Those who are interested in the events of our Church know that, before the Antiochian Synod elected on Saturday, February 23rd, Metropolitan Saba Esper over the Archdiocese of New York and all North America, among the three names proposed by their conference was the name of Bishop Nicholas Ozone. What is striking about this nomination ...
Read moreAuthor: Father Elia Mitri
To Metropolitan Saba Esper
“You are a father, a brother and a friend” is not said of many people. May your faithfulness endure. I am writing to you after your election as Metropolitan (again) over the Archdiocese of New York and all North America. I am not discussing now the laws of your new diocese which allow, in the ...
Read moreBefore the Fast
The period of the preparation for Lent, which will be completed next Sunday, with its well-known titles, is a continuum. Before the fast and even as an introduction to it, the Church prompts us to establish ourselves on four virtues, without which we cannot secure righteousness; namely: humility, repentance, the love of the poor, and ...
Read moreA Good Prayer
At the Mattins of last Saturday's service, the hymnographer gave us to tell the Lord: “Give rest, O Lord, to the souls of Thy departed servants. To those hidden by the deep or cut down in battle, swallowed by earthquake, murdered, or consumed by fire, grant in Thy mercy a place with the faithful and ...
Read moreEustathius of Antioch
Saint Eustathius of Antioch, whom we commemorate tomorrow, is great on many levels. I start with his integrity in thought and deed. He was elected a bishop to the Church of Aleppo, and he proved to be a shepherd in the image of the great Shepherd of our souls. Then, after the widowing of the ...
Read moreThe Sunday of the Last Judgment
Tomorrow, in our Church, we enter into a partial fast, taking meat off our tables. This will be set off by this Sunday, which is the purpose, which we call the Sunday of the Last Judgment. In the Gospel we have read today, Jesus reveals to us that He will judge us according to our ...
Read moreThe Secret of Victory
There is no beast in the world fiercer than a human being who does not care about people’s labors, but rather charges them with blasphemy because of those labors. This is something of a jungle ethic. I am not talking about the beast who made a kingdom for himself in a faraway forest, but rather ...
Read moreEnough!
Most of those who deal with public affairs in our country today excel at one thing, namely, at offering you more and more poison every day. Every responsible person, having an iota of wisdom, if he thinks of developing himself in what he is doing, he will subject himself to criticism and evaluation. I do ...
Read moreConcern for Others
During the pandemic, it became customary for people, in their joys and sorrows, to leave their phone numbers on formal announcements that they set, to receive congratulations or condolences. This reception style, which distanced us from one another on the one hand, has relieved us, on the other hand, of transmitting the disease and its ...
Read moreThe Lord Was Not in the Earthquake
This is a title taken from the account of the prophet Elijah (1 Kings 19:11). After he slaughtered the prophets of Baal, Elijah was hiding in a cave to escape from Jezebel, king Ahab’s wife. The Lord spoke to him to go out and stand on the mountain. Then a wind passed by, and the ...
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