1 50 1 https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/files/original/877ecf18b20edd7a2c10a6cbd68e033a.pdf cce13cb0ea120a5b143cae1eee32200f PDF Text Text �_ovE_MBER, 199_1 !BB D D~ METROPOLITANPHILIPSPEAKSTO THE PRESIDENTOF LEBANON ELIASHRAOUI The Most Reverend Metropolitan PHILIP, D.H.L., D.D. Primate The Most Reverend Archbishop Michael, Auxiliary I· I The Right Reverend Bishop Antoun, Auxiliary Founded in Arabic as Al Kalimat in 1905 by Bishop Raphael Hawaweeny Founded in English as The Word in 1957 by Metropolitan Antony Bashir IN THIS ISSUE Metropolitan PHILIP's Message To the President of Lebanon ... - .................. 3 Editor-in-Chief Archpriest George S. Corey, D.Min. The same in English ............................ 8 Editorial Board Joanne Abdalah, M.L.S. The V. Rev.Joseph]. Allen, Th.D. Anthony Bashir, Ph.D. The V. Rev. Elias Bitar, M.Div. John L. Boojamra, Ph.D. The Rt. Rev. Basil Essey, M.Div. The V. Rev.Antony Gabriel, Th.M. The V. Rev. Peter Gillquist Elaine G. Hanna, M.Div. 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 Rt. Rev.Stephen Upson, Ph.D. Minutes of the General A sembly of the 40th Convention of the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America ................... Daily Devotions .............................. by Archpriest GeorP,eAlbe, 1s COVER: 10 44 The Hierarchs and lugy attending the Convention in Arlington, irginia from July 22-28, 1991. Photos by Roso Photo & \ 1deo. 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J '11_, ~ JI \.S:...~IJ\~..,..Li ~ ~ l._.. ~ .r-5'1 ~ ~ I__,'-:F'-Y ~ .~ Y - ~-y.:; J .;-.:,.-; \5:...~ IJ \ ..u_,, .,ii ~ o L..J I ~ ½~ l (:6 , <:?tJU) J !J.;>!~ c,~L., ~ ,:.r-_rS'i J.;-.:,.-; <:?IJL4>J !JJ_,.,-..,..:; ~J , o_)\.h.JIu-i ~L., o~ t:,,_,l:JtJ u-!~l ~tJJ 0W ~ 0..,s-~1 ,.~JA ~ jA .-o.)\.hJt u-i ~ Ul ~~_rJl r-1W~ 0W ~~ ~I .)~~t., 4..ili!.JtJ w.Jt__,ytµt_, c:r ~)~ ,~~I~~~:' c_}~~tJ <:?.)~~l ~~\ ~~\~I th ~ 01 ~~I r-1W~ u-'JI L.1 .ytµtJ ~_,l:JI ,,-- .. k ~~\ ~(.T-~IJ ':?.)WI 0~1 ~J~ ~ ~i .ti__,,~I h vernment official of Lehanon. His Eminence delivers his message to t ego 6 THE WORD/NOVEMBER Jt 'fliEWORD/NOVEMBER 1991 �METROPOLITAN PHILIP SPEAKS TO THE PRESIDENT OF LEBANON, ELIAS HRAOUI In his book WE AND HISTORY, Dr. Constantine Zreik ---- aid: . . h h "Our guarantee 1smt e onesty of our determination vided that we do not remain compliant and passive i e ' prO f" dd . ' •• , allowothers to a. 1~ct us an .01:1mate us, while we do not affectanyone. 1s m t_hesub_h1:1ttyof our longing for creaSeptember 26, 1991 ·veand historical action. It 1s m the unity of our yearning ;~hold the judgmen_t of ?istory in our hands, and not to Antiochian Archdiocese Headquarters, Englewood, New Jersey. holdit against us. It hes, firstly and finally, in the extent of our evaluati~n of the conditions which are required by saw a bullet rupturing a Lebanese artery, the very a t . I thesepreemment goals, and of the responsibilities which Mr. Pre ident, arelaid on us, and in our honest readiness to make the needour hearts ruptured with it. r enesof Mr. p aker of the Parliament, edsacrifice. It is in the extent to which we ascend to the level Mr. President and distinguished guests: Mr. Prime Minister, ofthe important and serious challenge, and of our response Now that the cannon has fallen silent and the s Foreign Ministers, ' ounctof toit by something more significant and more splendid." the bullet has been hushed, we must examine ourselves Your Eminences, nd Mr.President and esteemed guests: deeply contemplate the factors which have led us a Ladie and Gentlemen: . . h to the we, the majority of the Lebanese Arab immigrants, have I e d ge o f t h ea b yss. n my opm1on, t e crisis in Leban On behalf of myself, and of my brothers, the leaders of .. 1b on was aburning desire to see Lebanon sound and intact, indepenI 1 1 1 not on y po 1t1ca , ut cu tura , educational and eth· 1 the Chri tian and Islamic communities, I would like toweldentwithin its internationally recognized borders, interactwell. Politics became decayed, corrupting everythin icacas come you warmly into this Lebanese home, hoping that . h . . d b g. ulingwith its neighbor Syria, and the Arab world, predomiyour visit has fulfilled its objectives in the interest of Lebature 1ost its aut ent1c1ty, an ecame westernized Ed non. tion lost its direction and morality collapsed. Thus.the ~~a: nentin social justice, and liberated from political sectarianism.No privilege should be given to any Lebanese except Our beloved country Lebanon has experienced many ing of an Arab poet has proven to be true in us: y forhis service to Lebanon. We are anxious, Mr. President, lean years and many devastating storms which almost de"Nations survive, if their morality remains alive tosee the displaced allowed to return to their homes, which stroyed its independence and its very existence. We give But if it _vani~hes'. then they themselves also vdnish." theybuilt by the sweat of their brows - all the displaced, thank to the Almighty God however, because the tempest The English h1stonan, Arnold Toynbee, describes histofromall the regions, regardless of their political and religious has subsided and the clouds have dissipated. And through ry as "challenge and response". Consequently, the natio affiliations. Social integration among the Lebanese will not your great efforts and your sincere and wise leadership, Lebwhich respond to history and face its challenge will live bn~ happen unless all the displaced return to their homes. And anon has begun to be restored. those which do not face the challenges of history, do no~d~we hope that they will return in the very near future! We also The immigrants and displaced Lebanese are still deepserve to Iive ! lookforward for the implementation of Resolution 42 5 of ly rooted in the Lebanese soil. We therefore watched the unThe precious trea ure which Lebanon possesses is neitheUnited Nations, so that South Lebanon is liberated from folding of its tragedy with great agony, despite the enorther oil, nor silver, nor gold, but the person himself. Give foreignersand agents. Likewise we would like to see that the mous distances separating us from our tormented homeme a noble, upright, faithful and honest Lebanese and I will TaifAccord is implemented. This accord is an important step land. Whenever we saw a house, a store, or a factory congive you a country shining a a beacon of light' which all towards rebuilding a more stable and beautiful country. sumed by fire, our hearts burst into flames. Whenever we countries will emulate. The whole world supported the Taif Accord, particular1 lythe United States of America. President George Bush, addressingthe fortieth convention of the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese in North America, held in July, 1991in