The Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts Because of its paschal character, the normal Divine Liturgy is not served on weekdays of Great Lent in the Orthodox Church. In its place, so that the faithful would not be left without Holy Communion, the Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts is served. The practice of serving the Presanctified [...]
A JOURNEY THROUGH HOLY WEEK MONDAY - TUESDAY - WEDNESDAY - THURSDAY - FRIDAY - SATURDAY - SUNDAY BY FATHER NICHOLAS MAGOULIAS THE WORD MAGAZINE APRIL 1976 PAGE 7-9 THE ECCLESIASTICAL DAY is Calculated from sundown of the previous to sundown of the day itself. Thus, Holy Week in the Orthodox Church begins on Palm [...]
From The Word Magazine, March 1987, Page 9-10 A Lenten Discipline Overcoming Anger: Love, Action, and Likeness of Christ by The Rev. George Morelli, Ph.D. Mankind is created in the image of God and as Christians we are called by God to be like Him. The essence of this likeness of Christ is to love. [...]
From The Word Magazine, February, 1961 A Lenten Meditation from Metropolitan Antony To all the venerable Clergy and Laity within all the constituencies of our Archdiocese in North America — Greetings and Blessings from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. FROM THE VERY DAWN OF HISTORY, when man was created thousands of years ago, we [...]
From The Word Magazine, March 1968, Page 4 A Lenten Message By The Rev. Fr. John Namie Pastor of St. George's Church, Altoona, Pa., and Spiritual Advisor for the Eastern Region of SOYO THERE IS A TENDENCY TODAY IN our society to diminish the importance of various aspects of Christian life which is taught by [...]
Word Magazine March 1987 Page 3 GREAT LENT A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH Father Elias Bitar Little Falls, New Jersey Many things, throughout the history of the Church, have been said about this most holy period of the Orthodox Christian year. We live in an age of great and continuous achievements in all aspects [...]
الصفحة الرئيسية المطران إيماننا وعقيدتنا جديد في الموقع THE WORD MAGAZINE MARCH 1969 PAGE 3 A MESSAGE FOR LENT AND EASTER Lent is a stated time for thinking things over. As the Scripture tells us, “For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven.” It is good for us to [...]