Word Magazine December 1993 Page 28 WINGS ARE FOR SOARING Archpriest James C. Meena When you were a young person, did you ever have the experience of lying on the Summer grass on a balmy and bright afternoon with a little breeze blowing and looking up into the sky, watching the white puffy clouds drift [...]
Word Magazine February 1989 Page 16 YOU ARE A HOLY NATION by Archpriest George M. Rados Usually when we hear the word “Nation”, we immediately associate it with our own country, the good old USA or Canada, or the country of our ancestry, be it Syria, Greece, Rumania, Serbia, Russia or wherever. We seldom associate [...]
Word Magazine March 1969 Page 4 - 5 You Are Not The Standard This is the faith of the Apostles This is the faith of the Fathers This is the faith of the Orthodox This is the faith which has established the Universe When I was a ‘teen-ager a charming new girl joined our group [...]
Word Magazine October 1957 Page 207-208/212 YOUR ORTHODOX MISSION TO AMERICA By Rev. Daniel H. B. Montgomery Let’s Set Them Straight American Orthodoxy is coming of age. From that hardy little band of ten Russian monks who landed on Kodiak Island, Alaska, in 1794, it has increased by leaps and bounds until today it numbers [...]
Word Magazine October 1962 Page 13 UNITY REVISED By Brother Sergius It is the dubious genius of Western society, via a gradual evolution, to be able to separate knowledge from fact, and the Church from truth. The establishment of Roman Catholicism, after its tragic defection from true Christianity, gave to the West a surface authenticity, [...]
Word Magazine March 1963 Page 7-8 VIGILANCE IS THE PRICE OF VICTORY By Rev. Father Michael Baroudy Vicksburg, Mississippi One of the most difficult things about a priest’s life is to choose a subject and discuss a theme relevant to the time in which we live. The pastor’s vocation is not an easy one. Only [...]
Word Magazine May 1959 Page 11-12 WHAT IS GOD? By Ronald Fadel Isaac In the present time of turmoil and unrest many of us are confronted with children of bitterness, doubt and radicalism. These same individuals have been referred to in studies by different names through the ages. Despite the passing time and the difficult [...]
Word Magazine October 1964 Page 6-7 WHAT WE SHOULD LEARN FROM THE SCHOOL OF LIFE (A Sermon Addressed To Orthodox Youth) By Very Rev. Father Michael Baroudy, Pastor Emeritus St. George Orthodox Church, Vicksburg, Mississippi Life is the greatest institution of learning. And the most important training we get is not how to make a [...]
Word Magazine November 1960 Page 10 THE UN-OPENED LETTER By Rev. Fr. Michael J. Buben — Geneva, N.Y. Specially written for THE WORD Once upon a time there lived an Orthodox family in a happy Christian home. The father of the home was proud of the achievements of his youngest son, and the son had [...]
THE WAY OF GOD AND THE ETHICS OF OUR AGE Antony Gabriel February 9, 1988 Mc Gill University Chapel The way of God and the ethics of our age seem to be mutually exclusive terms. The way of God and the ethics of our age is both a paradox and a challenge. There is a [...]