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Are You Invited? 25 Aug 2013 | 09:00 am
THE GOSPEL PARABLE READ at today’s Divine Liturgy is actually two stories with two different if complementary points. The first concerns those invited to the banquet and those who finally came. The se...
Anticipating the Resurrection of All 18 Aug 2013 | 09:00 am
IN BYZANTINE CHURCHES the first Great Feast in the liturgical calendar is the Nativity of the Theotokos (September 8). The feast of her Holy Dormition (August 15), coming at the end of the Church year...
Good Wishes for Eid ul Fitr 11 Aug 2013 | 10:30 am
Prot. 346/2013R Rabweh 8 August 2013 Dear Muslim Fellow-Citizens! I send you cordial good wishes for Eid ul Fitr. We rejoice with you as we reflect on this festival’s sublime, spiritual values, esp...
In Your Light We See Light 11 Aug 2013 | 09:00 am
“I AM THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD” (John 8:12). These familiar words of the Lord Jesus reflect one of the most popular images in the Scriptures, but what do they mean? How is Jesus the light of the world? ...
The Crisis in Syria and the Humanitarian Aid Challenge 11 Aug 2013 | 08:59 am
Ain Traz Meeting hosted by Melkite Greek Catholic Patriarch Gregorios III 1-2 August 2013 Representatives of Aid to the Church in Need, Caritas, Cor Unum, the Good Shepherd Sisters and other charita...
70×7 = Infinity 4 Aug 2013 | 09:00 am
WHAT IS THE HARDEST THING to accept in Christianity? Is it the doctrine of the Trinity? The idea that God became man? Or that the Eucharist is the body and blood of Christ? While these teachings may m...
Mustard Seed Faith 28 Jul 2013 | 09:00 am
THE HEALING OF AN EPILEPTIC described in Matthew 17:14-21 took place late in Christ’s public ministry. One indication is that the very next verses speak of Christ warning His disciples about His comin...
Austria: Melkite Patriarch on Visit 24 Jul 2013 | 02:19 am
Austria: Melkite Patriarch on visit On Thursday 18 July 2013 the head of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church, Patriarch Gregorios III Laham, resident in Damascus, visited the monastery of St. Florian i...
Who is able to walk on the sea? 21 Jul 2013 | 09:00 am
The story of Christ coming to His disciples in the midst of the sea is found in all the Gospels except for Luke. The version in Matthew, however, is the only one containing the disciples’ confession: ...
“Peter Has Spoken Through Leo!” 14 Jul 2013 | 09:00 am
ON THREE SUNDAYS EACH YEAR Byzantine Churches commemorate the fathers of the seven great councils of the first millennium. The first ecumenical council (Nicaea I) is remembered on the Sunday after the...
