Word Magazine December 1961 Page 4 PEACE ON EARTH By The Rt. Reverend Archimandrite Ilyas T. Kurban “Glory be to God in the highest and on earth peace and good will among men.” This is the hymn which was sung by the group of angels, almost two thousand years ago. Is there peace on earth? [...]
Word Magazine January 2000 Page 22 OUT WITH THE OLD, IN WITH THE NEW By Very Rev. Stephen Rogers Perhaps no day in our lifetimes will have more hoopla attached to it than the recent passage into the “new millennium” on this past New Year’s Day. January 1, 2000, was heralded by many as the [...]
THE WORD MAGAZINE MAY 1971 PAGE 9 Our Chance To Give Glory PENTICOST means graduation, in a way. It is the time when the earthly life of Jesus Christ is fulfilled, and our life in Christ begins. We have honored his life of devoted service to fulfilling the will of the Father in heaven : [...]
Word Magazine December 1979 Page 5-6 ORIGIN OF THE FEAST OF CHRISTMAS by antony bassoline The celebration of the birth of Christ has become the most obvious religious-based public festival of American life. Its arrival in December is prepared for months in advance. It is the one event which generates the most anticipation and to [...]
Word Magazine November 1999 Page 53 OPERATING IN THE REAL WORLD By Father Stephen Rogers As we approach the end of the 20th century, we are living in the midst of what has aptly been labeled the Information Age. Computers, the world wide web, hundreds of television channels, talk radio, and print media inundate us [...]
Word Magazine February 1958 Page 5-6 OFFICE OF HOLY EPIPHANY by FR. JOHN CHROMIAK The services beginning with the Eve of the Epiphany, are the same as on the Eve of Nativity. The difference between both Feasts is the festival hymns and the consecration of water. The Vigil is a day of fast as strict [...]
Word Magazine February 2001 Page 16 O GOD OF SPIRITS AND OF ALL FLESH By V. Rev. Stephen Rogers On the seventeenth of February this year the Church gathers together to celebrate the Saturday of Souls. As a prelude to Great Lent, we assemble to pray for all departed Orthodox Christians, petitioning that God would [...]
Word Magazine December 1966 Page 4 NATIVITY EPISTLE 1966 To all the Pastors and the Orthodox Faithful of our Archdiocese of New York and All North America, “Sing unto the Lord, all the earth; and you nations praise him with joy; for he has been glorified.” With great joy and gratitude for God’s unfathomable love, [...]
Word Magazine December 1964 Page 3 MERRY CHRISTMAS To the Pastors and Faithful Christians of the Archdiocese: Peace and Blessing in our Lord Jesus Christ! (To be read in the churches) Of all the feasts in the cycle of the Christian year the one that has had the greatest impact on the western world, in [...]
Word Magazine December 1976 Page 19/21 “MERRY CHRISTMAS — LATER NOT SOONER” Homily by Father James C. Meena When I was a little boy, as with all children, I used to Liturgical Celebration of the Birth of our Lord, when we anticipate the coming of Christmas weeks in advance. I’d should be meditating and contemplating [...]