THE STEPS OF A GOOD MAN By The Late Father Michael Baroudy One of the real mysteries that faces every human being is the mystery of life, or what to do with one’s self. The fact that we are here on this planet, that we have ourselves and others to live and put up with, [...]
Word Magazine December 1990 Page 5-6 THE MEANING OF CHURCH by Deacon Germanos Guthrie E. Janssen Church is the most important, most glorious entity on the face of the earth, or in the universe. It is not just a gathering of Christians, but the very presence of Jesus Christ, God Himself, in our midst. It [...]
Word Magazine February 1965 Page 12-13 THE MEANING OF HOME An address delivered at St. George Annual Banquet, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania By Samuel Hazo Associate Dean, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania It is a difficult thing to define a Christian home. If the basis of a Christian home is the presence [...]
Word Magazine December 1969 Page 10 THE MEANING OF LIFE by The Very Rev. Panayot Pamukov, St. Clement’s Church, Dearborn, Michigan Man is created with a body and a soul: the body is only temporary, but the soul is eternal. Too often, as we live our daily lives, we spend our time worrying only about [...]
Word Magazine September 1960 Page 5 – 6 THE MEANING of SUNDAY by FATHER MICHAEL AZKOUL Spring Volley, Illinois The Holy Eucharist is the central act of Christian worship. It is held on Sunday, otherwise known as “the first day,” “the Lord’s Day,” “the Day of Yahweh,” “the eighth Day” and as the Russians call [...]
Word Magazine May 1965 Page 10-12 THE ‘MINISTRY’ and the LAITY By Henry C. Allan, Jr , of Chicago, Illinois An otherwise well-informed and highly articulate Orthodox expressed skepticism and doubt when the writer recently spoke with him in terms of a “lay ministry” or the “ministry” of the laity in the Orthodox Church. For [...]
Word Magazine, December, 1970 Page 6 THE CHURCH: RELEVANT OR IRRELEVANT? We are living in an era of confusion, permeated by the raucous voices of discontent and rebellion. These Voices question the relevance of age-old traditions and values— morality, love of country; even the subjects taught in our schools. The Church has now also come [...]
Word Magazine June 1979 Page 17/12 THE CREED AND ITS BIBLICAL SOURCES By Father Ellis Khouri First Article I BELIEVE Let not your heart be troubled; ye believe in God, believe also in me (John 14:1). IN ONE GOD And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus [...]
Word Magazine September 1962 Page 3/27 THE CROSS The Central Theme of Our Christian Religion by Very Rev. Father Michael Baroudy Vicksburg, Mississippi From the very dawn of history, when man was created thousands of years ago, we note man’s restlessness in trying to solve the mystery of life and the supreme purpose of living. [...]
Again Magazine Volume 12 No. 4 December, 1989 Page29-30 THE DREAD JUDGMENT SEAT OF CHRIST By Saint John Chrysostom “For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive the things done in the body, according to what he has done, whether good or bad. 11 Corinthians 5:10 Consider [...]