What did the Fathers of Antioch mean by canonizing the two hieromartyrs Nicholas and his son Habib (Khasha)? In addition to bearing witness to the Truth, they wanted us to strengthen our connection with heaven. “This is the will of God, your sanctification”. It is true that this is declared by any canonization in the ...
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Antiochian Saints
To Be With Him
On the day of my travel, I invited the brethren to a meeting in Church. A number of them accepted. There were feasts of Saints, among whom was the Virgin Martyr Saint Seraphima of Antioch. I am not a racist. However, I believe that we are responsible today, more than ever before, for ending alienation ...
Read moreThe Living Homily
The Saints’ setting off for the path of commitment is a Word for obedience, and their ending is a Word that narrates fluently and freely, without anyone’s permission, the glorious deeds of the Holy Spirit working in them. This is what was evoked in me through my reading of the awaited book: “Metropolitan Boulos Bendaly, ...
Read moreDr. Elie Aramouni
Something broke in me when I knew that Dr. Elie Aramouni has prepared his departure to God. People are One Body in Christ. I like to interpret this by saying that, with his departure, I lost a great support. I recall him the day my wife fell ill in 2008. He was one of a ...
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 Precept of Precepts
When a friend of mine travels abroad, to pursue his studies, for example, if he asks for advice, I advise him to strengthen his friendship with “the righteous Joseph the All-Comely” (read his biography in Genesis 30…). This is the precept of precepts that we learn, in the company of the saints, to remain, wherever ...
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