1 50 1 https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/files/original/53a9ea8f5ca7246a9e4b568390d96920.pdf 0e7c537c7461ea639028201e1c402fa0 PDF Text Text NOVEMBER1987 38th Annual Convention of the Antiochian OrthQdox Christian Archdiocese of North .·America �_ovEM_BER, --------- VOL. 31, NO. 9 1987-TBI MINUTES OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE The Most Reverend Metropolitan PHILIP, D.H.L., D.D. Primate XXXVIII ANNUAL CONVENTION OF THE The Most Reverend Archbishop Michael, Auxiliary ANTIOCHIAN ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN ARCHDIOCESE OF The Right Reverend Bishop Antoun, Auxiliary NORTH AMERICA Dearborn, Founded in Arabic as Al Kalimat in 1905 by Bishop Raphael Hawaweeny Founded in English as The Wordin 1957 by Metropolitan Antony Bashir July 23-24, Archpriest George S. Corey, M.Div. EditorialBoard MINUTESOF THEGENERALASSEMBLY 38th Convention of the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America Dearborn, Michigan TechnicalAdvisor Donna Griffin Albert Editorial Office: THE WORD 52 - 78th Street Brooklyn, NY 11209 Subscription Office: 358 Mountain Road Englewood, NJ. 07631 1) METROPOLITAN PHILIP opened the General Assembly at 10:00 A.M. with the singing of the Pentecost Troparion, a litany and prayers. He then called upon the Chairman of the Department of Statistics and Credentials, Father Antony Gabriel, to report on registration and complete the Roll Call. 2) FATHER GABRIEL presented the Minutes of the most recent meeting of the Committee. Chairman: Archpriest Antony Gabriel Mr. Peter S. Dacales, Archdiocese Scaff Nancy Calille, Secretary Present were the following: HisGrace Bishop Antoun Very Rev. Basil Kalekas VeryRev. Antony Gabriel Yazmin Karim KathyAbraham Margaret Khouri Julie Abraham Bob Laham Rev.Fr. Ken Bervan Maureen Massiwer CyndiDay-Horning Aida Nesralleh EmilyDay Robin Nicholas PererDacales V. Rev. Fr. Joseph Olas Re.Rev.Paul Doyle Bech Rinvelc Rev.Fr. Michael Evans Rob Rinvelt Jacque Fadel Ric Shahin DavidFranciosi Escher Simbol John Gantus Karl Tsuji Ken Yazge Re: Statistics & Credentials, Article V, Section 4, 5, 6 inclusive Archdiocese Constitution CREDENTIALS/STATISTICS forms submitted in 1987: 101receivedat the headquarcersand 12 here at this convention for a total of 113 It iscertainly an historic moment for world Orthodoxy as well as the Antiochian OrthodoxChristian Archdiocese of Nonh America to welcomeat this 38th General Conventionfor the first time the Priests, the Parishes and the Missions of the AnriochianEvangelical Orthodox Mission. The bold vision of Metropolitan PHILJP hascome to fruition by their presence among us. Acthe opening of the 38th Convention of the Antiochian Orthodox ChristianArchdioceseof North America, we report the following information received asofWednesday,July 22, 1987: Wehave 90.3% of the total votes pre ent and it is declared chat there is a quorumcoofficially open the General Assembly. The committee convened Monday through Wednesday,July 20-22, 1987, all day. PARISHREPORTS Our of a total of 145 parishes and missions, 136 are paying their parish assessmenr.This represents 93. 7 % of rhe parishes in the Archdiocese. The new missionsare exempted until rhey reach full Parish status; but are full parcicipants in rhe work of the Convention and General Assembly. COMMUNICANTS . A rota!of 36,760 communicants were reporced in the compilation. The ArchdioceseAssessment has been received from 36,220 communicants, a 98.5% of the coralcommunicants, which represents 356 votes (1985 Communicants 34,431).There has been an increase of 2329 communicants since the 1985 ArchdioceseConvention, according to the census taken by the Credentials Committee. CURRENTSTATISTICS: l,187 Baptisms 538 Marriages 1,941Chrismacions* 536 Funerals . Thesefigures are based on staciscicsreceived from 113parishes our of 145parishesand missions. ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION: U.S.A. and Canada, $12.00 Foreign Countries, $15.00 Single Copies, $1.50 THE WORD (USPS626-260), published monthly exceptJuly and August, by the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdioceseof North America at 358 Mountain Road, Englewood, NewJersey 07631and at additional mailing offices. Postmaster send address changes to: THE WORD, 358 Mountain Road, Englewood, NJ 07631 ISSN 0043- 7964 2 1987 Thursday, July 23, 1987 Editor-in-Chief The V. Rev.Joseph A. Allen, Th.D. Anthony Bashir, Ph.D. John L. Boojamra, Ph.D. The Rev. Basil Essey, M.Div. The V. Rev. Antony Gabriel, M.Div. The V. Rev. Peter Gillquist Claudette B. Hanna The V. Rev.James C. Meena The Rev.John W. Morris, Ph.D. Ronald Nicola Najib E. Saliba, Ph.D. The V. Rev. Paul Schneirla, M.Div. The Rev. Paul N. Tarazi, Th.D. The V. Rev. Stephen Upson, Ph.D. Stephanie YovaYazge, M.A. Michigan Tl-rn w1rnin1NnVEMBER 198" THEWORD/NOVEMBER 1987 RE E E We are happy to note chat mo r of rhe Archdiote e ha implemented 1he monthly installment plan for their asse ments. _Theincrease in revenue in round figures i 32,606.00 re uhing from mam pa~1shesthat increased rheir a se menr. lei worch noting a1chi rime, thac ch~ diligence of some Pastorsand Pari h Council reflect a ceadv in rea e in mcm~ership and r_herefore,in the as _e 11_1ent rece1v~d.Thi i e~couraging. Th1s_figureincludes 1,7_13 Anuoch1an Evangelical Orthodox Christian. . It ts noteworthy to point out char there wasan increaseof 36,220 or a 7.14% in th_eParish Assessmentdue co the increa e voted ac the 3,ch Archdioce e Convention. Everychurch chat has submitted any difference in their financial cen u report during chis Convention, will be accordingly asse sed by the Archdiocesan Office. REGIONAL BREAKDOWN OF PARISHES/MISSIO & COMM JCA TS umber of Number of % of Baptized % of Total REGION Parishes Archdiocese Souls Communicant Can-Am 14 9.7% 4963 13.5% New England 8 5.5% 4301 11. % Eastern 41 28.3% 9374 25.5% Midwest 26.2% 38 8491 23.1% Southwest 16 11.0% 3345 9.1% Western 28 19.3% 6286 17.1% TOTAL 145 100.0% 36,760 100.0% CLERGY From a total of 198activeand retired priests in the Archdiocese,160are present at the time of this report, either in person or by proxy. This represents 80.8% of the clergy of the Archdiocese. EVANGELICAL There has been an increaseof 19Pastors;and 1713communicants and 23 parishes and missions since the reception of the Antiochian EvangelicalOrchodox Mission into the Archdiocese. VOTING Together from a total of 650 "Possible" qualified votes, the breakdown 1sas follows for the Archdiocese and its organizations: Votes: 39 Archdiocese Board of Trustees 386 Parishes/Missions 7 Sc. Ignacius of Antioch 7 AOCWNA 197 Clergy (Active and Inactive) 14 SOYO Regions (Sr. & Teen) TOTALVOTES: 650 TOTALPRESE T VOTES: 587 This represents 90.3% of che "Possible" votes according to the censu of 650 inclusive votes. Parishes not seated because they have not submitted their credentialsand/or paid their assessments are: Church of che Redeemer, LosAltos Sc. George, Michigan Ciry, I Sr. Antony, Tulsa, OK Sc. Philip, Edmonton St. Mary, Berkley, MI S~. Mary, Sc. Paul, M Sc. George, Ucica, Y Sc. Ellien, Brownsville, PA Sc. Michael, Monessen, PA 3 �The Pastors of the previous parishes do receive ballots to exercisetheir right to vote. b · 21 parishes wereseated, but did not submit their rn~dencials.It must e p_omted out chat the workof this department is made more difficult by non-compliance of some parishes with Archdiocesan directives. . . . . Furthermore, according to our records,there are 16m1ss10?s.v.:1chm th~ Archdiocese. We call to the attention of the priest of Missionsthat tt 1stmperauve that they complete in total all of the forms that are mailed to them by the Chancery Office. . • ·h We welcome for the first time the following new parishes and m1ss10nswit their clergy that are participating at the 38th Antiochian Archdiocesan Convention: Sr. Athanasius Orthodox Church - Goleta, CA Sr. Peter Orthodox Church - Jackson, MS Sr. John Orthodox Church - Memphis, TN Holy Cross Orthodox Church - Yakima, W~ St. John the Evangelist Cathedral - Eagle River, AK St. Vincent of Lerins Orchodox Church - Vanscoy,Saskatchewan Holy Trinity Orchodox Church - Brier, WA Sts. Peter and Paul Orchodox Church - Ben Lomond, CA St. James Orthodox Church - Reno, NV Sr. Stephen Orthodox Church - Atlanta, GA St. Timothy Orchodox Church - Lompoc, CA St. Andrew the Apostle Orchodox Church - Borden, Saskatchewan St. Athanasius Orthodox Church - Sacramento, CA Holy Resurrection Orchodox Church - Gary, IN Church of the Holy Trinity - Franklin, TN St. Barnabas Orthodox Church - Huntington Beach, CA Holy Epiphany Orchodox Mission - Ottawa, Canada St. Mark Mission - Irvine, CA St. Nicholas Mission - Pinellas Park, FL St. Basil Mission - Silver Spring, FL Sr. Matthew Mission - Torrance, CA Virgin Mary Church - Fair Oaks, CA Holy Transfiguration - London, Ontario, Canada St. Anthony the Great Mission - Houston, Texas St. Gregory Mission - Austin, Texas Nativity of the Theotokos - Glyndon, MD St. Andrew Mission - Lexington, KY I am happy to report that New Delegate Forms have been developed by the Committee that are simpler and more informative. Finally, the committee developed very successfullya new method for registration and distribution of the ballots. Please help us to help you by submitting your forms on time!!! Moved by CARL SHAHEEN, Canton, and seconded by ROBERTKOORY, Detroit, the report was received. GEORGEELIAS,Miami, noted chat the Chairmen of each region of the Order of Saint Ignacius have one vote, as of this Convention. The Convention began with a Press Conference at a local restaurant. 3) METROPOLITAN PHILIP appointed the following officers: a) Mr. Ernest Saykaly,Vice-Chairman b) Mr. George Elias,Jr., Chancellor Mr. Richard Bosada, Chancellor c) Mr. Carl Shaheen (Canton, OH), ergeant-at-Arms Mr. Roberc Koory (Detroit, MI), Sergeant-at-Arms 4 Convention 16_ Rev.Fr. Lawrence Reinheimer, St. Andrew Church, Borden, Saskatchewan, Canada l7. Rev.Fr. Thomas ~enfree, St. Athanasius Church, Sacramento, California 18 Rev.Fr. Wayne Wilson, St. Barnabas Church, Huntington Beach, California 6)· METROPOLITAN PH_ILIPintroduced METROPOLITAN ELIAS of Beirut and the delegation from the Hospital of Beirut. cl) V. Rev. Paul Schneirla, Secretary Dr. John Dalack, Secretary 4) Moved by RALPH ABERCIA and seconded by GEORGE JOSEPH the Minutes of the Thirty-Seventh General Assembly wer' approved as printed and circulated in The Word Magazine fo~ November, 1985. : ,.. leaders from the religious community and special guests attend. 5) METROPOLITAN PHILIP introduced the members of the Board of Trustees to the General Assembly: Anthony Bashir, Jean Sam, Nadia Habib, George 0. Joseph, Benny Homsey, Ric Shahin, Eugene Sayfie, Hafiz Nassar, Sam Newey, George Darany, John D. Dalack, V. Rev. Joseph Allen, Archbishop Michael, Ernest Saykaly, George Elias, Jr., Naseeb Saliba, Edward Kassab, Sam Kouri, George N. Nassor, Ron Nicola, George (Chuck) Elias, Ralph Abercia, Sam Kouri, Nancy Cohlmia, George Dibs, Adeeb Sadd, Robert Maria, Ernest Younes, Alan Matook, V. Rev. P.W.S.Schneirla, Bishop Antoun, Ted Mackoul, Robert Laham, William Farha, Carl Shaheen, Robert Koory, Anthony Thomas. 5) METROPOLITAN PHILIP introduced the clergy of the Antiochian Evangelical Orthodox Mission attending the Convention: ANTIOCHIAN EVANGELICALORTHODOX MISSION(AEOM) CLERGY Attending the 1987 National Convention of the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese 1. V. Rev.Peter Gillquisc, Chairman, Coordinating Council of the AEOM 2. V. Rev.Jack Sparks, Dean, St. Athanasius Academy 3. V. Rev.Jon Braun, Director, St. Athanasius Academy Campus Ministry 4. V. Rev.Richard Ballew, Dean, Council of Pastors, and Pastor of St. Athansius Church in Santa Barbara, CA Assistant: Rev. Fr. Kurt Speier Assistant: Rev. Fr. James King Deacon: Fr. On. John Finley 5. V. Rev.Dale Autrey,Pastor, St. Peter Church,Jackson, Mississippiand St.John Church, Memphis, Tennessee 6. V. Rev.Harold Dunaway, Pastor, St. John Cathedral, Eagle River, Alaska Assistant: Rev. Fr. Marc Dunaway Assistant: Rev. Fr. PaulJaroslaw Deacon: Fr. On. Myles Kelly Deacon: Fr. On. Fred Arvidson 7. V. Rev.Weldon Hardenbrook, Pastor, Sts. Peter and Paul Church, Ben Lomond (Santa Cruz), California Assistant: Rev. Fr. Ken Berven Assistant: Rev. Fr. Kent Washburn Assistant: Rev. Fr. Nicholas Guio 8. V. Rev.Gregory Rogers, Pastor, Holy Resurrection Church, Gary, Indiana 9. V. Rev.Gordon Walker, Holy Trinity Church, Franklin, Tennessee Assistant: Rev. Fr. Donald Berge Deacon: Fr. On. George Wilkerson 10. Rev.Fr.Joseph Copeland, Holy Cross Church, Yakima, Washington 11. Rev.Fr. Bernard Funk, St. Vincent of Lerins Church, Saskatoon, Canada 12. Rev.Fr. David Anderson, St. Paul Church, Seattle, Washington 13. Rev.Fr. Timothy McCoy, St. James Church, Reno, Nevada 14. Rev.Fr. Andrew Moore, St. Stephen Church, Atlanta, Georgia 15. Rev.Fr. David Ogan, St. Timothy Church, Lompoc, California THE WORD/NOVEMBER 1987 ]· ' IThe Beirutdelegationfrom St. GeorgeOrthodoxHosph,I, Dt. GhassanM,alouf, MetropolitanELIAS (Audi), Mr. Salam Rayes, Miss Helen Andrea. 7) ARCHBISHOP MICHAEL read an official message from HisBeatitude, Patriarch Ignatius: Beloved brothers in Christ and Concelebrants in the Sacred Mysteries. Merropolitan Philip, Archbishop Michael and Bishop Antoun; the Christ-loving Archimandrites,Proropresbyters. Priests and Deacons; and the pious laity of the God-protectedArchdiocese of North America. Wegreet and embrace you in the peace and joy of our great God and Saviour JesusChrist. We cake this opponunicy to expressour great joy on the occasionof rhisyour38th General Convention, as you gather as the One Body of Christ to pray,workand fellowship rogether for the upbuilding of your Holy Archdiocese. Thoughwe may be more than six thousand miles awayfrom you, be assured that wejoin you in spirit and, more espetially, in supplication before the Throne of Godand participation in the One Bread and One Cup. We are in continual remembrance of our archpasroral visit wtth you in 1985,and the memoriesof your gracious hospitality and profound witness to the True Faithcontinue to be a source ofjoyand comfort. It isour most sincere prayer that as you gather together in Christ'ssalvificName 1•ou willconsciously "lay aside all worldly care" and have as your focus of attentionthe much-needed enrichment of orch American life by the presence and witness of the crue Orthodox man, expressing the rich and unique tradition of theSeeof Saints Peter and Paul, Antioch the Great City of God, where the discipleswere first called by the blessed name "Christian." Finally.we wish co expres our deep conviction that with the inspired archpastoral endeavour of the Angel of the Archdioceseof North America,our highly esteemedand dearly loved brother Metropolitan Philip, together with his colI leaguesand with your po itive response to your faith and spiritual legacy,we will cometo see and rejoice in God's will being fulfilled in North America. With prayers that the Lord and Head of the Church, through the intercessionsof the Theorokos, of the Apostles Peter and Paul and of all the saints, will Himselfbless and direct your work co the praise and glory of the All-holy Trinity,weremain Your Father in Christ, t IGNATIUSIV Patriarch of Antioch and all the Ease 19July 1987- Damascus . A secondmessage from His Beatitude and the Holy Synodwas read in Arabicby BISHOP ANTOUN and in English by FATHERJOSEPH ALLEN. JulyI, 1987 The MoseReverend PHILIP, Metropolitan of North America. . Fraternalgreetings and peace in the Name of our lord and Saviour,Jesus • Christ,who has granted co u a new birch through the All Holy Spmc. Weconveyco you the following decision of the Holy Synod taken June 30. 1987,namely: TheHoly Synod of the Patriarchate of Antioch, meeting in Damascuson theoccasionof the Feast of Saints Peter and Paul, unanimously decided robestowupon you the title ofExarchto the Antiochian Pacriarc~in North America.This is in addition co your present tide of Metropolitanof all NorrhAmerica. As the f:Ioly ynod be tow_up?n you chi honor, we a k che Almight\· od to keep y~u1~ good health and tn H1 gra e, as youconunue in Hi gloriou • f\ i cGod ts wtth u . Our blessing to our people of crue wor hip • I . ATI I\ Patriarch of Anticx.hand All ch MET~OPOLITA PHILIP in the per on of iETROPOLili\ ELIA e _ pressed hi deep gratitude to the Holy ynod of Ant10<.hfor chi honor 8) On behalf of the Nominating Committee, Theodore Mackoul, D~. Al_an Matook, the chairman, FATHERJOSEPH ALLEN read the criteria and procedures governing the Nominating Committee· PREFACE: • THE CA DIDATE. -MUST BEI GOOD PIRITUALA D FIN ClAL TA DI WITH HI /HER PAR! H· -MU T BE OVER TWE TY-O E (21) YEAR OF AGE. OF MA RE MI D A D GOOD MORALCHARA TER -MUST SUPPORTTHE ARCHDIOCE E PIRITIJAUYA D HAVETHE ABILITYTO SUPPORTIT FI A CIAUY, 0 A A UALBA J . -MUST AITE D ALLARCHDIOCE E BOARD OF TRC TEE iEETI GS, l CLUDI G PECIALMEETI G WHE CALLED.A DBE WILLI GA D ABLETO ERVEO A COM iITTEE. COM ii 10.' OR DEPARTME T; -THE COMMITTEEWILL CO CRITERIA; -THE COMMITTEEWILLCO IDERPROPORTIO ATEREPRE E TATION I TERM OF BOTH IDCATIO A D POPULATIO !THI THE REGIO S OF THE ARCHDIOCE E: -THE COMMITTEEWill BERE PO IBLE1D A CERTAI THE CA DIDACYOF A OMI EE I CO ULTATIO WITH HI /HER PA TOR A D I ACCORDA CE WITH THE AFOREME TIO ED CRITERIA; -THECOMMITTEEWILL ECURETHE JG ATUREOFTHECA DIDATE,WHICH WILLI DICATEHI /HER K OWLEDGE A D ACCEPTA CE OFTHE CRITERIAA D AGREEME T1D FULFIU AME IF ELECTED; -ANYONE WISHI G TO MAKEA OMI ATIO FROMTHE FIDOR MUSTFIRST UBMITTHE AMEOF THE PROPO ED CA DIDATE TO THE NOMI ATI G COMMITTEE,FOR PROPERCLEARA CE, PRIORTO 10:00A.M. 0 THE ECO D DAYOF THE GE ERALA SEMBLY. 0 CA DIDATEWILLBEACCEPTEDFOR OMI ATIO UNLESSTHESE PROCEDURESAREFOLWWED. He then read the list of nominees for che ensuing term: ROBERTA DREWS DR.JOH DALACK JOHN GANTIJS GEORGEJO EPH PHILIP HADDAD ROBERTLAHAM GEORGENASSOR RO ALO !COLA ERNESTSAYKALY CARL HAHEE ERNESTYOUNES DR. JEAN SAM I l()R7 At the St. Ignatiusof Antioch Dinner: SeniorTrusteeof the Archdiocese,William Farha and Mrs. Farha. Movedby FATHERMALATIU HU E~ and seconde? b FATHER AM DAVID,che report of the ominating Commmee was received. 9) FATHERPAULSCHNEIRLAread the report of the Department of Inter-Orthodox and Inter-Faith Affairs: 5 �In the last report of this Department, 1985, the EvangelicalO h · • entere d t he Archdiocese. · on the horizon. They have srnce No do brt odox f Were . b d 1 · u ta ull r of that process wt!! e presence e sewhere 10 these proceedings. epon Respectfully sub . (The Very Rev.) P.W.S. Schneirla ct•tted, Inter-Orthodox and Inter-Faith ai_rman 0 mm1ss1on (The Rev.) Olof S . COtt Vice-Chair 10) FATHERSCHNEIRLA presented the report of the West ~an Vicariate: ern Rite C This past year our monthly magazine CREDO, with an annu I b . $3,500 from the Order of Saint Ignatius, has been mailed to all of a su sidy of I we need not use this report to repeat derails of the work. (AppendeJur 1 c ergyso reprinted from "The Christian Challenge," a conservative Episcop ~an arttcle th which may interest the general reader.) Rather let us focus on a ti a mon 'y, Acceptance ' ew points. ti Th~ wes~ern ri~ is full~ acceptedf by the ~rc~diocese. There is the funding rede_rre. to afov e, t e appo~ntdmentdo ha com~~ss10n by ~etropolitan Philip, the or 10at1on o c 1ergy as reqmre , an t e prov1s10n all servtces availabl II ishes. The present Commission consists of Fathers Schneirla Up e to~ par. Hughes, Marie Hyder. ' son, etser, After so many years of western rite existence in the Archdiocese wh · · sary to make those statements? ' Yts tt neces- Trustee EdwardKassabwith Mr. & Mrs. George Atallah This Department is concerned with the inter-Orthodox and ecumenical relations of the Archdiocese. In prior years, the report of the Department has attempted to contribute co the "ecumenical education" of the faithful. This year we have confined ourselves co facts. The National Council of Churches For this triennium our delegates co the General Board have been Fathers Schneirla and Scott, Carol Courey, Frank Maria and Michael Saba. The latter is pursuing advanced studies in the Midwest and will be replaced by Ric Shahin. Michael is an able exponent of the faith, concerns of the Middle East and his talents will be missed. Political Orientation It would be a pleasure co report that the NCC has taken a more even-handed a~proach co the Se~ond World but it is impossible to do so, although some glimpses of the real1ty may be perceived. The publications of the NCC on Russia generally echo the official line of the Soviet and its domesticated churchmen that "a~Iis well." A recent booklet "One Thousand Years," from the Friendship :,ress_did ~ocus ~n t~e career of Father Gleb Yakunin, a priest jailed in 1980 for ant1-Sov1et ag1tat1on and propaganda," i.e. Christian activity. He has been released and reassigned. In an address co the NC Governing Board in Kansas City ?,n_May13, this year, the ~eneral ~e_c~et~, the Reverend Arie R. Brouwer, offering eight works of ecumentcal cred1btl1ty for the Council, said the nine Orthodox member communions "cannot remotely" be described as "liberal Protestants" The Middle East • The NCC continues co take a fair stand on the tension-ridden Middle East and remains alert co needs and opportunities there. In a mailing of April 16, Dr. Bro~we'., the General Secretary included this paragraph in his covering letter: Wtth reference co ~he report of the Middle East Delegation, I wish to record my deep gr~t1tude co Dr. Frank Maria, one of the representatives from the Ant1och1an Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North Americ_at? our G~verning Board. Frank has been very instrumental in establ1sh10g relauonships with the World Muslim League and in opening the ~ay _forthe visit of Dr. Abdullah Omar Naseef to our Fort Worth meet!ng 10 N?vember, 1985, as wel_las arranging some parts of out itinerary 10 t?e Middle East. We are all 10debted co him for his enormous contribuuon co this sig?ificant step in Christian-Muslim dialogue." Readers of our earlier reports realize how valuable Frank's twenty years of service to the cause of peace and justice has been. Simply because the rite is portrayed by outsiders as only tolerated "b • neglect" has been used of the attitude of the leadership, because 1·t 1• ' endtgn · · "d " . s accuse of 1 e~ISt(rnh~ as ~ _ecoyd to hure wes_te~nconvert? mto some form of the Byzantine r!te ~ 1~poidnt 1sdm~ e w en a m1ss10n or a pnest becomes eastern or a small miss10n 1sc ose an t e members sent to a near-by eastern parish). In sp·t 0 f h hard evidence available, these canards are urged year after year gene/ ~ t_~ the intent of deflecting applicants. ' a Ywn Neighbors Sometim~s the Archdiocese is accused of dangerous adventuring in supponing t~e western me. 1:heref~re, y~u shoul1 know that there are, outside of our Archdiocese, we~tern me panshes 10 Amenca subject to the Moscow Patriarchate and to the Russ_1anSyn_odAbr~ad. Two _yearsago, the French diocese dependent on the Romanian Pamarc_hate i~truded mto the United States and set up an ephemeral, and rather pathetic, cham of some half-dozen missions. Fluctuations . Aside from th_ecore group of parishes with property, paid clergy, and commmed congre~a~10ns, th~ centers of the rit~ inevitably appeared in response to local opportum_ttes and dissolved when a viable community no longer existed. It has be~n policy to close a center when reasonable expectation of growth no longer_e~sted_and other centers of Orthodox spiritual nurture were available. Thus five miss10ns 10 Florida closed, another struggles on and a third is in formation. (~one of these is to be identified with the three parishes in Miami or that in Eustis). At present there are ~our paris~es_ in Florida, others in Detroit, Winnipeg, S~attle and Downey, Caltfornta. M1ss10ns, with clergy, in Buffalo, northern Indiana, San~a ~e, and the two in Florida. The mission in Las Vegas succumbed to mternal fmtton. Small monastic communities exist in New Jersey and Massach_usetts ( th~ Boston Monastery returned to the western rite) with another in Balttmore awamng full membership. All of these centers are under the immediate supervision of local priests of the Archdiocese. 1:est~e assume that Orthodox missionary work in a modern American context 1sa simple procedure, let us consider the Evangelical Orthodox experience: £or • h e tee h ntques . 