To believe that the Virgin Mary is "the mother of Jesus" is the foundation of our faith that she is our mother as well. "Behold your mother", Jesus said to His beloved disciple (John 19:27). Notice the movement of the utterance. It is Jesus Who presents Mary as a mother to His disciple, or to ...
Read moreAuthor: Father Elia Mitri
The Mightiest Weapon
Those who strive to perfect themselves in the life of righteousness will not lack someone to teach them that the mightiest weapon a warrior can wield against deadly temptations is to flee from them.
Read moreAn Opportune Time
We understand nothing of God's salvific action if we do not grow in our spreading of hope in every age. To those who confine themselves to criticizing the current circumstances or who compare the days, loving the past and bemoaning the present conditions: do not elevate one era over another as if the regeneration is ...
Read moreTen Years
This page, initiated by brother Dany Obeid ten years ago, is currently operated, alongside myself, by a multitude of friends. Let me introduce them to you. It is managed by brother Karim Bou-Khalid. Along with him are two brothers, namely, Father Louay Hanna and his brother Laith, the artist who edits it with its fresh ...
Read moreWorld Poetry Day
Gaby Daaboul’s poems take me back to my childhood. They do not cast me back to an irretrievable past, but rather stir up in me a childhood that never leaves us! In my youth, two people made poetry my daily companion, a neighbor of ours and my mother. I remember them prayerfully, especially on this ...
Read moreWilderness in the City
Before the onset of Great Lent, I went out with two friends to visit Metropolitan George Khodr. I am saying "went out”. This is a verb I unsheathed from the parlance of the Monks who used to go out from their cells, at the beginning of Lent, seeking an elder from whom to solicit a ...
Read moreThe Great Lent
Fasting, for those who practice it with conscious conviction, is a public acknowledgment that the world is transient. We all know that this great fast is our path to Pascha, a journey to the feast, as Father Alexander Schmemann, of blessed memory, used to call it. However, Pascha cannot be attained without the cross, without ...
Read moreAmbition of the Spirit
If you ever, for a moment, think that the Orthodox Youth Movement (MJO) no longer reflects your ambition, be confident that this idea is a temptation from an enemy who hates to see us standing firm in the Truth. Today, I will not tell you that the regeneration movements are the same as each and ...
Read moreDoing Good Deeds
You are actively engaged in doing good deeds. Great! But why do you fill your websites with pictures of your activities? Is it for encouragement? Are you suggesting that there are many people who do not realize that they are charitable people, and you want them to get encouraged, to take action? I am asking ...
Read moreThe Mystery of Regeneration
I met with a few university brethren, young men and women. Our meeting was to keep up with a commitment that was starting to take hold of them, concerning the regeneration life in their Church. I had prepared myself to tell them that our meetings are a bridge that is placed, for us to cross ...
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