On this Sunday that falls between the Feasts of Ascension and Pentecost, we commemorate the Holy Fathers of the First Ecumenical Council who have defended the doctrine that Christ is “true God of true God”. The evangelical recitation, which we read today in the Liturgy (John 17:1-13), reveals where the fathers have drawn their teaching ...
Read moreAuthor: Father Elia Mitri
The Path of Life
If the Word of God has chosen to be humble as His path to us, our access to Him cannot have another path. This is the path of life.
Read morePower in Reality
We grew tired. For whatever reason, you rise to your guns, and shoot randomly in the air. You are not discouraged by the tragedies that your fire may cause in the body of this homeland, and what terror it spreads among your fellow countrymen who are already tired of everything. Your elders have addressed you. ...
Read moreThe Child/Son
The baptized child is a full member of the Church of God his Father. When we accompany him to the communal prayer, if he starts to comprehend, we are supposed to prepare him for responsible participation. Talking to him about everything that is going on in front of him will make it easier for him ...
Read moreBrotherly Restoration
They were in our Church yard. I overheard him say to his friend who was with him: “the Truth is not a point of view”. I liked to know about the eloquence that was going on in the yard. I approached the two friends. They were talking about brotherly restoration. He, that is, the author ...
Read moreCome!
Of the ecclesiastical feasts which we wrong ourselves by neglecting, as they had been neglected by those who participated in organizing holidays in our country, is the feast of the Lord's Ascension into Heaven. The thing, which many Christians miss, is that this feast, the feast of the Divine Ascension, is another aspect of Pascha. ...
Read moreThe Best of Friends
The Social Service Committee, in a friendly parish, took a decision to abstain from helping anyone who says that he is in need, if it knows that he is addicted to smoking cigarettes. It assumed, in this rampant price hike in Lebanon, that if the needy smokers stop smoking, they can help themselves. This decision ...
Read moreGod’s Generosity
O God, O our God Who is All-knowing, be gracious unto us with Your mercy and Your strength. Does the Lord stipulate anything from His servants? Do not expect anything good from us. You be our good. You hearken unto us both when we speak and when we are silent. We are people who know ...
Read moreFrom My Friends’ Insight
In the past, I used to be saddened by those who push the others to speak of them in an odious way. The sins of the world still make me sad. However, my friends have taught me to grieve, primarily, for the speakers themselves. One of them told me, once: “no one is worthy of ...
Read moreConstructive Work
On a general app, various news about well-known people in Lebanon and the world, politicians and artists, reach our phones… The headlines of these news articles are placed by their writers in a style that is intended to motivate people to read them. I cannot be certain that everything that is written is always accurate. ...
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