Washington, DC, stated the following: "In Lebanon, we see the first tangible signs of political progress,of domestic reconciliation, and restored order, aftera decade and a half of nightmarish civil war. Thanks to the TaifAccord, a truly sovereign Lebanon, one free of all armedmilitia and foreign forces, is no longer just a dream." Ladiesand Gentlemen: . Wesupported the Taif Accord before it was born, in spite 1 of ns shortcomings. When the "Taif assembly" was in sessio~, a friend of mine who is a member of the Lebanese 1 Parliament, called me from Saudi Arabia, and asked my opinion about the proposed accord. After he had briefed 1 meabout it, I said to him: ''Agree to it without hesitation." I said this, because there was no alternative for it, except more destruction and devastation. What did the "war of liberation" and the "war of extermination" achieve, other 1 I than the liberation of the nation from many of its young people, and the extermination of its cultural role - by WhichLebanon was distinguished from the very beginning of this century? Had it not been for the "Taif Accord", the two Beiruts would not have become one. Had it not been for the "Taif Accord",the militias would not have dissolved, the sniping and the snipers would not have disappeared. Had it not been for the "Taif Accord", the Lebanese army would not !t ! 1 8 THE WORD/NOVEMBER 1991 THEWORD/NOVEMBER 1991 have entered outh Lebanon. Had it not bt:l'n or tht: "T1if Accord', Lebanon would not han~ be oml' I l' t > , ;ia and the • It• cl from tht: ·omple. • o . Arab . world , J'b 1 rat1ng fear, vis-a-~1 rabi m and I lam. Clcimatclv.had it n r b -en forthe"T: h aifAc or d" th tr aty of cooperati• m and brorhcr.00 d bet~een Lebanon and yria \\Oulu never ha\'e been signI~d; t? 1 treat hould ~ave been ·igncd fifty year ~,go. spite of all the e ach1 vement . there i , et a group of Lebanese who continue to cur e the "Taif c'cord" and ro demonstrate their ho tility to ·yria and the rah , a 1frhev wanted to weave a cocoon around them eh e . 111 ,, hie ii th_eybecome trangled, exactly a. ilkworm . The..: , p<..:opll' sti_llask what connect Lebanon with \ ria. or Lebanon With Jordan, or Lebanon with Egypt? To·the. c people we say: what connect Lebanon with:, ria or anv Arab country is much more than what connect-; Florida.with Ala k:t. or New York with Hawaii, kno\\ ing char to tlv from Florida to Alaska takes more than thirteen hour-;, a1\d to flv from New York to Hawaii take· more than ren hour Dl; rho l' who cry over Lebanon forget the ties of kin hip. of hi ton•. of geography, of language. of culture. and of ecunom·v which connect Lebanon with the Arab world? \Xe l!,·e toda~• in the era of economic integration and. (Kial opcnnc..: . b~tween nations, in pite of their difference. in hi ronctl and geographical nature. Is it not more appropriate for the Arab world to adopt this integration and opcnne ... especially when we stand at the threshold of the twenty-fir t ct:nturv? Mr. President: • • Toward the end of the last century, and at the beginning of the twentieth century, our Lebanese forefather played a distinguished cultural role in creating the modern Arabic renaissance. Today the Lebanese people arc called once again, after the complete restoration and healing of Lclnnon, to create a unique political and democratic renai ·anct.:. which will unite the Arab world into one entity, which might be appropriately called: "THE T ITED AR_ B STATES".These states should be free and democratic and should adopt one foreign policy, one economic polic~. and one military policy, provided that each rate retain internal self-independence and its distinguishing cultural charac-1 teristics. Some people may think that this thinking is an idealistic dream, but the great revolution.· which ha,e changed the course of history started a idealL tic dream . and were then realized through ound planning. right thinking, intense striving and clear vi ion. The future Lebanon of which we dream i the Lebanon of intellectual pioneering in all field,, the Lebanon of creativity and originality, the Lebanon of civilization and illumination, the Lebanon of freedom and democracy, tht: Lebanon of cleanliness from bribery, corruption, patronagt: and favoritism. If these unique charactcri tic ca. c to exist, there will be no reason for Lebanon to cxi. t. Mr. President: This is the great challenge to whi h the Lehane e hould respond, and Lebanon will exi t only if the re pon c i equivalent to the challenge. I believe that Lebanon will on-1 tinue to exist becau e of your leader. hip, wi. dom boldnes. and patience. May you live long! Long live Lebanon! ;\letropolitan PHILIP Primatt: Antiochian Orthodox hri tian rchdio t: e of. ·onh meri a I 9 �MINUTES OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY Votes: 403 Parishes/Missions 174 Clergy (Active and Inactive) 41 Archdiocese Board of Trustees FORTIETH CONVENTION OF THE 6AOCWNA 6 Order of St. Ignatius of Antioch ANTIOCHIAN ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN ARCHDIOCESE 12 SOYO Regions (Sr. & Teens) OF NORTH AMERICA TOTAL VOTES: 64 2 TOTAL PRESENT VOTES: 599 AT THE CRYSTALGATEWAY MARRIOTT This represents 93 % of the "Possible" votes according to the censusof 642 inclusive votes. ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA JULY 25-26, 1991 Parishes not seated because they have not submitted their J edentials and/or paid their assessments are: Thursday, July 25, 1991 er St. Lazarus, Miami, Florida , Incarnation, Detroit, Michigan St. Mary's, Yonkers, New York COMMUNICANTS 1. METROPOLITAN PHILIP opened the General AssemThe Pastors of the above parishes do receive ballots to exercise A total of 39,484. communicants were reported in the comp1. bly at 10:00 A.M., following the singing of the Pentecost theirright to vote. lation. The Archdiocese Assessment has been received from Respectfully submitted, . Troparion in Arabic and English. 