Word Magazine September 1986 Page 16 CHOOSE! Homily By Father James C. Meena A young seeker after truth once had the opportunity to dialogue with two groups of people. Let us call one group, “The True Sons and Daughters of the American Revolution” and the other “Men and Women for the Contemporary Preservation of American [...]
Word Magazine October 1963 Page 7 CHRISTIAN JOY (The following meditation was given by Rev. Fr. Theodore E. Ziton, Pastor of St. George (Eastern) Orthodox Church of Wichita, Kansas as the Radio speaker on Vicksburg’s WQBC’s Morning Devotions during the week of May 13th thru May 17th, 1963, from 9:15 to 9:30 AM. As a [...]
Word Magazine February 1964 Page 11 CHURCH MUSIC By: Rev. Fr. Vasile Hategan Music plays a very important part in the worship of the Orthodox Church. Unfortunately it is becoming a dying art here in America. In some of the parishes very little of the Vespers, Orthros or other Services are sung, except for the [...]
This article first appeared in the Adbook for the 1996 Midwest Region Parish Life Conference hosted by St. Elias Orthodox Church in Sylvania, OH Church Unity by Dr. Gregory Dalack There are many ways for us to consider the call to unity. We can consider unity within the body of a given church community, unity [...]
Word Magazine April 1992 Page 21 “CLOUDS OR ANGELS?” by Father Andrew Harmon In one of Germany’s famous art galleries, a painting called “Cloud-lane” hangs at the end of a long, dark hall. From a distance it appears to be a depressing painting — a mass of dark, threatening clouds. But when you step up [...]
Word Magazine May 1967 Page 6 CONVERTS AND CONVERSIONS By The Very Rev. Fr. Vasile Hategan, Pastor, St. Mary’s Roumanian Orthodox Church, Cleveland, Ohio, and Editor of SOL1A, The Herald. The Orthodox Church is not a proselytizing Church. In other words, its members do not stand out on street corners promoting the Church, do not [...]
Word Magazine December 1964 Page 8-9 CORRUPTION By Rev. Robert E. Lucas A term often heard in diverse news media and in personal conversation these days is CORRUPTIION. Unfortunately, it exists on every level of society and has invaded almost every field of endeavor. It affects the life of every citizen in our land. It [...]
From the Again Magazine - Volume 18, Number 3 September 1995 Page 26-28 Are These the End Times? by Fr. Gordon Walker The end of the world is upon us!” So began an address at the Antiochian Archdiocese Clergy Symposium in July, 1994. This was by no means meant to be sensationalism. Rather, it was [...]
Word Magazine April 1989 Page 11-12 A Christian View Of The Body And Health by Father Paul 0 ‘Callaghan Obsession with the body and health are undoubtedly outstanding characteristics of modern American life. Commercials sing to us, “You work hard for your body, so you better treat it right.” Health spa chains tell us, “I [...]
Arrowhead Springs To Antioch: Odyssey To Orthodoxy by Frs. Peter Gillquist and Gordon Thomas Walker By the summer of 1966, our bubble was starting to burst. As staff members of Campus Crusade for Christ (headquartered at Arrowhead Springs in California) and men in key roles of leadership, we were intent on bringing America's college students [...]