Recent Ordinations + June 2014
From the June 2014 issue of The Word: OrdainedMANASSEH, Christian George, to the diaconate by Bishop Nicholas on February 23, 2014, at Ss. Peter and Paul Church, Potomac, Maryland. He is attached to...
View ArticleThanks and Congratulations from DOWAMA Parish Life Conference
His Grace Bishop Basil writes:Many thanks to Fr. John Mefrige and the congregation of St. Ephraim Church in San Antonio, Texas for hosting a truly outstanding 2014 DOWAMA Parish Life Conference this...
View ArticleMemory Eternal! + Fr. Robert James Bethony
Fr. Robert James Bethony, retired and attached to St. George Church in El Paso, Texas, fell asleep in Christ on June 17th, 2014 at the age of 73. He is survived by his wife Khouriya Elizabeth and their...
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Heritage Museum Exhibits Feature Women Artists
Exhibits highlighting the work of two remarkable women artists recently opened at the Antiochian Heritage Museum at Antiochian Village. In Women with Icons: Photographs, by Jocelyn Mathewes, the beauty...
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July 2, 2014 + The Virtues of the Peasant
5. Someone said to blessed Arsenius, 'How is it that we, with all our education and our wide knowledge get nowhere, while these Egyptian peasants acquire so many virtues?' Abba Arsenius said to him,...
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Metropolitan Silouan Visits Archbishop Demetrios
June 19, 2014: His Eminence, Metropolitan Silouan of Buenos Aires and all Argentina and Patriarchal Vicar of North America visited His Eminence, Archbishop Demetrios of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese...
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Archdiocese Delegation to the Antiochian Unity Conference in Lebanon
Your prayers are requested for all our Antiochian hierarchs, clergy, and laity who are traveling to the Middle East for the Antiochian Unity Conference at the Balamand Seminary. Preparations are...
View ArticleChaplain's Corner + Unlikely Heroes in Crisis Times
by Fr. George Morelli‘Unlikely’ in the title is not used without reason. ‘Likely’ heroes, in classic historical traditions, are found among either the spiritual elite, such as great legendary mythical...
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Spotlight: Educational Opportunities at Balamand Seminary
His Grace Bishop Thomas, Diocese of Charleston, Oakland and the Mid-Atlantic, encourages the faithful of the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America to explore the possibilities of...
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Healing the Church of the Homogenization of Vocations + A Psycho-Theological...
by Fr. George MorelliHe that heareth you, heareth me; and he that despiseth you, despiseth me; and he that despiseth me, despiseth him that sent me. And the seventy-two returned with joy, saying: Lord,...
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July 9, 2014 + On Having Firm Resolve Not to Become Angry
From Abba IsidoreIsidore the Priest was a monk of Scetis and early companion of Macarius (the Great). He is mentioned by Cassian as one of the heads of the four communities in Scetis.2. A brother asked...
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Ancient Faith Publishing Wins Book Award
Ancient Faith Publishing, the publishing arm of the Antiochian Archdiocese department Ancient Faith Ministries, announced on June 25, 2014 that their 2013 release A Patristic Treasury has won the...
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Feast of the Holy, Glorious Apostles Peter and Paul + June 29
Verily, the all-solemn Feast of the two Apostles hath arrived, bringing us salvation. Wherefore, let us mystically exult, crying unto them: Rejoice, O ye who have become luminaries to those in...
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Historic Patriarchal Divine Liturgy for Patronal Feast
A unique and historic Patriarchal Divine Liturgy will be broadcast live June 29, 2014 at 10:00 a.m. from the University of Balamand in Lebanon, by Noursat (Telelumeire). The Liturgy will take place in...
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St. Vladimir's 2014 Orthodox Education Day is October 4
[SVOTS Communications/Yonkers, NY] St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary, Yonkers, NY, has chosen as its theme for Orthodox Education Day 2014, "Do Books Still Matter? A Celebration of Orthodox...
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Diocese of Wichita 2014 PLC: Something for Everyone
Photo by Sheridan O'NealWe are eager to receive PLC reports from all of our dioceses—send your photos and information to editor@antiochian.org!This year's Diocese of Wichita and Mid America's (DOWAMA)...
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Bishop Antoun Visits Our Lady of Regla + Miami, FL
On Holy Thursday, 2014 (April 17th), His Grace Bishop Antoun visited Our Lady of Regla Church in Miami, Florida. During his visit, His Grace ordained Reader Christian Abril and Subdeacon Serafín...
View ArticleMemory Eternal! + Angela Nasr
His Grace Bishop Basil writes:Memory Eternal! Angela Nasr of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, fell asleep in Christ late last evening, June 27th, 2014. She was the daughter of the late Fr. Zacharia and Kh....
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Spotlight: The Ancient Church on New Shores
The Ancient Church on New Shores: Antioch in North America,authored by Economos Antony Gabriel, is a comprehensive history of the Antiochian Archdiocese that emphasizes the virtues of perseverance,...
View ArticleFinal Statement of the Antiochian Unity Conference: Dimensions and Exigencies
From the Patriarchate of Antioch website:On June 25th through 28th, 2014, His Beatitude John X the Patriarch of Antioch and All the East, together with the Fathers of the Holy Synod, called the...
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