39,055 commurncants,_ 98.9 0~ of the total. There has been an in- ' V. Rev. Antony Gabriel, Chairman crease of 1015commurncants smce the 1989 Archdiocese ConYen2. FATHER ANTONY GABRIEL, Chairman, presented the ReDepartment of Statistics & Credentials tion, according to the census taken by the Credentials Committe port of the Department of Statistics and Credentials REGIONAL BREAKDOWN OF PARISHES& COMMUNICANTS CURRENT STATISTICS e and the official Roll Call. Congratulating Metropolitan Philip on Number of 2,009 Baptisms/Chrismations (1479/530) Number of % of Baptized % of Total his twenty-five years as a good shepherd and wishing him "Many 667 Marriages Parishes Archdiocese Souls Communicants Years!", he reported that 93% of the total voting membership was REGION 630 Funerals 13 8.3 5,355 13.6 Can-Am present and declared a quorum. These figures are based on statistics received from parishesour 8 5.1 4,834 12.2 ~ewEngland of 153 parishes and missions. Re: 'TAT! TICS & CREDE TIALS,ARTICLEV. SECTION 4, 5, 42 26.9 9,637 24.4 Eastern REVENUES 6 I CL SIVE ARCHDIOCESE CONSTITUTION 45 28.9 8,854 22.4 Midwest We are happy to note that most of the Parishes in the Archdio- Southwest CREDE TIALS/STATISTICSFORMS SUBMITTED IN 1990 20 12.8 3,621 9.2 cese have implemented the monthly installment plan for their as28 18.0 7,183 18.2 \X'estern In the theme of this year's biennial Archdiocesan Convention, sessments. \ TOTAL 156 100.0 39,484 100.0 "I am the good shepherd, I know my own and my own know me." There has been a slight increase in revenue resulting from some Gohn 10:14) Parishes that increased their assessment. It is worth noting at thi time, that the diligence of some Pastors and Parish Councils reflects We salute the leadership of our Metropolitan Primate, who for a steady increase in membership and therefore, in the assessments twenty-five years, has been and continues to be the "good shepreceived. This is encouraging. herd" of his orth American flock, for which he has been entrustNEW PARISHES ed. We pray the Lord Our God to continue to grant our MetropoliWe welcome for the first time, all newly elevated Parishesand tan PHILIP many more years of leadership to his growing flock. Prior to beginning this report, I would like to take this opporMissions that are participating in this historic General Assembl~ tunity to thank all those who assisted in the compilation of this reSt. Luke's Mission, Boulder, CO port, especially the Reverend Michael Evans, Pastor of St. NichoSt. Augustine, Denver, CO las Church in Bridgeport, CT, my Pastoral Assistant, Deacon Peter St. Elias Mission, Denver, CO Shportun, and the Archdiocesan Staff, who through their efforts, St. Nicholas, Milwaukee, WI simplified, and made the work of this Department all the more efSt. Gregory, Dallas, TX ficient. TITHING-20 While I still have your attention, there will be a new process Reviewing carefully the Archdiocesan Annual Financial Report, for the balloting in order to save time and expedite the balloting it is noteworthy to point out the following Parishes that are currentprocess. 1y tithing to the Archdiocese: There will be no "roll call" as in previous conventions during Eagle River, Alaska Jackson, MS the balloting. Your signature upon receipt of your ballots, as well Ben Lomond, CA North Royalton, OR as the paid assessment to the Archdiocese, will constitute the "roll Goleta, CA Beaver Falls, PA call". The ballots distributed at the opening session by the CredenHuntington Beach, CA Franklin, TN tials Committee, will be picked-up after the nominations and each Lompoc, CA Memphis, TN ballot of the General Assembly. Again, the purpose of this is to alSacramento (St. Athanasius), CA Salt Lake City, UT HisEminence Metropolitan PHILIP is greeted by ''the children'' as hearlow the General Assembly to continue with its business. Atlanta (St. Stephens), GA Lynwood, WA rivedat the Convention. At the opening of the 40th Convention of the Antiochian Wheaton, IL Yakima, WA Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America, we report the Gary, IN Mequon, WI 3. METROPOLITAN PH I LI p appointed the officers of the following information received as of Wednesday, July 24, 1991. Haslett MI Saskatoon, Canada Convention: We have 93 % of the total votes present and it is declared that Every c'hurch that has submitted any discrepancies in its finana) Mr. .Ernest Saykaly, Vice Chairman there is a quorum to officially open the General Assembly. The cial census report during this Convention, will be accordingly a· b) Mr. Robert Koory, Chancellor committee convened Monday through Wednesday, July 22-24, sessed by the Archdiocesan Office. Mr. Charles Ajalat, Chancellor 1991, in order to compile this report. CLERGY c) Mr. Ron Nicola, Walnut Creek, CA (Sergeant-at-Arms) PARISHREPORTS From a total of 174 priests in the Archdiocese, 160 are prese~t ' Dr. Alan Matook, Cedar Grove, NJ (Sergeant-at-Arms) Out of a total of 156parishes and missions, 153are paying their at the time of this report, either in person or by proxy. This d) The Very Rev. Paul Schneirla, Secretary annual assessment. This represents 98 % of the parishes in the represents 92 % of the clergy of the Archdiocese. Dr. John Dalack, Secretary Archdiocese. The missions are exempt until they reach full Parish . Metropolitan Philip reported that Richard Boosada had reVOTING , .. the statu ; however, they are full participants in the work of the ConTogether from a total of 642 "Possible' quahf1ed votes_, . ignedas Chancellor for personal reasons, and he had nominated vention and General Assembly. breakdown is as follows for the Archdiocese and its organizaoons CharlesAjalat to replace him. OF THE I 4. Moved by RALPH ABERCIA and seconded by GEORGE FARHA, the Minutes of the Thirty-ninth Archdiocesan Conven ion were approved as printed and circulated in The Word magazine of November, 1989. 5. METROPOLITAN PH I LIP regretted the absence of His Bea itude Patriarch Ignatius who had expressed a desire to attend but t~en ann~unced his health would not permit it. His Bea itude sends ~,s ~reet,ngs ~nd blessings. The Metropolitan expressed his great Ioy in welcoming Metropolitan Elias {Audi) of Beirut whom he hod known as a seminarian, deacon, priest of this Archdiocese and a Metropolitan of wide influence. He admired his courage and ste?dfast~ess in remaining as a good shepherd with his people in Beirut amid the violence and falling bombs of the "uncivil war." I I I 10 THE WORD/NOVEMBER 190 Ambassador Clovis Maksoud hosted an e\'ening of cthnic cntcrt.tinmcm in honor of His Eminence's 25th anniversaq. METROPO LITA ELIASsaid he had not expcctcd to ,pt...1khut you can say what your heart dec;ires.He cckhratc, thi, .111111,n an of Metropolitan Philip with great joy and gratitude..:I Jc nc, cr frcl· he has been cut off from chi, Archdiocc'>c since he fir ·1 came hen:. He congratulated Metropolitan PHILIP in hi'>ministry and 11nd many causes in which their heart'>and minds harmonize. Thc I Ioly Scripture says God will pour out his ~pint on ,11!fle'>h,tnd ml.'n will have visions and the Metropolitan has had \'ision'> Ill the spirit of Our Lord Jesus Christ. His heart is filled with lmT toward hi fathl.'r his brother; there can be no eparation bl.'t\YL'L'n tho e \\ ho L' hearts and minds are united in Jesus Chrht. I le pra).., th,ll I 11, I minence may have length of dayc;and an abundance..:of Im ca hL L,trries on his inspired and fruitful mini. tr) 6. METROPOLITAN PH I LIP called for the Reports of the Departments, Commissions and Committees of the Archdiocese. a) FATHER JOSEPH ALLEN presented the Report of the Nominating Committee: At the spring meeting of the Board of1h1'>tcc. onJunL' 2 aml 3, His Eminence, Metropolitan Pl IILIP. appointed a, 'ominating Committee con isting of: The Very Rev.Joseph Allen Mr. Robert Laham Mr. Ernest. aykaly The purpose ofthi.