments, because there is a great deal more depth to your faith than you are even aware [...]
Word Magazine October 1998 Page 26-27 TRAIN UP A CHILD IN THE WAY HE SHOULD GO — WHATEVER THE COST By Father Andrew Moore “Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.” Before offering a brief homily on this beloved passage of [...]
Volunteerism or Stewardship By Rev. Father Christopher Holwey I would like to offer a few words here concerning the difference between volunteerism and stewardship, and how it correctly pertains to our life in the Church. Over the years, I have seen many of us in the church struggle to get more and more people to [...]
Word Magazine May 1975 Page 12 WARN LAITY ‘TAKE HEED’ This article appeared in a certain Church Bulletin and was reprinted in THE AMERICAN SRBOBRAN of Feb. 20, 1974. It carries a very good message and we are reprinting it for the information of our readers. FROM A PRIEST You have just finished reading the [...]
Word Magazine January 2001 Page 13 WE SHOULD KNOW BETTER By Very Rev. Jason DelVitto After celebrating the festal season of the Nativity of Our Lord and Theophany, through which we rejoice in the incarnation of the Word of God and the revelation of the Holy Trinity, our focus in life is redirected once again [...]
Word Magazine January 1960 Page 7-8/12 WHAT A PRIEST EXPECTS FROM HIS PARISH BOARD By Father David F. Abramtsov The parochial boards of our churches are usually quite explicit about what they expect in a priest: He must be not only a spiritual leader, a teacher, preacher and steward of the Mysteries of God, but [...]
Word Magazine March 1960 Page 10 WHAT ARE THE COMMANDMENTS OF THE CHURCH? By Father John Newcombe Beckley, WV The chief and principal Commandments of the Holy Church are nine in number: 1. Every member of the Orthodox Church must pray to God every day with contrition and compunction of heart; and he must join [...]