When Metropolitan Silouan Moussi entered the Archdiocese of Mount Lebanon, succeeding Metropolitan George Khodr, I told him: "you, Master, have come to a Church who loves her bishop". My intent was obvious. Her bishop, that is, any bishop who will take over the ministry after Metropolitan George. Metropolitan Silouan came to succeed a bishop who ...
Read moreAuthor: Father Elia Mitri
To Be Fair!
Forty-five years ago, a European university accepted a friend of mine as a student. Weeks after he had traveled, he sent me a letter in which he told me that, upon his arrival, he went to visit a relative of his in a nearby area. They stayed up till dawn. Then he returned home, the ...
Read moreFather Ghassan's Miniatures
Day after day, one of the brethren sends me what Father Ghassan Salloum posts on his Facebook account. Those who follow him know that what he posts are but miniatures that he draws from the pages of other writers, both local and international, the spreading of which he deems beneficial, as I do too. This, ...
Read moreUphold Your Priests
A while ago, I was offering condolences to a friend in the hall of a sister Church. I overheard two priests, the age of my two sons, talking about the growing neediness in our country. It shocked me that both of them shifted from talking about people’s neediness to their own! The two priests are ...
Read moreSelected Scenes
Yesterday, I spent an hour on a public road. In their cars, people are stories (to be told). I have chosen for you these three scenes: 1- A man in his car, his wife sitting next to him, carrying a child, was smoking a cigarette with the contemplation of a journalist writing an article! 2- ...
Read moreMystery of Mysteries
The poor are a mystery. Arise to them, you will find that Christ has preceded you, you will find Him waiting for you either with them, or at their place, or in them. Amazing is this mystery, that of Christ and the poor. Wherever they are, He is to be found; and wherever He is, ...
Read moreGod is Here
If everything around us is destroyed, those who see that “God is with us”, is here, in our hearts, cannot be destroyed! I am not underestimating the difficulties. I am not hiding the defeats. I am speaking of the one foundation upon which all reform, success, and joy rest.
Read moreBountiful Gifts
Life consists of an unlimited number of births. I am not denying my mother and my father. The bountiful gifts are what convinced me that my parents, like you and me, have had countless births as well. The Lord is manifested in the moment as Father to every human being in this world. God does ...
Read moreA Better Tomorrow
He told me: “a lot of people have left us to go abroad. The idea of remaining in the country has become retardation or suicide. People grew tired. I read that 70% of our young people have ended their relationship with Lebanon! What country is like ours in which Man feels unwanted! I no longer ...
Read moreThe Oblation
Yesterday there was an argument between some brethren about the office of Proskomedia (oblation) in our Church. The question was: is it permissible to commemorate non-Orthodox Christians in the Liturgy? The argument reminded me of two scholars in our Church, Metropolitan George Khodr and my friend Father George Massouh who is with God. I will ...
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