· committee will be toa ccrt:i_i_n_ thl.' andi lacy of any individual seeking election to thL'Board of l ru tc "at th~ biennial Archdioce an Com·cntion. and to J-.. url.' that the candidate is fullv aware of hi'>,her obligation, and rt.. pon ihiliuc a a member of the Board. THE CRITERIA A ·o. ·o~ll A1I C, PRO ,EDl 'RE FOR PROPOSED CA;\DID.\'I L I 1-1\.1. C, l I l CTIO TO THE ARCHDlO E. A. BO RD OF TRl I I:l: PREFACE: In general, these criteria are offered in_ordl.'rthat_tht: andidatc be fully aware that becoming a memhl.'r ot the rd1d1t LL'an Be ard 11 THEWORD/NOVEMBER 1991 �of Tru tee i not only an honor and a privilege, but that it carries ith it certain re ponsibilitie . CRITERIA: The candidate . . . -mu t be in good spiritual and financial standing with his/her pari h; . -mu t be o er twenty-one (21) years of age, of mature mmd and good moral character; . -must upport the archdiocese spiritually and have the ability to upport it financially, on an annual basis; . . -mu t attend all Archdioce e Board of Trustees meetmgs, including pecial meetings when called, and be willing and able to serve on a committee, commission or department. mission of the SCOBA, and in one instance through the 0 peratio of this Department. n The Ecumenical Commission of the Standing Confere sis ts of representatives of each member jurisdiction, us:~1 c~necumenical officers. It reports to the conference on ecu Y.he matters. Delegates tot h e severa I ct·1a1ogues are offered to thmen1ca1 C mission by the member hierarchs, choices are made, usual! e om. · YOnthe basis· of open~ng~ ava1·1a bl ~ (':'."th th e current f.mancial crunch r ligious orga111zat1onsare hmmng expenses. The delegation esupplied with room and meals by the two bodies in dialo s are h ehsIa te ~s • pres ~n te d to a_meetfing • of the Conference gue alternate Iy.) an dWt. for approva 1. It t 11e 1mpu 1s1ve reaction o some this procect is sometimes skewed. ure The expenses of the Orthodox delegates are paid b h SC OBA treasury which is in turn funded by the member i·ury ctt·e . IS ICtlOnS. Dr. Simon Shaheen and Ensemble in Concert PROCEDURES FOR PRESENTATION OF CANDIDATES BY NOMINATING COMMITTEE -the committee will consider all the aforementioned criteria; -the committee will consider proportionate representation in terms of both location and population within the regions of the archdiocese; -the committee will be responsible to ascertain the candidacy of a nominee in consultation with his/her pastor and in accordance with the aforementioned criteria; -the committee will secure the signature of the candidate, which will indicate his/her knowledge and acceptance of the criteria and agreement to fulfill same if elected; -anyone wishing to make a nomination from the floor, must first submit the name of the proposed candidate to the nominating committee. For proper clearance, prior to 10:00 A.M. on the second day of the General Assembly. No candidate will be accepted for nomination unless these procedures are followed. Orthodox-Roman Catholic Dialogue Both the International and the National Orthodox-Rom Catholic dialogues have run into serious difficulties over the an called Uniate ~hurch~s, an is~ue spotlight~d by the religious c~~: os in the Ukraine, White Russia and Romarna with the break-dow of Marxist oppression. Following World War II the Uniate bodi n were forcibly reunited with the Orthodox Church by the cii-~ authorities. No significant voice in the Orthodox world was raise~ against this action and with the recent removal of legal restrictions many surviving "Uniate" communities were restored. Both religious, ethnic and political motivations surfaced and the generalresult has been confusion with raw emotion impending attempts at a just and orderly solution. The Uniate communities were torn or tempted from the Orthodox Church by political pressure, often with the greatest violence, and bribery of various kinds. The Roman Catholic studies of the methods used are sufficiently incriminating. However that was centuries ago and meanwhile these peoples have been trained as Roman Catholics. In the "Ecumenical Age" they appear as impediments to good relations between what some refer to as "Sister Churches". Orthodox Lutheran Dialogues The second series of dialogues with the Lutheran concluded \\·itha consensus sta_tement on "justificati_on" showing some con. gence. A new senes to focus on Ecclesiology is about to begin. ~~;edelegateof this Archdiocese is the ReverendJohnMorris, Ph.D. The Orthodox-Anglican Dialogue Anglican relations with the Orthodox have a very long historYwith politi~al and imperial considerations long influential. Some observersbelieve t~at mcreased urgency followed Leo XIII's condemnation of Anglican Orders but the ~empo did not pick up in factuntil after World_War I when the maior centers of Orthodoxy \\'eresuddenly very msec_ure. After w_orld War II official dialogue increasedagain, the growmg ecumerncal movement now tincturingthe discussioi:is. . . . Whatever mainstream Anglican motivation may be it is clear Anglicansin general ~o not_want to "becor:n_eOrthodox." There isa continuous, but tiny, dnft of more traditional thinkers to Orthodoxy,and Rome, but even the so-called "continuing churches" madeup of dissidents of a traditional sort do not look to Orthodoxy- they want to remain ''Anglican" variously interpreted butas ethnically grounded as the membership of any national Orthodox Church. The national (American) dialogue began in the 1950's (see the Reportof this Department at the 39th General Convention) and has meandered along ever since with decreasing enthusiasm on the partof the Orthodox participants. Recent decades have seen gradualbut marked attrition of traditional faith, order and morals in the EpiscopalChurch. It is not easy to sustain a dialogue with a body progressively heading directly away from one's cherished standards.Undisciplined denial of the Virgin Birth, the bodily Resurrection,Chalcedonian Christology, Biblical authority, the Christianfamily and an evaluation of the ministry based on contemporaryfads. The famed "comprehensiveness" has finally found limits:there is no longer toleration for those who hold traditionalbeliefsand practices. We are still puzzling in the wake of the ordinationof a practicing homosexual a few weeks before the GeneralConvention was to decide for or against the legitimacy of such anact. In the face of these challenges, deliberate or heedless, to Orthodox deposit of sacred tradition it is not surprising that ArchbishopIakovos in a characteristic exercise of paternal pastoral concerndeclared a moratorium on Orthodox