Saints

Book Review

Book Review A Cloud of Witnesses: Saints and Martyrs From the Holy Land by Bishop Demetri (Matta) Khoury Authorhouse, 2008 (700 pages, $15.40, paperback) reviewed by Patrick Henry Reardon Unlike the very structured way in which the Roman Catholic Church canonizes its saints, the corresponding Eastern Orthodox method tends to be somewhat informal and “popular,” [...]

By |2021-05-20T15:54:27-07:00August 16th, 2011|Saints, Various Subjects|Comments Off on Book Review

صلاة إلى والدة الإله

صلاة إلى والدة الإله  ـ القديس غريغوريوس بالاماس يا والدَة الإله، السيّدَة الفائقَة القداسة، يا من ولدتِ اللهَ الكلمَة بالجسد، أعرفُ جيِّداً أنَّي لستُ مستحقًّاً ولا يليقُ بي أنا الكثيرَ الشقاوة، أْن أنظرَ إلى إيقونتِكِ يا من أنتَ نقيَّةٌ ودائمةُ البتوليَّةِ وجسدُك ونفسُك نقيَّان ولا يشوبُهما عيب، ولا أْن أحدِّقَ بكِ بعينيَّ الخاطئتين، أو أْن [...]

By |2021-10-17T14:33:39-07:00August 12th, 2011|Arabic Articles, Liturgical, Saints, Theotokos, أقوال آبائية, العذراء, القديسين|Comments Off on صلاة إلى والدة الإله

Icon of the Mother of God “the Surety of Sinners”

Icon of the Mother of God "the Surety of Sinners"  Commemorated on March 7 (also commemorated on May 29) The Icon of the Mother of God “Surety of Sinners” is known by this name because of the inscription on the icon: “I am the Surety of sinners for My Son Who has entrusted Me to [...]

By |2020-07-03T10:05:57-07:00August 8th, 2011|Belief & History, Liturgical, Sacred Art, Saints, Theotokos|Comments Off on Icon of the Mother of God “the Surety of Sinners”

Holy Martyr Christina

July 24 _. † Holy Martyr Christina Born in Tyre, she was the daughter of a rich and famous pagan. Having known the true faith, she destroyed the idols in the house of her father and she was turned over by him as a Christian woman to the most terrible tortures. St. Christina was beaten, [...]

By |2020-07-03T10:05:57-07:00July 23rd, 2011|Belief & History, Christian Education, Liturgical, Saints|Comments Off on Holy Martyr Christina

Prophet Elijah (Elias)

 July 20th   Prophet Elijah (Elias) His birth, like the rest of his life, would be marked by fire. When the Great Prophet Elijah was born at Tishba in the Gilead region of the ancientlandofPalestine, his father Savah witnessed an amazing sight.  While the child lay slumbering in his cradle, a radiant angel of God suddenly [...]

By |2020-07-03T10:06:02-07:00July 15th, 2011|Saints, Scripture|Comments Off on Prophet Elijah (Elias)

St. Theophan the Recluse On Prayer

St. Theophan the Recluse On Prayer From the Letters of Bishop Theophan the Recluse (Feast Day January 6th.) The Art and Science of Prayer (from Letter 15) You write that you prayed fervently and at once you were calmed, receiving an inner assurance that you would be released from oppression; and then, indeed, it was [...]

By |2022-01-12T17:42:09-07:00July 14th, 2011|Belief & History, Christian Education, Prayers and Practice, Saints|Comments Off on St. Theophan the Recluse On Prayer

Theodore, Archbishop of Edessa

July 19th   Theodore, Archbishop of Edessa He was a terrible student – a fretful and daydreaming child who seemed unable to concentrate on anything.  He was also full of mischief.  One morning, for example, while the local Archbishop conducted services at the Holy Table, he hid beneath the table covering . . . and fell [...]

By |2020-07-03T10:06:03-07:00July 12th, 2011|Saints|Comments Off on Theodore, Archbishop of Edessa

The Role of the Theotokos in the Orthodox Church

  The Role of the Theotokos in the Orthodox Church Midwest Region Spring Delegates Meeting - Spring Valley, IL April1998  Bishop Demetri M. Khoury My task this evening is to address the topic of the Role of the Theotokos in the Orthodox Church. This is not easy, especially in so short a time. We have [...]

By |2020-07-03T10:06:03-07:00July 8th, 2011|Belief & History, Liturgical, Saints, Speeches & Homilies|Comments Off on The Role of the Theotokos in the Orthodox Church

St. Veronica, Who Was Healed By Our Lord

 July 12th   St. Veronica, Who Was Healed By Our Lord It happened near theSea of Galilee, on a mild summer afternoon when Our Lord was busy healing the sick and preaching the Holy Gospel. It happened when a woman of great faith detached herself from the crowd of onlookers who were following Christ and dared [...]

By |2020-07-03T10:06:09-07:00July 6th, 2011|Saints|Comments Off on St. Veronica, Who Was Healed By Our Lord
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