Word Magazine March 1976 Page 12 “GOD IS” Homily by Archpriest James C. Meena It seems imperative to me that we, as Christians, understand a basic fact. Though Christ gave us an overriding Commandment of love for God and for our neighbor which seems to obviate the necessity to adhere to the Commandments as they [...]
THE PASTORAL LIFE IN THE FATHERS OF THE CHURCH (Four Talks Given at the Spring Delegates Meeting, March 6 and 7, 2003 at St. Mary’s Basilica, Livonia, Michigan) St. Gregory The Theologian (329-389) In Defense Of His Flight to Pontus De Fuga The Second Oration Aphrahat, The Persian Sage +345 Select Demonstrations Number 10 “Of [...]
Word Magazine January 1961 Page 10/28 IN UNAM SANCTUM By Archimandrite Elias Mastrogiannopoulos, Nostalgia for Orthodoxy Friedierich Heiler, Professor of the University of Marbur, is one of the most prominent contemporary theologians of the West. He has devoted his life to an objective and impartial study of the Orthodox Church. He has particularly dealt with [...]
Moses Established the Written Tradition of the Pentateuch by Richard A. Michaels In the sacred tradition of the Church, the understanding that Moses was the author of the Pentateuch is indisputable. Most obviously, one need only to review what Our Lord Himself says about Moses; the Transfiguration of Christ on Mount Tabor confirms Moses as [...]
Orthodox Christianity: Nearly Two Thousand Years of Faithfulness By Father Anthony Yazge (Originally submitted to the Tribune Star for publication in the Fall of 1995) Jesus Christ established His Church on the day of Pentecost when the Holy Spirit descended upon the apostles, as recorded in chapter two of The Acts of the Apostles. Later [...]
Word Magazine June 1971 Page 9 - 11 ON THE MEANING OF BIBLICAL PROPHECY By John C. Trevor Professor of Religion, Baldwin-Wallace College Every world crisis since the completion of the Biblical Canon in the first and fourth centuries has provoked certain Christians to search their Bibles for any possible parallels to so-called “Biblical prophecy.” [...]
John Chrysostom 347-407 On The Priesthood John Chrysostom is among the most well known saints of the Eastern Church. He was born in Antioch in c. 347 and died in exile in 407 as the Patriarch of Constantinople. He was educated in both law under the pagan Libanius and in theology by Diodore of Tarsus, [...]
Orthodox Christian Worship: A living experience by Fr. Anthony G. Yazge (Originally submitted to the Tribune Star for publication in the Fall of 1995) Imagine being gathered before the throne of God in the presence of all the saints. Gold adorns many of the altar articles and the fragrance of incense fills the air. It [...]
ORTHODOXY & CATHOLICISM By Father Theodore Pulcini, PhD Every so often we hear someone say, “Orthodox Christianity — let’s see, isn’t that sort of like the Eastern branch of the Roman Catholic Church?” No, not really. Orthodoxy and Roman Catholicism are distinct bodies with significant differences. In discussing these differences, my approach will be primarily [...]
Word Magazine October 1961 Page 11 ORTHODOXY AND THE CHURCH FATHERS (From the special Easter 1961 issue of the Zoë” Brotherhood. Athens Greece, dedicated to ORTHODOXY.) The Fathers of our Church derived all of their teachings from Orthodoxy. However, they gave everything they possessed for the triumph of the Orthodox Faith, which is the priceless [...]