Address at the 12th Annual Sacred Music Institute Antiochian Village, PA THE NEED FOR GOOD CHOIRS AND GOOD MUSIC By His Grace Bishop DEMETRI Good Evening! I hope that you are enjoying this 12th Annual Sacred Music Institute. It is a great pleasure for me to be here not only as a speaker but also [...]
Word Magazine July 1958 Page 6/8 THE MODERN PARISH PRIEST By The Rev James H. C. Allan Pastor St John’s Church, Cedar Rapids Iowa There are a number of musty jokes and anecdotes about the “soft” life and the “one-day-a-week” workweek of the parish priest. Surprisingly enough many otherwise intelligent people put stock in such [...]
THE MINISTER AND HIS WORK Frank E. Gaebelein The work of the ministry is a calling both varied and humbling. After years of training in the Scriptures, in theology, in the discipline of scholarship, and in the understanding of human beings, to be a minister of the Gospel which is “a savor of life unto [...]
Word Magazine May 1961 Page 6/22 THE LAYMAN IN THE CHURCH By Rev. Father Theodore E. Ziton St. Nicholas Church, Montreal, Quebec, Canada The theme with which this article deals presents two difficulties which must be resolved before we can penetrate to its inner mystery. The two words, “layman” and “Church” are often understood in [...]
Word Magazine May 1967 Page 13 THE IDEAL MOTHER By Very Rev. Father Michael Baroudy, Pastor Emeritus St. George's Orthodox Church, Vicksburg, Mississippi Annually on the second Sunday in May Mother’s Day is observed on a national scale. The setting apart of a day once a year to honor mother and motherhood is a very [...]
Word Magazine September 1973 Page 3-4 THE FAMILY AS THE EXTENSION OF THE CHURCH Preached by FATHER GEORGE ASWAD at the Archdiocesan Convention, Los Angeles, August 1972 May I begin this morning by sharing with you an experience of mine. Because of personal reasons, it was necessary for my wife Grace and I to have [...]
Word Magazine September 1970 Page 17 THE FAMILY AND GOOD BREEDING By The Very Reverend P. Pamukov Pastor of St. Clement’s Orthodox Church, Dearborn, Michigan Ill bred people are not desirable in our society. For this reason, cultivating good manners cannot be stressed too strong enough to have education without good-breeding. These two qualities do [...]
THE WORD/MAY 1992, Page 10 THE DUTIES OF CHURCH MEMBERS TO THE CHURCH Part 2 — Attend Church Every Orthodox Christian is duty-hound to join at specified times in the public worship of God, especially on the Lord’s Day (Sunday). We attend the celebration of the Liturgy to give to Almighty God the adoration, praise, [...]
THE WORD/MARCH 1992 Page 6 THE DUTIES OF CHURCH MEMBERS TO THE CHURCH Part One A sunny deck and a steamer chair and nothing to do but lie in it, with the sea to watch, and the throb of distant engines lulling you to sleep, and your every comfort cared for — that is all [...]
Word Magazine October 1982 Page 20 THE CHURCH — FUTURE OF OUR YOUTH By Father James C. Meena You have heard it said many times that our youth are the future of the Church. While I do not and have never disputed that statement because I’ve always agreed with it and perhaps because I was [...]