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Spiritual reflections by Father Elia Mitri, offering faith-based meditations and insights rooted in Orthodox Church tradition, first published in Arabic on his official Facebook page.

6Mar

The Remedy of Lebanon

I was brought up to the Lebanon, with which I am content, in the regions of Mazraa Beirut and Bourj Hammoud districts. Both regions were open to the Lebanon of diversity. I was born in “Mazraa” (literally: the farm). I left it as a five-year old child, and grew up in “Bourj” (literally: the tower). ...

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5Mar

The Meeting of Love

Following Saturday’s Liturgy, Father Nehme Saliba, who had recently recovered from the COVID-19 pandemic, said: “yesterday, our friend (…) had a PCR test to detect the Coronavirus, the result of which was positive. I am going to see him. I will carry to him the body and blood of the Lord”. Two young men who ...

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4Mar

For the Sake of the Children

“James”, my grandson, increases my sadness over the children in our closed world. The child wants to discover things. He wants to get out; to roam freely with his parents outside the door; to pray “in the midst of the assembly”. He wants to show love to nature, to caress the roses, and smell their ...

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3Mar

Tradition of the Saints

I had no idea that what was said by Metropolitan Epiphanios Zayed (+1982) in one of his poems, that is: “if devotion were to be judged by hair, then the he-goat would be the first monk”, was drawn from an old traditional saying. Today, I would like to exalt these words. The times (tend to) ...

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2Mar

“When the Soul…Talks”

My friend the journalist Anthony Majdalany offered me the book of the ingenious actress Liliane Nemri: “When the soul…talks”. He told me that, after an interview he had with her, she asked him to give it to someone he loves. Anthony, who has grown up right in front of my eyes, knows my relationship with ...

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1Mar

Uncle Gerges

Yesterday, the “pandemic of hate” has defeated Uncle Gerges Saba. I thought a lot before I wrote to you again a piece of news about the death of one of my friends. However, I am not writing in order to extend the grief, but for the purpose of consolation and to testify to the Truth. ...

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