Episcopal dialogue in theAmericas. (Cf. below under National Council of Churches). Father Paul Schneirla and Dr. Robert Haddad are the delegates ofthis Archdiocese on the Orthodox-Episcopal Dialogue. Moved by RALPH ABERCIA,seconded by FATHERJOSEPH ABUD, the Report was received. *** b) FATHERPAULSCHNEIRLA,Chairman,presentedthe Report of the Inter-Orthodox and Inter-Faith Relations Department: To avoid repetition in these reports readers who require a broader context or background are referred to the reports to prior General Assemblies printed in the Convention Minutes published on the relevant alternative years in the November issue of The Wo~d magazi~e. Questions will be answered following the reports as ttme penrnts or by appointment later during the Convention. In order to facilitate the work of both the Inter-Faith Department_ and th~ Western _RiteVicariate the Inter-Faith Department meeting at th, convention has been chaired by the Vice-Chairman of the Department, The Very Reverend OlofScott who is available to re pond to questions on matters considered there. Ecumenical Dialogues The ~rchdiocese is engaged in Ecumenical Dialogues through the appointment of some of its members by the Ecumenical Com- 12 La Camerata Nouve Chorus with Orchestra; Francisco de Araujo,Artistic Director. As both sides search for a solution to the challenge suddenly raised by Glasnost and peristroika in formerly Marxist territories it appears that Orthodox must realize that the work of three hundred years cannot be liquidated by fiat and Roman Catholics muSt clearly decide what sort of ecumenism they will espouse in the future. The present members of the Orthodox team from this Ar~hdioc~se are Dr. Susan Ashbrook Harvey, a specialist in Syria~ studies, and a new appointee, and Dr. Robert Haddad and Fathe Paul Schneirla. THE WORD/NOVEMBER 1991 £ DorothyYanes in Concert with the Mount Vernon Philharmonic Orches- tra;Ulysses S. James, Conductor. THEWORD/NOVEMBER 1991 Ant!ochian Women president Elinor Bourjaily i pr emed a gift from Hi Emmence, on behalf of all the women of the r hdioce.,e The Poli h Catholic Dial gu It was confidently as erred in earlier rep rt of chi Department that union with the Polish ational atholic hurch wa imminent pending a solution to the disciplinary problem of married Poli h National Catholic bishops. There appeared to be no in olublc ohstacles of faith or practice, in fact the omewhat individual theo logical opinions current in early year of that body in • me circles appeared to have dissolved in the recovery of ecumeni al ortho dox traditions and there was no major difference from we tern rthodoxy. The present prospects are !es ea y to di cern. The Poli h Church belongs to the so-called " trecht nion" of Old atholics, an association founded on the Dutch jan eni t chi m of the early 18th century and later joined by German, wi . and Au tnan opponents of the first Vatican Council (18 0). The political and theological nuances of thi association cannot be adequately surveyed here, nor its fluctuating relation with Orthodoxy. From 1975 until 1967 the churche of thi 'nion were m ecumenical dialogue with a univer al team of Orthodox theologian. Here, too, we find a communion not anxiou to "become rthodox" but to react a "consensus" involving a recognition of· Id Catholic" theological thought Qansenia m wa • long dead) anc.lth<.: Orthodox faith! (One ver ion of the discus. ions h a,·ailable 111 KOINONIAAUG ALTKIRCHLICHERBA L, Bern 1989. another I'> available in the English edition of the Journal of the 1o. co,v Patriarchate various dates 1970-80' ). At the conclusions of the final <.:sions Metropolitan Damaskinos Papandreou of the Elumcn1Cal Patriarchate declared that the Ole.I atholic- nglican int<.:rcommunion "con titutes an obstacle to the furtherance of th<.:unification process of the Orthodox anc.l Old Catholic ,hurch" (CREDO October, 1990). Beyond this the German Old Catholic Church Ju <.:llltr<.:c.l an intercommunion relationship with ,·ariou'> C,erman I uth<.:ran, Reformed and United (Prussian L'nion of Frederick \X'illi:1111 111) churches and the wi s, Dutch and German churche.., ha\'<.:~1doptl'.d the ordination of women to the -;acramental ministry. The response of the Poli. h Church to thl'...,et:,·<.:nt i hitherto unknown. The ational Council of hurche This Archdioce e wa the first nhodox hurc..hto enter the Federal Council of Churche which became th<.:. Juonal ,oun ii of Churches. Entry wa made early in his admirn trauon by the lat<.: Metropolitan Antony Ba hir on the clear ~ndeman_ding that membership would be nominal with no financial comm1tmcnt from th • dioce e. He declared hi entry wa. de 1gned to increa e the vi i- �bility of the rchdioce e for the mainstream protestant bodies compri ing the Council. He was criticized for_his e_ntryby conse:vative Orthodox. Epi copalians later quoted his action to ease ,thelf entry! The kranian dioce e entered the Council in the 1940 s for the ame rea on and with the ame reservations. (This reporter handled the negotiation .) When the Russian Metropol,~a,today ~~?wn a the OCA wa excluded from the now defunct canonical Orthod x Fecteration at the insistence of the representatives of the Gue t speaker at the AOCWNA luncheon was Congressman Mary Rose Oakar of Ohio, who sharesa light moment with His Eminence and Host Pa tor, Archpriest George M. Rados. Mo cow Patriarchate, it entered the Council on the rebound and during the pontificate of Archbishop Michael (Constantinides) as head of the Greek Archdiocese that church entered the Council, the Archbi hop publicly condemning "PROSELYTISM" in his comments on the step. Other Orthodox churches have joined and left through the years. There is an implicit difficulty in adjusting the polity of Orthodox dioceses to what is a predominately protestant Council and that has been a constant source of misunderstanding, tension and re ervations. In recent decades Orthodox participation has greatly improved while the Council has declined in influence and been torn by internal stress. This Archdiocese has been effectively represented by Father Olof Scott and, in the crucial area of Middle Eastern concerns, Dr. Frank Maria. • In a dramatic move this spring Archbishop Iakovos suspended all participation in the National Council pending a final decision at the autumn meeting of the SCOBA. He acted in response to a June 6 meeting of the Greek Synod of Bishops. According to the Religious ews Service report "the church did not state a reason for suspending activities . . ." while the Ecumenical Press Service reported alleged radical protestant tendencies as the cause. The Clergy-Trustees dinner was hosted by the Ambassador of Syria, His Excellency Waleed Al Mouallem. At the same time the letter was sent to the Council president Fr. Leonid Kishkovsky, and General Secretary Joan Campbell, a let~ te~ was sent_to Presiding Bishop Browning suspending dialogue wnh the Episcopalians. (See above.) The ~ignificance of these actions can only be judged after a lapse of ttme but the reference to the SCOBA for consideration is a remarkable e~dorsement of that body as a clearing house of panOrthodox affairs. The Orthodox in America are considered "di14 aspora" by the so-called Mother Churches so it may b · w1·11o f"1er some mput • that those bodies on final decis·e assumed more than purely ecumenical-theological-traditional fac~ons:thu be brought to bear. ors could The Standing Conference As the preceding paragraph indicates the SCOBA is f . ing in a very serious fashion. The Ecumenical Commission ~nctiona responsible oversight of the local dialogues meetings a askept ' re regu Iar, common concerns are addressed, the budget is m .