Word Magazine September 1968 Page 22 THE FAITHFUL ARE ONLY THOSE WHO BELIEVE By Rev. Vladimir Berzonsky Holy Trinity Church, Parma, Ohio “The fool says in his heart, ‘There is no God.’ ” (PSALM 11-: 1) A renowned religious scholar, Rudolf Otto, gave the world a classic work on the theme of holiness. In the [...]
Word Magazine June 1960 Page 3 THE RIDDLE OF LIFE AND HOW TO SOLVE IT By Very Rev. Father Michael Baroudy Vicksburg, Mississippi Life to all of us is something of a riddle, a mystery. We came into the world as infants, mere babies. Our bodies are subject to physical laws. Biologically speaking, we develop [...]
Word Magazine October 1959 Page 8-11 THE FORGOTTEN COMMANDMENT By Anastasios Yannoulatos Committee on General Secretary, Orthodox Missions The subject of Orthodox external missions is not, of course, touched here for the first time. Quite often, during the last decades, it was made the subject of informal discussions which, with very few exceptions,1 consisted of [...]
Word Magazine September 1970 Page 9 THE RIGHT TO LIVE ‘‘The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, the lion shall eat straw like the ox; and the serpent shall eat only dust. They shall not hurt or destroy in all my holy mountain, says the Lord.”(ISAIAH 65: 25) At a conference of priests in [...]
Word Magazine February 1969 Page 11-12 THE GATHERING By: Fr. Joseph J. Allen, St. Anthony’s Church, Bergenfield, New Jersey After returning from the 23rd annual convention held in the “new” steel city of Pittsburgh, I sat back and tried to contemplate the spiritual benefits that our people received from the regular services in which they [...]
Word Magazine December 1968 Page 11 THE ROAD TO UNITY By the Very Rev. Father Vasile Hategan, Pastor St. Mary’s Romanian Orthodox Church, Cleveland, Ohio Editor of SOLIA, Official Publication of the Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of America. There seem to be two extremes in the Orthodox Church here in America. One is “conservative” and the [...]
Word Magazine January 1987 Page 7-8 THE HOMOSEXUAL CHRISTIAN by Father Thomas Hopko Many gay men and lesbians claim that the Christian faith is the guiding rule of their lives. Some of them hold that their sexual orientation is given by God, that it is good, and that there is nothing wrong or sinful with [...]
Word Magazine April 1978 Page 16 THE SCRIPT WRITERS Homily By Father James C. Meena I want to start an argument. However, if we are going to argue we must do so on my terms only. I must write both sides of the script. Not only must I know what I want to say but [...]
This article first appeared in the Adbook for the 1996 Midwest Region Parish Life Conference hosted by St. Elias Orthodox Church in Sylvania, OH The Icon of Unity by Nicholas P. Papas The icon of Christ as the true vine is a wonderful image of church unity. In it, the Church gives yet another teaching [...]
Word Magazine June 1967 Page 22 THE SEED GROWING IN NEW SOIL Father Vladimir Berzonsky Holy Trinity Church, Parma, Ohio It is like a grain of mustard seed, which, when sown upon the ground, is the smallest of all the seeds on earth; yet when it is sown it grows up and becomes the greatest [...]