11 some fifteen years over thirty. deeply motivated men , rrai·ned mt 1ism, labored to organize the E of modern. protestant .evange f vange 1· tea10 rt h odox Church with a _netgam o 1,700 or 1,8?0 souls. (The figures quote Father Gillquist, the first m The New Oxford Rev_1ew May, 1987, the second from the "Re. of the Houston• Chromcle . for April 11, 1987) • Ob serve a Iso t h at 11.gion" section 1 rhe Evangelicals were • emp oymg mutations of . the rite adapted to t h e au d.1ence £ar beyond the options open i: f: toiffithe western me • This note 1·s no t tior purposes 0 f comparison, the bases are ar d erent, but to demonstrate the diffi I k d · " Th· I d · 1cu t cas pose in "makmg converts_1s ea s quite naturally to the question of commending the Orthodox fatth_t? chose who lack it. The Need for Adaptability The presence of the western rite, and now the "evangelical" 0 h d • · h . ( j "dd rt O ox, Wit• ma kes nessin. our . ot erw1se arge. y mt .le eastern merchandisi·ng com muntty it unique m our Church tn Amenca and deserves some reflection w, " h . ,, h . we are acf, tot h e et n1c c urches, meaning Greek Sia • A b customed . to re er . . . . . , vie, ra , etc., but chis gene~a 11zatt_o_n1s an tnaccu:at~ ~nd inadequate classification. So far as ir refersconat1onal v1s10nor racial mix, 1t ts eq~ally true of Presbyterians (Scotch), Reformed (Dutch and South Germa~), Anglicans (British), Lutheran (Nordic), forexample. In addmon other factors mtervene, especially the economic and social· Episcopalians may _we,11 regard the Assemblies of God as underclass phenomen~ while the Assemblies .':1ew~f A?,gl1cans may be tinged with visions of static socialclubs wtth no real reltgwn, thus a broad spectrum of cultural elements is involved. The creedal . commttment may as it is in Onhodo xy, b u t I . . . be the same, . rhe extern~ 1so f d evot1_ona qua 1tty, spmtual ambience and influential folk-ways may exist 10 great vanety. Thus we may not assume that any one denominational envelope will attract allpeople, whatever the contents may be. Conversion, i.e. transfer from one faith community to another, do~s not always result because an inquirer has perceived greater, or ulnmate, tru~h ~n his new connection; some surveys show that among the members of the ma10!10e protestant churches selection of a parish in a new neighb?rho~d frequently depends on identification of a community in which the seeker1ssooally comfortable. This audience shares devotion to the stately pageantry of our Byzamme offices, but some years ago a prominent, and cosmopolitan, lay leader of one of America's most prestigious Protestant churches described the Orthodox services he had witnessed in the cathedrals of the Soviet Union as "impressive and oppressive." To me, the electronic evangelicals (Bakker, Falwell, Swaggart,Roberts, et al) purvey a blend of bad taste and blasphemy far removed from reas_onableworship or convincing proclamation of the Gospel ofJesus Christ. In pluraltst1c Amenca, we confuse cult and culture to our great disadvantage. We must be open to as great a variety of packaging of Orthodoxy as we can manage if we are to be faithful to Our lord's mission in an effective fashion. Finally, there are_nosimp_le for_mulas, our western rite addresses an audience stretching from Lat1ncradmonaltsts through Anglo-Catholics to converts who are not comfortablewith the oriental forms. The evangelical audience extends from the Missouri SynodLutherans and the members of the Southern Baptist establishment to the snake-handlers of the Ozarks. Even if we were tempted to force all of these folk into the Byzantine rite, which one would we use in America: Hellenic, Slavic, Finnish,Japanese? It is our special blessing that the leadership of this archdiocese, and the patriarchate, has had and has the vision to leap the confines of inherited patterns of worship to present Our lord to a wider audience. The past year has once again rest1fiedto the breadth of vision of Metropolitan Philip who has added a new facet to the gem of our archdiocese. All of us share gratitude to the Holy Spirit for this inspired leadership. Respectfully submitted, (The Very Rev.) P.W.S. Schneirla, Vicar General Western Rite Officers and Members !he N<:CC is _ab?ut co end its current triennium and begin a new administrative period, this time for four years, and a number of elective offices will be fille?, among the?1 the presidency. Father Olof Scott was approached co run but decl 10ed - you will remember he was nominated for the office of General Secretary "".hen that plac_ewas lasnacam - and three other Orthodox names have been mentioned as poss1bl_eca~d1dates, all of them long active on the General Board. They are Fath~r Leonid K1shkovsky,Vice-Chancellor of the OCA, and two Greek lawyers, Elen1e Husagh and Andrew Vance. Inter-FaithDialogues T~e Archdiocese is re~resented on the Orthodox-Anglican Theological Consultation by Father Schneirla and. Dr • Robert Haddad , both of wh om a 1so serve on dt h e Orthodox/Roman Catholic Consultation • FatherJoh n Morris • 1s • an active • ·b · an conm u~10g me°'.ber of the Orthodox-Lutheran Consultation. Our relations ~ontmue cordi_al with the Polish National Catholic Church. Comp_lete theo!og1cal and docmnal agreement is possible· perhaps a G d • Knot ts the Polish Catholic insistence on a married episco~ate. or ian "Birds of a feather flock together" 6 THF WORD/NOVEMBER 198" THEW0Rf)/N()\1J;'1vfRJ:;""R 105<7 This looks like a happy crowd! Moved by FATHERGREGORY COOKE and econded by ELSIE A the report wa received. OR ' ll) FATHERDEMETRIKHOURY,Chairman, presented the report of the Department of Liturgics: My report to the As embl}_chi year ts both one of progre and accompli hment as well as one of our ~onunu~d program co make available t0 rhe clerg · and the fatthful of our A~chd1?cese Lnurgical erv1ce book , o chat they might be brought tO a deeper l1turg1calexperience, and through rh1 t0 a more meaningful enco_unter wtth our Lord God in the Trinity. During the pa_sr_ rwo year several project were broughr co completton and other new ones mmaced. 1) THE LITURGICAL G IDE FOR PRIESTS, CHOIR AND CHA TER was prepared for che years 1986 and 198 and was old t0 vanous churches. 2) VESPER SERVICESwere prepared for the 19 6 and 19 Part h Life Conferences throughout the Archdiocese a well a for the Clerg, ympo 1um and for this Convention. 3) The ~fficial Service Book of the variou Liturg1cal ervice was reprtnted In addmon co the above, the Liturgical Guide for 1988 1sunder way and will be ready for sale at the end of ovember. The long awaited Hieracikon i being finalized and will be ready for dt mbucion in the very near future. It is t~e goal of our department co reach our Orthodox fauhful by wa, of Liturgy; to bnng them to an understanding of the my tical, an experience of che untouchable _rh_roughthe ancient media handed down t0 u from the earlie t day of the Chnsttan Church. Knowledge gained in Cacecher1cal chool and classe is a beginning, bur it is only head-knowledge without the real experience of meeting our God in rhe worship of rhe church. His Eminence Metropolitan Philip and the Department of Liturgics have agreed that the local parishes should not publish any Liturgical books or ervice without the full knowledge of the deparrment. This is important in order to insure uniformity ofLiturgical praccice within the Archdiocese. Moreover, chi will help avoid duplication of effons and will enable the department t0 make the e resources available to more parishes. We ask you co please comply with this request. I would also like to mention that this department welcome the parcic1pat1on of both clergy and lay people in its endeavor . ew members are needed to help carry on the department's work. The challenge of uch Lirurgical involvement 1 especially held our to lay men and women who are interested in active paruCtpation. If chis department has made any progre , if we have made any contribution to our Holy Orthodox Church then it has only been by the Grace of Almighty God, with the continued rota! support and ble ing of Hi Eminence Metropolitan Philip, with rhe long hours and hard work of the dedicated member of chi department and above all, by your conttnued prayers and support DEPARTME T OF LITURGIC A D TRA LATIO The meeting opened ac 11:05 a.m. Father John Khoury led u in prayer. Farher Demetri Khoury welcomed everyone and made opening remark expressing hi disappointment wirh che Department. The minuces of 1985 were read and approved with one correcuon. Father John Khoury had completed his funeral service in 1979. He was on!} to end copie to Father Demetri by August 15th. Father Demetri Khoury reviewed some ongoing problem from the last nine years. Some items appear on our agenda year after year with no re ult. Other projem dealing with liturgic are accomplished without the knowledge of the Department. He gave some example . A long di cu sion followed. Father Jehad Michael and Father Elia Bnar sugge ted that we reque t that Metropolitan Philip give the Department pecific guideline , and a budget. 7 �Father Constantine asr asked whether we find projects of our own or whe th er ayidna tells u what co do. Father Demetri explained that in the past we have used our own initiative. Deacon Jo eph Abud believes that there i a pressing ~eed ~orour wo'.k, especially the Euchologian. Perhaps we should go ahead wnh tt tn some kind of informal way, just so chat the prie ts can have it available. Father Demem said that so far ic is 00 pages long and all of the expenses have come from his own pocket. Father Bitar agreed thac chis is a pressing need and chat we should sugge cit to the Metropolitan. FatherTimochy Baclig agreed. FacherJohn Khoury would noc like co ee u do anything temporary. le sh?uld ?e pnnted properl_y. We clearly need a budget co function. Father Demetri reminded us chat we did not need a budget for che Gospel. We solicited donations. Deacon Abud felt that chis discussion needs co be represented in our report co the General Assembly. Father Demetri asked that we lisc our priorities: All smiles for the camera! 1. The Euchologian; 2. Holy Week service books in pamphlet form for clergy and the people along the lines of the O.C.A. publications; 3. A revised edition of Nasser; 4. The Typikon; 5. The service for the reception of converts. Father Zacharia Nasr suggested that we need a single statement for Sayidna when he arrives. It was stated chat the A.E.O.M. has the freedom to update the language of the services and to do their own music. Deacon Abud suggested that we should cooperate and through the Department pass on their work co the rest of the Archdiocese. Father Demetri asked that we put aside any discussion about the A.E.O.M. until Father Marc Dunaway gives his report. FatherJehad Michael suggested that we write a letter co Metropolitan Philip explaining our goals and projects and that we receive a letter in return with Metropolitan Philip's response. Father Nicholas Dahdal reminded us that we need to be very careful about expenses. We should decide on just one project and pursue that until it is finished then go on to another. OLD BUSINESS: Father Hanna Sakkab was working on two books. He was co proof read Father John Khoury's funeral service. He found it sufficient. Father Demetri reminded him that we would like to see directions for priests and deacons. He was also to prepare the service of the Akathiston. Because of a flood in his office all the work was lost. He has prepared it again and it is being typed. He will send a copy to Father Demetri. Father Stephen Hardie asked if Conciliar Press of the A.E.O.M. has printing facilities. They do not. Father Edward Hughes reported that almost none of the priests who had volunteered co prepare the vesper servicesfor the conventions had done anything. Father Daniel Griffith and Father Edward did all the conferences for the last two years. Father Demetri pointed out that this year the work was duplicated by the seminarians in his class. This is an example of a lack of communication. Father Demetri requested volunteers for the next two years. He would like copies of their work by April of each year. Father Edward will send reminders in January. Eastern Region: Father Anthony Sabbagh and Father Edward Hughes Can-Am: Father Hanna Sakkab Western Region: Father David E. Anderson Midwest Region: Father George Shalhoub Southwest Region: Father Stephen Hardie New England: Father Nifon Abraham Symposium: Deacon Joseph Abud 8 NEW BUSINESS: Father Elias Bitar and Fa_therN!fon ~braham_ are d_oingthe Liturgical Guide Perhaps the order for the Hier_archical Liturgy will be mcluded. Father Nichol~ Dahdal would like the quotanons from the Church Fathers. Maybe some Saints' days could be inclu~e?. . . . Metropolitan Phihp JOJOe_d us at 12:00_no?n. Father D~metri expressed the Department's concerns reg~rdmg commu01cat1on and d_upli~ateefforts. A clarifi. cation was requested regarding the present status of the Liturgikon. lt has pres tl been sent out for bids from printers. We also would like to correct errors · en Y . d . . tn our various service books before they are re-pnnte agam. Metropolnan Philip requ ed a list of these cor_rections. He asked us to let the Archdiocese know whate:; would like and Jt will be done. The members explained to His Eminei:-ce ~bou_tthe Euchologion. It has been compiled over the last fou~ years ~y the se~10anans 10 ~ther D~metri's class.Many priests have been re9uest10~ vanous services from this collect1on which does not exist anywhere else m English. Father Nicholas Dahdal would like to see a list of denominations in America and how they should be received into Orthodoxy. His Eminence departed to other Departmental meetings. Father Marc Dunaway gave a prese~tation regardi~g the A.E.O.M. and their discovery of Orthodoxy. Deacon John Fmley gave a detailed account of their liturgical and musical development. Father Marc completed the report and moderated a discussion on their liturgical practices. The Department is very interested in integrating their work an~ the work ?fthis Department. Much of what they are doing is very exciting. We will be very Interested to see what comes from their research and experimentation. Father Demetri will send a letter to Metropolitan Philip regarding our concerns. He will keep the Department informed of His Eminence's response. Father Nicholas Dahdal moved that we adjourn. Seconded by Father Anthony Sabbagh. Father George Shaheen led us in prayer. Respectfully submitted, Father Edward Hughes Secretary IN ATTENDANCE: Father Demetri M. Khoury, Chairman Father David E. Anderson Deacon John Finley Father Nifon Abraham Father Edward Hughes Father Marc Dunaway Father Elias Bitar Father Timothy Baclig Father George Shaheen Father John Khoury Father David C. Straut Father George Shalhoub Father John Estephan Father Jehad T. Michael Father Constantine Nasr Father George Sayaf ters in Englewood, NJ. The first meeting was held on February 18, 1986 ac ;i.~roA.M. This meeting was attended by His Eminence, Metropolitan Philip, HisGrace, Bishop Antoun, ~1.r.Ted Mackoul, Mr. Peter Dacalas, and Fr. John Badeen, Chairman. The Chair°'.an re_ported on the _actuar!al study auch~rized . April 1985. Regrettably, the fmal fogures were still not m and che chairman tO h C .. mmended that t e ommission not act on the proposal co increase the retirerecot benefits unti ·1t h e f.ma If.igures were 10. • H e d.d i report that the preliminary ~;:res looked _good and that some inc~ease wi!l be feasible. After con~idera?le discussionthe mcreas~ was tabl~d ren1mg receipt of the final report. Discusswn 10 rook place re_gard10gthe elimmauon of the requirement of participation in a: clergy group insurance program as a pre-requisite for eligibility in the retirer \r program. No final action was taken. The Chairman agreed to study the matrne d . h . and make his recommen anons at t e next meeung. He also believed that chis :~uld require an amendment to the Plan Rules, which requir_esa vote of th_ep~rricipating clergy. I_tw~s.also su~~ested that we sh_ouldlook mto the poss1bilny ofincreasing the dis~b1_htyprovision as well :15 the life insurance coverage for chose eciringat 65 or attammg age 70. ~he Chauman agreed to look into these matr~ rs but doubted that our underwmers would . . be willing to increase their liabilicyfor that age group. The meeung_was adjourned at 12:30 P.M. During the 1986 Clergy Symposmm, held at the Hemage and Retreat Cener the Chairman discussed our Clergy Retirement Program and our Clergy In:u:ance Program during the clergy meeting. The discussion was very beneficial inthat it cleared up several areas of misunderstanding. Furth~r the Chairman was ableto hear some of the concerns of the brethren. Two pamcular areas were: 1) a desireto an optional, deferred retirement annuity program that the Clergy and parishescould contribute i~to; and, 2) was the area of healt? insurance, _which wasbeginning to pose a senous problem for some. The chairman promised to lookinto both areas and give a report of his findings at the next gathering. The Commission met again on May 5, 1987 at the Archdiocese Headquarters.Present at the meeting were His Eminence, Metropolitan Philip, His Grace BishopAntoun, Rev. Fr. George Geha, Mr. Ernie Saykaly, Mr. Ted Mackoul, Mr. BobLaham, Mr. George Nassor, Mr. Peter Dacales, Fr. John Badeen. The Clergy retirement fund was reviewed and the ~hairman noted that we had crossed the million dollar mark. We had come qutte a long way from the $30,000 seed moneyfrom the Archdiocese and the old "Ten & Ten" we started with. He thanked Mr.Mackoul for his diligence, his hard work in taking care of our investment portfolioand bringing the fund along to the present. The results have been just short ofthe miraculous and certainly reflects his care and concern for our clergy. He also chankedthe Order for their keen interest in our clergy and their families, and most certainly Metropolitan Philip, who made it all possible. . . . The Chairman reported that the actuarial study figures were m and discnbuted copiesof same. Based on the findings, he recommended that an increase be made surance premium. Inasmuch as the lase increase was ab rbed b · che fund, it w recommended chat chis increase, cogecher wnh the co r of che addicional ov rage which we had just approved, will coral about 3.00 per month per insured. and thac this figure be pas ed on co che pari he and clergy, effecciveJul · 1. Thi was approved. The Chairman announced thac the rudy of a deferr d annuity plan for clergy and parishe i now complece and will be pre ented co the clergy c the meeting in Dearborn. And also propo als for a health plan would also bepr need at chat time. At the beginning of che fi cal year, the number of clergy participating in our group insurance program was 131. Retirement payment amounting to S 0,530 were paid during the pasc fi cal year. fur the rota! financial report we refer ·ou co the Archdiocesan financial reporc for fi cal year ended January 31, 1986, page 21 and 22. A small part of the Dept. of Christian Education. Casualty Union, to open che enrollment of our new brethren in Christ, the members of the eligible clergy in the Antiochian Evangelical Orthodox Mission, during the month of June. They were notified by letter and were mailed the necessary enrollment material. We welcome them into our Archdiocesan family and we look forward co working with them in this vineyard to the glory of our Lord and His Holy Church. I take this opportunity co express the sincere gratitude of the clergy co Mr. Ted Mackoul, for his effom and the time he spends in the management of our finances and his active participation in the Commission. To The Order of St. Ignatius for their dedication and on going commitment co the welfare of our clergy and their families; and, co the Archdiocesan Trustees for their concern, assistance, and support, our heartfelt thanks. I want co also recognize a very sp~cial person cowhom I owe a big measure of gratitude, Ms. Kathy Meyer, for che tune and effort cheerfully given to the administering of the day to day aff~irs o[the I~s~ra~ce and Retirement Program. To His Grace Bishop Antoun for his actIVepamopauon and interest in the affairs of the Commission over the years. And finally co the one but for whom all of this would still be a dream, our father in Christ, Metropolitan Philip, God grant him many years. Respectfully Submitted, V. Rev. Fr. John Badeen Moved by GERALD GABRIEL, Detroit, seconded byJAMES B. ABRAHAM, Canton, the report was received. 13) GEORGE NASSOR announced that the new CONVENTIO~ late, but that a copy 1s PLANNING MANUAL had been delivered Out-goingchairmanof the ORDER,GeorgeN~r with an Icon plaque. available to each parish. 14) FATHERJOSEPH ALLEN presented and Mrs.Nassor,arepresented • Father Michael Khoury Father John Essa Gordon Andrew Hoyt Father Hanna Sakkab Dan Kendall Father Anthony Sabbagh Father Nicholas Dahdal Deacon Philip Abraham Father Stephen Hardie Father Daniel Rohan DeaconJoseph Abud Moved by FATHER ELIAS BITAR, seconded by DR. EUGENE SAYFIE,the report was accepted. 12) FATHERJOHN BADEEN presented the report of the Insurance Commission: Since the report the Commission made at the Bi-ennial Convention of 1985, the Commission has held two meetings, both held at the Archdiocese head- THE WORD/NOVEMBER 1981 I' Partof the Credentials Committee signing in delegates. in the retirement payments from $15.00 per month per year of service up to 30 years,which amounts to $4 50.00 per month, to $15.83 per month per_year~f serviceto 30 years which amounts to $475.00 per month max., comme~cmg with the newfiscal year and an additional $0.83 per month per year of_servJCeto 30 yea~s ora max. of an additional $2 5.00 commencing with the followmg fiscal year. This would bring our retirement level to $500.00 per month in two years. The r~commendation was approved. The Chairman then presented a proposal to raise th e disability benefits in our clergy group insuranc~ fr~~ $400.00 per month to $500.00per month after 30 days of continuous disability, payable as long as th e disabilitylasts, up to insured's age 6 5. The_proposal for the ~ncre_ase was ~ppr~~:~~ The Chairman also reported that our earner had taken a slight increase 10 0 THEWORD/NOVEMBER 1987 the Report of the Department of Continuing Pastoral Education and Spiritual Vocations: Pastoral Education . Last summer, the clergy of our Archdiocese gathered for the first cu_neat the Heritage and Learning Center of t?e A_ntiochian Yillage in Pennsylva~~a,where we spent the week in the Fourth B1en01alSympos1,';"11. The theme~ The Pascoral Ministry Today: Contemporary Moral Issues , and the three roam addresses on this theme were delivered by the Reverend Dr. Stanley !"f arakas, ~rofessor of Ethics at Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology, m Brookline, Massachusetts. f Archdi Attending the Symposium were approxm:iately 100 c1ergy o our . ocesc who spent July 21st to the 25th in the beauuful atmo~phere of the Village. We have heard more comments than can be printed re~ding ~th _thesuccessof the Symposium and the place which the Village played m making it that successful. 9 �A verysmall partof the Dept. of Liturgicsand Translations. Some of our "new" brethren take it all in! It was clearly a "different" Symposium than the three previous ones held in Chicago (1979, 1981 and 1983). . In general, the Symposium was marked by an excellent set of mornm~ lectures by Father Stanley, afternoon Pastoral Workshops pre~emed by_appoi~ted clergy and explored in assigned "cluster groups", and eve01n~ Elecuve Sessions (Youth Mini try, Adult Education, Stewardship and Clergy Fmances). The clergy had to register for which of the evening electives they wanted to take. L1t~rgically, each day began with Orthros, included afternoon Vespers, and ended w1th evening Compline and a brief Meditation. . . The task continues to remain in keeping the Symposiumat a level of academK and practical excellence. Over the years, we have tried to utilize as many as P?Ssible of the participants attending the Symposium, and such a comprehensive schedule allows us to continue this practice. . We owe a special thanks to Rev. George Geha and _the staff at the_Hemage and Learning Center for the excellent job which they did! Also, a special thanks to Frs. Basil Essey and Daniel Griffith for arranging all the Liturgical Services; to Fr.John Namie and the Counseling Staff at the Village; to the Workshop Leaders, Discussion Moderators, Chamers and Department Heads who presented the evening Electives. In general, as Metropolitan PHILIP gave the final blessing at the Friday Liturgy, everyone felt that the Symposium 1987 was the best gathering yet! dination, St. Stephen's Studies has turned out to be a most valuable sourcefor those already ordained, for women, for those preparing to work in the Church on a part time basis, and for foreign students. We are pleased that five more students have finished the program since my last report to the General Assembly. Needless to say, there c?ntinues to b~ a natural attrition due to difficulty of self-discipline, scheduling times for studymg, and other factors of self-motivation This is common in correspondence courses, as many more students begin the program, but only the most diligent fi~ish. Anhis time, we_haveapproximately 40-45 corresponding students, five of which are 10 South Africa, and ten in Europe and Australia. The remaining students are from our Archdiocese, the Greek Archdiocese, the OCA, the Serbian Diocese, and the Ukrainian Diocese. A special thanks coThelma Dacales, our registrar and secretary, without whom our program could not run as smoothly as it does. She devotes many hours to making the program "go" in terms of operation procedures. I should like also to thank Metropolitan PHILIP for his constant attention to this area of ministry in our Church life; this occurs at many levels, from the fundamental level of Seminary to the more complex area of ecclesiastical structures. Also, this coordinator thanks the Order of St. Ignatius and the Antiochian Women for their continued support in advancing our service to the Body of Christ. Moved by MARGARET KHOURY, seconded by DOIDRES ELIAS,Norwood, the report was received. ArchdioceseConventionand Other Meetings 15) FATHERGABRIEL ASHIE presented the report of the Departments of Missionary Activities and Future Parish Organiza- Two situations make the clergy meetings at this year's convention special: The presence of Metropolitan ELIAS Audi of Beirut, and the reception of the Evangelical Orthodox Mission into our Archdiocese. Metropolitan Audi will address the clergy on the condition of the Orthodox Church in Lebanon and the Middle East, and speakers from the A.E.O.M., appointed by Metropolitan PHILIP, will speak on the task of Evangelism and Campus Ministry in North America. This coordinator gave various lectures to Orthodox Clergy Groups and Seminary Faculties in the Armenian Church, the Greek Archdiocese and the OCA; all lectures were in the area of the Pastoral Ministry. In the Fall of 1986, I had the honor of traveling to Geneva, Switzerland where I attended the third preliminary conference which hopes to lead to a future Ecumenical Synod of the Orthodox Church. This coming Fall, I have been invited to deliver a series oflectures on the Priestly Ministry to the clergy of the Orthodox Church of Finland. While the coordinator continues to teach in the area of Pastoral Theology and Homiletics, as well as directing the Field Education Department at St. Vladimir's Seminary, he is pleased to announce, as Director of the Program, that the State of New York and the Association of Theological Schools (ATS) are tentatively scheduled to visit the Seminary this Fall in order to determine the granting of the Doctorof Ministry(D. Min.) degree. This will be the first Orthodox D.Min. degree ever offered by any School of Theology in North America. Publications A new book entitled The Ministry of the Church: The Image of Pastoral Care has been published by the St. Vladimir's Seminary Press in 1986. This is the first such book published on ministryas a subject within an Orthodox perspective. The book, besides various other articles for publication, has kept the coordinator of this Department very busy in terms of writing and publication. The PastoralLetterhas now a subscription circulation of 4 50-500 from all Orthodox Jurisdictions. We continue to attempt discussing relevant issues of the praxis of the ministry in the letter, and would welcome any contributions from sources who write in this area. St. Stephen's Course of Study in Orthodox Theology St. Stephen's Studies continues to answer a distinct need for the Church; to provide a mode of study for students who cannot attend a theological seminary. While not intended to replace the need for a proper theological training for or- 10 tions: REPORTTO THE 37th ARCHDIOCESECONVENTION DETROIT,MICHIGAN "It is the Church as Mission that gives to this time its real significance and to history its true meaning. And it is Mission that gives to the human response in the Church its validity, making us real co-workers in the work of Christ". This quote by the late Father Alexander Schmemann has been the basis and root of all that has been expended by the Missionary Activity of our Archdiocese. This is the twentieth year for our department and we have seen and witnessed and encouraged the birth and progress of many mission communities in our Land. Blessed with the vision of our Metropolitan PHILIP, and encouraged by the early sacrifices of Metropolitan ANTONY, of blessed memory, and those ?efore him ... this Archdiocese has doubled since 1966. Of later years the diligence of Bishop ANTOUN as Overseer of our Missions program has aided our effons due to his ability to travel and visit many missions. From the beginning our departmental efforts have been to: . . 