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 [...]
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 [...]
“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 [...]
CRISIS AND VISION By Father James C. Meena I wish to speak of today’s Orthodox man and his problems in North America. And I wish to share with you a vision for the future. But before I speak to you of vision allow me to speak of Crisis. . . or rather a group of [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]