The sisters in St. Jacob's Monastery, Deddeh (in northern Lebanon), sent me the book "Take, Eat", a collection of sermons and talks by Metropolitan Youhanna Mansour, of thrice-blessed memory, compiled by Samer Awad (published by Ain al-Zuhur, Latakia). I am not stating anything that is not felt by many people if I said: “the book ...
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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 moreThe Confident Love
Why was Brother Tony Bitar, who was kept, today, from the brethren’s greetings by celebrating the feast in heaven, insistent, in his final stances, that the Antiochian Church canonizes Metropolitan Boulos Bendaly, of thrice-blessed memory? I have two answers of which I will reveal one, and leave today the second, were we to live, to ...
Read moreMeaning of the Places
Brother Elias Haber, the new person in charge of the Orthodox Youth Movement (MJO) branch in Hazmieh, conveyed to me the desire of the brethren in the Mount Lebanon Chapter to use the our Church hall on a date he mentioned to me. He did not wait for me to ask him about the occasion, ...
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Those to whom God had given to spread the love of Jesus and His Church on earth are among the founders of the Orthodox Youth Movement (MJO). This is not an addition to what took place on that blessed day, the 16th of March 1942, but rather it is the consummation of history to the ...
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Today, our Church in Latakia saw off the great sister Victoria Jabbour to eternal victory. In a few words, Victoria is one of the faces of the Orthodox Youth Movement (MJO) in the bride of the Syrian coast, and a mother in Christ to many in it and in our entire Antiochian expanse. She is ...
Read moreTo the Leaders of the "Christian Parties
The Church is a fraternal society in which we are all one. There are dilemmas that contradict this unity in Lebanon, of which I will mention two. The first relates to the request that you be mentioned publicly, in some Church services, whether you attend or send a representative on your behalf. The fault in ...
Read moreA Servant to the Lord of Glory
A few days ago, His Beatitude Patriarch John issued a decree appointing His Eminence Metropolitan Antonios El Souri, Metropolitan of Zahle, the bride of Bekaa, and of Baalbek and Dependencies, as Patriarchal Vicar of the Archdiocese of New York and All North America. This is a significant decision for a number of reasons, two of ...
Read moreA Sign For Good
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 moreGaby Habib
We have lost Gaby Habib, the beloved brother. Knowing him was one of the gifts of my commitment to the Orthodox Youth Movement (MJO). He has not always been here in Lebanon. Nevertheless, he has always been here! His humanity, rich in its depth and magnanimity, in addition to what I like to recall about ...
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