1) Determine the location within our Archdiocese of possible potential mission areas. 2) Offer means of support and encouragement to have Missions established. 3) Encourage by all means possible ... the education of the me~bers of our Archdiocese to the need of our founding and supporting new parnhes. It is notable that the Archdiocese now has certain qualifications for communities being granted PROVISIONAL STATIJS and then leading to full MISSION STATUS prior to becoming a PARISH. . . . It is again pleasing to note that we cannot address missionary act1v1ty10 our Archdiocese without the vital contributions of our SOYO movement. fuur of our existing SOYO regions have a MISSIONS COUNCIL within their area .. The Southwest Region has within its region the St. Gregory the Illummac~r Mission of Austin, Texas, and also gives encouragement and aid to St. Anthony s Mission of Houston, Texas, which is in the process of purchasing property for a church site. And, in addition aiding the Eastern Orthodox Mission of Sulphur, THE WORD/NOVEMBER1987 • iana. They indicate possible Mission stations in Bell County (Kalene Tex1.ouis M. cl 'bl . . · ' iss., an a poss1 e Mission emergmg from campus ministry ) nd in Gulfport, ;is,a · . fK workat the Univers!tY o ~nsas. _ The Eastern Reg10n con~mues to give support to the St. Basil Mission, of Ocala, Florida,and has been helping t~e St. ~icholas Mission in St. Petersburg, Florida. They are _to_becommended m their struggle to make region parishes aware ofhelping miss10ns by mone~ary support ... an exampl~ to be_fo!lowed by parishesin each of o~r ?OYO_re~1ons seeking to have e~eryparish assist m the funding f issionary act1v1ty.Withm the Eastern region 1sthe St. Philip Mission which ~:purchased property and will soon be g_iv~nParish status. Also, in the LeHigh V lleyat Emmaus, Pa., a new Orthodox Mission. And soon, Parish Status to Holy T~eorokosMission in Glynd_on, Maryland. __ Within the Western Reg10n th~ee_communmes are being aided by the Jove ofexisting parishes to .. -1-_loly_Y~rgm Mary Orthodo~ Mission in Sacramento, California, and St. Matthews Miss10n of!orr~n_ce, Calif.: soon to move to their firstpermanent home_, and the St. Mark_s M1s_s10n o_fIrvme, Calif. The Mid-west Region of SOYO has wtthtn 1tS region the St. Andrew Mission of Lexington, Kentucky, ~n_dthe Holy ~r?ss Mi:sion of Athens, Ohio. A number of other Miss10n communmes are m the stage of development and e will soon be aware of them, recognizing again, our need to assist them in true w st wardship of time, talent and resources. e Within the pages of The WORD magazine a column entitled, "MEET THE MISSIONS" began this year with the cooperat_ion of Father George Corey, ediror.We have received many comments concernmg the submitted articles telling of Missionary activity. In the MARCH issue we featured St. Matthew's Mission ofTorrance,Ca., and St. Anthony's of Houston, Texas. In APRIL the Virgin Mary Missionof Sacramento, Ca. And in MAY the St. Philip's Mission of Ambler, Pa., ~ndthe Holy Theotokos Mission of Glyndon, Maryland. And the last JUNE issueof the WORD, The St. Paul Mission of the I.eHigh Valley, Pa., and St. Mark's of Irvine, Ca. One of our goals is the publishing of GUIDE TO MISSIONS II in the year to come,using the Mission packet compiled by Mr. Philip Tamoush of St. Matthew's Ca. I inTorrance, The need for a new expanded INVENTORY of possible usable liturgical items andfurnishings needs to be compiled as we are at the end of existing inventory roaid emerging new mission communnies. You can help by assessing the items no longer in use in your particular parish. And, as a Department we still envisionthe day when a full time Director of Missions who can extensively travel will bepart of our planning. The welcomed entrance of the Evangelical Orthodox to our Antiochian Archdiocese,we pray through campus identi~cation and otherwise, wi_llaf.ford us n~w opportunities to witness to North Amenca . . . hopefully resulnng m new miss10narydimensions to that experienced already in our Land. It is incumbent upon us all, clergy and laity alike, to further the work of Mission in No. America. There is much we can do to encourage a missionary dimension coour parish . . . our lives! All o~ our exi,sting co~munitie,s were once but a "MisI sion".God's work must be done 10 Gods way, usmg Gods means and methods. AChurch led of God does not begin a new mission just to have one. In a true and viablelocation dedicated faithful ~u~t sacri~c~ and strive to further Go1's Kin~I domby giving "birth" to a new miss10n. If it 1strue that one-half of this land is un-Churched then we must expend every energy and resource to seek that many cancome to, "a saving knowledge of God's truth". In the divine IMAGE OF GOD to which we were created let us then determinein the years to come . . . to strive to assist our clergy and members of the variedMission-Councils to attain the goals making us true inheritors of God's I I TheDept. of Inter-Orthodox and Inter-Faith activities hear an amusing story from FatherSchneirla. THE WORD/N()VPMRPR10~7 kingdom, and that we might be known as cho \\hog \ erarchy, Clergy and !airy alike, who could av in th " d "the harvest is past, the summer i end d: and w ar n r a\ d" Buer th r c ~ay, "P~ay ye therefore the IDRD of rhe hane t, ch r He will n<l nh l ho; r mto His harve r". ( fatthew 9:3 ) Moved b FATHERJOH ABDALL H nd econd db\ FATH R TH DORE ZITO , the report was re eived. • METRO PO LITA PHILIP noted that the adoption o rh et would re ult 10 the formation of rwo new Department : a) A Department of 11 ion and Evangeli m; and b) A Department of Campu Minim 16} RAYMOND GEORGE presented the report of the Department of Sacred Music: It make me proud corep rt ro you chac the Depanmenc o r d. iu i r advantage of rhe facilir1e ac the Herirage and Learning encer, nd h Id ur 1r c Choir Director's emmar there m Augu r f 19 6. The em1nar pro d co h \ a great deal of importance a tt provided rhe Chur h \iu 1 1 n wirh much n eded information and created a fellow hip among chem which i u h an important ingredient for a ucce fu] program I would like fir t to exrend m} in ere c thanks to all ch who mad ch mioar possible and ucce ful. The fa ulry on ired ofFarherJame ieen . Father Gregory Phelan.Jame Meena, Gra e A wad, Tom oroka, Laila or v and R v George. Also a special thanks to Father John arrne and Father rge • ha wh assisted everywhere they could, furnt hmg all our need and rvin all rhe Ve . pers and Liturgies during the emmar. The accommodarion and them I c uld not have been any better and thev enhanced our eminar in a ,,ery po ,ri,. " >· There are a lot of our churche u ing mu ic publt he by O A and w do nor find anything wrong wich this, however we ask vou to u e rhe L1curgi al text from the Antiochian Archdioce e. Currentlv the cext in the red erv1ce Boo o che Holy Eastern Orthodox Catholic and Apo colic hurch" publt hed by che Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdio e e of ew York and all nh Am ri a, fourth edition dated 19'1. We are all aware of rhe many problem 10 1 ung rex among all the Orthodox Churches, however we wane to continue the u e of the text provided by our own Archdio e e where po 1ble. I would refer all f \"OU ro an article that appeared in the April i ue of "The ord" page 14, a mo t.inceresting observation by Guthrie Janssen, a member of t George Church of Portland, Oregon. The inventories of our Archdiocese musJCpublications are up codate and available through the Archdioce e. The Word publi hed a Ii t of available material and an order form in the June i sue. Thi Ii t includes available materials from all departments and a price list good till June of 1988. We recommend chat the Choir Director be given this list o he will have gu1del10e as to what is avatlable In many areas there is a breakdown between AC and the Department of acred Music. At one time we were provided wtth a list of tho e appointed as Chairman of the Music Department in the region and they were automatically assigned to the Department of Sacred Music during thetr term of office, however in the past three years we never received uch a list and it is very important that we do. We must have this communication so we can be ure we are all marching in step and in the same direction. I would like to remind all of you that there i another Choir Director's eminar scheduled for August 20, 21, 22 and 23 of this year. Your Church received a communication from Metropolitan Philip in regards to th1 emmar, Father George Geha put information in "The Word", I placed an anicle in ''The Word" and sent a direct communication to each Choir Director. There is ull a lot to be learned and in spite of the great strides we have already made we are still anticipating more progress. . . _ Once again I would like to thank all who have conmbuted matenals and ideas to the Department and a special thanks cothe Archdiocese for the conunued support. Departmentof Charitieswhichoverseesthe Children' ReliefFundamongother things. 11 �Moved by DR. ALA MATOOK, seconded by DR. EUGENE _SAYFIE,_the report was received. DR. SAYFIE suggested that ~he Department might consider encouraging congregational singing of the services. . .. RAY GEORGE is very much in favor but everything depends on the_abtlny of the parish. FATHER GEORGE COREY said the setting used at the Anno_chtan Village is simple - just needs to be discributed. E:1THER~CHNEIRLA said the more difficult settings should be reserved to a trained choir wtth the congregation taking the simpler pans. RAY GEORGE said t~e Depa_rtment would work in this direction and reminded his hearers that unnl an Edict by Metropoltt~n Antony in the 1950s even the Creed and Our Father were sun~ by the chotr. METROPOLITAN PHILIP noted that choirs should not be abolished but sorr:ie simpler forms could be sung by congregations able to do so. FATHER ASHIE said there is a necessary place for choirs but at some points, for example at the Communion, the congregation could repeat some simple phrases. DR. GE<?RG~ DIBS said that at St. Mark's mission, the congregation sings the enrne Ltturgy. METROPOLITAN PHILIP said he would confer with Ray George on the possibilities. (THE SESSION RECESSED UNTIL 2:00 P.M.) executive board of the DRE of the OCA ended this past December. Coop . with the OCA will_continue only through the OC~C and not _o? a bi-lar::~r~oa~ sis· both cooperanve efforts were ended by the unilateral decision of th OC , . . d . e A My department will concentrate on intro ucmg our new AEOM parishe • services and the curriculum available from the OCEC as well as the suppt to our available from the Archdiocese. The AEOM parishes have been on our me~e_nts 1 a11ng list since the new year and I have alrea d y contacted a number by teleph • SOYO. 1s pnmary • Cooperation wtth to my d epartment an d my ministry one d• . h •• dh ~I would like to make 1t clear tot e vanous reg10n_s~n _t e _annual host pastorsof the regional pamh life conference that my part1e1pat1on 10 those confere . essential not because of the brief three hour workshop I might conducrnceshis • . Ott e lecture I might give, ?ut becaus~ of the contacts I make. ts evident to me after working for the archd1~cese for 01n~tee_ny~ars that one of its strengths is the sense of community maintained by the mst1tut10ns and structures of the archdiocese. srudy,of church history by F~.Jac~ Sparks (AEOM) that carries the student through h seventh century. The h1stoncal aspect of our curriculum is the weake st d 1 he work if published will be a valuable addition. an I JS I . . 3_ I have a two _voume manus~npt on the lives of the saints being studied forreadability studies. ~he author isJohn Youn~ (AEOM) of Goleta, CA. I have blication dates on neither ?f these yet and will await critical evaluation first pU . h . . 4. A music progr~, _putt_mg ymns mto new musical arrangements for guitar andsung?~ two semmanans 1sc~rrently bemg considered for youth groups. The onlycondmon left to complete t~ts program 1sthe produ~tion of an effective study guid~for older church school children. The program will be entitled Music Dynamics. . . 5_ A serie~ of sho~ stones ~or teens, w~ttten by Natalie Ashanin, are now being readby an editor and 1llustrauons are bemg prepared. The Stories will appear in TheWord in a centerfold of different color. As soon as we have five stories com- Dialoguing with the Dept. of Missionary Activity. Officersof NAC SOYO in conference . .. It is through SOYO that I have managed to form a department during the last two years in the persons of the regional SOYO religious education chairpersons. I have initiated an annual meeting, usually in conjunction with a teachers' workshop at the Antiochian Village every Columbus Day weekend. For the past two years we have met to formulate policy, critique my work as department head, and attempt to decentralize as much work and responsibility as possible. The most active regions in terms of workshops and cooperation remain the Western Region, chaired by Joseph Tershay, and the Midwest, chaired jointly by JoAnne Droubie and Bob Snyder. It is unfortunate that it is difficult to get all of the regions to cooperate in sending their chairpeople to the Village for our three day meeting. The transportation is covered by the region and a $2,000 grant from the Order of St. Ignatius is used to cover expenses at the Antiochian Village Conference Center. Each region has become more cooperative during the past two years through regular communication and the annual meeting. Production of materials: During the past two years the department has concentrated on research rather than production. Research takes the form of a great deal of reading by the department chairman, note taking, and the production of articles. Our department still remains the most productive Christian education agency outside of the O.C.E.C., for materials, programs, and popular and scholarly articles for various types of church journals. During the past two years, I focused on family-life and family-centered education. The book on Raising Children in a Christian Home, which was to have been done for this convention, exists in rough draft and should be completed in a year. The first real textbook in education, Foundations in Orthodox Education, produced with the support of His Eminence was to have been published by St. Vladimir's Seminary Press in June, 1986, but is now scheduled forJune, 1987. I have not yet seen the page proofs but hope to have them in my hands before the new school year. For Christmas 1985, the Department published Playing It Up At Christmas which has proved to be the most popular item we have yet produced and certainly, from the mail I have received, the most widely used. It consists of five plays, with all of the details necessary to staging, along with fine artwork for playbill covers. There are a number of projects in mid-stream right now: 1. To replace the now out-of-print colorforms from the O.C.E.C., the Department is producing two cut-and-glue books of: a) the basic structure of an Orthodox Church building and b) the altar and prothesis table and the iconostasis. . These books will be ready by the fall and will enable children to construct their own replicas of these items, much as the colorforms allow them to stick pieces together. Paper construction books are extremely popular and are readily available on a variety of topics from upscale bookstores or educational agencies. .. 2. We are seriously considering a manuscript, now undergoing a readability pleted and illustrated, we will begin publication. They will be available for discussiongroups and teen reading. Study guides will be prepared. 6. A three book pre-school, simple-reader-style series is in preparation now forche use of parents with children. 7. Finally, a text on family life ministry and education is nearing completion andwill contain detailed study sessions on sex education, television in the home, rhe nature of Christian marriage, and Christian baptism. TeacherTraining: The most significant and time consuming aspect of my work isthe most aggressive teacher training program available among Orthodox Christiansin North America. Ours is the only department which maintains a regular offeringof approximately twenty different workshops to parishes both within our archdioceseand among other Orthodox. The workshop themes are made known eachyear in September when the department makes a special "EMPHASIS" mailingdetailing the names and conditions of the workshops. The workshops cover childdevelopment, family life, teaching techniques, and educational philosophy.The director held twenty-one workshops, two of which were delivered to theologicalstudy groups at Holy Cross Theological Seminary and St. Vladimir's TheologicalSeminary. During the past two years regional religious education chairpeopleheld regular teacher training programs on which they make repons to my office.Teacher training remains a primary focus of my attention. No Christian education program can succeed without teachers who know what the faith of the churchis, know what their own faith is, and know how to communicate this to peopleof all ages. Our workshops are designed,, therefore, for parents, teachers, and parish clergy. As I proposed in my last report, a workshop on "Ch:istian Parenting And Discipline" has been added to the departmental repertoire. To expandprofessional resources, the Department of Christian Education is underwritingthrough its educational scholarship. It is currently being used by Fr. MatthewGeorge to work towards a doctorate in education. Each of the seven regional SOYOchairpersons is offered a scholarship to complete the St. Stephen's Course of Study in Orthodox Theology. Objectives for the two years between August, 1987, andJuly, 1989: . I. I will continue to focus on Christian family life and adult educatton m developingmy own pedagogical expertise and workshop offerings. 2. I will prepare people within the archdiocese to conduct workshops and ~m alreadyrequiring regional SOYO religious education people to conduct a srnes ofworkshops in fields in which they feel competent. Midwest and Western _remainthe most active in this category. It is no longer possible with the expanSJOn ofthe definition of my department's responsibility for me to conduct all of the workshopsneeded. We must encourage local talent. 3. I will attempt an annual reacher training conference for the Orthodox Churchesin North America at the Antiochian Village during the Columbus Day weekend.(The O.C.E.C. has dropped out of this area). !t 17) DR. JOHN BOOJAMRA represented the report of the Department of Christian Education: The Department of Christian Education always has a _difficult _tii:nema_ki~g an annual or biennial report at the Archdiocese Conventton. If this ts not in Itself difficult, the job of the department was singular; it is not_-!t covers a number of functions and areas of educational concerns. I have tradmonally reported on my department's work in an outline format, divided among thre~ ~ategories; it is by these three categories that I organize my work and my pnor~ttes, an? which you are able to judge my success or failure. The three categones _admin1stration/coordination, publication, and teacher training have served me mat least organizing otherwise unweildy repons. Administration/Coordination: This includes all of the everyday office work, answering letters, writing letters. There are certain regular features to my department's work which I have maintained for the past nineteen years. They are the department (DCE) Newsletter, regular telephone contacts with parish priests, and searching for new talents and ideas in Christian education from among Orthodox and non-Orthodox sources. For instance, I have focused on Videos and films relating to family life and sex education. The reviews of these items appear in the Newsletter, "Emphasis", or the O.C.E.C. News Service. During the past year I have added the assistance of a secretary to type letters and to make mailings. This is a minimal, literally minimal expenditure, which enables me to conduct department affairs at more nearly the full-time level I attempt to maintain on a part time basis. During the past two years I have made approximately twenty-four different mailings to our parishes for a total of 9,000 pieces of mail to our parishes. They ?Y The Metropolitan hears the report on Clergy Insurance. include Newsletters, "Emphasis", News Releases, and publicity mailings. The department attempts to coordinate the work of our parishes with the archdiocese and to encourage cooperation among those parishes and between them and the Orthodox Christian Education Commission. This is done through regular correspondence, "Emphasis", and four Newsletters a year. The Department of Christian Education Newsletter has proved to be the most long-lived Orthodox educational publication in North America. Department chairman, it does keep in touch with other Christian education in North America. The Orthodox Church in America (OCA), along with our Archdiocese, is the most active participant. The Greek Orthodox DRE remains a marginal member with peripheral cooperation. Although, the head of the "Greek" Department is a fine and certainly overworked man, the likelihood of any increased cooperation in curriculum materials is not great. The Greeks continue to "go it alone" in a manner we neither desire nor can afford. The close cooperation with the OCA through our joint publication of what had been my DCE Newsletter lasted for two years and was one of the only outcomes of the last bilateral meeting between the OCA and the Antiochian Archdiocese. My appointment to the 12 THE WORD/NOVEMBER1987 THEWORD/NOVEMBER1987 Remarks: The re ponsibtltt} for hri cian e ·on nu from the Archdiocese and che Department co ch a.r c clergy must be trained in che ne to u m h • t ~1~ own material , and unco, cc h th ministry to the total pari h community, Orcho h II aspem of the ~hri cian me age, npcur I. liru hi I. sonal. Only th1 multifaceted approa h will en r ic ness of the Church m orth America. Moved byJACKIE KHOURY and e onded br FATHERPA L the report wa accepted. • •c ~1 p I II rullH, IRLA, 18) FATHERGEORGES. COREY presented the report of The Word Magazine: Sine~we last :eponed coyou cwoyear ago, we can on e again av, 11-IEW RD. the o~c1al pu~lica_rionof r~e Archdioce e, h dd d a refre hing dim n ion co Archd1oc~sanli'.e: m reporttng article of our Holy Faith, e.. nr chac ecru II. ~~e on-gom_gm_m1try ?four beloved hierarchy, cru cee . lergy, pari he nd au tltary o_rgan1zar_1on . It I not an altogether e y t k of being che edit rand ac che same_ume se:"m~ as ~asror of a chur h, along with II che ocher re pon ibilitie of bemg a p~1est1~this ev~r-gr?wing Ar hdi e e. Bur I mu c admic, ic i a greac personal s_at1sfarnonto give btrth each month to a ne " hild", in pice of che 1mperfect1ons_of~ur work. I wi h ro chank aidna PHILIP. our hierar hy, members of the Edi tonal Board, and all rho e who wrice, donate, cmi ize, ub ribe a_ndw_hateverelse to make our magazine one of the leading Orchodox publi att0ns m the world. I call ro your attention the followiong points of informac1on: 1. We are happy co welcome a econd publication ro our Ar hd1 e . namdy, AGAIN, a publication of the Antiochian Evangelical Orthodox ii ion. Thi excellent magazine is printed quarterly and contains the very be c Orthodox literature on contemporary issue . You hould all sub cribe co tt 2. I have been invited and have accepted ro erve on the Conciliar Pre of the AEOM of our Archdiocese. It is indeed an honor to erv wirh uch di cinguished people in the field of journalism. 