I was directed by a gathering of regeneration young people to reread the book by Brother Costi Bendaly, "Fasting and Orality: The Psychological, Spiritual, and Pastoral Aspects of Orthodox Fasting," published by the "An-Nour Orthodox Cooperative" in 2020. Those among you who have perused works by Brother Costi are not in need of anyone to ...
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Antiochian theology
The Olive Tree
Only those whose ancestors' narratives are inhabited by the land can understand the meaning of “the grandmother”, with which Mahmoud Darwish had described the olive tree. The olive trees tell ancient stories about “my folks” who had been here, who had planted them, and who had been sustained by their fruits and by the meanings ...
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The journey has helped me to write to you from it and about it. I have tried to remain here, to pick out my words from it. It was not always the images that were my purpose, but rather what was behind them. How does this entire world prostrate to God? This is what I ...
Read moreA Lasting Vista
Here in this country, my son's house slumbers on the edge of a lake in a beautiful neighborhood where the day rivals the night in its calmness. The house consists of a basement, two stories, and a backyard that is surrounded by cypress trees. It is an extension to the neighborhood it is located in, ...
Read morePelikan’s Gift
Professor Jaroslav Pelikan’s statement drew my attention: “If Christ is risen, nothing else matters. And if Christ is not risen, nothing else matters”. I loved to know more about him who said it. My reading revealed to me that he was a Lutheran pastor who converted with his wife to Orthodoxy in 1998, that is, ...
Read moreThe Regeneration of the Church
We do not agree with the regeneration of the Church in our time and in all times, unless we acquire a complete conviction that we do not live for ourselves, but in everything, we live for God alone.
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