The Grace of God Excludes No One We have instances from Church history of many people “in the world” (not monastics, that is), who pleased God and became great. […]
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In the Honor of the Holy Apostles
In honour of the Apostles, whose Synaxi we will celebrate on June 30, the day after our celebration of the great beacons of the Gospel, Sts. Peter and […]
Sunday of All Saints
Each one of us can become a saint Today, we have before us the feast of All Saints. God not only saves, but He makes holy those […]
Sunday of Pentecost
After fifty days from our Lord’s glorious Resurrection our Holy Orthodox Church celebrates Pentecost. This feast day is very important for all mankind, because it is the birthday of […]
For the departed.The journey to the Light..
Names…in letters of Light I once passed by my grandfather’s house in Jdeydet Marjeyoun. I felt the need to read from a century old version […]
Why did Christ have to die for us?
Many might ask the questions: Why did Christ, the most and only Innocent, have to face the worst form of death, the death on the cross, in […]
Christ, as God, is everywhere present
The sense that God is everywhere present is a bridle which holds us back from evil, but it is also hope, consolation and strength. Do you know what […]
Thomas Sunday
“Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed”. Based on these, the Lord’s words to the apostle Thomas, we are able to glean insights into our […]
Holy and Great Friday
The all-respectful Holy and Great Friday dawns full of compunction. Liturgy is not celebrated on this day. In olden days the Presanctified Liturgy was performed, but the Church later deemed […]
Akathist
The Akathist Hymn (Ἀκάθιστος Ὕμνος, unseated hymn) is a hymn of Eastern Orthodox and Eastern Catholic tradition dedicated to a saint, holy event, or one of the persons […]