3. Our department still spends the largest segment of the Archdiocese budget. Therefore we encourage you ro make donations ro our publicacion so rhat we can maintain our general excellence. THE WORD is sent free to every family in the Archdiocese. We have agreed co send each parish a pnntout, to be corrected and returned to the Archdiocese by the middle of August, 1987. Please do nor ask us to mail THE WORD free to your local college libraries. clergy associations, etc. If you want these groups ro receive THE WORD, end us a paid ubscription for them as a gift from your local parish. 4. We now have a cover contest in full operation for 1988. If you are talented in that regard, please submit samples of your arc or photography as soon as possible. r .. with delegates from the six regions 5. We will delete and add new names ro our Editorial Board chis year, as we do every rwo years. We will also n_amesome ~ew faces tO _our work team . I cannot conclude this report without special thanks being hown to the Maior Family, Typecraft Press of Pitt ~urgh, PA. for their_excellent work on our_magazine over the past eleven year mce I have ~een editor. Al o I must ment1on_che invaluable help given by our rechn1cal advisor, Mr . Donna Alben, al o of Ptttsburgh. Both have made our work much easier. To ~r . Marietta Vout mas, ~ur subscription manager so to speak, our eternal gramude for doing all subscnptions and paper work. We all work as a team bur I make the mo t not e 1 le ~as been a pleasure to serve you all the e year : I look forward to a more produrnve year. Re pectfull ubmttted, The V. Rev. George . Core Editor 13 �Addendum to THE WORD report: Please be advised of the following: . d 1) Our special thanks to MissJean Sam, a memberof the Archd10ce_seBoar of Trustees, and Seminarian John Dibs, now living in Finland, for their service 0 on the Editorial Board for the past two years. ew appointments for the next CV.: years are Archpriest Peter Gillquist, Khoureeye Claudette B. Hanna and Stephanie ~~~ . Threenewprogramsbeing pon redby the Archdi e)Cat cheCt-m r \\ill be: MarriedCouple '.: eekend OrthodoxBiblical rudies eekend Archdiocese ew Year' Parryand eekend ooal The GreekDiocese and OCA Dioce e of \1 e tern Penn \'lvaniaal o ucilize the Center fourrosix rimiesper yearfortheirDioce an meeri~g , en unter and h 2) We strongly recommend that a photographer ~e h_ired ~or each Ar_c diocesan Convention to cover convention activities. This will relieve the Editor of this responsibility, since he is also a delegate from his parish and has a responsibility to represent them at meetings. _ . 3) All parish news must be kept short and will now be limited to one photograph for each parish article. . 4) We respectfully ask each parish to send THE WORD their monthly Newsletter each week or month. We are in the process of developing a good relationship wit~ ot~er Orthodox periodicals, including an exchange of articles, photos, etc. This will help us to better serve our readership. Moved by ELAINE KHOURY, seconded by SHAMSEH DALACK, the report was received. FATHER MATTHEW GEORGE attributed the great success of the Eastern Region SOYO Conference co the publicity provided by The Word. FATHERAN1DNY GABRIEL found many readers happy at the change of format. 19) NADIA HABIB, President of the North American Board presented the report of the Antiochian Women: Your Eminences, Your Grace, Reverend Fathers, Mr.Saykaly, esteemed Board of Trustees members and friends: Satisfying . . . rewarding . . . enjoyable . . . this and so much more characterizes the past two years for me as president of the North American Board of the Antiochian Women, however all good things must come to an end. It has been a great two years primarily due to the unrelenting support of the members of my board and all regional presidents, without whose devotion and commitment my task would not have been realized. To all of these fine women, I say thank you. Thanks is also due to our two advisors Father Badeen and Father Rahal for their support and assistance throughout these two years. However, the greatest thanks goes to all of the women in all of our churches. When all is said and done, they were the ones who contributed countless hours of hard work in the achievement of our goals for the love of our Church. They were the ones who helped raise the money that enabled us to assist to many needy organizations and charities. And they were the ones who made it all very enjoyable and very satisfying. They proved to all how very important the role of women is in our churches. That is why my biggest thanks goes to them, they have truly earned it. I would also like to tell you how happy we are to have our new sisters-in-Christ, we welcome you heartily and with open arms. To go through a litany of our accomplishments in the past two years would no doubt take several hours. However, we are proud to report that we did again support our married seminarians and that we now have on deposit in our Archdiocese $40,000, the interest of which is drawn from each year and distributed to these fine men. We have also raised funds for our homeland, Lebanon, and this year we have contributed to the west coast episcopate. However, our project for next year will be that of the St. George Orthodox Hospital in Beirut and hopefully we can help alleviate some of their suffering. Suffice it to say that we are very proud of the support and the contributions we have made to various groups. It was not only our mandate to do so, but we did it with pleasure and a great deal of satisfaction. retreats. Orh~r Christian denominations have rented che enter on an av rag of three bookings per month. Two other important Orthodox event 10 1987 ill take place at the Center· Officers ofNAC TEEN SOYO: David Barr (Youth Director), Carrie Sadd, Kimberly Kinan, Justin Sayfie. It would be remiss on my part to leave without expressing my feelings on the future direction of the Antiochian Women, and let me say that the future is brighter than e_verbefore, a~d I say that be_causeI believe that we have an extremely_strong found anon upon wh1Chwe can build. After 14 years of hard work and dedication we have finally earned _the recognition_ ~nd_estee?1 of no_tonly our own people but also of the people 10 the communmes 10 whtch we live. It has been a diffi. cult struggle indeed, at times it seemed like an almost impossible task, but with our faith we were able to persist and we continued to work toward the realization of the goals we had set. It is because of this hard work and this relentless spirit that today we can stand tall and boast of having a very strong organization but our vision for the future is to be even stronger. My challenge to the new Board and to all of the Antiochian Women is not to work harder . . . not to put in more hours . . . not even to make more spinach pies, but to work smarter and to get the recognition that is so richly deserved for the work that you do. I wish you many years of continued success. There has been a great deal of expanded opportunity for fellowship and awareness between the Antiochian Women from other parishes and other regions and I know that this has brought us closer to one another and to Jesus Christ and our Church. Last but not least, to you Saidna PHILIP, I personally thank you for your love, patience and support and I pray that our Lord will grant you many years of good health in His service. With love and humility, Nadia Habib, President, NAB Moved by FATHERJOSEPH RAHAL, seconded by MARY DIBS, the report was accepted. NADIA HABIB presented METROPOLITAN PHILIP with a check of$25,000 toward the new West Coast Chancery. In response METROPOLITAN PHILIP expressed his gratitude and presented the NAB president with the Archdiocesan Certificate of Meritorious Service. The officers of NAB for 1987-88 are: PRESIDENT ISABEL ELAC 1st VICE PRESIDENT GRACE ASWAD 2nd VICE PRESIDENT ELEANOR BOURJAILY TREASURER EMILY MOSES RECORDING SECRETARY GIDRIA ARMISTEAD PUBLIC RELATIONS BEVERLY ZAINE 20) FATHERGEORGE GEHA, Executive Director, presented the report of the Heritage and Learning Center at the Antiochian Village. In the absence of FATHERJOHN NAMIE, Director of the Camping Program, FATHERGEHA presented the Camping Program report as well: Newly elected officersofNAC SOYO:Kathy Abraham(secretary),Ric Shahin (president), Cyndi Horning (treasurer),David Franciosi(VP). 14 Antiochian Village Camp: The Camping Program is now in its 9th summer season. The program began on June 21st with a week of counselor training and preparation of staff that is responsible for conducting seven weeks of summer camping for our children. To date we have the following number of campers per session: Session 1 59 campers Session 2 84 campers Session 3 138 campers Session 4 113 campers Session 5 116 campers Session 6 183 campers Session 7 99 campers THE WORD/NOVEMBER1987 Chairman of Credentials, Fr. Antony Gabriel, declaresa quorum. Our staff consists of 2 5 counselors, 5 counselors-in-training and several volunteerseach session. We will also be running the following extra activities of horsebackriding, white water rafting and a photography program. Two new programs havebeen added to the camp. An astronomy course for the study of the constallarionsand other planets and a nature trail has been developed and will be conducted by guides. Once again Special Olympics will be sponsored by NAC TEEN SOYO and subsidized by the Order of St. Ignatius. This program has proven to be a desirableone as supported by our Church and as a service to our community and the handicapped children of the State of Pennsylvania. The following improvements in the camp have been made since last fall. Two newcabins with a capacity to accommodate 29 people each have been built. Also a 1arge garage for storage and holding vehicles has been erected. We are also grateful once again to the Order of St. Ignatius for granring two scholarships to every parish for one week of camp. To date 31 parishes have participated and 67 children are sponsored by the Order. The Camp continues co grow and on the off-season the cabins and grounds arerented out to interested groups. This being the year of the Icon throughout our Archdiocese, the Ladies of the EasternRegion spearheaded a project to raise funds to build a special shrine at rheentrance to the Outdoor Chapel to house the new icon of St. Thekla which contains a relic from the original miracle-working icon of St. Thekla in Syria. Also this year, during the morning religious program the children are being caughtabout Saint Artemius of Verkola who was a 12 year old boy saint. The noted iconographer Phil Zimmerman is writing the Icon of this Saint which he is donatingco the Village. The children in turn are being asked to collect stones and colored rocks to help build a shrine to house this icon in the Camp. Heritageand LearningCenter: Since being appointed Executive Director in June of 1986, I am pleased to report that the activities and use of the Heritage Center has increased tremendously.The Center's purpose is to serve as a program facility for all East~rn OrthodoxChristian churches and as a center for all Ecumenical and/or Christian encounters. To date, our Archdiocese has utilized the Center for the following: Clergy Symposium NAC-SOYO/AOCWNA Mid-Summer Meeting 20th Anniversary Celebration Banquet for Metropolitan PHILIP Youth Festival Pre-Marriage Encounter Weekends Archdiocese Choir Director's Seminar Saint Thekla Pilgrimage E.O.C.M. Training Clergy Session Eastern Region SOYO Retreats Western Pennsylvania Ladies Retreat Archdiocese Lay Ministries Retreats SOYO Pilgrimage Reunion Ofiesh Wedding and Reception Chammas Wedding and Reception Namie Family Reunion Joseph Family Reunion Archdioce e Steward hip Programs Village Camp Reunion Annual Golf Outing & Tournament Archdiocese Christian Education Meetings THE WORD/NOVEMBER 1987 1. 1987 Symposium - "Where i foralirv Todav?" to be held O rob r 45- 6 • 7, sponsored by the r. ladimir' emin~rv Alumni A iation. 2. "Women and the Church' What are the A~ ·er?" - a erie of cal \\ith Matushka Schmemann co be held arurday, Occober JOch.sponsored by the Orrhodo_xClergy Association of Greater Pitt burgh. Dtrect_oroflnformation ervices: On April I , 19 7 at a pecial meeung at the Archdiocese Headquaner , Merropolnan PHILIP officiallv hired Mr. Paul Garrett tO be the Direcror of Information ervice . Mr Garren'· re pon ibilitie will be Librarian, Computer ystems Operator and Museum Curator. Paul arrett was born September 29, 1948, is married and ha five children. Edu at ion an Diego State University, an Diego, California. B.A. with Honor . 1969 (Ru ,an Major, English Minor), Columbia Univer ity chool of LibraI) ien e., c:wYork, New York, M.L.S. 1975, r. Vladimir's Orthodox Theolog1cal eminary, Cre t· wood, New York, M. Div. Cum Laude, 1975. He has been the Librarian at c Vladimir's since 1972. Paul rook over his new responsibilirie at the Center July 1, 1987. Library: A meeting of the Library Commmee wa held on January JO. 19 . Outlined in the meeting was that the Library would not be a Popular Library bur a Resource Center. To date approximately 26,000.00 have been spent on books and the primary emphasis of the Library i being placed on the penod of the Fourth Century B.C. through the Tenth Century A.O. Recently we were informed that Mr. Alben Joseph and Dr. Arthur Voobus, the world's leading yriaolog1st would like coassist the Heritage Library in acquiring a complete collection in yna Studies. Computer: Mr. Alben Joseph agreed to work with Mr. Paul Garrett in regard to our Museum and has formed an Advisory Committee of spectal1zed people co meet in the fall to begin work on the interior concepts and 1mplemenratton. HeritageMuseum:MissJean Sam has completed her basic research in regard to our Museum and has formed an Advisory Committee of specialized people co meet in the fall to begin work on the interior concepts and 1mplementauon. Projected Projects: 1. New Building: The feasibility of a new building is being srudied. It ts to be erected on the hill directly across from the entrance way of the Heritage and Learning Center. This building will house a larger library and projected museum. The current area of the library would then be convened into a lecture hall with easy access directly into the dining area. 2. Orthodox Retirement Village: Under Section 202 of the U. . Department of Housing and Urban Development, we are filing for Federal funds co build a 60 unit retirement complex at the Antiochian Village co be known as the "Antiochian Village Retirement Villa". This can be accomplished at no cost to the Archdiocese and at the same time provide a service to all Orthodox Christians in North America. 3. Pilgrimages: In order coshow that the Heritage and Learning Center is more Archbishop Michael reads the official letter from His Beatitude, Patriarch IGNATIUS IV of Antioch. 15 �~ Gluttony was introduced to almost 50 participants in New England R . more than 60 in Eastern Region. egion and During che 1985 Archdiocese Convention, we conducted an ENLIVEN 1 Session, to examine perso?al values and underlying motivat!on, for over ~G 60 cicipants, and we have again been asked to conduct one at this year's co ~ r. PM II • . . . nvenuon· on Saturday afc~rnoon_, at 2_:00 , you are a 1~v1ted to paructpate in an E LIVENING Sess10nwh1~hwill focus on the_IDRD S PRAYER. Hopefully, the EN. LIVENING Sessions will also become an integral part of the Archdioc C • ese on vention schedule. • With the completion of the magnificent facilities at the Anciochian v·u Heritage and Learning Center, we co?ducced a "First Annual" ENLIVE~J~~ TO CHRIST WEEKEND RETREAT 111the fall of 1985, with approximat l 4 participants, and a "Se~ond Ann_ual" ENLIVE_NING ~ CHRISTWEEKiN~ RETREAT,during Lent, m the spnng of 1987, with approxunately 50 participants From chis time on, the Ann:1al EN~IVENING 1D q--IRIST WEEKEND RE: TREATwill cakepl~ce each spnn~, durmg Lent, at the Hentage ~d learning Center. It is our mtenuon to use this retreat format for the selecuon and train· f • Coor d.mators, wh ose goa 1·lt w1'lib e to make the ENLIVEN. tngo Regional Enlivenmg 4. A geographi location in onh meri ch c 1l "uh cion policy. Each of the above item aJone r in ishes and cicie from on ideracion. practical. Therefore, we mu r li,e v.it our convention rwo ( 2) yearsprior, we i 1. High room rare c hotel which 2. Very little movement b • hotel o 3. ?t being able comarch a capable _ow1rh our very rringenc requirem rher 10 advance. At chi cime, I have bid (1) for 1993 which fir all of our riceria. in 1989, rhe prospecnve 1991 sire will be r I propo e chacour 1991 ice be awarded b d_ioce~eBoard of Tru ree at chi year' fall meerin s1_c~ will be awarded per past pra uce b · chi r our 19 g1v10gus four (4) year lead time. Thi pracrice would then b on our. In order coas iscparishe wi hing to bi i plac_edan a?equace number (l per pari h . Fr. Paul Schneirla tells what happened this year in ecumenical circles and the Or- thodox world. 15 Stl rhan just a building on top of rhe mountains in Western Pennsylvania, the_Center will be sponsoring pilgrimages to special places of interest. Such places include Syria and Egypt, Yugoslavia and Romania, Greece and the Holy Land,Japan, Europe, ere. 4. Icon Conservatory: The Antiochian Village would be a perfect place to establish in North America the first Icon Conservatory or School of Iconography. This Conservatory would enable us to hold workshops, ~onferences and cl~sses on Iconography and ocher forms of Liturgical Arcs, escab!tsh a Research Insutute for the study, promotion and preservation of old icons. We will also be able to publish journals, specialized books and manuals. Report compiled and submitted by Father John Namie, Director and Father George Geha, Executive Director. Moved by FATHER ELIA SHALHOUB, seconded by FATHER JOHN HAMATIE, the report of the Heritage and I.earning Center was received. Moved by KEN BADEEN, Detroit, and seconded by MRS. ANITA STEVENS, Wichita, the report on the Camping Centerwas received. In the ensuing discussion, THEODORE MACKO UL noted that in the past two years, receipts have exceeded expenditures in the Camping Program.JOHN GANTUS pointed out between 100 and 150 children are sent to the Program on scholarships from the Order of Saint Ignacius. KWEILIN NASSAR pointed out the churches ocher than Orthodox in Western Pennsylvania are impressed by the Camp Program. FATHERJOHN ABDALLAH said chat Father Anthony Hughes has been of exceptional assistance to Father Namie in the camping program. 21) DR. JOHN DALACK, Chairman presented Department of Lay Ministries: the report of the This is the third report of the Department of Lay Ministries to the General Assembly. As you will remember from previous reports, the primary activity of the department is that of providing ENLIVENING TO CHRIST sessions, each year, at each of the Regional SOYO Parish Life Conferences. In addition, Dr. Anthony S. Bashir and I, either singly or as a team, have also conducted workshops and retreats for groups and parishes in our own Archdiocese as well as in ocher jurisdictions. The ENLIVENING sessions and workshops provide an opportunity for selfexaminacion, in a setting of Orthodox Christian Fellowship, and they are designed co help each participant to confront chose underlying attitudes, feelings, values, beliefs, and motivations, which guide and influence our daily behavior. Our goal is to encourage each participant to examine his or her own strengths and weaknesses, and then, to strive for those changes and improvements which will increase and intensify the amount of Christian "LIGHT" which shines through our everyday living and conduce. In 1981, we began a seven-year cycle to examine each of the seven sins. We are delighted to report that the ENLIVENING session for each sin has been prepared and is in use; and it will take us into 1990, before we will have completed our presentation of all seven sessions, in all six of our regions. J?uring 1986, approxim~cely 50 participants in Western Region received the S_e~s1on~n Anger; the Se~s10~on Sloth was conducted for more than 60 part1c1pants10 Southwest Region; 10 Midwest Region, almost 70 participants received the ~ession on Gre~d_;and t~e Session on Luse was introduced to a group of approximately 40 pamopants 10 New England Region and almost 70 in Eastern Region. Unfortunately, a lase minute airline cancellation prevented Dr. Bashir from presenting the Session on Greed in Can-Am Region. . This year, 198?, the Session o?Greed was presented to almost 70 participants 1? ~outhwesc _Reg10nand ~pprox1macely 30 in Can-Am Region; almost 100 part1c1p~ntsreceived the _S~ss1on on Lt:st in Midwe~t Region; in Western Region, approximately 125 pamc1pants received the Sess10n on Sloth; and the Session on 16 • ur 10 • • , • Sacred MusicDirector,RayGeorge,givesa healthydiscussionon the placeof music in ourchurches. /J ~ • Fr.John Badeen reportson clergy insurance and gifts to churches. ING 1D CHRIST experience a more regular and more frequent part of activities at the local level: region, deanery, and parish. You are all encouraged to make your reservations for the Third Annual WEEKEND RETREAT, over the weekend of March 25-27, 1988, at the Heritage and I.earning Center. Now that the series of "Seven Sessions On Sin" has been completed, weplan to publish them in some kind of booklet or workbook form, so that they will be available in large quantities, to facilitate the task of bringing the ENLIVENING program to the local levels. In keeping with the theme of Spiritual Renewal which NAC SOYO has been stressing, we should also like to request of the Department of Conventions and Conference Planning and the Executive Board ofNAC SOYO that, as has been the practice in Midwest Region for several years, either Thursday or Friday evening at each Regional SOYO Parish Life Conference be devoted exclusivelyto the ENLIVENING Session, without the scheduling of any other competing events. In closing, we would like to express our appreciation to Metropolitan PHILIP, for granting us the opportunity to carry out this important work, and to Rev.Fr. George Geha, Executive Director of the Antiochian Village Heritage and I.earning Center, for the extraordinary manner in which he has taken care of all the arrangements and details of our weekend retreats. We would also like to say a special "THANK YOU" to those participants who cheerfully served as group facilitators and to the many many others who cheerfully participated, for it is the PARTICIPANTS who really make up this department and who constitute the Ministry of the Laity. Finally, to Dr. Anthony S. Bashir, the most learned and most dynamic partner anyone could ever hope to have, I wish to say: "THANK YOU, 1DNY!" Moved by FATHERCONSTANTINE NASR, seconded by FATHERGEORGE BEK, the report was received. DR. DALACK asked DR. ANTHONY BASHIR to continue the report. He did so by outlining immediate future plans and presenting the Minutesof the most recent meeting of the Department. A meeting of the Department of lay Ministry was held on July 22, 1987,concurrent with the 38th Meeting of the AOCA in Dearborn, Michigan, Dr. John Dalack, Chair. Those in attendance were: Stephen Kouri Father Christopher Holwey A?by Wackenheim Father Jon Braun Mike Srour A.S. Bashir Ringus Yerrid Philip Vreeland Tom Zain THE WORD/NOVEMBER1987 Dr. Dalack_reviewed the work of the ~epartment across the past two years. The followmg issues were addressed dunng the meeting: 1) Recruitment of group facilitators to assist in directing Enlivening sessions and retreats; 2) Training approaches for developing group facilitators; 3) Development of regional networks of qualified individuals to begin programs at the parish level; 4) Future topics for sessions/retreats. The discussion was useful and a number of helpful ideas were shared. The Department will continue to work with Dr. John Boojamra and Father Theodore Pulcini to develop guidelines for conducting adult education activities. In addition, the Department will work with Father Theodore and the fellowship of St. Philipthe Evangelist in recruiting group facilitations and developing regional networks. Moved by FATHER NASR and seconded by FATHEREBER, the report was received. METROPOLITAN PHILIP expressed his grateful thanks to the Cochairmen for their dedicated work. 22) MR. DAVID SLAMAN, Chairman, presented the report of the Department of Convention Planning: Recently I had a discussion with a prospective hotel's sales manager. During the course of the conversation he stated, "The Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdioceseof North America, you people sure meet a lot." He really hit the nail on the head. Think about it. Each year we hold six (6) Regional Parish Life Conferences, twelve (12) fall and spring regional delegates meetings (attended by SOYO,Teen SOYO and AOCWN A), Board of Trustees and Order of St. Ignatius meetings and let us not forget our Biennial Archdiocese Convention. All of this translates into thousands of room nights booked per year and the resultant food and beverage revenues. In the hotel business room nights and food beverage revenuesgive you "buying clout." \Y/ehave it and we must now begin to capitalize onthis buying tool, that can make our conferences and convention more affordable forour faithful and more profitable for our host parishes, organizations and the Archdiocese. Earlier this week, meetings were held with the six (6) Regional SOYO ConferencePlanning Coordinators to discuss ways to nationally consolidate our "buying clout." Additional topics addressed at this meeting were as follows: 1) Begin work on the development of a model regional parish life conference schedule,which cakes into account regional differences, starting day, etc. Our goal is to eliminate time conflicts between spiritual and social activities, as well as, streamline the schedule to provide some leisure time. . 