Before the onset of Great Lent, I went out with two friends to visit Metropolitan George Khodr. I am saying "went out”. This is a verb I unsheathed from the parlance of the Monks who used to go out from their cells, at the beginning of Lent, seeking an elder from whom to solicit a ...
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Metropolitan George Khodr
Nothing
Metropolitan George Khodr said in a homily delivered at Deir Al-Balmand: "When you reach the point of saying (about yourself) that you are nothing, you become a Christian. Before this, you are not a Christian, (you are) nothing" (June 29, 2016). Today I convey to you this word, which some of you may have personally ...
Read moreA Need for a Face
I fell ill before the feast, then once again after it. Both times, I was overpowered by the viruses that are filling the world nowadays. Between one illness and another, my companion, the brother priest together with whom I serve one parish, fell ill. People say that, after “Covid” (I do not know if it ...
Read moreA Symposium for a Hundred Years!
Yesterday, I participated in a symposium called by the Faculty of Religious Sciences at Saint Joseph University, in Beirut. The symposium which was organized by the university “on the Theological Renewal in the Thought of Metropolitan George Khodr” on the occasion of the hundredth anniversary of his birth, was attended by professors from diverse backgrounds. ...
Read morePartnership of the Great People
A friend of mine, who lives abroad, called me and talked to me about a job that had been offered to him in an institution owned by a Jewish family. I encouraged him to decline the offer. The meaning of what I told him was that we cannot contribute to the wealth of people who, ...
Read moreFaces of Light
When I set out to write the book “Faces of Light”, in which I narrated testimonies about great brethren living in our midst (published by An-Nour Orthodox Coop, in 2005), I first related the draft of its first pages to Metropolitan George Khodr who dwells in a house that is invaded by light both inside ...
Read moreTo Father Luke Abdo
Those who came from the womb of the Orthodox Youth Movement (MJO) do not lack the knowledge that the Church is the life of obedience to God. You remember that Metropolitan George Khodr, who saw in you what convinced him that you were born to serve God and His people, used to repeat to us ...
Read moreA Beloved Disciple
Some time ago, I visited Metropolitan George Khodr at his home. I repeated before him the Lord’s words kept by John the Evangelist about the beloved disciple: “If I will that he remain till I come, what is that to you?”. Among us, Metropolitan George seems to be, in more than one way, another image ...
Read moreThe Reasoning of the Great Ones
One of the brethren was entrusted with talking to a few young people in his parish about the sin of lying. He called me asking me to help him find references for his talk. I directed him to a few great ascetic fathers who have left a written legacy, and told him to search for ...
Read moreThe Foundation of Marriage
I heard Metropolitan George Khodr say, in a public meeting: “the Christian who knows how to get married, is the monk”! You know that the monk vows celibacy, that is, chastity. In Christianity, the monk does not marry. What Metropolitan George said is a metaphor by which he meant that, basically, marriage is not founded ...
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