The Life Of The Thrice Blessed Archbishop Aftimios Ofiesh By Archpriest John Warren Morris On October 22, 1880, Badrah Ofiesh, the wife of Father Gabriel Ofiesh, the shepherd of the Orthodox flock in the village of Bikfaya, Lebanon, gave birth to her sixth child, the future Archbishop Aftimios Ofiesh. The couple, who would eventually have [...]
Word Magazine March 1995 THE LIFE OF THE THRICE BLESSED: BISHOP RAPHAEL HAWAWEENY WRITTEN BY FATHER ANDRE’ ISSA PART TWO Coming from Russia Raphael Hawaweeny found people of his own native land who offered him the reins of leadership, placing him at the forefront of their assembly and in their destiny. From the day he [...]
Great-martyr Photina (Photini) the Samaritan Woman February 26th and Those with her: Sisters Photida, Phota, Paraskeva, Anatolia and Kyriake, and Sons Victor and Josiah Her faith in Jesus Christ was so strong that she did not wait for Nero to summon her and punish her for preaching His Holy Gospel. Instead, she sought him out. [...]
Word Magazine April 1995 Page 5 - 7 BISHOP RAPHAEL AND ORTHODOX/EPISCOPALIAN RELATIONS PART THREE From the end of the sixteenth sixteenth century, the Protestant Anglican Church made many approaches to the Orthodox Church and looked upon it as a Church which appeals to Holy Scriptures and the writings of the holy fathers, and the [...]