2) Developed a ten (10) year Regional Parish Life Conference and Archd10ceseConvention schedule to aid in long lead site selections. . Results of these meetings will be forwarded to all parishes in the near fut_u~e. Wtth regards to conference and convention site selections, our current poltoes need to be re-thought. Our regional conference sites should be booked no less than two (2) years in advance with "firm" quoted room rates. Our more acute problem is site selection for our archdiocese conventions. These should be firmed up and committed to, no less than four (4) years in advance. Th~re are a_numberof reasons for this position. Let's take a look at what is needed to help msure a successful archdiocese convention. l. Hotel with sufficient rooms available during our fixed week in July. 2. A capable host parish willing to put forth the effort require?. 3. Proximity to a large drive in population of our Orthodox faithful. THEWORD/NOVEMBER1987 Dr. John Boojamra reports on Christian Education in the Archdi item "H" change "1200" to "750". It is my intention to upgrade chis manual by the 1989 convention. However, due to cost we may ope co just correct the 19 9 edition. Please do not misplace your copy. All in all, my overall plan is to make the Department of Conference and Convention Planning a very active assist activity co all parishes planning a meeting, conference or convention. If you have any questions, I will at this time be happy co answer chem, if not, I remain, Moved by FATHERJOH MORRIS, seconded by FATHERJO EPH A lYPAS, the report was received. The Chairman especially thanked Father Antypas and Jean Sam for their efficient work on rhe present Convention planning and asked chat Father Matthew George be added to the Department. Moved by FATHERJOSEPH OLAS and seconded by CATHERINE BA ET, St. Nicholas, Los Angeles, it was unanimously decided to commend t. Luke's, Garden Grove, choice of the "Anaheim Towers" for the 1989 General Convention. FATHERNICHOLAS DAHDAL advised the Department co correct the Convention Manual which contains several serious errors. MICHAEL COREY, t. George's, Boston, speaking in the name of Teen SOYO expressed disappointment of lack of appropriate youth activities at this Convention and suggested the addition of a representative of Teen SOYO to the Department. In response co a question regarding age for registering at Conventions, METROPOLITA PHILIP explained chat all in attendance muse be registered. 23) FATHERJOHN BADEEN presented the report of the Department of Gifts, Trusts and Legacies: After a lengthy stay of nearly three years in various stages of re-write and compromise, the 1986 Tax Reform Act, finally emerged fro~ the halls of Congre . During that time little could be done from the standp~t~t of long-ran~e _planning for those involved in the various aspects of fund raising. _T~eAct, 10 tts attempt to inject a dose of fairness into the tax system, was co el,mmate_or ha~l curtail tax deductions. What final form these would cake, was a favome nattonal guessing game. That washardly the solid building blocks_forlaunching a department which was co promote the "three E's": educate, enlighten, and encourage charitable giving. Every aspect of financial planning was to be effec~ed:_how ou spend; how you invest; how you save for retirement. In short, organizauons wnh �established departments in place, could merely continue co work based on _th e existing laws and the use of promotional materials already developed and pr!nted, which might be archaic when the new law finally emerged, but were certam_ly usable for the moment. This was not the case for new departments that were m process of developing plans that were yet on c~e drawin~ board_.The work for th?se departments was limited co planning for vanous c~ntmgenoes, and developmg material that would fit into the situations that might emerge. As the reform act cook shape, we began to concencrace_on areas that looked most promising for us, the use of life insuranc~, a_ndthe vanous tyI?esof defer:ed giving. A presentation wasmade on the use oflife insurance~ a ve_hiclefor chancable giving at che Grand Assembly of the Order of _Sc.Ignanu_s'.m Houston, Tu. Some interest wasgenerated following the presentanon. In addmon we have made arrangements for presentations by members of the ins~rance mdustry dunng t~e Archdiocesan Bi-ennial Convention in Dearborn, Mt. A broch~re on t~e topic has been prepared and submitted for approval of the Metrop~ltt~n Philip and for printing and discribucing. Ocher brochure~, _one enmled, .Gift~,That Give Back" on the subject of income producing annumes; another ~nmled M~e That Liability an Asset" on che s~bjecc oft~ advantages .~f donauve cransact1o?s bargain sales of unproducuve properues; another, Have You Made a Will._1 is self explanatory, and a fifth brochure which promotes in general vanous vehicles having incentives for charitable giving. The guessing game is, of course, over. The Tax Re~orm Act of 1986 fi_nally emerged. Whether you like or dislike itemizing deducuons, the opportuntcy_ to use chem is now sharply curtailed. It could have been worse. In face, at one pomt it looked like deductions were doomed. Bue some survived. We are happy to say chat charitable donations was among them. Considering the fate of tax shelters and deductions in general, the charitable gift for itemizers comes out as~ clear "winner". One of the few tools left for minimizing tax liability, the chamable deduction remains largely intact. In fact there are even some favorable mo~i~cacions. As of next year, 1988, the full fair market value of appreciated secun~1~s and real estate will qualify for charitable deductions regardless of whether 1c!s long term or shore term, since the distinction no longer exists. Under the prev!ous law, the built-in gain of shore-term appreciated property was not deducuble. This of course is true through 1987. Yes we have a new tax law, but the tax incentives for charitable giving are still there and the Department has great potential. In May of chis year, I met with His Eminence, Metropolitan Philip and discussed the department, the problems, and the future with him fully. I believe chis Department is coo important for a part-time hie and miss management. I believe it can be a very important vehicle in our archdiocesan and local church fund raising. There are many exciting plans and programs that are ready co be pur into place. I feel that the Department now needs to implement all these plans. The research is over. A new tax ace is in place. Brochures are outlined and should be printed; a public relations program co inform and promote should be launched. In short it needs a full time director to begin the doing, to implement the planning, and of course, make personal contact with potential donors, etc. I believe I have done all chat can be done on a spare-time basis, researching, preparing materials for the various vehicles that can be used and promoted; and laying the groundwork for launching the P.R. campaign. I regret chat I do not have neither the time nor the stamina co do this. I have therefore asked to be relieved of the chairmanship of chis Department. I thank his Eminence for giving me the opportunity to get things started. Regrettably it has taken much longer than we VIIWVlfll OWERSHOTB. FORNIA CHILDREN'SRELIEF FU D SPONSORSHIP CLASSIFICATIO A D COU T BY REGIO JULY, 1987 ANTIOCHIAN ORTHODOXCHURCHORGANIZATIONS - REGIONS cANAM EASTERN MIDWEST EWENGLAND souTHWEST WESTERN LADIES SOYO TEENS 6 10 6 2 3 8 4 10 6 1 1 _5_ 2 12 8 2 3 35 27 27 PARISHES SCHOOLS OTHER ORG. INDI I- DAL 3 4 2 2 _3_ 14 2 2 2 29 50 35 20 DlFF. ORG. 10 _4_5_ 3 I ---2L_ 189 II 321 7 ~~? RobinNicholas presentsthe "FoodforHungryPeople"checkto His Eminence, in excessof $100,000.00. 18 Department of Stewardshipchairmen, Ron Nicola & Dr. GeorgeDibs. first anticipated due to circumstances beyond our control. As you are aware,since we cried co launch the Department in 1983, we have had two comprehensive tax reform acts to contend with, one in 1984 and one in 1986. But I am optimistic about che future and look forward to seeing a working, viable department chat will be a big asset in financing the work of our Holy Church. In closing, I want to thank all of those who have had a part in the department and who have given me so much assistance and encouragement, MikeRosseywho served as co-chairman in the past, Ernie Saykaly, George Nassor, Bob Andrews, Ted Mackoul, Carl Shaheen, and many others who have shown keen interest in the Department. May our Lord grant them abundant grace and His richest blessings. Moved by KATHY ABRAHAM, Grand Rapids and FATHER ALEXANDER ATTY, Louisville, the report was accepted. 24) FATHERGEORGE RADOS and MISS ROBIN NICHOLAS, Chairman and Co-chair respectively, presented the Reports of the Department of Charities: FATHERRADOS: Since our last meeting together two years ago in the historic city of Boston, our Church in North America has been experiencing a great renaissance. With the reception of our Evangelical brethren, renewal has certainly been forthcoming and outgoing, and Antioch continues to maintain its long and valued tradition of outreach. Not only have we been known as the "first Church to the Gentiles", but Sc. Luke, the author of the Acts of the Apostles, tells us shortly after he mentions "the disciples were called Christians first at Antioch" (11:26), that "the disciples each according to his ability, decided to provide help for the brothers living in Judea" (11:29). It does not seem surprising, therefore, that another Antiochene, St. John Chrysostom, should write: "Charity is indeed a great thing and a gift of God, and when it is rightly ordered, likens us to God Himself, as far as possible, for it is charity which makes the man", (TRUE ALMSGIVING ). If charity can "make a man", how much more can it make "the church the Church"? I am proud to report to this Archdiocese today that our "Children's Relief Fund" is budding, blossoming, and bringing relief to the suffering hundreds of innocent children. Since our inception, we have helped over 400 children through our sponsorship program, we found loving homes for 5 orphans, and we financed the chemotherapy treatments for 2 children inflicted with cancers. . Unfortunately, not every parish of this Archdiocese is involved with the "Children's ReliefFund". At this point in time, only 56 out of 147 parishes are participating in some way. 43 of these are involved through their various church organizations, while only 13 are exclusive sponsors. . fur the past two Advent seasons, we initiated a Christmas Seal campaign that has proven to be most successful and has provided us with the means to expand our administration and our aid. Thank God, we are now self-sustaining and no longer dependent on the Archdiocese treasury. To you, the faithful of chis Archdiocese, do we owe our thanks and our gratitude. Needless to say, however, that our tears bring little moisture to the desert a~d until chat desert turns green, all the more is expected of us. We must not be discouraged by the magnitude of what remains undone, for any journey always beings with a first step. Just as God expects us to close the chasm between His creation and His Glory, so must we move forward and into His love which is also called charity. THE WORD/NOVEMBER1987 Moved by ESTHER SYMBOL, Terre Haute, seconded by FATHERBASILESSEY,che report was received. In response to a question from METROPOLITAN PHILIP,FATHERRADOS reported that the Department had spent approximateiy $?0,000 in che last t:v,royears and noted chat it requires $300 a year co sponsor a child. In honor of his wife, DEACON PHILIP ABRAHAM, Las Vegas, pledged aone-time gift of $500. ELSIE and GEORGE NASSOR asked cosponsor anotherchild. RALPH ABERCIA adopted another child. HANAH SHALHOUB and his wife sponsored a child. 25) ROBIN LYNN NICHOLAS presented the report of the Food for Hungry People campaign: NAC SOYO has been raising funds to feed hungry people for 13 years. Since 1975we have collected over $600,000.00!!! Food for Hungry People Packets were sent to every family in our Archdiocese. The packets included the following: A. FFHP Brochure B. Collection Envelope C. FFHP Bookmark The brochure included the following: A. Message from Sayidna B. History of FFHP program C. Statistics since 1975 D. World Map of our recipients E. Thank yous from recipients F. "A Gift from rhe Hean" The Collection Boxes were sent directly to the Parishes. Expenses: Mailing Labels 127.89 Pictures 482.29 20000 Bookmarks 465.94 20000 FFHP Brochures 5,090.70 Postage - Bulk Mail 1,340.00 20000 Mailing Envelopes 768.93 20000 Return Envelopes 516.00 20000 Collection Boxe 4,200.00 Packaging and hipping 832.32 1,232.70 Addressing Company t5 9. 65 29 26 6 6 2 _Yeryspecial thanks co our Regional Coordinaror • amia akkab ( n-Am), Ela1_neKhoury (Ea tern), Elaine Orefice ( ew England), Renee Eli ( iidwe c), Lucille Barkett (Southwest) and Louise Habeeb (We tern). On October 16, 1986 we participaced in our ch orld d Day- Canned Food Drive. 45 Pari hes responded, they collected and di uibuced over 0,0 lbs. of food within their own communitie . To dace this year's FFHP campaign has collected 100,000.00 I am continually amazed by the generosiry of rhe people in our Archd1oce e. Wepray od's blessings be upon them always, and may they continue to care for then edy of the world. CAN AMREGION FOODFORHU GRYPEOPLE 1985 1986 NEW YORK St. George - Albany St. Michael - Geneva St. George - Niagara Falls St. Elias - Syracuse St. George - South Glen Falls St. George - Utica Chapel of Archangel Gabriel South Glens Falls ONTARIO Holy Transfiguration Mission London St. Elijah - Ottawa St. George - Toronto QUEBEC St. Nicholas - Montreal St. George - Montreal SOYO Of Montreal NOVA SCOTIA St. Anthony - Halifax Total 415.50 1,005.00 1,332.92 1,710.00 225.00 50.00 50.00 2,953.35c l,048.03c 19 950.00 1,010.00 1,000.00 1,250.00 457.00 50.00 50.00 350.00 1,005.00 500 00 750.00 260.00 40.00 50.00 10.00 94.11 l,489.50c 2,037.20c 555.50c 1,493.lOc 3,894.50c 3,325.00c 6,273.50c 661.00c 350.00c 400.00c 9,800.80 14,091.30 13,203.71 EASTERNREGION CONNECTICUT St. Nicholas - Bridgeport St. George - Danbury 420.00 378.00 640.00 425.00 355.00 365.00 15,055.77 VPRicShahin reportson the activities of NAC SOYO. THE WORD/NOVEMBER1987 Kimberly Kinan gives a comprehen ive report of youth affairs. 19 �- - -•• • -■ '-'IIUIU\.111 3 ·30, 1989URCH e ANAHEIMHILTONle rHODOX CH ANAHEIM, CAI Dept. of Finance Chairmen, Theodore Mackoul, gives a financial account of the Archdiocese. EASTERNREGION(cont.) DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA St. George - Washington, DC FIDRIDA St. George Cathedral Coral Gables St. Philip - Davie St. George - Jacksonville St. Peter - Miami St. Andrew - Eustis St. George - Orlando St. Mary - West Palm Beach St. Basil Mission - Silver Spring St. Lazarus - Miami Our Lady of Regla - Miami St. Nicholas Mission St. Petersburg GEORGIA St. Elias - Atlanta St. Stephen - Atlanta MARYLAND Nativity of the Theocokos Baltimore Sts. Peter & Paul - Bethesda NEW JERSEY St. Anthony - Bergenfield St. George - Little Falls St. Stephen the Procomartyr S. Plainfield NEW YORK St. Mary - Brooklyn St. Nicholas Cathedral Brooklyn Church of the Virgin Mary Yonkers St. John the Baptist - Uniondale PENNSYLVANIA St. George - Allentown St. George - Altoona St. George - Bridgeville St. Ellien - Brownsville St. Anthony - Butler St. Michael - Greensburg St. Mary - Johnstown St. Michael - Monessen St. Elias - New Castle St. George - New Kensington St. George - Upper Darby St. George - Pimburgh St. Mary - Wilkes Barre Lehigh Valley Mission - Emmanus total 1985 1986 1987 1,035.00 750.00 1,035.00 558.00 31.00 2,000.00 417.00 150.00 292.00 302.00 193.70 475.57 100.00 545.97 305.00 15.00 355.75 192.77 126.00 460.98 81.00 915.74 312.00 114.00 522.69 100.00 400.00 21.75 10.00 978.14 83.39 47.75 754.08 1,000.00 685.00 1,600.00 1,210.00 617.78 1,360.00 510.95 444.56 1,120.00 1,261.74 460.00 470.00 1,714.51 508.40 1,020.00 301.00 1,035.00 140.00 210.00 389.74 180.00 1,623.00 175.50 678.00 445.00 1,265.00 180.19 2,499.68 1,000.00 630.02 1,943.86 4,265.27 524.72 27,231.34 ILLINOIS St. George Cicero St. George - Spring Valley INDIANA St. John Chrysostom - Ft. Wayne St. George - Indianapolis St. George - Terre Haute IOWA St. George - Cedar Rapids St. Thomas - Sioux City KENTUCKY St. Andrew Mission - Lexington St. Michael - Louisville MICHIGAN St. Mary - Berkley Incarnation Church - Detroit St. George - Detroit St. George - Flint St. George - Grand Rapids St. Nicholas - Grand Rapids St. Mary - Iron Mountain St. Mary - Livonia St. Simon - Ironwood MINNESOTA St. Mary - St. Paul St. George - West St. Paul NEBRASKA St. George - Kearney St. Mary - Omaha OHIO St. George - Akron Holy Cross Mission - Athens Holy Cross - Canton St. George - Canton St. George - Cleveland St. George Cathedral - Toledo St. Elias - Sylvania St. Mark - Youngstown TENNESSEE Church of the Holy Trinity Nashville WEST VIRGINIA St. Nicholas - Beckley St. George - Charleston Holy Spirit - Huntington WISCONSIN St. Elias - La Crosse ONTARIO St. Ignatius of Antioch - Windsor MANITDBA St. Mary - Winnipeg MIDWEST TEEN SOYO total 573.00 274.00 1,479.10 10.00 637.60 735.00 1,020.00 230.25 2,143.67 1,025.00 350.55 1,644.83 4,412.22 529.28 24,346.65 326.14 25.00 1,800.00 83.00 691.00 1,166.00 1,128.00 169.26 2,060.17 1,000.00 279.85 1,256.10 2,000.00 40.00 23,394.23 303.12 352.75 100.00 418.73 428.66 1,314.98 975.91 402.81 1,550.16 547.30 210.70 388.94 82.86 1,931.00 5.00 105.00 2,162.37 500.00 800.00 635.10 152.92 260.00 360.00 267. 70 129.41 1,700.00 67.00 680.00 1,271.71 314.oo 382.06 I,566.oo 596.oo 290.64 29.93 l.300.00 120.00 187.50 35.00 2,010.00 130.20 541.00 20.00 2,120.00 72.25 235.00 135.00 180.34 127.15 260.00 167.00 30.25 275.00 85.00 100.00 525.00 300.00 435.00 722.50 2,005.00 809.14 285.00 300.00 1,106.80 1,035.00 856.29 557.12 353.12 489.30 39.08 415.00 482.68 2,548.00 1,557.00 443. 71 697.30 500.00 750.00 304.00 847.44 287.18 225.00 1,544.00 275.00 305.35 39.50 225.00 1,137.50 250.00 50.00 162.08c 12.00 19,511.61 17,893.83 14,884.11 MASSACHUSETTS Sr. George - Boston Sr.John of Damasc~s Sc.Mary - Cambndge Sc. George - Lawrence Sc. George - Lowell Sc.George - Norwood Sr. George Cathedral - Dedham Worcester RHODE ISLAND Sr. Mary - Pawtucket coral soUTHWEST REGION KANSAS Sc. George - Wichita Sc. Mary - Wichita LOUISIANA .. St. Basil - Metame Eastern Orthodox Mission Sulphur MISSISSIPPI Sc. George - Vicksburg St. Peter - Jackson 2,250.00 1,772.15 1,045.38 1,112.74 765.00 1,695.00 2,633.43 681.11 280.00 2,663.37 1,275.00 3,025.99 1,705.00 2.552.50 903.50 275.00 2,400.39 1,740.00 3,350.00 6,945.27 1,160.00 13,413.90 812.09 13,738.48 1,411.41 670.00 1,670.00 600.00 388.00 1,602.00 402.00 146.04 149.92 1,070.00 163.94 1,000.00 1,060.00 250.00 OKLAHOMA 496.50 Sc. Elijah - Oklahoma City 180.00 Sc. Antony - Tulsa TENNESSEE St. John - Memphis TEXAS 586.39 Sc. Elias - Austin 750.00 St. Michael - Beaumont 261.90 Sts. Constantine & Helen - Dallas 1,420.00 St. George - El Paso 2,260.00 St. George - Houston 320.70 St. Anthony Mission - Houston 95.06 SOUTHWEST SOYO 10,000.00 total 801.00 102.00 1,127.15 268.98 200.00 4,000.00 100.00 754.00 1,740.00 326.00 2,800.00 129.56 693.00 1,150.00 522.70 11,502.92 10,165.33 9,505.00 11,461.00 10,785.50 2,757.46 988.50 2,912.15 35.00 2,830.00 325.00 709.00 1,117.00 472.00 2,200.00 387.75 271.95 622.50 1,777.00 135.00 945.24 395.60 296.35 520.00 968.00 136.60 207.16 200.00 25.00 WESTERN REGION CALIFORNIA St. Nicholas Cathedral Los Angeles St. Luke - Garden Grove Church of the Redeemer Los Altos St. John the Evangelist - Orinda Sc. George - San Diego Sc. Nicholas - San Francisco St. Michael - Van Nuys Sc. Michael - Downey Virgin Mary - Sacramento Sc. Barnabas - Huntington Beach St. Matthew Mission - Lomita St. Mark Mission - Irvine Camp St. Nicholas - Frazier Park 515.35 625.73 252.38 200.81 86.79 310.00 ~!u~~!dox Mdiocese Conventien le ~89 150.00 EWENGLANDREGION MIDWESTREGION • • ~N·ArcH·eh,· KILTONTOWERS HOli\. ANAHEIM. CALIFORNIA It's time to vote! 3.00 Eastern Orthodox Mission 25.00 San Jose 1,2 1.59 Ss. Peter & Paul - Ben Lomond ARIZONA 1,965.2 2, 86.20 1,908.67 St. George - Phoenix 1,31 .9 117.76 Holy Resurrection - Tucson EVADA 2,216.33 750 00 1,300.00 St. Michael - Las Vegas r2 St. James - Reno OREGO 789.00 525. 5 St. George - Portland WASHINGTO 400.00 90.00 265.00 St. Michael - Seattle 150 00 Holy Cross - Yakima ALBERTA 400.87c St. Philip - Edmonton BRITISH COLUMBIA 25.00 St. Elias - Vancouver ALASKA 1,011.50 St. John Cathedral - Anchorage SASKATCHEWA 307.62 St. Andrew - Borden WESTER REGIO SOYO 40.00 25,444.81 total 23,680.84 23,866.00 2,914 00 Individual contributions 3,440.12 2,635.56 Individual contributions Canadian 150.00c yearly totals 100,609.98 107,900.16 103, 44.6 Moved by FATHERMICHAEL ABDELEHAD, seconded by RACHEL BLALR, the report was received. FATHERGORDO WALKER said these offering fi r the poor couch more hearcs than anything we do and asked whether the program could not be better publicized. METROPO LITA P!-1_1LI~ expre ed ~•. deepe t gracicude co ROB! JCHOLA aying chat no arnv1ty 1 more hnsc1an than helping the poor. THE GE ERAL A EMBLY RECE EDU TIL 10 O'Cl.D K THE FOLIDWI G MOR I G JULY 24, 1987 METROPO LITA PHILIP called the General A embly to order at 10 30 A i 26) GEORGE NASOOR, Chairman, presented the report of the Order of Saint Ignatius: Chancellor Trustee George Elias and Trustee Dr. Alan Matook share a report on legal matters. M" • ·11 ttempt Father Jon Braun explains what the new Dept. of Campus intStrywi a to do for young people. Jam pleased co report co you on the occasio~ o! the 3 th Archd1oce an onvencion,July !9th-26th, 1987 in De_arbom, M1ch1gan, t~at the Order of t Ignacius of Antioch continues co grow m physical numbers, 1n p1rnual amv1ty a~d in financial support of our Antiochian Orchod?x C~rtSttan Archd1 ese. The mt sion of che Order in chi , its eleventh year remains simply tO supp~rt and uengt~en our Archdiocese through the member hip's Lifetime Comm1tment of ph • 1cal, financial and spiritual uppo~c. Membership in the Order conun~e to grow _asour Anuoch1an Orthodox people learn more about the Order and tts beneficr~I effects upon the.,work and development of our Archdiocese. Our member hrp on 5/1/ 6 was 5 3, on 5/1/ 21 20 THE WORD/NOVEMBER1987 THEWORD/NOVEMBER1987 �Convention Coordinator David Slaman accepts bids for future gatherings. it was 655, as of 7 / l 7 /87 it was 679 and before this convention concludes it will be over 700 members. From inception through 1/31/87, the Order has provided $2,134.105 of financial upporr for charities and projecrs of our Archdiocese. During the Fiscal Year Ending 1/31/87, $353,190 was contributed. An additional $374,000 is budgeted for contribution to the Archdiocese during the current Year Ending 1131/88. These funds are generated solely from membership dues. A complete financial overview of the Order can be found in the current Archdiocese Financial Report on pages 27 and 28. The Order continues to provide more than 2 5 % of the total budget of the Archdiocese. We are stressing the spiritual enrichment of our membership through the reading of the Word Magazine, the Again Magazine, the Witness Magazine, the spiritual books the Order is mailing annually to the membership, the spiritual writings of Saint Ignatius, and of course the Bible. It is our firm commitment to continue to be an essential component of our beloved Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese as we enter, together, the "Era of Mission and Evangelism" for Antiochian Orthodoxy in North America. He added that more than 800 members had been added in eleven years. The goal is 1,000 members. The new officers are ADEEB SAAD, Chairman, RALPH ABERCIA, First Vice Chairman, DR. RAYMOND D. RISHWAIN, Second Vice Chairman, RAYMOND SABBAG, Treasurer, PETER DACALES, Assistant Treasurer, ELIZABETH BEAUCHAMP, Secretary. Moved by FATHERMALATIUSHUSSNEY, seconded by GLADYS LAHAM, the report was received. METROPOLITAN PHILIP thanked George Nassor as a positive, humble man, leading the Order from glory to glory (standing ovation and singing of "Many Years.") At the same time, he expressed his thanks and sincere prayers to the incoming Chairman, Adeeb Saad. 27) RON NICOLA and GEORGE DIBS, Chairmen, presented the report of the Department of Stewardship: Background Information: The Department of Stewardship has been active since 1976 promoting improvement of parish programs. From 1978 until 1985 the emphasis of the department co-chairmen was on developing workshop presentations for parish councils, training workshop coordinators in all areas of the United States and Canada, putting on workshop presentations in parishes and regional - JIik A_ntiochian~o'!1en (AOCWNA) president, Nadia Habib, is presented the Archdiocese Menconous Award. Parish Life Conferences, and publishing articles in The Word magaz· R tatives of more than 80 pans• h es h ave we Icome d the chairmen and me. r . epresen. . e~oo~ coor. dinators to meetmgs and works h ops. Report of 1986 and 1987 Activities: Since the last Archdiocese C . • 10 • a number of ways. onvent10n, the Stewardship• Department h as b een active_ First, the Department undertook the ambmous task, with support f h of Sr. Igna ti us'. of offering worksh ~ps for_parish Ieade rs fr?m each par is~\~~;der cept was that if a lay leader or pansh pnest could be tramed within h _on. the entire parish could be affected by stewardship programs. The firsetac hPartsh, • h.ian v·11 • · Center M sue shop was held at the Ant10c i age H emage Learnmg h work• • • environment, • 16 representatives · from parisharc .27-30, 1986. In this• impressive ing two delegates from the Orthodox Church of America, worked d.e_s,tnclud. 