Saint Demetrius day sermon In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit! Today, dear brothers and sisters, we have gathered in this Holy church to glorify with our prayers St. Demetrius, the Patrone ofthis Holy temple and Parish. I would like to humbly present to you the life [...]
Violence and the Gospel by Metropolitan George (Khodr) of Byblos and Batroun [This article was first given at a conference in Lyon of the Association of Christians Against Torture, and appeared in Supplément de la vie Spirituelle, Sept. 1987] This essay is not an analysis of violence but a hymn to that evangelical virtue which [...]
An Orthodox View on Child Abuse by Fr. Stanley S. Harakas An apparently new social concern has risen in our days which highlights the abuse of children. Child abuse is generally understood in our day in broad terms, including the physical, mental, and spiritual harassment of children. Specifically, child abuse is often understood as inflicting [...]
Saint Maximos the Confessor on The Lord's Prayer St Maximos the ConfessorПреподобный Максим ИсповедникΜαξίμου του Ομολογητού If the purpose of the divine counsel is the deification of our nature, and the aim of divine thoughts is to supply the prerequisites of our life, it follows that we should both know and carry into effect the [...]
Venerable Pelagia the Penitent October 8th The Lord loves sinners with an abiding love, we are told, and it is easy to imagine that He must have loved the Venerable Pelagia with a special fervor – because this egregious sinner not only sought repentance for her misdeeds, but then went on to become a pious [...]
أقوال للقدّيس يوحنّا التبايسي كتب المقال راهبات دير مار يعقوب دده * أنواع الصّمت: - صمت اللسان، وهو ألاّ يتكلّم كلاماً رديئاً. - صمت الجسد، وهو أن تبطل منه كلّ الاحساسات الشّريرة. - صمت النّفس، وهو الاّ تنبع منها أفكار رديئة. - صمت العقل، وهو ألاّ يفكّر بأمور ضارة. - صمت الرّوح، وهو أن يهدأ [...]
The Mission of Orthodoxy by Father Alexander Schmemann Adapted from a lecture given at the 1968 National Conference of Orthodox College Students and printed in Volume III, No.4 of CONCERN (no longer in publication).] This article is available in pamphlet form here from Conciliar Press What is the role and task of Orthodox Christians in [...]
Be Angry And Sin Not By St. Nikolai Velimirovich "Be angry and sin not" (Psalm 4:4). Be angry with yourself, brethren, and sin no more. Be angry at your sins of thoughts and deeds, and sin no more. Be angry with Satan the father of lies (John 8:44), and no longer do his will. Be [...]
The Holy Angels, An Orthodox Perspective NOVEMBER 8 Angels: Our Elder Brethren Written by St. Nicholai Velimirovic, Bishop of Zica Compiled by Archimandrite Nektarios Serfes Boise, Idaho, USA August 13th 2004 "Whom Christ loves, His angels love too." St. Nicholai of Zica (1880-+1956) Our Holy Bible starts with this sentence: In the beginning God created [...]
الملاك الحارس في الكنيسة الأرثوذكسية يجد اعتقاد الكنيسة الأرثوذكسية بالملاك الحارس دعماً زاخراً في تحذير السيّد: "اُنْظُرُوا، لاَ تَحْتَقِرُوا أَحَدَ هؤُلاَءِ الصِّغَارِ، لأَنِّي أَقُولُ لَكُمْ: إِنَّ مَلاَئِكَتَهُمْ فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ كُلَّ حِينٍ يَنْظُرُونَ وَجْهَ أَبِي الَّذِي فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ" (متى 10:18) لوقا، في إشارة إلى ملاك بطرس، يشهد لهذا الاعتقاد بين مسيحيي القرون الأولى (أعمال 15:12).هذه الإشارات [...]