The Place of Holy Relics in the Orthodox Church by St. Justin Popovich Without doubt, matter is represented in the human body in a manner which is most puzzling, most mysterious, and most complex. The brain: What wondrous mysteries pass between its physical and spiritual parts! How vast is the experience of the human race. In [...]
Word Magazine November 1959 Page 8 THE PURPOSE AND POWER OF PRAYER By Rev. Fr. Theodore E. Ziton The world’s present mood is not conducive to prayer and meditation. Mechanism and speed dominate all departments of our present day civilization. We race through life and we hardly have time to read the sign posts and [...]
Word Magazine January 1985 Page 4-5 THE SACRAMENT OF CONFESSION AS A TOOL BY FATHER JOSEPH ALLEN “Until death, repentance is not limited either by seasons or acts.” —St. Isaac The Syrian When I was asked to share some thoughts on the Sacrament of Confession, one short phrase was added at the end of the [...]
Word Magazine December 1963 THE SACRIFICIAL ROAD. . . TO HEAVEN By REV. FR. THEODORE E. ZITON Pastor of the St. George (Eastern) Orthodox Church, Wichita, Kansas WE HAVE A TENDENCY today to believe that we can get to God’s mansions alone! Yet the road is not a lonely one with only our distinct figure [...]
Word Magazine October 1958 Page 8 THE TEN COMMANDMENTS By Rev. Fr. Theodore E. Ziton St. Nicholas Syrian Orthodox Church Montreal, Quebec, Canada “And God spoke all these words, saying, 1. “I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. You shall have [...]
Word Magazine October 1962 Page 4-5 THE WHOLE DUTY OF MAN by Very Rev. Father Michael Baroudy Vicksburg, Mississippi The first half of the twentieth century saw two tragic world wars with all the horrors and struggles attendant upon wars. Now that we are in the second half of the twentieth century, the prospect of [...]
Word Magazine November 1998 Page 8-9 THROUGH THE POWER OF PRAYER ... MIRACLES ARE STILL HAPPENING TODAY!!! By Father Luke Veronis During my five years as a missionary in Albania, one of the highlights of my experience has been meeting the living “saints” of the land. I’ve met a priest who spent twenty-seven years in [...]
Word Magazine April 1963 Page 8 TO BEND THE KNEE By Fr. Michael Azkoul Spring Valley, Illinois I suspect that a discussion on posture during the Divine Liturgy might appear somewhat irrelevant to most people. But “posture” is not quite the subject of this essay, that is, posture as it is commonly understood. We are [...]
Word Magazine April 1967 Page 11 TRUST IN GOD ALONE By Father Vladimir Berzonsky Holy Trinity Church, Parma, O. “When the Spirit of Truth comes,He will guide you into all the truth.” (St. John 16:13) “I will praise the Lord as long as I live; 1 will sing praises to my God while I have [...]
Word Magazine May 1973 Page 3-5 WHY WE PRAY Basilian Tract No. 10 First Published in the Basilian V:4, Summer, 1950 By Father Alexander Turner The Christian use of prayer seems inconsistent to the non-Christian. He may understand such a practice by primitive peoples, bedeviled by fears and superstitions, living under the shadow of name-forces. [...]