11 1 • b ac k mt • h elf• Ioca I panshes. • develop plans to implement The results w tgent Yto . h h . . ere cooper• ation and practical approac es among t e pamcipants. Second, an invitation has been sent to every parish priest in the Ar hd· to send delegates to a second workshop in the Antiochian Village Herit~ge ~~;~e ing Center from August 13 through 16, 1987. If there are enough pan· · • that conference will be held. tCipants, Third workshops have been conducted in individual parishes and at p . h . ' . ans Life Con~er~n_cesdurmg the last year. The Department of co-~hairmen havenoticed~ dim101shed_number of requ~sts for such wor_kshops a~ mdividual parish. es which could 10d1cate ~hat the panshes ha~e suffioently tramed leaders and ex. perience to develop thelf own programs without outside assistance. Fourth, the stewardship brochure has been prepared by the Deparrm f Stewardship and it outlines and programs the services of the Department. i~r~ reverse of this report is a copy of some of the material in the brochure. t e A) Still committed to their potential value. B) Exploring new ways to generate invitations. 5) Currently involved in a review and analysis of our efforts. New or revical·zed efforrs will be announced as they are developed. 1 Moved by CAREEM JOSEPH, Toledo, seconded by FATHER ]EHAD MICHAEL,the report was received. 28) DAVID G. BARR, Director, presented the report of the Depart- ,nent of Youth: . . Working with the youth of_rhis Archd10cese is a tremendous experience for anyonewho has been mvolved 10 SOYO and T~en SOYO. Our youth contribute an enormous wealth of manpower and com~1tmem to the life of our Church. Without our youth movement, many of the vnal programs that are 50 dear to the lifeof our people (Food for H1:1ngry~eople, the Pennsylvania Special Olympics portsCamp, the vanous Creative Fes~ivalscelebrated at the Regional SOYO Parish LifeConferences, etc.) would not exist. In many ways, our youth are the inspiring force among the l~ity of our Archdiocese. You will find detailed accounts about the activities of the Youth Movement within the reports ofNAC SOYO and NAC Teen SOYO. The following is a summaryof what the Department of Yout~ has done these past two years. Young Adult Contact Program: This past year, the Department of Youth was not as directly involved in the Young Adult Contact Program. Rather than have Several of the clergy listen intently to the Metropolitan's message. Fifth, the Department has submitted articles for The Word magazine forfuture editions. Sixth, the Department has had the opportunity to meet with priests of the Archdiocese during the 1986 Clergy Symposium to present the opportunities available to local parishes through the Department and seek ways from priests of how it could be improved. Future Directions: The Department will continue to offer workshops to any parish in the Archdiocese which desires them at individual parishes or in groups of parishes in the same area. Articles for The Word magazine will be provided in the future as well. Training opportunities will be made available to any persons in the Archdiocese who wish to become stewardship coordinators. The chairmen believe that there is great value in beginning to emphasize making contributions of time, talent, and resources in the parishes of the Archdiocese. There is a great need to continue efforts to teach and model sacrificial giving, tithing, and the use of many talents of the people of the Archdiocese. In this regard, we have a great need to learn from the Evangelical Orthodox Mission Parishes. The chairmen wish to thank Metropolitan Philip, clergy and lay leaders of this Archdiocese and especially the financial support of the Order of St. Ignatius. I) As a result of Wednesdays department meeting, we were reminded of the need to develop materials and programs designed to help parishes improve the involvement of their members in the life of the church. This will be a major fo. cus for this department. 2) Still Committed to: A) Parish level workshops. B) Workshops at Antiochian Village C) Developing written material . 3) The August 13-16 workshop postponed. Will be rescheduled. Must reg· 1ster 111advance. 4) Brochure highlights available workshops. Theyoungest "delegate" to the General Assembly, Matthew Ellias of Toledo, Ohio. rhe parishes submit the names of their college students and recent high school graduates to the department, the names were submitted directly to the regional coordinators. This worked well in getting the students on the Word magazine mailing list sooner. The main problem involved in this progr~m is the fa~t t~at many parishes fail to submit the names of their students. This program 1svital to the development of campus work and ministering to our collegi~te stud~nts, and thus this coming year, the Department of Youth will computenze the l1s~of names submitted for the Young Adult Contact Program, being able to prov1d_e parishes near campuses with names of our youth attending these schools. This willalso help us in the development of an on-campus ministry to Orthodox students in the months ahead. Creative Arts Festivals: Topics for the Creative Arts Festivalsar_esent from the department to every parish at the beginning of the school year. TopICsfor the 198788 Festivals should be sent to every parish by September 1, 1987. LOOKING AHEAD: The quarterly publication of the Department ofYou~h, WOKING AHEAD, offers ideas and suggestions for programs that enab!e a parish to develop and maintain a parochial youth program. This p~st_year,ar:icles dealt with developing summer programs, creating a youth counol 10 a pamh, as_w~II asdeveloping an organized approach to discovering what need_s~obe done_withm a youth group. In addition, ~ calenda_r of imp~rr_ant events is mcluded 10 issueas well as other types of 10format1on pertammg to SOYO and Teen SO • Freesubscriptions are offered to WOKING AHEAD, and currently, approXlffiately650 copies are sent out at each mailing. This past year has also seen the news- e.:i 22 THE WORD/NOVEMBER1987 letter rake on a more profe ional t) pe of pnnted fi rm t wich the u e o I r jet printer for "typesetting" and off er printing rather chan mimeograph. WOKING AHEAD is also em out u ing bulk mail to keep po t ge co r d wn. Pennsylvania Special Olympics por Camp: The rh Annual Penn ·I nia Spores Camp i being pon ored rhi ummer by AC Teen OYO ac ch Antiochian Village, August 16-22. The popularity of this event has grown igni 1cantly both within the Penn ylvania pecial Olympi (PA 0) organization and among our youth. We constantly have more athlete and oache appl)· for rhi camp than we are able to accept. During th1 past year, the Youth Due r rand NAC Teen SOYO Spiritual Advisor and Pre idem have met wnh che PA O officials to develop ways of improving interaction among the two organizauons chat make this camp a possibility. We are attempting to get our ·ourh more involv d with the handicapped athletes that attend the pore Camp. New Address of the Department: On December 1, 1986. the Department of Youth moved from the Anriochian Village Heritage and l..ear01ngCenter 10 We tern Pennsylvania to Los Angeles, California. The new address and phone number of the department is: Department of Youth Antiochian Archdiocese 454 South Lorraine Boulevard Los Angele , California 90020 (213) 934-3131 Inter-Orthodox Youth Affair : In the pring of 1986, with the bles 10g of Metropolitan PHILIP, David Barr, Robert M. Laham, and Father George Corey (and later Father Matthew George) were appointed to the Task Forceon Youth and Campus Ministry of the Orthodox Church in America. This Task Force has examined the problem of the decline in youth within the OCA and has looked at several causes of such. Members of the committee from the Anrioch1an Archdiocese have offered a great deal to the Task Force,especially in the area of organization and structure. At the present, the OCA is in the process of developing a Youth Department structured similarly to this department. In addition, the OCA is preparing to increase efforrs to reach out and minister to the needs of their youth and perhaps adopt a structure very similar to our own youth movement. They are THEWORD/NOVEMBER1987 Nikolas Gvosdev is presented with the Chri_to~her Elias Memorial Scholarship from Mr. & Mrs. George Elia & Son of M1am1. 23 �in the process of accepting applications for the position of Youth Director and will hopefully have something started by the Fall. . The Director of the Department of Youth has met on se~eral occ_aswnsover the past rwo years with the Youth Direccor of the Greek Archd1o~ese.L1m1tedcontact i maintained between these two offices in order to keep informed of each ocher's programs and promote interaction wherever possible. . As reported to the 1985 General Assembly in Boston, AC SOYO has wnhdrawn from the membership of CEOYLA (Council of Eastern Orthodox Youth Leaders of America). To date, we have received no official reply from this organization concerning our action. . . AC OYO remains very active in SY DESMOS, the mternanonal Orthodox Youth movement. This past summer, Ric Shahin, Vice President of NAC OYO was elected to serve on the executive committee of SYNDESMOS at the general a sembly in England. Regional Conferences and Meetings: The Youth Director attended the 1986 OYO Parish Life Conferences in Can-Am, Midwest, New England, Southwest, and Western Regions and che 1987 Conferences in Eastern, Midwest, Southwest, and Western. In addition to these, the Youth Director anended numerous regional fall and spring delegates meetings in an effort to maintain close contact with regional SOYO and Teen SOYO. . . ParishVisitations:In conjunction with traveling to reg10nal meettngs, the Youth Director has visited over fifty-five of the parishes of the Archdiocese in the past rwo years. To date, approximately 60% of the 150 parishes of the Arch~iocese have been visited by the Youth Director over the past three years. Such v1s1tsare quite worthwhile in assessing needs within the various parishes of the Archdiocese. Firstplacewinnerin the ArchdiocesanOratoricalFestivalis MissJulie Anne Dakdouk fromSt. GeorgeChurchin Cleveland,Ohio (MidwestRegion).Metropolitan PHILIPpresented her with a personalcheck towardcollege expenses. In the late winter of 1986, the Youth Director and the Right ReverendJohn Namie, Director of the Antiochian Village, traveled throughout the parishes in the southeast part of the country (Georgia and Florida), assessing the potential of developing a Southeast Region within the Archdiocese. Although more work needs to be done in preparation for such, the recent growth in this part of the Archdiocese may soon warrant an additional region. Retreats, Workshops, and Seminars: The Director of the Department of Youth is available to conduct retreats, workshops, and seminars on a number of subjects for SOYO and Teen SOYO members as well as for parents and other parish organizations. In the past two years, retreats have been conducted in the following parishes: St. Mary Church, Brooklyn, NY; St. Anthony the Great Mission, Houston, TX; Sc. George Church, Orlando, FL; St. George Church, New Kensington, PA; St. George Church, El Paso, TX; Church of the Redeemer, Los Altos Hills, CA; Sc. Thomas Church, Sioux City, IA; Western Region SOYO/Teen SOYO, Camp St. Nicholas, CA. In addition to these retreats, chanters workshops were conducted at St. George Church, Phoenix, AZ and St. John the Evangelist Cathedral, Eagle River, AK. Youth ministry seminars were conducted at all Parish Life Conferences attended and at the 1986 Clergy Symposium. Outreachto Mexicoand LatinAmerica:The Department of Youth has been actively involved with the Antiochian Patriarchate Diocese of Mexico and Central America to cre~te better c?mmunication and --:ooperation between the youth of the_North Amencan Archdiocese and the Antiochian Orthodox youth of Latin Amenca. In August, 1985, Father Timothy and Louise Ferguson and Youth Direc- Participantsfrom the six regions of SOYO who were contestants in the Archdi. ocesan OratoricalFestival. tor David Barr attended the 1st Latin American ~ntiochian Orthodox Conven. tion held in Caracas, Venezuela. As a result of this convention, increased communications de~eloped ber:veen the youth of the vari?us dioceses in Latin America and this Archdiocese. A duect outgrowth of the mp was the 1st Pan American Orthodox Youth Festival sponsored by NAC Teen SOYO at the Antiochian Village Heritage and Learning Center,July 28-August 3, 1986 (see below). In lace October, 1986, the same delegation (Father Timothy and Louise Ferguson and David Barr) visited the Cathedral of St. George in Mexico City, Mexico at their invitation. The delegation met with the various parochial organizations_ the youth QOM), the men's society, the women's society, and the parish council_ as well as with Bishop ANTONIO of Mexico to work on ways of working together. The trip was quite successful inasmuch as many good contacts were made, and the various organizations seemed to have a better idea of establishing and maintaining programs. Eight of the leaders of the various parochial organizations from St. George Cathedral in Mexico City accompanied Bishop ANTONIO to Houston, Texas in June for the Southwest Region SOYO Parish Life Conference. There they met with Metropolitan PHILIP and attended the various meetings and events of the conference. Although the 2nd Latin American Antiochian Orthodox Convention scheduled to be held in early August in Brazil has been cancelled, the Mexican diocese hopes to host a mini-youth convention the last weekend of October, 1987. They have already invited a delegation from North America co attend this convention, and have promised to send information concerning chis within the next few weeks. There is a great amount of potential in the Diocese of Mexico and Central America among the youth and the other organizations a potential that needs the help and encouragement of North America to be realized. 1stPanAmericanOrthodoxYouth Festival:From July 28 through August 3, 1986, over seventy-five Orthodox youth between the ages of 16 and 30 from throughout the Americas and the Middle East gathered at the Antiochian Village Heritage and Learning Center to participate in the 1st Pan American Orthodox Youth Festival, a week long event sponsored by NAC Teen SOYO. Young people came from Brazil, Chile, Mexico, Lebanon, the Dominican Republic, the United States and Canada to spend a week "Growing Together" spiritually and socially. There were also three participants from the Orthodox Church in America attending the week's events. The participants of the Festival worshipped together at daily services, learned about the Orthodox faith in various seminars and workshops, enjoyed each other's company in social gatherings, and sped down the Youghiogheny River in rubber rafts. Everyone had a tremendous time. The 2nd Pan American Orthodox Youth Festival is presently being planned to be held at the Heritage and Learn- Trustee Vice Chairman Ernest Saykalyaddressesthe GrandBanquet . I 1 ingCenter the_week of July 25-31, 1988. T~e expected cost P(? pers?n is $225. Moreinformat10n should be o~t _cothe par_ishesof the Archd10cese m the Fall. ParochialYouth WorkerTra1rung:A maior part of the Department of Youth's future programming centers around youth ministry training. The department hasdeveloped a multi-tiered program in parochial youth worker training. The purposeof this training is to provide lay persons on the parish level the skills neededcowork with teens as advisors and sponsors of the parochial youth group. It isimportant that we have train~d people_ to work with our youth if we want to besure to fully integrate them mto the life of the Church. The first tier of the program has already been initiated. Starting in 1986, two-hour seminar/workshopsfor youth workers were offered at the Parish Life Conferences attended by theYouth Director. These seminars have been well received, and attendance has beengrowing now that we are in the second year of this program. In addition to this,a workshop was offered at the Clergy Symposium in the summer of 1986 for thepurpose of providing the clergy with some ideas and resources for youth ministrywithin their parishes. The second tier w~ic~ we hore to put into pr~ctice t~is comingyear is for one day, youth leader uammg semmars to be held m key Cit· iesaccessible to several parishes within the Archdiocese. These one day seminars wouldoffer a more in-depth look at parochial ministry and offer different workshopsdesigned to help define goals and directions for specific parochial youth ministry. The Department of Youth hopes to sponsor a one day seminar on parochialyouth ministry sometime this fall in the greater Los Angeles area. The third tier of this program would be to sponsor a 3-4 day conference on Orthodoxyouth ministry. Such a conference having several speakers, discussions, and seminarswould be the first of its kind in North American Orthodoxy. Other Orthodoxjurisdictions could be invited to help plan and participate in such a conference.We hope to put together such a conference within the next two years. Aswe begin looking to the 1990's and ultimately the 21st Century, it is important that we maintain an active and even aggressive outreach to our youth, and suchprograms as described above can help us stay ahead and be sure that we reach ouryouth for Christ and His Church. CampusMinistry:Over the past year and a half, the Youth Dir~cto~ has met severaltimes with the Very Reverend Father Jon Braun and other ~~uochi~ EvangelicalOrthodox Mission (AEOM) clergy to discuss campus mm1stry. W1th the entranceof the Evangelical Orthodox Church into the Antiochian Archdiocese, we have an excellenc opporcunn c • thodox college rudenc . On u~ tion meeting of Orthodox college :'hat was perhaps one of the larg tn orth Amenca. Over 1 u campus movemenc cane our youth will grow as we u pus movemenc in the wee d Future Goals and Plan e ways of improving our m1 • of the AEOM inro the Archdi(){ portunities for our youth, rwo of whic Athanasius Academ of Orthodox Theolo school graduate and young adulc , offerin ab~ut the faith a~d become betcer prepared co enc r c g:ltst Cathedral 1n Eagle River, Ala k o ii r pr high school. The "Big Hou e" program uch che within an Orthodox communit in a wa le no or Director is familiar with both program , a ffer mor upon request. In addition to chi , the Depanmenc of Yo ing on developing new programs for the vouch of the Arch any input or suggestion that anyone would hav co offer rently in the developmenc cage and hopefully will be able c d in the months and years to come. Conclusion: In a rapidly changing ociecy, tt i imp rtanc chat we do all chac we can to reach out to our youth with che Orthodox faith and fully incegrace chem into the life of the Church. The Deparcmenc of Youth exi t co erv th pari hes of the Antiochian Archdiocese and enable chem co pass the great heritage that we have received from the Church co the generations co come. Thus we quote che \. 't • --4._.._•-.ac~. . and George Darany, General Chairman, with judge George Bashara,Master of Ceremonies at his left. Psalmist on the departmental stationery: "O God, from my youth thou hast caught me, and I still proclaim thy wondrous deeds" (Psalm 71:17). We are committed to doing all that we can to be sure that our youth will proclaim our Lord's wondrous deeds for generations co come. Moved by FREDERICK MASOOD, seconded by FATHERA THO EDWARDS, the report was received. FATHERCHRIS1DPHER HOLWEYsupported David Barr on the appeal for the names of college students, only 67% of the parishes responded in the last year. METROPOL!TA PHILIP ~hanked f?avid Barr for his work and noted that he is now operanng on the Pacific coast m the new headquarters. 29) RIC SHAHIN presented the NAC SOYO Report on behalf of Rob Rinvelt whom he is succeeding as NAC President: Metropolitan PHILIP, Archbishop MICHAEL, Bishop A 1DUN, Reverend Clergy, Members of the Archdiocese Board ot!r:ustees, Delegates and Guests, It is with great honor that I report the amv1t1es of the OYO movement for the past rwo years. . . As many of you are aware, SOYO is a diverse movement which assists ochers in the communities in which they liveas well as all parts of the world. Weareproud of our involvement with the Food for Hungry People program as _wellas the Children's Relief Fund. The members are constantly aware ~d commmed coouueach programs in their communities. We are called by Chr!St to help ochers tn need, and by our involvement in these programs the memb~rs of the OYO movemenc continue to be a shining light of our beloved Archdiocese. . . SOYO provides each child of our Archdiocese the opporrumry to ~pre _chm Joveof God and the Orthodox Church by parric!pacing in the ~reauve Fest~v:J • One of the greatest ongoing effo~ of SOY<?cs~: reaffirmauon ~f the spmrual role in our programs. Programs without t_h1sspmtual ~ase are l1fele • To assure SOYO's role in the spiritual growth of its membership and others who are Televisionand radio personality Casey Kasem with friends. · · • as does FatherJoseph Antypas, Host Pastor• 25 24 THE WORD/NOVEMBER1987 THEWORD/NOVEMBER1987 �searching, we have developed the Fellowshipof St. Ph!li~ the ~va~g~list.~s Y?u read in The WORD, the Fellowship is designed to assist 10 ~n mdJVJduals dai_ly spiritual growth as well as bringing people together to parrmpate more fully_10 the life of Christ. Attached is a pamphlet and an enrollment form for those Interested. If you have any questions regarding the program, please contact Father Theodore Pulcini. . I could go on and on relating the activities o~SOYO, bu_tI bel1e_ve all of you are aware of the impact of the SOYO movement 10each pansh and 10 the Archdiocese. It has been an honor to serve as AC SOYO President for the pa_sttw~ years. I will treasure the friendships I have made and look forward to work10gwith the The convention is addressed by Consul of Lebanon, Fawzi Fawaz. SOYOmovementfor yearsto come. Specialthanks to the officersand project coordinators of AC SOYO and the regional spiritual advisors and regional SOYO presidents for their support and dedication to the SOYO movement. How do you thank an inspiration?fur the past two years,Metropolitan PHILIP has been a constant source of guidance and support. His leadership has created an atmosphere which has encouraged creativity and growth within the SOYO movement. I have had the rare opportunity to work closely with Metropolitan PHILIPover the past two years, and count it a privilege to know and understand him better. May God grant him many years. SHAHIN added chat he had spoken with Rinvelcby telephone and the latter stressed chat SOYOis nor an "organization" but a "movement" enthusiastically dedicated to providing assistanceto all parish activities. The regional presidents will be in contact with the local pastors to offer help. He then announced the new officers of NAC: RIC SHAHIN, President, DAVID FRANCIOSI, Vice-president, CYNTHIA HORNING, Treasurer, KATHY ABRAHAM, Secretary. GEORGE DIBSaskedwhether any thought wasgiven to establishinga Southeast region of SOYO.SHAHIN replied chat the question is being researched and a decision will be reached shortly. At the request of METROPOLITANPHILIP,FATHERTHEODOREPUICINI described the objectives of the newly-formedFellowship of St. Philip the Evangelist. It is based on the conclusion that many church programs flounder or fail because they lack a spiritual substratium: The Fellowship has a threefold purpose: -co foster the personal sanctification and mutual support of its participants through a Common Spiritual Discipline, including daily prayer; -to initiate, develop and support Adule Religious Education and Evangelizarion efforts in the parish; -co generate and distribute new Materials for Adule Education and to increase the awareness of chose materials already available. Participants in the Fellowshipwill embrace a Common Spiritual Discipline comprised of the following elements: Daily Prayer,in the morning and evening,as indicated in the FellowshipPrayer Book; Daily Spiritual Reading and Reflection; Intercession before the Lordfor participants of che Fellowship,for the Church throughout the world, for the Archdiocese, local parish, our Clergy, for civil authorities, the suffering, the sick, the poor and the departed; Fasting, as prescribed by the Church and as sec forth in the Common Discipline; Acesof Charity and Consistent Participationin the LiturgicalLifeof the Parish. Some 200 applicants have responded so far. Moved by FATHERMALATIUSHUSSNEY, seconded by RACHELBLAIR, the report was received. 