• . C " d et. d spring the Stan mg on1erence sponsore a reception ho Thi . • Metropolitan Ph 1·1· 1p on h"1s twenty- f"f 1 th anrnversary and th noring . espnng meeting was held at the Englewood headquarters. In the international Orthodox Conference on the Dias . " t h e mtenm · · step m . establishing reporain Geneva the proposa 11or 1 . ty resembles the SCOBA as outlined. gu.anFull maturity will in time bring a central office independe f . • ct·1ct1on • wit• h an a d equate sta ff . Th.1simplies somento any one iuns selflimitation on the members. Shadow Groups We borrow this term from the bulletin of the Ecumenical Office of the Episcopal Church and apply it to the proliferating group of autogenic Orthodox. In recent years some have sought the a . pearance of stability by moving into fringe welfare services: horn~ for the homeless, half-way houses, abuse treatment centers, etc.For internal cohesiveness they have adopted the techniques of the \\'nway,cannot attend a meeting competent proxies are asked to from the local community. •erve Respectfully submitted, P.W.S.Schneirla, Chairman 0. Scott, Vice Chairman METROPOLITAN PHILI~ stated that any suspension of rela. s with the NCC by Archbishop Iakovos applied to his Archdinone alone and not the Antiochian Archdiocese. oces . . (Atchis pomt, the proceedmgs were suspended to greet PresidentGeorge Bush, who gave a major policy speech. See the September,1991 issue.) METROPOLITAN PHILIP welcomed President Bush. w.president, . . Welcome to the Fortieth Convention of the Antiochian OrthodoxChristian Archdiocese of No~th Ame~ica. On behalf of the clergy and laity of this vast Archdiocese, we greetyou warmly as the Chief Executive of the United States of America,and cong:atulate you ?n the tremendous success which rouhave achieved m Europe this past week. Furthermore, we sincerelypray for a fru~tful Summit Me~ting in Moscow next week, atwhich time we will also pray for a Just and lasting peace in the \!iddleEast. We commend your efforts, and those of Secretary of tate,James Baker, to convene a conference to discuss the peace processfor that trouble~ area ~f the world, where for more than fortyyears, people ha~e hved wit~ the scourge of occupation, civil warand denial of basIC human nghts. 0 tati ti ian _ ~ur_rently _thereare center a follow Florida.•'!; ewjcr cy, 1'. Michigan 1_Ca~ada'. 1• Oregon. 1,. onh I _akoca 1 1ehra ka, 1'.Colora?o: 2, California, 3· Texa . l; _ e,, .\k.·1 o. 1 t.:n?ralpr vis1onal m1 ion are attempting toe cabli h new <..enter . His Eminence Metropolitan ELIA (Audi) of Beirut add re'>.ed che dcrg, about church life during the Ci il War in Lebanon. Publication The Vicariate publishes a variety of information and wor. hip booklets, a prayer book, a cacechi m, a prie t' ritual in \'ariou formats (sick call, rite of initiation, bles ings etc.) or a-.a bound volume. The Vicariate bought out the remaining stock of the ''Engli h Missal" eight years ago and upplie a full- ized Itar ..\ii· al ( old only to Vicariate clergy). A wide range of plain-chant mu 1<.. i stocked including a full psalter and western spiritual cla •.ics popular in pre-Revolutionary Russia. In pani h the Vicariate publi hes a full prayer book, short catechi m, liturgy leaflet. and an infor mational flyer. Some smaller Engli h item are provided \b,ting Cards, Altar Cards, Wake Cards, etc. Finally, a monthly periodical. Credo, is issued for the laity; your ub cription i olicited The women of our Archdiocese play an important role in church life. Members of the Order of St. Ignatius of Antioch are Adeline Abercia,Vi\'ian Saykaly and Jeannette Younes. AHolyUnction Service was held on Wednesday evening, conducted by MetropolitanPHILIP and seven priests (the same seven who were students with him at Holy Cross Seminary). stricter American cults - Mormons, Jehovah's Witnesses et alShepherding - Discipling, Tithing, Shunning, etc. Most are too small to attract general attention but one, "The Holy Order of Mans," suddenly joined an "Old Calendar" Greek diocese without formal training in the faith. They publish Epiphany magazine and constitute a substantial segment of the body with which the~ affiliated. This Department has a full report on the group by one of the founders who is now a member of the OCA available for the cost of duplicating. Expenses Inter-Orthodox and Inter-Faith Attendance at 1989-91 Meetings: $4,011.20 of which $2,624.98 was transportation. These arc the expenses of Father Olof Scott for 8 meetings of the NCC.Two additional meetings were paid in toto by the NCC and transportation for one meeting was contributed by a parishioner of Father Scott's. All expenses of Antiochian delegates to Orthodox, Episcopal and Roman Catholic dialogues from two to three people at each, were paid by the treasurer of the Standing Conference of Bishops. Secretarial Typing and Telephone: $2,143.00. There are no salaries or administrative fees. The Archdiocese pays transportation and lodging at CCC meetings for clergy on! y. During the two years of this report Fath:r Paul did not attend any CCC meetings out of New York to sa\_e budget money. When lay delegates, who are required to pay their Mr.President, On behalf of the people of my Archdiocese, I want to present youwith this icon of St. George, your Patron saint. This sacred icon,painted by a Lebanese artist depicts the victorious George, layingthe evil dragon. So too, we in today's world are called upon to overcome the evil forces that have been unleashed upon us. Theseevil forces have many faces. You, Sir, have the awesome responsibility as the leader of the only super-power in the world, toovercome all the dragons which stand in your way. Thank you, Mr. President. Afterthe departure of the President at 11:30 A.M., MetropolitanPHILIPrecessed the General Assembly until 1:00 P.M. The General Assembly reconvened at 1:00 P.M. I c) FATHERPAUL SCHNEIRLA, Vicar