I have never known a time like our current era, in which some of us boastfully proclaim themselves as superior teachers over others in the Antiochian Church. Where are they from? All you know about them is that they appear on social media, hurling insults at you or others for any deviation from what they ...
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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 ...
Read moreThe Pursuit of the Humble
Those who are interested in the events of our Church know that, before the Antiochian Synod elected on Saturday, February 23rd, Metropolitan Saba Esper over the Archdiocese of New York and all North America, among the three names proposed by their conference was the name of Bishop Nicholas Ozone. What is striking about this nomination ...
Read moreTestifying to Mercy
Do not believe an arrogant person, if he talks to you about God and His gifts, that he believes in what he says. Only those who are in need of mercy are they who testify that the source of the life-giving goodness is God alone.
Read moreThe Beautiful Story
One of the contemporary fathers wrote: “sometimes, an icon can be written for you, and at other times, a hateful story. We all combine this terrible contradiction”! When I read these words, I thought that their writer, when writing them, had borrowed his parlance from the Pharisee of the temple (Luke 18: 10-14). I do ...
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