26 30) KIMBERLY KINAN, president Teen NAC gave an oral r . •in the $ 10,000 raise • d an d t h anking . expressing pride all whoeport, h supported the Teens. Tag Day is to be replaced by Special Aw ave • are. ness Day. The Teens w1·11continue support o f t h e Children's Relief Fund and other projects. Moved by FATHERGEORGE ASWAD, seconded by TANYABREVAIN h report wasreceived.METROPOLITANPHILIP awarded Certificatesof Merit '.t e Service to the Presidents ofNAC SOYO and TEEN NAC. onous 31) METROPOLITAN PHILIP presented his Message to the Gen al Assembly as printed in ~he September, 1987 issue of The Wo:~ magazine. At the conclusion of the address, FATHERMELATIUS HUSSNEY proclaimed: Leepeople see yo~r wor~s and glorify your ~ather who is in Heaven. Leader of our people; S~rver10 Ch~1s~co our people; P~1e~cto our peo~le; Bishopof our people; Jnspirac10nco Chnscians and non-Chr_1st1ans.Champion of just causes who caresfor che homeless; feeds.~?e ?u?g~; a~?.sthe poor and ~eedy;ministers to che sick 10 Ant10ch1anand all 1unsd1ct1ons 10 North Amenca and Abroad· a veritableicon of Orthodoxy in our world today. Philip, our Father and Metropoli: can, God grant him many years. THE GENERAL ASSEMBLYRECESSED UNTIL 2:00 PM. 32) METROPOLITAN PHILIP called the Assembly to order and introduced the showing of a film on St. George's Hospital, Beirut, "St. George Hospital, A Symphony of Hope." When the film concluded, ROBERTLAHAM said he would march a $10,000 gift to che hospital. FATHE~BASIL_ KALEKAS and SAM ~ARRAHannounced that the Flint, Michiganpansh will give $10,000 co the hosp1tal.FATHER JOSEPH RAHALpledged $1,000 co the Hospital. METROPOLITANPHILIPsaid chatthe symbol of Sc. George slaying the dragon moved him co pray from the depthsof his heart chat the Lebanesepeople will slay the dragon of hate, war and dissension. 34) METROPOLITAN PHILIP introduced a film, 'Welcome Home, A Journey to Antioch," the story of the Evangelical Orthodox Mission. Following the film, the Metropolitan thanked Robin Nicholas, George Tweel and all those who offered money or talent to produce the film and spoke of the reception of the Evangelical Orthodox. FATHER JAMES KENNA reminded the Metropolitan of the many converts of many years standing in the Archdiocese and said most are here because of the Metropolitan's policies and person- The Chairman seated chat the primary matters chat muse be acted upon b cheMembers present, after they reviewed carefully the aforementioned docu~ ents were: tTl I)' The acceptance of the Annual Financial Re_port. Z) The approval of the recommended !~crease10 the Annual Parish Assessmentfrom che present $14 to $16 per bapmed soul, effectiveJanuary 1, 1988. 3) The approval of the P_roposedB:1dgecwhich reflects,among other factors, h recommended mcrease 10 the Pansh Assessment co $16 per baptized soul. 1 e Mr.Mackoul then reviewed with the Members the salient points in rhe AnnualFinancial Repo~t namely a) the phenomenal financial growth of all chesegmentsof che Archd1?cese ?ver the past fifteen years, which appears on page 4; b)on page 5 of c~e Fmanoal Report, a chart 10pie-form, sh?wing a dollar analysisof where receipts came from and where the dollar was disbursed for the FisI Yearended January 31, 1987. Mr. Mackoul stated that this graphic chart has caeivedwide interest and acclaim throughout the Archdioceseand wasche prod~ecct of His Eminence, Mecropolica~ PHILIP's recommendation; c) che Clergy Insuranceand Reurement Fund which had been adopted in 1967with a Fund of $30,000had grown to over $1,000,000 as ofJanuary 31, 1987and is presently in excessof $1,100,000. . After a thorough review of the contents of the Annual Financial Report, Mr. I RichardBosada moved th~t the ~nnual FinancialReport be acceptedfor approval withcommendation. This moc10nwas seconded by Mr. Anthony Abraham and passedunanimously. . TedMackoul then discussed the reasons for the requested increase in the annualassessment. He seated that the primary reason for the proposed increase in cheParish Assessment was the proposed establishment by His Eminence of two newdepartments with two full-time directors,namely:The Department of Mission andEvangelismand the Department of Campus Ministry;the annual cost of operatingeach department was $50,?00 or a weal of $1?0,000. The Chairman noted that,despite the recommended mcrease 10 the Pansh Assessmentsto $16.00per baptizedsoul, the Proposed Budget would neverthelesscontinue coreflect a relativelysubstantial deficit. He also reported that both the proposed increasein the ParishAssessmentsand the Proposed Budget for the yearendingJanuary 31, 1989, werepassed by the Executive Committee of the Department of Finance and subsequentlyby the Board of Trustees of the Archdiocese. The Members also reviewed in detail the components of the Proposed BudgecedReceipts and Expenditures and, after a full discussion, it wasmoved by Mr. AnthonyAbraham, seconded by Mr. William Obeid, chat the Proposed Budgetunder consideration, be recommended for approval by the General Assembly. receiveor are re eiving che hurch' • • • if a more accurate pari hioner e could be increasedsub canciall· therefore recommended chacthe• rioned scatemenc.I. AlexKalil,also heen econded the morion. Approv Mr. Alex Kalil then pre enced the . I respectfully ubmn a mouon for the • sub-committeeof the Department ofFinanc relevantDepanmenrs, the pre enc method berofbaprized souls and core ommend po ib h i The Antonian Gold Medal to CaseyKasem for hi humanitarian work . curacelyreflect the reality of our actual parish cen us. Motion approved unanimously. There being no other new business to be discussed, Mr. MackouladJourned the meeting at 2:45 P.M., expressinghis profound thanks and gratitude for the Members'exemplarymanner in which they con idered the issuesand acted upon chem. 38TH ARCHDIOCESE CONVE 110 Departmentof FinanceMeeting AttendanceRecord A gift to Archbishop MICHAELfor his 25th anniversaryas a bishop . MetropolitanPHILIPpresents an Epiphany Crossto MetropolitanELIAS. ality and that all of them hail his courageous step with the Evangelical Orthodox. 35) THEODORE MACKOUL presented the Minutes of the Department of Finance Meeting: The meeting was called co order by Theodore Mackoul, Chairman, at 11:00 A.M. He greeted the 27 perons in attendance and asked that all present pray to· gecher and say The Lord's Prayer. Mr. Mackoulnoted, from the registration (appended hereco), chat the 27 persons present were about equally divided in number from the six regions of our North American Archdiocese. The Annual Financial Report of the Archdiocese for the year ended January 31, 1987and copiesof the proposed Archdiocesan Budget for the year endingJanuary 31, 1989 were then distributed to each person present. THE WORD/NOVEMBER 1987 Thismotion was passed unanimously. . On the matter of new business, Mr. Alex Kalil, a newly-appointedpermanent Memberof the Department of Finance, raised the propr~ecyof_reportingof baptizedsouls by the Parishes. He noted, that, despite the i~cl~s1onof_cheAEOM Membersin the number of baptized souls and the subscannali_ncrease m the numberof Parishes over the past fifteen years, the census of_bapmed souls_chroug_~outour Archdiocesehas shown a relativelyinsignificantmcrease.It wasMr. ~al!! s opinion,joined in by the Members present, chat such reporting by the maJonty ofthe Parishes was unrealistic. Mr. Alex Kalil then presented che following for adoption by the Membe_rs: Given the ever-increasing costs associated with the growth of our Archdwcese,and in light of the fact that Parish/Mission receipts have become a substantiallysmaller percentage of total receipts during the past fifteen years~rom6 5% to35%, and chat over the years che Department of Finance ha~ previ~uslyapprovedmotions which encouraged all Parishesand Missionsto reviewchei~reportedfigures co reflect more accurately the number of baptized souls, which may THEWORD/NOVF.MRFR 1C)R7 Name City Region Philip G. Haddad Alex Kalil Carl M. Shaheen George Darany Charles E. Shaheen Abe J.Khorey Hafiz A. Nassar Naseeb & Cleo Saliba RichardJ. Bosada EdwardJ. Kassab George N. Nassor Ralph Abercia Adeeb Sadd Anthony M. Abraham William Obeid SabryJ. Mackoul Robert H. Laham Charles M. Dowd George Elias Gary Younes Charleston, WV Montreal, Canada Canton, OH Detroit, MI Canton, OH Garden Grove,CA Toledo, OH LosAngeles, CA Ottawa, Canada Detroit, MI Little Falls, U Houston, TX LosAngeles, CA Johnstown, PA Wilkes-Barre,PA Princeton, U Boston, MA Worcester,MA orwood, MA Bethesda, MD Mid-Western Can-Am Mid-Western Mid-Western Mid-Western Western Mid-Western Western Can-Am Mid-Western Eastern ouch-Western Western Eastern Eastern Eastern ew England ew England ew England Eastern Edmond Younes Bethesda, MD Ted Mackoul Peter Dacales Dr. Sam Kouri William Farha Bergenfield, U Bergenfield, U Wichita, KS Wichita, KS Parish Sc. George t. 1cholas t. George t. George St. George r. Luke's t. Elias t. icholas t. Elijah St. George t. George t. George t. Michael t. Mary t. Mary t. Anthony' t. George t. George t. George ts. Peter & Paul ts. Peter Eastern & Paul r. Anthon 's Eastern t. Anthony's Eastern ouch-Western t. George ouch-Western t. George Movedby THEODOREMACKOUL,seconded by FATHER flCHAEL ABDELEHAD,rhe report was received.THEO~ORE MACKOULthen pre enced the Proposed Budget for the FiscalYearEnding January 31, 1989: 27 �D. Maintenance and Operation of Archdiocese Headquarters $ 195,ooo (Note 1) E. Metropolitan's Allowance and Office 4s,ooo F. Auxliary Bishop's Allowance & Expense 24,soo G. Archbishop Michael's Allowance & Archdiocese Chancery 40,000 in Toledo H. Other Special Projects (Note 2) 96,ooo I. Archdiocese West Coast Chancery (a) Building Fund 50,000 (b) Operation 20,000 J. Antiochian Village - Camp Improvements & Deficit 25,ooo K. Heritage & Learning Center (a) Capital Improvements 25,ooo (b) Operation & Deficit 60,000 L. Conversion of Canadian Dollars into US Dollars 20,000 M. Miscellaneous & Contingencies 10,000 Total Items D through M TOTALBUDGETED EXPENDITURES The Antonian Silver Medal to George Darany for his church work . I. BUDGETED EXPENDITURES A. Theological Education 1. Seminarians - Tuition, Room, Board & Allowances 2. Theological Seminaries 3. Balamand Theological Academy 4. Theological Research 5. Metropolitan PHILIP Chair for Pastoral Theology 6. St. Stephen Course of Studies in Orthodox Theology Total Theological Education $ 70,000 10,000 62,000 16,000 10,000 7,000 -- $ 613,800 $1,537,800 II. BUDGETED SOURCES OF RECEIPTS A. From the Parishes and Missions 1. Parish Assessments $ 560,000 2. Archdiocese Seminarian Fund (Orthodoxy Sunday) 22,000 3. Theological Seminaries Fund (October Month) 22,000 4. Patriarchate Fund (Palm Sunday & Other Contributions) 22,000 Total from Parishes and Missions 626,000 B. From Individuals 1. For the General Fund and Other Funds Total from Archdiocese Conventions Organizations and Mission Councils ' $ 639,000 D. Other Archdiocese Receipts l. 2. 3. 4. 5. Balamand Theological Education Fund & Other Contributions Sale of Orthodox Christian Books & Publications Subscriptions to the WORD Magazine Tuition Fees - St. Stephen's Course of Studies Miscellaneous - Other Receipts Total Other Receipts 62,000 63,000 7,000 9,000 5,000 $ 146,000 TOTAL BUDGETED SOURCES OF RECEIPTS _ Items A. through D. TOTAL BUDGETED EXPENDITURES - Sheet 1 $1,537,800 EXCESS OF BUDGETED EXPENDITURES OVER BUDGETEDRECEIPTS (Deficit) $ (46,800) $1,491,000 NOTESTO BUD~ETED_ EXPENDITURES _ ote 1 - Analysis of Mamtenance & Operanon of ArchdioceseHeadquarters -ItemD Office Staff Salaries $ 68,000 Medical, Health and Life Insurance & Social Security 18,000 Household (including Maid's and Cook's wages) 38,000 Utilities (telephone, gas, electricity, oil heating) 24,000 5,000 Postage Liability,Theft, Fire Insurance, etc. 8,000 Repairs, Maintenance and Capital Improvements 20,000 $ 175,000 B. Other Contributions 67,000 1. Clergy Insurance and Retirement Fund $ 15,000 2. Other Contributions for and within the Patriarchate 3,500 3. SCOBA, NCCC, Etc. 10,000 4. NAC Senior and Teen SOYO and AOCWNA - NAB 5. AOCWNA - St. George Orthodox Hospital in Lebanon 50,000 175,000 6. Charities Total Other Contributions C. Archdiocese Departments and Standing Committees 1. Youth Ministry 2. Orthodox Christian Education 3. Sacred Music and Liturgics 4. Parish Development 5. Mission and Evangelism 6. Campus Ministry 7. Information and Media Relations 8. Orthodox Christian Books and Publications 9. The WORD Publication 10. Continuing Pastoral Education 11. Western Rite Vicariate 12. Inter-Faith 13. Credentials & Convention Planning 14. Gifts, Trusts and Legacies 15. Other Departments and Standing Committees Tora) Department & Standing Committees 45,000 17,000 8,000 50,000 50,000 50,000 10,000 50,000 125,000 7,500 2,000 2,000 2,000 5,000 5,000 $ 428,500 1,,.•,.:" -t:11 C. From the Archdiocese Convention and Organizations 1. The Order of St. Ignatius of Antioch (a) Heritage & Learning Ctr. - Grant for Operating Exp. (b) Clergy Insurance and Retirement Fund (c) Theological Research Fund (d) Parish Development (e) Christian Education Fund (f) Youth Ministry (g) Archdiocese Administration Expense (h) Antiochian Village Camp Scholarships (i) Teen SOYO Special Olympics (j) Metropolitan PHILIP - Chair for Pastoral Education (k) Departmental Grants (I) Heritage and Learning Center Museum Development (m) Mission and Evangelism (n) Campus Ministry Total from Order of St. Ignatius Total from SOYO 28 To"Archdeacon"Hans El Hayek on the occasion of his elevation. An Icon plaque to Theodore Mackoul for his financial genius . 2. AOCWNA - St. George Orthodox Hospital, Beirut, Lebanon 3. SOYO Parish Life Conferences - Registration Fees NAC SOYO "Food for Hungry" An Icon to Bishop ANTOUN for his valuable assistance . FATHERGABRIELA HIEmoved,GEORGEJO EPH e ond d, nd che sembly unanimously voted ro increasethe annual bapmed memb r m nc to $16. METROPOLITA PHILIPreque red that the Minute refle chi pr found gratitude co Theodore Mackoulfor a job verywell done 36) GEORGE ELIAS, Chancellor presented the Report of the Resolutions Committee and offered the following amendment: ArticleV, Section4, Paragraph A, of che Archdioce an Consmut1on, which presently reads as follows: ARTICLEV Section 4. **** $ 320,500 $ The VeryRev. Peter Gillqui twas the gu t peaker for the Banquet. 60,000 42,000 16,000 20,000 5,000 15,000 25,000 20,000 11,000 5,000 15,000 50,000 50,000 50,000 $ 384,000 50,000 17,000 80,000 97,000 4. Department of Charities - Children's Relief Fund 85,000 5. Mission Councils 23,000 THE WORD/NOVEMBER1987 5,000 5,000 4,000 Office Supplies and Equipment Automobile Expense (Gas, oil, repairs, insurance, etc.) Sewercharges and Cottage Real Estate Taxes Total as in Item I-D $ 195,000 Note2 - Analysis of Other Special Projects - Item H The Order of Sr. Ignatius of Antioch $ (a) Antiochian Village - Camp Scholarships (b) Antiochian Village - Teen SOYO Aid "Special Olympics" (c) Departmental Grants (d) Heritage and Learning Center - Museum Development Special Projects - Item H $ A. All Clergymenwho are under the jurisdiction of the Meuopolican Archbishop shall be delegates coany convention and shall be enticled t0 one (1) vote or by written proxy. shall be amended to read as follows: A. All pastorsand retired pastorsunder the juri diction of che Metropolitan Primate of chis Archdioceseand all clergydirectly employed by che Anciochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of orth America hall be delegates to any convention and shall be entitled to one (l) vote in person or by written proxy. RATIONALE:The increase in che number of parishes and missionsin the Archdiocese,its generalgrowthand ocherfactors,brought about a need for pantime clergyto assist the pastorsof our parishes and missions.The successof the Sc.Stephen Course of Study has provided the solution co chisdemand and consequently,we havehad a tremendousincreasein the number of deaconsand other part-time clergy,and the numbers willcontinue cogrow.Under the pre enc rule , they are entitled to be delegatesto all conventionsand have the same pnvileges and voting rights as full time pastorswith many yearsof service.This amendment is therefore necessaryto provideequity in the voting procedures at the General Assembliesof our Conventions. In viewof the foregoingrationale, the proposed amendment to the ArchdiocesanConstitution is deemed necessaryand the Board of Trusteesrecommends its adoption. 20,000 11,000 15,000 50,000 96,000 Other Amounts contributed by the Order which are specially included in respectiveexpenditures classifications: ClergyInsurance and Retirement Fund ($42,000) Theological Research ($16,000) Parish Development ($20,000) Metropolitan PHILIP Chair for Pastoral Theology ($5,000) Orthodox Christian Education ($5,000) Archdiocese Administration Expenses ($25,000) Youth Ministry ($15,000) Missionand Evangelism ($50,000) Campus M101scry ($50,000) Heritage & Learning Center - Operations & Defictt ($60,000) Total $288,000. Movedby FATHERJOHN ELIAS seconded by FATHERNICHOLASSAIKLEY,the Budget was adopted unan,imously. FATHERMATTHEWG~ORGE remindedthe Assembly that Christian Education production COSCSa_remcre;-~inganda new budget must offer chat department a substanual mcrease10 supp • Sunday's Hierarchical Liturgybrought the convention to a gloriou 29 THE WORD/NOVEMBER1987 �EFFECTIVE DATE:This amendment shall be effecciveforchwich upon adopt10n. The rules being waived co permit a voice vote, ERNEST SAYKALYmoved, A THONY THOMAS seconded and the amendment was passed. Thereafcer, the following resolucions were presented: Resolution #1 WHEREAS: Mecropolican Elias, the Archbishop of Beirut has graced us with his blessing and presence; and . WHEREAS: As a former esceemed member and parish priest in our Archdiocese we embrace and extend a warm welcome to him; and WHEREAS: Through his noble work done during the fighting and immense suffering in Beirut he has proven himself robe a true Shepherd of the homeless and displaced; and . . . . WHEREAS: He requires the spiritual and financial help co contmue his mm1s- Order of Sc. Ignacius of Antioch; the Antiochian Women; the Patriarchate of Antioch and all facets of the Church of North America; and WHEREAS: Protosyngelos Ellis Khouri has endeared himself to all Antioch· Orthodox Christians by h_isgentleness, steadfastness to his principles:~~ deep love for God and His Church; and WHEREAS: Father_Ellis ~houri is~ l!ving e~ample of the Gospel and the Onho. dox Faith havmg acuvely parttc1pated m every assembly of this Archdiocese for many years; and WHEREAS: Father Ellis Khouri has never wavere~ in his sense of duty co other 5 and his sensitivity to the needs of the suffermg; and WHEREAS: He, himself, is now in the hospital in Grand Rapids, Michigan· BE IT RESOLVED THAT: The H!erarchs, Trustee~, Clergy and lay delega;es gathered at chis 38th Archd10cesan Convenuon convey to our dear Protosyngelos our heartfelt prayers for his complete recovery to health and to once again take his place among us. Moved by: Very Rev. Thomas Ruffin and Very Rev. Antony Gabriel Seconded by: NAC SOYO PASSED BY ACCLAMATION Resolution 1B WHEREAS: St. George Orthodox Church of Detroit, Michigan, has graciously hosted the 38th Archdiocese Convention, and WHEREAS: The Pascor,Reverend FacherJoseph Antypas, the Convention General Chairman, George Darany, the Conve_ntion Co-Chairman Jean Sam, the Treasurers, Clare Debs and George Farns, the Secretary, MaryJane McCoul, t best :Wisheson this historic event in the life ?f uni_versalOrthodoxy, asking Almighty God to grant to our brothers and sisters 10 Christ MANY YEARS! Submitted by, The V. Rev. George S. Corey Dean, St. Nicholas Cathedral Brooklyn, New York Seconded by FATHER DAVID STRAUT. PASSED BY ACCLAMATION Resolution No. 3 RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE SOVIET GOVERNMENT TO GRANT A GENERAL AMNESTY TO ALL RELIGIOUS DISSIDENTS IN HONOR OF THE ONE THOUSANDTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BAPTISM OF RUS WHEREAS:Th_eyear 198_8':ill mark the one_thousandth Anniversary of the baptism of Pnnce Vladimir and the establishment of the Christian faith in the territory of Rus, and; WHEREAS:The Church has played a central role in the historical and cultural development of the people of this area, and; WHEREAS:Legi_sla_tionpassed early in ch_iscentury ~e~ulted in the suppression of a vast maiomy of churches, monasttc communmes, school and seminaries hospitals and other religious institutions, and; ' WHEREAS:Countless believers, clergy and laypeople alike, have been persecuted, imprisoned and exiled, even suffering death for their beliefs, and; WHEREAS:This situation has continued even to recent times with countless believers confined to prison, labor camps, special psychiatric hospitals and in- BE IT FURTHER iORE RE OL\ ED: Thai a ni 1<:d commun1cared co rhe appropriate reprc encaci, the United rare of d the U. .. bachev and Foreign he,eradnazr. Moved br: FATHERTIMOTHY FERG O • and E GLA DRE ERJA MEMBER OF Seconded b : Committee of r \V ht \ Metropolitan ELIASof Beirut gives the homily . The last time to serveas a "Deacon" for FatherJoseph Abud. Approximately 1000 people partaicipatedat the Liturgy. try of mercy; and WHEREAS: His mission here on behalf of St. George Hospital in Beirut needs our encouragement and support. BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED:That the Antiochian Orchodox Christian Archdiocese of North America, in Convention duly assembled, this 24th day of July, 1987, at Dearborn, Michigan, and its members, individually, pledge our financial supporc and encouragement. Presented by: V. Rev. Thomas Ruffin and V. Rev. Antony Gabriel Seconded by: NAC SOYO and AOCWNA. PASSED BY ACCLAMATION Resolution No. lA WHEREAS: The Rt. Rev.Ellis Khouri, Protosyngelos of che Archdiocese has faichfully served and been a dedicated counselor to the late Metropolitan Ancony and our beloved Metropolitan Philip, and given leadership to che clergy of the Archdiocese, NAC SOYO; the Archdiocese Board of Trustees; the 30 the Parish Council and its Chairman, Robert Koory, the various committees and members of the Parish of St. George have not spared any effort to assure the success of this Convention, and to provide for the utmost enjoyment of the delegates and guests. BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED: That this 38th Archdiocesan Convention extend to them, by acclamation, its heartfelt thanks and appreciation for an outstanding convention. Submitted by George Elias,Jr. PASSED BY ACCLAMATION Resolution No. 2 RESOLUTION OF THE MILLENIUM OF CHRISTIANITY AND THE BAPTISM OF RUS WHEREAS: The Orthodox Church in the Soviet Union will be celebrating one thousand years of Christianity within its country during 1988, and WHEREAS: Orthodox Christianity first came co North America by way of Russian missionaries almost 200 years ago, and WHEREAS: The Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America began almost 100 years ago as a mission within the Russian Church. THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED: That che Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America, in session for this 38th Archdiocesan Convention in Dearborn, Michigan, through its Primate, Metropolitan PHILIP, its hierarchs, clergy and laity, extend to His Holiness, Patriarch PIMEN, the Holy Synod, clergy and faithful of che Holy Church of the Rus, our prayerful THE WORD/NOVEMBER 1987 cernal exile because of their belief in God in expression of religious conviction, and; WHEREAS:The new Soviet policy of "glasnost" initiated by Party ?ecretary Gorbachev has recently resulted in the release of some of these prnoners of conscience, and; WHEREAS:We applaud and encourage this new era of "openness" an1 hope for even greater rapproachmenc between the State and the Church 10 the Soviet Union; THEREFOREBE IT RESOLVED THAT We the hierarchy, clergy and the lay people of the Anciochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America, convened in General As embly at Dearborn, Michigan inJuly, 1987,do her~by request that now, on the eve of the historic anniversary of the ~hurch _m Russia, the Soviet government extend a general amnesty to al! relig10u~dt~sidencs currently being held in prisons, labor camps, speoal psychiamc hospitals and serving terms of internal exile. . .. FURTHERMORE:We request the Soviet government to recognize the ~osmve contribution the Church has made to the cultural, moral and ethical development of the people by granting greater freedom for the Church co_carry our her hiscoric responsibility for society through teaching and mm 1stering, especially in the areas of charitable and sooal work. . FURTHERMORE:We feel chat such positive arnons on the part of the Sovie~ authorities will be well received and applauded by church leaders a nd ~I believers in the West as a further sign of "openness". Such feelings can on Y further the cause of peace and good will so earnestly desired by our peoples. THE WORn/NnVFMRPR 1C)R7 Resolution o. 4 RESOLUTIO PROTE TI G THE U E OF TOW ARRE T ORDER I I RAEL A D THE OCCUPIED TERRITORIE WHEREAS:The government of I ra~Ihas en_a~ced powers un1er tts Defense Erneregulations and Secumy Prov1 10n Order which give the mtl1tal) gency R . . . . 