General of the Western Rite presentedthe Western Rite Report: This report is offered in outline since we are distributing with ita reprint of a descriptive article from the Russian Orthodox Journalby Anette Milkovich which answers many of the questions mostoften asked and contains illustrations of some of our centers. The Commission Anadvisory Commission responds to the needs of the Vicar Generaland currently consists of Archimandrite Stephen U~son, iecretary,Archpriest Michael Keiser, Fathers George Morelh and dwardHughes and Marie Hyder. WORD/NOVEMBER 1991 THE WORD/NOVEMBER 1991 THE At the Order of St. Ignatiu of Antioch banquet, the tra~iti nal h?ldin_g of hands ceremony, expre sing olidarity, took place. Pictured~ 1th HI Eminence are Adeeb Sadd, outgoing pre ident and Dr. Eugene a) fi ·~ho was master of ceremonies. Outreach This year parishe have been fo~nded _in ~lorado, • ebra ·k~. New Mexico, and in everal center m al1forrna Father Paul. Father Morelli, Father Trigg and Father Kenna have re ponded t these opportunities. . Father Keiser ha made two vi it to England to conkr wtth Christians there who are distre ed with the growth �i m. Many contact have been made with communities of ~ersons who are mo ing in the direction of Orthodoxy. Deacon Timothy Cremeen ha vi ited some with a liturgical bent who come from a prote cant background. Budget The two mo t commonly used gambits to turn off inquiries from repre entatives of bodies who feel threatened are: 1) The e tern Rite i a decoy to trick you into the Byzantine rite, and 2) "look at their budget if you want to know how serious they are." The budget li ted in the Annual Financial Report is almost always exceed d. Travel, secretarial work and telephone are underwritten by the archdiocese. In conclusion, and on behalf of all of the clergy and people of the icariate, in appreciation of his faithful support of this risk of faith for the love of souls and the reunion of the Christian world we offer a sincere "Many Years" to Metropolitan PHILIP Respectfully submitted, PW.S. Schneirla Vicar General currently labors long and well, preparing this most annual guide for all the parishes. useful 2. The Verses for the Vesper Service for all the Parish L." C . he on ferences, the Clergy Symposia, Archdiocese Conve t' • and various meetings of the Archdiocesan Departm n 10115, prepared and supplied by the Department for the~::~ years. L 3. Verses and other Texts are prepared as needed for indiv·ct • th em. Th.is me . ludes Weekday Ve t ual pans. h es requesting a complete English edition of the Typikon, exactly as it is published in Greek and A~abic. It needs to be available to priests, Deacons and Cho1rs, even if only as a reference. 6. The Department has worked with Dr. Michael Farrow of Ss Peter and_Paul Parish i~ Bethesda, MD, who has prepared a Collection of Tropana and Hymns for Children set to Byzantine Music for use in the parishes. ' 7_ or. Farr?w has also prepared a musical setting of the special Anttphona for Feast-Days throughout the year, with Joint Services with other Orthodox bodies, Sunday~~~~which the Department was pleased to help. thodoxy Vespers, Sunday Evening Lenten Vespers 8. v.Rev.Fr. Michael Najim is_in the process of preparing a large other occasions. and synekdemos, a collection of services and verses for Furthermore, many liturgical books were prepared in our Ar hweekends, weekdays, and feast-days. This will be a comdiocese, with which the department is delighted, most recently ~h pletely fresh translation from the Greek with a new LinguisLiturgikon, containing the primary - and several of the occasio ~ tic format, and with an effort to pinpoint those Biblical quo- services of our Church. This work was prepared by the Rt.Rna tations which are extracted verbatim from the Bible; it is Archimandrite Basil Essey, in collaboration with the Rt. Rev.Arc~~~ much more inclusive than anything currently available. The mandrite Daniel Griffith, and a team of proof-readers: v.Rev.F~ V. Rev. Fr. Jack Sparks is currently assisting in editing the Joseph Purpura, Rev. Fr. Michael Abdelahad, Rev. Fr. Timoth,: completed sections. As planned, the Academic Community Baclig, Rev. Fr. and Mrs. John Morris and Rev. Fr. Peter Leigh. • of Saint Athanasius Academy in Santa Barbara, along with other Orthodox editors and proof-readers from our Archdiocese and other jurisdictions will continue the review. PROPOSALS FOR FUTURE PROJECTS: I. Both Rt. Rev. Fr. Dimitri Khoury and V. Rev. Fr. Michael Najim have considered preparing Bulletin Inserts for all the Parishes, containing the Epistle, Gospel, Troparia, and Kontakia (along with other suitable materials as suggested) for each Sunday of the year, either in English or English/Arabic. If there is sufficient interest, they will certainly follow through with this project. 2. V. Rev. Fr. Najim, as a product of his work on the Synekdemos, is considering putting together a complete Epistle Book as a companion to our Gospel book. This would be also a fresh translation from the Greek. Wewould like to encourage more frequent use of our differentLiturgical services which are available at the department. The distinguished support of His Eminence Metropolitan PHILIP is gratefully acknowledged, as well as his guidance and endeavorsto enable this Department to respond to the needs of the parishes,as well as serve missionary goals. We earnestly desire to hearrequests or suggestions so that we may continue to serve our Church. Respectfully submitted, V. Rev. Michael Najim Rev. Edward Hughes Oratorical winners from the six regions competed for the Judges' Choice. Metropolitan PHILIP gave a scholarship to the grand prize winner. RobertI and Gladys Laham of Boston gave scholarships to the other contestants. Moved by FATHERMICHAELKEISER, seconded by DR. EUGE E SAYFIE the report was accepted ' *** • d) FATHEREDWARDHUGHESand FATHER MICHAELNAJIM Co-Chairmen, presented the report of the Department of Liturgics: . _ince the very day of its foundation, this Department has been _mv1~gto ma~e available to Clergy and Laity throughout the Ant1oc~ian Arch?1?cese and beyond, the necessary liturgical texts and ru?ncs, providing, as need arises, new translations and liturgical guidance. Consequentl~, over~ period of many years the Department has cond~cted ongoing projects which have furnished the following matenal : I. The Liturgical Guide for Priests, Choirs, and Chanters _ distributed for the past 12 years. V. Rev. Fr. Nifon Abraham CURRENT PROJECTS· • . 1 Wi k I. Rev. Fr. Antony Yazge is preparing a senes of Ho Y ee Booklets for use in the pews. . 2. Rev. ~r. David Straut is preparing a small Book ofHo~rs wtth music to enable the congregation to follow w1th the chanters during Matins and Vespers on weekdays as wella the Sundays. 