الصفحة الرئيسية المطران إيماننا وعقيدتنا جديد في الموقع Word Magazine March 1981 Page 17 WITH GENUINE REJOICING Homily by Father James C. Meena In the Parable of the Prodigal Son, emphasis is usually made either on the character of the Prodigal or the elder brother who stayed home and remained faithful to his father, or [...]
Word Magazine March 1980 Page 15 WHO SAYS I MUST FAST? Homily by Father James C. Meena “Who says I must fast? Just because the Fathers of the Church say that alms-giving is a good thing, must I give alms? And just because the Fathers of the Church specify that on Cheese Fare Sunday, the [...]
Word Magazine March 1964 Page 11 We Have Been Chosen By REV. ROBERT E. LUCAS You have not chosen me: but I have chosen you; and have appointed you, that you should go, and should bring forth fruit, and your fruit shall remain forever.” (John 1 5:16) + + Before the grand day of his [...]
Word Magazine March 1976 Page 10-11 “WE ARE ONE . . . OR ARE WE?” Sermon Delivered by Very Rev. Boris T. Geeza, Commander USN Year after year, on the first Sunday of Great Lent, our Orthodox Churches throughout America gather together our parishioners and congregate at one of our large parish churches or cathedrals [...]
Word Magazine March 1984 Page 16 TO DARE — WITH BOLDNESS TOWARD GOD Homily By Father James C. Meena On the Saturday of Meat Fare the Gospel Lesson speaks of the coming of the Son of man and the cosmic disasters which will precede that coming, (St. Luke 21:25-28). Jesus tells of the signs that [...]
The Word Magazine, February 1990, Page 3-4 ALMSGIVING IS CHRISTIAN! by Father Andrew Harmon Bloomington, Indiana My state (Indiana) unfortunately kept up with the Jones’ this year and instituted a state lottery like our neighboring states and many states throughout the U.S.A. and Canada. The whole lottery craze is unfortunate for several reasons. Even this [...]
Word Magazine April 1983 Page 23 IT MAKES A DIFFERENCE Homily By Father James C. Meena On the Fifth Sunday of the Great Fast, the Orthodox Church honors the memory of Our Righteous Mother, Saint Mary of Egypt, the prototype of St. Mary Magdalena who repented of her sins and became a deeply dedicated ascetic, [...]
From The Word Magazine, April, 1984, Page 25 LIFESTYLES X By Father James C. Meena Are You A King, Then? In the prophesies of Isaiah, we find the following statement: "For there is a Child born for us, a Son given to us — and dominion is laid on his shoulders and this is the [...]
Word Magazine February 1994 Page 19-20 KEEPING LENT AT HOME By Nadia Koblosh A Parent’s Reflection “MY CHIEF RESPONSIBILITY WITH MY CHILDREN IS TO CULTIVATE IN THEM A DISCRIMINATING ATTITUDE ABOUT WHAT THEY HEAR SO THAT THEY WILL BE ABLE TO DISCERN — FOR THEMSELVES — WHAT IS GOOD, AND WHAT IS EVIL, AND TO [...]
Word Magazine April 1983 Page 5-8 CHRIST IS CALLING YOU! LENTEN MEDITATIONS Sermons to young people by Father George Calciu-Dumitreasa. Given at the Chapel of the Romanian Orthodox Church Seminary, Bucharest Translation by Keston College, Kent, England FIRST MEDITATION The former treatise have I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both to do [...]