1 • I 1 authority the power to resmct and confine md1v1dua s co a par~1cuar v1• !age, town or district, place chem under house ~rres~, 1mpo e lim1tat10~ on travel, and require regular and frequent reg1 tenng w1rh the authorities, and; • d p I · · WHEREAS: The majority of people affected by this or er are a e tm1ans un- 31 �der Israeli occupation and che Occupied Territories, including mayors and elected officials, journalises, doctors, lawyers, crade unionises, educators, writers, clergy and students, and; WHEREAS: The military authorities are under no obligation to specify the reason for detention and there is no upper limit to che duration for town arrest and there is no effective means for appeal, and; WHEREAS: Such town arrests often result in che interruption of careers or education, che inability to engage in non-violent political activity, the inability to participate in professional conferences or meetings at home or abr?ad, unnecessary delays in obtaining medical creacment or professional services, and the general disruption of family and social life, and; WHEREAS: Human rights groups, including Amnesty International, express concern chat people are currently restricted and subject co town arrest because of the non-violent exercise of their right to freedom of opinion and expression, and; WHEREAS: uch rescriccions of freedom, as applied to individuals for the nonviolent exercise of their right to express opinion, the denial of due process of law, and the lack of effective process for appeal, is generally recognized as a fundamental violation of basic human rights, and; WHEREAS: Such actions violate numerous international agreements and declarations, including Article 78 of the Fourth Geneva Convention which is "Have mercy on us, 0 God, according to your great mercy . recognized as governing the conduct of Occupying Powers. THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED: That we the hierarchy, clergy and lay people of the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America convened in general assembly at Dearborn, Michigan in July 1987, do p~blicly express our objections over the abuse of human rights resulting from the continued application of town arrest orders as provided by Articles 108-110 of the Defense Emergency Regulations and Security Provisions Order 378 of 1970 of the Israeli legal code. FURTHERMORE: We resolve to communicate this concern to the appropriate Isr~eli representatives in the USA and Canada as well as the UN representauve; FURTHERMORE: We resolve to support and encourage those groups who nonviolently express like concern on this issue. Moved by: Fr. Timothy Ferguson, member of the Human Rights Committee of the Antiochian/OCA Bilateral Commission. Seconded by: Fr. George Corey, Co-Chairman of the Human Rights Committee of the Antiochian/OCA Bilateral Commission. METROPOLITAN PHILIP said that the Assembly should nor be presented with a_long series of reso_lution~which the members have not been able to study and discuss. All resoluuons will thus be approved by the Metropolitan. Resolution No. 5 WHEREAS: Through a diligent search of the scriptures, the teachings and writing 32 "I will wash my hands among the innocent . of Bishop Ignatius, the Third Bishop of the See of Antioch and ocher ly Church fathers, the leadership of the Evangelical Orthodox Mission(E~~) determined that the Orthodox faith was the one, holy, Catholic and Apostolic faith; and, WHEREAS: In 1977, the EOC began its quest for canonical unity with this on holy, Catholic and Apostolic faith; and, e, WHEREAS: I~ 1985, His Eminenc_e, Met~opolitan ~hilip, in a meeting with the leadership of the EOC and His Beantude, Pamarch Ignatius IV of Antioch our beloved Father in Christ, received the blessing of His Beatitude to be: gin a process looking toward the eventual reception of the EOC into the Anciochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of all North America (AOCA)·and WHEREAS: His Eminence, Metropolitan Philip and members and clergy of the AOCA opened their arms to the leadership and members of the EOC during this challenging process; and WHEREAS: Through the prayers of many, the grace of God, and as a result of che courageous and visionary leadership of our beloved Metropolitan Philip, beginning on February 8, 1987 at St. Michael Orthodox Church of VanNuys, California, and continuing on February 15, 1987 at St. Nicholas Cathedral of LosAngeles, California, and other cities, the chrismation and ordination of the members and clergy of the EOC began; and WHEREAS: That process of chrismation and ordination of the EOC has now culminated in the creation of the Antiochian Evangelical Orthodox Mission (AEOM) as a part of the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of all North America. BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED: We the Hierarchs, Clergy and laity of the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese, in convention duly assembled chis 24th day of July 1987 at Dearborn, Michigan, joyfully embrace the Reverend Clergy and laity of the AEOM and welcome them into the sacred Church founded by Saints Peter and Paul, and the faith of the Apostles. Proposed by St. Michael Orthodox Church of Van Nuys, California, Reverend Father John Banke, Pastor, John M. Gantus, Chairman, Parish Council. Seconded by St. Nicholas Orthodox Cathedral of Los Angeles, California, Very Reverend Paul Romley, Dean, Robert Jabour, Chairman, Parish Council. PASSED BY ACCLAMATION Deacon Joseph Abud is brought to the Primate to be elevated to the dignity of the priesthood. Resolution WHEREAS: God created man, male and female; and WHEREAS: God has ordained that acramental marriage i che only appropriate context for sexual intercour e, and WHEREAS:The physicalhealth and welfareof the general publi and,indeed,the people of the world, are seriouslythreatened by che disease called AID and WHEREAS: We are all sinners and God has showed mercy upon u through our Lord and SaviorJesus Ch rise and has called u co pray for and ho mer upon our fellow man; and WHEREAS: As citizens of the United races and Canada ic is both our righc and duty co address appropriate government officials on 1sue of publi policy; NOW THEREFORE BE IT RE OLVED: By che General As embly of che Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of orch America: 1. That faithful of chis Archdiocese entreat God co show mercy on che souls and bodies of the victims of chis disease. 2. That Governments of the Uniced caresand Canada be urged to give highest priority and adequate funding to medical, scientific, and educauonal program aimed at the prevention, treatment and cure of chis dreaded d1 ease 3. That Government sponsored AID education should sere che dangers of sexual promiscuity, and should promote che practice of sexual abmnence outside of marriage and sexual fidelity within marriage. BE IT FURTHERRESOLVED:That certified copies of chis Resoluuon be tran mined co the President of che United races, Prime Minister of Canada, the Surgeon General of the United Scates, the Canadian Minister of Health, and the leaders of the United ScatesCongress and the Parliament of Canada. Proposed by Fr. Paul O'Callaghan of an Diego, CA. Thepriest is the guardian of the Holy Sacrament. TheGifts are consecrated JesusChrist. to become in reality the Body and Blood of our Lord The Metropolitan elevates Deacon Hans to the digniry of Archdeacon and first among the deacons of the Archdiocese. 33 THE WORD/NOVEMBER1987 THE WOTH")/l\.T()"UP1'.,fRPP 10Q7 �~ 5. Geared to work with ocher agencies of the Archdiocese: Antiochian Village, St. Athanasius Academy, Youth Depanm S AOCWNA, Order of St. Ignatius. enc, OYo B. THEON-CAMPUSPROGRAM 1. Church and worship centered 2. Direct campus evangelism 3. Effective use of literature 4. Strong emphasis on works of mercy: prisoners of conscience ch.Id . 1 the Middle Ease ' ren1n 5. Orthodox Music, traditional and new 6. Campus residence homes as center for campus action 7. Regular use of retreats and conferences 8. Coordination with Church calendar, e.g., feasts and fasts. The new officers of the Archdiocese Board of Trustees take office . . • GEORGE BARAKAT,Upper Darby, echos the Metropoliran's objection to presenting a Jong series of lengthy resoluri_onsin o?e short afternoon a?d as_ks whether they could not be circulated and discussed 10 advance at the Pansh Life Conferences. . GEORGE ELIASpresented a resolution whereas, for 21_years_Merropol1tan Philip has headed the Archdiocese,and Whereas, dur_mgthis penod SC?YOh_as been made effective, the divided Archdiocese was unned, he has exercised distinguished leadershipthroughout AmericanOrthodoxy,the EvangelicalOrthodox have been received. THEREFOREBE IT RESOLVED:That chis 38th General Convention express its gratitude to Almighty God for the blessingsof his minisuy, and asked God to grant him MANY YEARS1 Movedby the Parishof ST. GEORGE'SCATHEDRAL,1DLEDO and seco?ded by FATHERTHEODORE ZITON, the resolution was passed by acclamatton and a standing ovation. 37) RICHARD TAMOUSH moved to fix the General Convention for 1989 in Anaheim, California. Moved by MIDWEST AOCWNA, seconded by ST.GEORGE'SCANTON, the proposal was adopted unanimously. C. INITIALSTEPS 1. Train people who ~re currently interes_ced:Aug. 28-31 2. Find which clergy 10 campus areas desHe co start a group 3. Match parishes and campuses 4. Press mercy-action: November 5. Establish North American Board 6. Recruit staff for campus ministry 7. Complete Campus Ministry Handbook The proposal was adopted by Acclamation. 39} FATHERANTONY GABRIEL presided at the election of new trustees for the Archdiocese. He began by updating his earlier statistical report: COMMUNICANTS: 1DTAL 36,760 RECEIVED 36,220 ORIGINAL 97.4% increased co 98.5% Represents 356 Votes PARISHES 136 seated from 145 ORIGINAL 92.4% increased co 93.7% CHURCHESSEATED St. George, South Glens Falls, New York Church of the Virgin Mary, Yonkers, New York 38} METROPOLITAN PHILIP noted that by adopting the new Budget the Assembly had underwritten two very important new Departments: a) A Department of Missionand Evangelism to be headed by FATHERPETER GILLQUIST and b) A Department of Campus Ministrywhose Chairman will be FATHERJON BRAUN. FATHERBRAUNPresenteda ProposedProgram for the Department of Campus Ministry: We have in our generation perhaps the unparalleled opportunity to introduce the collegiate world of North America to the historic Orthodox faith. There has been no time in this century when students have been as prepared co receive the Orthodox faith as they are right now. Our preliminary efforcsin campus ministry demonstrate this to be true. It is time to move ahead with dispatch. An aggressivecampus ministry in the archdiocesewill give our Orthodox college students - in Churches large and small, with many students or few - the sense of spiritual momentum. GOALSOFTHE ANTIOCHIANORTHODOXCAMPUSMINISTRY I. To encourage students who are actively Orthodox. 2. To gain back lapsed Orthodox students. 3. To reach out to non-Orthodox students. 4. To create a wide sphere of positive influence for Orthodoxy. 5. To impact the parishes in our archdiocese through students. 6. To start Churches from a campus base where we have no Church. 7. To provide a way for students to be involved in acesof mercy. A. STAFFAND ORGANIZATION OFTHE CAMPUSMINISTRY 1. Staffed by clergy and laity approved by the Metropolitan 2. Scaff directed with student participation, but not student directed 3. Operates on local, regional and North American levels 4. Creation of a North American Board to work with the deparcmrnt 34 Our beloved hierarchs give a final blessing to the convention, which is now history, another chapter in the greatness of thi CLERGY 160out of 198 ORIGINAL 74.1% increased to 80.8% VOTES 650 "possible" votes 589 votes seated ORIGINAL 87.5% increased to 90.6% He then announced the names of the outgoing trustees: ROBERTANDREWS DR. JOHN DALACK ROBERTLAHAM ERNEST SAYKALY CARLSHAHEEN ERNESTYOUNES DR.JEAN SAM METROPOLITANPHILIP then appointed co the Board of Trustees the following: MR.EDWARDJ. KASSAB MR.NASEEBSALIBA MR.ROBERTKOORY MR.SAM NEWEY DR.DAVIDBOJRAB . He then announced the Officers of the Archd10cese: RT.REV.ELLISKHOURI, PROTOSYNGELOS V.REV.JOSEPH ALLEN, VICAR GENERAL V.REV.PAULSCHNEIRLA, EXECUTIVE SECRETARY MR.THEODORE MACKOUL, CHAIRMAN OF THE DEPARTMENTOF FINANCE AND FINANCIAL ADVISOR MR.GEORGE ELIAS,JR., CHANCELLOR MR.RICHARD BOSADA, CHANCELLOR DR. ALA MAJDOKannounced the nominee proposedby the ominating Committee: ANTHONY ABRAHAM ROBERTA DRE DR. JOHN DALACK JOH GA TU GEORGEJOSEPH PHILIP HADDAD ROBERTLAHAM BA A GEORGE ASSOR RO AL ERNESTSAYKALY CARL ERNESTYOUNES DR. JEA AM Moved by CHARLESDOWD, seconded by FATHERELIA BITAR.the nominees were approved. The followingwere elected to the Board of Trustee DR. JOHN DALACK ERNESTSAYKALY RONALDNICOLA ROBERTLAHAM ROBERTANDREWS PHILIP HADDAD GEORGE NASSOR CARLSHAHEEN DR.JEAN SAM ERNESTYOUNES 40) On the motion of EDWARD KASSAB, seconded by FATHER JAMES KENNA, the General Assembly adjourned at 5:00 P.~. Respectfullysubmttted, (The VeryRev.)P chneirla Archdiocese ecrecary ~~ . as do the officers of NAC SOYO and TEEN SOYO. Whatwould the Lt u e e w1 ed direction of Ray George of Detroit . 100 voice Choir, under the animat- 0 yes, the assistant pastor FatherJohn No al and his wife were on hand to bid everyonea fond farewell. 35 THP \Y/nT~n!NOVFMBER 19S- THFW/nRnt1'.Tn-u-i::;1',n=n~"R 10R7 �ANTIOCRIANORTHODOXCHRISTIANARCHDIOCESE PUBLICATIONS DEPARTMENT 201-871-1355 358 Mountain Road, Englewood, New Jersey 07631 Thoughts on lncarnational Theology in the Eastern Christian Experience by Metropolitan PHILIPSaliba and ORDERNOW! Father Joseph J. Allen $4.95 PER COPY ••••••••••••••••••••••• • •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••···························· Please send me __ copy(s) of "Out of the Depths Have I Cried" at $4.95 per copy plus 10% for postage and handling. I have enclosed$ __ to cover my order. Name Address Zip Code __________________ _ ARCHDIOCESE TRUSTEES Enclosed is my check in the amount of$ __ . 1988 LITURGICAL GUIDE for Clergy, Chanters and Choir Directors The order of services for Vespers, Matins, Liturgies, Vesperal Liturgies for major feast days and Holy Week services. A m~st for every church. Price: $12.00 each, including postage and handlmg. NAME ___________________ _ ADDRESS _________________ _ Payment must be enclosed with order. Please send -- ANTIOCHIANARCHDIOCESE 358 MOUNTAINROAD ENGLEWOOD,NJ07631 CLERGY WIVES 36 Liturgical Guides. THF W()RnfN()VFMRFR 198 THEWORD/N()VFMRFR 1QR7 3 �--------------=D==-=~~I~LY~D~E~v~o~rr1~o~N~S ____ _ December, 1987 A 12" LONG-PLAYING RECORD THEJOY OFTHE SOUL Favorite Selections of Byzantine Hymns and Gospels 1. I TIM. 1:8-14; LUKE 19:45-48 The Prophet Nahum (Fast) Sung in Arabic by 2. I TIM. 1:18-20; 2:8-15; LUKE20:1-8 The Prophet Habakkuk, St. Myrope the Martyr (Fast) His Eminence, The Most Reverend Metropolitan PHILIP 3. I TIM. 3:1-13; LUKE 20:9-18 Primate of the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America The Prophet Zephaniah; St. Angela of Chios (Fast) Contents 4. GAL. 3:23-29; MARK 5:24-34 St. Barbara the Great Martyr; St. John of Damascus (Fast) SIDE ONE: SIDE TWO: 1. Christmas Heirmos "Christ ZSborn: Glorify Him" 1. Funeral Gospel: St. John 5. GAL. 3:8-12; LUKE 12:32-40 St. Sabbas the Sanctified (Fast) "The Lord said to the Jews" 2. Christmas Apolytikion 6. EPH. 5:9-19; LUKE 17:12-19 St. Nicholas the Wonder-Workerof Myra. (Fast) 2. Exaposteilarion, Tone 3, Bridegroom Service, Holy Week "Thy Nativity, 0 Chnst" 3. Epiphany Troparion 7. I TIM. 5:1-10; LUKE 20:27-44 ''Thy Enda/chamber I be hold'' "By the Baptism, 0 Chnst" 4. Wedding Troparion St. Ambrose, Bishop of Milan (Fast) 8. I TIM. 5:11-21; LUKE 21: 12-19 3. Fifteenth Antiphon, Tone 6, Holy Thursday Evening "O Isaiah, dance thy joy" St. Patapius the Righteous (Fast) "Today He zs suspended on a tree" 5. Lenten Theotokion "In Thee rejoiceth" 4. Great Friday Lamentations Verses: Epitaphios Threnos 6. Akanthistos Hymn "The Angel was amazed" 7. Akathistos Hymn 5. The Holy Gospel for the Resurrection Service "Truly, I thy City" 8. Funeral Idiomelon, Tone 8 "I weep and I wazf" 6. Resurrection Stichera .1 Publications Department ANTIOCHIANORTHODOXCHRISTIANARCHDIOCESE 358 Mountain Road Englewood, New Jersey 07631 Remittance with Order, please! Please send me __ copy(ies) of the recording "The joy of the Soul" by His Eminence, The Most Reverend Metropolitan PHILIP. I have enclosed my check in the amount of$ __ , which includes $5.00 per album plus 10% for postage & handling. (For orders under $10.00, please add $1.00. Thank you!) 38 19. GAL. 3:8-12; LUKE 13:18-29 St. Bonifacethe Martyr (Fa t) 20. HEB. 11:?-10; 17-23· 32-40; MATT.1:1-25 St. Ignatms of Antioch (Fa t); unda of the Genealogy 21. HEB. 3:5-11, 17-19; MARK9:42-10:1 St. Juliana the Martyr & her Companion (Fast); 22. HEB.4:1-13; MARK 10:2-12 St. Anastasiathe Great Martyr (Fast) 23. HEB. 5:11, 6:1-8; MARK 10:11-16 St. Nauru of Bulgaria;The Ten Martyrsof Crete (Fast) 25. GAL. 4:4- 7; MATT.2:1-12 11. HEB. 13:17-21; LUKE 21:37-22:8 St. Daniel the Righteous & St. Luke the 26. GAL. 1:11-19;MATT.2:13-23 13. COL. 3:4-11; **************************************************************************** . . . ORDER RECORDSFROM . . . (Fast) 10. I TIM. 6:17-21; LUKE 21:28-33 Sts. Mena the Sweet-Voiced, Hermogenes & Eugraphus the martyrs (Fast) St. Spyridon the Righteous Wonder-Worker (Fast) LUKE 14:16-24 St. Eustratius the Martyr & his Companions; St. Lucy the Martyr; St. Herman of Alaska (Fast), Sunday of the Forefathers 14. II TIM.. 2:20-26; MARK 8:11-21 St. Thyrus the Martyr & his Companions (Fast) 15. II TIM. 1:8-18; MARK 2:23-3:2 St. Eleuthery & his Mother Anthia (Fast) 16. II TIM. 4:9-22; MARK 8:30-34 The Prophet Haggai (Fast) THE WORD/NOVEMBER1987 THE WO n /NnVPi\mP"R oR7 uch l8. TITUS 1:15-2:10· MARK9:33- 1 St. Sebastian the Martyr & hi Compani n 24. HEB. 1:1-12;LUKE 2:1-20 12. HEB. 13:17-21; LUKE 6:17-23 Price $6.00 (Fast) 9. GAL. 4: 2, 2 2 - 31; LUKE 8 :16-21 Righteous Ann, Mother of the Theotokos (Fast) New, Stylites (Fast) Proceeds from the sale of this record wzfl be applied to the Archdiocesan Missionary Fund 17. TITUS 1:5-2:1; MARK9:10-16 St. Daniel the Prophet & The Thr St. Eugenia the Martyr;Preparation of the Nativity (Strict Fast) The Feast of the Nativity of Christ. (No fasting until January 5). Synaxisof the Theotokos 27. ACTS6:8-15, 7:1-5, 47-60; MATT.2:13-23 St. Stephan Archdeacon& First of the Martyrs 28. HEB. 13:17-21; MARK10:46-52 The TwentyThousand Martyrswho were burned in Nicomedia 29. HEB. 9:8-10, 15-22; MARK 11:11-23 The Fourteen Thousand Children who were slain by Herod 30. HEB. 10:1-18; MARK 11:23-26 St. Anysiathe Righteous Martyr 31. HEB. 10:35; 11:1-7; MARK 11:27-33 St. Melanythe Righteous; LeaveTaking of the Nativity 39 �THE ORD Second class postage paid t Pittsburgh, Pennsylvaniaa 358 Mountain Road Englewood, U07631 VILLAGE ALMANAC November, 1987 FEEDBACK *NINTH ANNUAL ST. THEKLA PILGRIMAGE. Pouring rain throughout the weekend forced modification of the program, but did little to dampen the spirits of the 125 pilgrims who gathered Sept. 11-13.The regular liturgical services - Vespers each evening and Orthros and a Hierarchical Divine Liturgy Saturday and Sunday mornings - were forced indoors to the Sts. Peter and Paul Chapel, and there was little opportunity to savor the peaceful atmosphere of autumn in the Laurel Highlands, but the pilgrims were more than compensated by the inspiring, edifying, and highly relevant talks delivered by Fr. Theodore Pulcini, and enjoyed ample opportunity for fellowship in the great indoors. The highpoint of the pilgrimage was scheduled to be the dedication of a permanent outdoor shrine for the icon of St. Thekla. The rain was not able to spoil this. Following a supplicatory service with anointing in the St. Ignatius Church up in the Camp, Bishop Antoun and his brother clergymen led the faithful in solemn procession to what a week before had been a scrubby hillside marked only by a weathered rustic sign pointing out the outdoor Chapel. The 15-foot redwood shrine, designed by Iconographer Philip Zimmermann of Johnstown, PA, and carved masterfully by Dan Tataliba now stood in transfigured surroundings. A series of gradual steps make access to the site easy; trees, bushes and flowerschosen to keep the area in bloom year-round beckon the faithful to meditation and prayer. The icon was enshrined and the structure blessed, and as the last of a long line of pilgrims finished venerating the icon and lighting their vigil lamps before it, the heavens began to open again. Mr. Zimmerman had prepared the assembly for this event by a brief homily at VespersFriday night, in which he discussed the place of shrines and relics in the liturgy of the Church. The theology of the icon was then traced in the three major talks delivered by Fr. Pulcini. The "pay-off" came in the final talk, in which the writings of St. Theodore the Studite in defense of the sacred images emerged from the ninth century as compelling and contemporaneous as if they had been penned today. This realization came through Fr. Theodore's careful choice of text and through the careful preparation given in the first two talks. He had demonstrated first that the Old Testament's harsh prescription of imagery cannot be understood as absolute unless one reads the Scriptures out of their historical context; second, that one can only adequately understand the New Tesfament doctrine of the Incarnation by concentrating on its truly radical "theology of the image." All who listened intently came away better equipped to counter the arguments of latter-day, fundamentalist iconoclasts. Final food for thought was found in Saidna Antoun's Saturday homily. He expressed his dismay that in a land of easytransportation and abundant free time, so few people avail themselvesof the spiritual benefits of such a pilgrimage. This he contrasted to the Christians in St. Thekla's native Syriawho for centuries have endured great hardships to obtain these same blessings. He also warned those who had made the effort to be present that at any time the world could summon us to the same martyrdom which St. Thekla endured - as well as countless of our contemporaries in Communist- and Muslim-controlled lands. He challenged us to meditate on our willingness and ability to remain faithful to Christ, like them, to the end. Make plans now to be among the faithful at the tenth annual pilgrimage in 1988, to reap these spiritual benefits. ON THEDRAWINGBOARDS *HOLY ARCHANGELS CEMETERY. The beautiful St. Thekla Shrine just dedicated and her outdoor Chapel will lie at the center of a cemetery, according to plans blessed by Metr. Philip. Further landscaping of the site behind the St. Ignatius Church will prepare ample space for the faithful to be "gathered" co await together Christ's Second Coming and the Universal Resurrection. FORNOVEMBER1987 6 "I THESSALONIANS." The 1987 Orthodox Biblical 7 Studies Weekend. An in-depth look at the text of this earliest 8 Christian letter in the Bible, by the author of the first English-language commentary on this epistle by an Orthodox scholar, Fr. Paul Tarazi, Associate Professor of Old Testament at St. Vladimir's Seminary, Crestwood, NY. 26 27 28 29 30 31 . 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Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context kalemat_19871101_31_9 Title A name given to the resource The Word [Al-Kalemat, الكلمة] Volume 31, Issue 09 Alternative Title An alternative name for the resource. The distinction between titles and alternative titles is application-specific. Al-Kalemat Al Kalimat Al Kalimah الكلمة Description An account of the resource Volume 31, Issue 9 of The Word [Al-Kalemat, الكلمة], dated November 1987. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1987 Nov Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America Subject The topic of the resource Arabs--United States--Periodicals Newspapers--United States Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Text/pdf Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 52 - 78th Street, Brooklyn, New York Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Syrian Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese Moise A. Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource The donor retains full ownership of any copyright and rights currently controlled. Nonexclusive right to authorize uses of these materials for non-commercial research, scholarly, or other educational purposes are granted to Khayrallah Center pursuant to U.S. Copyright Law. Usage of the materials for these purposes must be fully credited with the source. The user assumes full responsibility for any use of the materials. Rights Holder A person or organization owning or managing rights over the resource. Antiochian Heritage Library and Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America 1980s Antiochian Orthodox Church New York Newspapers