THE MINISTER AND HIS WORK Frank E. Gaebelein The work of the ministry is a calling both varied and humbling. After years of training in the Scriptures, in theology, in the discipline of scholarship, and in the understanding of human beings, to be a minister of the Gospel which is “a savor of life unto [...]
Word Magazine July 1958 Page 6/8 THE MODERN PARISH PRIEST By The Rev James H. C. Allan Pastor St John’s Church, Cedar Rapids Iowa There are a number of musty jokes and anecdotes about the “soft” life and the “one-day-a-week” workweek of the parish priest. Surprisingly enough many otherwise intelligent people put stock in such [...]
Address at the 12th Annual Sacred Music Institute Antiochian Village, PA THE NEED FOR GOOD CHOIRS AND GOOD MUSIC By His Grace Bishop DEMETRI Good Evening! I hope that you are enjoying this 12th Annual Sacred Music Institute. It is a great pleasure for me to be here not only as a speaker but also [...]
Word Magazine February 1971 Page 8-9 THE ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN APPROACH Wisdom from the Gospel according to St. Matthew: observations and deductions by an experienced spiritual counselor and pastor: ARCHIMANDRITE TIMOTHEOS PANTELAKOS (Athens, Greece) We need the power of God to help us in our every day life. One way to obtain the power of God [...]
Word Magazine May 1975 Page 20 THE ORTHODOX WOMEN Rt. Rev. Athanasius E. Saliba Archbishop PHILIP proclaimed the month of March as the Antiochian Orthodox Women Month throughout our Archdiocese. This of course is an honor well deserved by the women of our archdiocese in the United States and Canada who have worked hand in [...]
Word Magazine October 1967 Page 9/12 THE CHURCH By Rev. Father Michael Baroudy Pastor Emeritus, St. George’s Church, Vicksburg, Mississippi One of the great affirmations relative to the holy institution of the church is given by St. Paul to his spiritual son, Timothy, who said, that the church is the ground and the pillar of [...]
Word Magazine May 1973 Page 13 -17 THE PARISH.… WHAT FOR? by: V. REV. SERGEI A.. GLAGOLEV *This paper was delivered at the 27th Annual Archdiocesan Convention. I. The Parish As Orthodoxy: Truth or Treason? “I believe in One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church.” This we confess every time we assemble to celebrate the Divine [...]
Word Magazine January 1971 Page 10 – 11 The Church And The Family By Father Joseph J. Allen St. Anthony’s Church, Bergenfield, N.J. There are many sociologists and psychologists who say today that the family, as the basic structure of our society, is disappearing. At the worst, it could mean that the family as that [...]
Word Magazine March 1959 Page 10-11 THE PARISH CHURCH YOUR GATEWAY TO GRACE By Eli A. Haddad Longmeadow, Mass. Mankind writes its history clearly in the buildings it rears, the laws it makes, the books it writes and the monuments it erects. We can easily read the life story of a race and aspirations of [...]
Word Magazine December 1998 Page 21-22 THE CHURCH AS A PARENT By Navene Hanhan Ever since I can remember, most of the more important events in my life have something to do with the Church. Whether it be within the Orthodox or Roman Catholic faith, my life has been intertwined with the Church. To be [...]