Sami Madi returned to his "Father's house". Only eloquent faces know that life, in its details, is not right unless it is contented with God as its foundation. When I met him thirty-four years ago, he said to me: “Our church is small. There is an idea among us to build a new church that ...
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Antiochian Church
The Communion of Joy
Yesterday, after the liturgy of the feast of the Dormition of our Lady the Theotokos, I accompanied my friend Father Nehme Saliba to visit Metropolitan George Khodr. When we arrived, we saw him sitting in the hall of his home, that is ever open to the light and always welcoming. The years, eloquent in their ...
Read moreThe Crown of Kings
Every time I meet Father Eid Habib, he asks me: "What's new with you?". Whatever my answer about contributions I have written here or there is, it remains incomplete if he does not hear me mention to him something about a new book. A few days ago, we met at a church service. I replied ...
Read moreLet Us Preserve the Trust
There is a synodal decision that was taken by the bishops of our Antiochian Church that the marriage service should be conducted exclusively within our churches. Some believers still insist on breaking this decision, or they revolve around it, that is, they ask that their priest, after the actual marriage service (or on another day), ...
Read moreSalute to the Metropolitan of Hauran
I have a friend who supplies me, from day to day, with what is written by some Antiochian writers, both clerics and laity. The Word, from the generosity of grace, brings distances closer, of whatever form they are. Is there anything that enjoins the bishop to write? Writing is not for everyone. However, it is ...
Read moreA Debt to Beirut
Days ago, the brethren in the Orthodox Youth Movement (MJO) in Beirut elected the beloved brother Rami Hosni as president of their chapter. Beirut is the place of my birth, physically as well as into the Movement, before the branches of the Movement in Mount Lebanon got together to form a new chapter. I will ...
Read moreGeorge Khodr’s Secret
This is an incident that I like to repeat. I visited Metropolitan George Khodr once. He was sitting at the kitchen table in his house eating breakfast. After greeting and chatting with him, one of the brethren of his assistants pointed out to us that the birthday of one of his close acquaintances falls on ...
Read moreA New Election
Today, the brethren in the Orthodox Youth Movement (MJO) in Mount Lebanon elected Sister Nada Wazen as president of their chapter for the next two years. What they wanted, in this election, was to put before themselves a faithful face to complete with them their walk to the face of Jesus. I will tell you ...
Read moreChafic Haidar
He is one of the brethren and leaders in the Orthodox Youth Movement (MJO) since he fell in love with its eternal newness. Those who know him to be, throughout Antioch, one of the motivators towards reconciling and betterment of our Church, do not miss his elegance, whether he spoke or he listened. The Movement ...
Read moreThe Story of the Two Bishops
The commemoration of Christ’s passion and resurrection has eclipsed the memory of the kidnapping of Archbishops Boulos Yazigi, and Youhanna Ibrahim. Is there anything sweeter than being deemed worthy of getting eclipsed by the victory of the living Christ? I am not sugarcoating the crime of kidnapping, any kidnapping, its injustice and insanity. I am ...
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