Again Magazine March 1993 Page 20-21 FINDING A HOME IN THE WESTERN RITE From Denver to Antioch, a 117-Year Journey by Fr. John Charles Connely Those of us who are of mature years remember that a “new world order” came to the Liturgical Churches of the West in 1969. In that year the historic Gregorian [...]
Again Magazine, Volume 19, No, 2 - June/July, 1996 FULL CIRCLE An Orthodox Christian Returns to the Faith The Story of Elias Issa I was born to an Orthodox Christian family in a small town in the Phoenician mountains in Syria. Being the firstborn to my father, who was the only son in his family, [...]
Word Magazine May 1992 Page 16 FUNDAMENTALISM By Archpriest James C. Meena Everybody at one time or another is a fundamentalist. We run into a controversy in our modern society, not between non-believers and believers, but among believers themselves; those who contend that fundamentalism is the only way to fly and those of us who [...]
Word Magazine January 2001 Page 4 DIRECTION FOR DARK TIMES By Very Rev. Joseph Allen When depression falls upon us, disintegration and fragmentation disrupt our lives. We enter the “dark times.” Perhaps the cause is that we or our loved ones experience illness or broken relationships. Perhaps failure. Perhaps even death. And our first inclination [...]
Word Magazine November 1969 Page 8 ASK A BUSY PERSON By Father Vladimir Berzonsky Holy Trinity Church, Parma, 0hio “‘The master said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant YOU have been faithful over a little, I will set you over much; enter into the joy of your master . . . For to [...]
Word Magazine January 1978 Page 15 “BE A GIVER—CHEERFUL ONE” Homily by Father James C. Meena St. Paul says “Do not forget thin sowing means thin reaping. The more you sow the more you reap”. (II Cor. 9:6) You don’t need to be a farmer or live in an agrarian society to understand the meaning [...]
Word Magazine March 1987 Page 16 “BE A LITTLE BIT SELFISH” Homily By Father James C. Meena From the time we were children, we were taught never to be selfish. We teach this to our children also. “Don’t be selfish”. “Share”. This is a good teaching. It is necessary for us to be unselfish if [...]
Again Magazine - December 1993 Page 4-5 Bright Lights of Orthodoxy in America GUEST EDITORIAL By Father Thomas Hopko Dean, Saint Vladimir's Seminary During this bicentennial year of Orthodoxy in America, when we celebrate the arrival of the first Orthodox missionary team on our continent, we offer special thanks to the Lord for illumining our [...]
Word Magazine August 1958 Page 9 CAN SATAN REPENT? Fr. Michael Buben — Pastor, St. Michael’s Church, Geneva, N.Y. (This article is based on a story from Holy Tradition. It is a liberal translation from the Russian VOSKRESNOE KSCHENIE, 1852. Page 117. The devil once appeared in the form of a man to St. Anthony [...]
Word Magazine June 1993 Page 19 “CAN YOU BE TRUSTED?” by Archpriest James C. Meena Some time ago, on a TV Quiz Show, this question was asked: “Do most people tell the truth nearly all of the time?” The answer from the contestant was, “Yes;” but the answer from the pollsters was, “No.” Only some [...]