3. In addition to all the Liturgical Books which were prepared by the former Chairman of the Department, the Rt. Rer. Archimandrite Dimitri Khoury, is working now on a com: plete Euchologion in English, a work which is sore!) missed in this Language. 4. Rev. Fr. Edward Hughes has nearly completed work on a great Horologion in English which was to have been a com· panion to the new Liturgikon. For several reasons, workon this project has been set aside for the present. . 5 · Rev. Fr. Edward Hughes is presently engaged in prepanng I th eJudges' Choice was Miss Michelle Salamy of Los Angeles, California, representingthe Western Region. · e) FATHERJOHN BADEEN Chairman presented the Report of the Clergy Insurance and ' Retirement ' • Commission: The Commission met at the Antiochian Village on July 20 , 1990 , and again at the Archdiocese Headquarters in Englewood, 16 T!iEWORD/NOVEMBER 1991 J. on April 16 1991.Both meeting <.k:altwith chan posed change to the Ba i Pron 1 m of the Ar hdi( ment Plan and propo ed han e in ur group in uran pr g .un. In re. our Archdi ce e Retirement Plan tht: an;. , here d1;m 'e were propo ed are a follow : The teens of the Archdioce e pent ome time at the Tomh of the l nknown Soldier . . 1) Expand the Provision to include full-time la) t:mplo the Archdiocese. The rationale for chi change 1 that, bee the growth of the Archdioce e it ha been nee<.: ar) to e several full-time career employee . 'v hile thi ha..,been upon for some time, it ha never formalized into the ha ic sions; and this over ight is now being rectified 2) Eliminate the mandatory acceptance of the k:r Insurance Program a a requirement for eligibility to pa The rationale for this change i that everal clergy of the rchdic cese are no less dedicated co their mini tf) and the wdfare of th ·ir parishes, but have not chosen to participate in the in urane<:pr gram. These people were being unju:tl) penalized for their n nparticipation. 3) To permit clergy to retire any time afteran;1ining prior to age 65 with reduced benefit ba ed on the offi<.:i· ed mortality table of the in urancc indu tr~. with a ppr Metropolitan Primate. 4) Clergy, on reaching age 62 and he~ore r ·achi accept early retirement at the reque.-t of the Ar hd so without any reduction of benefit.. 5) Increase the ceiling on earning from part-t retirement from 5,000 to 10,000 per annun 6) Eliminate the "10-Year ertain" clau.., w ment for widow of clergy co omplete .1 benefits following the demL e of a retir ·d cler retired l~ss than 10 year ; and provide in rethe husband's retirement benefit tot • •• 7) Permit payment co the ~·!d~>wo or co retirement age on her attaining a 75 % of the benefit co which he woul_ lived, but ba ed on the length of en·1 She may apply for the e benefit at a tion in the benefit amount ba ed on t of the insurance indu try. All of the foregoing propo al have.:I een �Jetropolitan Primate and are now in effect, and incorporated into the Ba ic Provisions of the plan. . Regarding the Clergy Insurance Program, it has been th~ p~hcy of th Com mi sion co periodically review this program, takmg mto account the inflationary spiral and seek adjustments in the coverage to maintain the benefit intended. There have_b~en no changes n1ade in our benefits since 1985. The Commission, therefore, recommends the following changes with the approval of this As, embly and the Metropolitan Primate: 1) Increase the Death Benefit from $50,000 to $65,000. 2) Increase the Death Benefit Provision for retired clergy age 65 and clergy over age 70 from $4,000 to $15,000. 3) Increase the family adjustment allowance from $600 per month for the first 12 months to $750 per month; and thereafter from $400 per month for 48 months to $500 per month for the same period. The balance of the program remains unchanged. and 187 participants in our retirement program. We current! h • • b ene f"lt from t h e fund and Y a\"e 11 retired clergy rece1vmg 2 1 . wives, for a total of 13 recipients. We have 2 clergymen recc_~'.8! • b·1· en,ng long-term ct1sa i ny b ene f"t 1 s. I'm happy to report that the funding for clergy insuran . . soun ct con ct·it1on. . retirement program ism I refer you to Paceand "Cl I d R • ge 24• Statement II, ergy nsurance an et1rement Reserve Fund"· the Archdiocese Financial Report, fiscal year endingJanua , or 1991. You will note the fund is approaching 1.5 million dollry31• .. f arsa of that date. Our t h an k s to t h e d i1igence o Mr. Ted Mackoul h oversees the fund and handles our investments, and to the Aw.0 SIrant Controller, ~r. Peter Dacales, who watches over the booksand keeps us all straight. Regarding our Optional S_upplementary Re~irement Planfunded by the clergy and the p_anshes: ~r. S~m Saide, Vice-President of First Michigan Corporation, our fiduciary agents of this 403(B) (7) Plan, reports that he has currently 26 priests and parishes participating in the program. I regret that we have not had more ofour priests participating; but, by and large, they report that the parishes have refused to partic_ipate ~i~h t~em. Since this is an optional plan, we cannot force their participation. We hope that, in the future they will see the wisdom of the plan and take advantage of thistax: saving method of providing for additional retirement income. The\ parishes should do their part for providing for an adequate and dignified retirement for their pastors. In closing, I want to thank His Eminenc , Metropolitan PHILIP for his continued support and his en ouragement. Thanks alsoto our Archdiocese Board of Trustee , and especially to the Orderof St. Ignatius of Antioch who have been most generous and dedicated in providing for the welfare of our clergy and clergy families. Our thanks to Kathy Meyers, who continues to serve beyond the call of duty. Last, but not lea t, my m ntor and pusher, BishopANTOUN, without who e interest and efforts we would encounter more problem than we do. Respectfully submitted, V. Rev.John Badeen Commission Chairman *** FATHERBADEE mov d that, effective in September, that the parish and clergy assessment for the clergy fund be increased from $29 to $50 per month. econded by DR. EUGENE SAYFIE,the motion wa passed. I ... with His Eminence, Archbishop MICHAELand Miss Julie Oakdouk, president of AC Teen SOYO. In order to implement these necessary and recommended change , we ask that this Assembly approve an increase in the contribution from the clergy and parishes from $29 per month to $50 per month. There has not been an increase in the contribution from clergy and parishes for several years. When the last change was made in 1985, we increased the clergy insurance from $30,000 to $50,000 and added the family adjustment allowance. Only $3 per month was added to the contribution of clergy and parishes. This re ulted in a shortfall of over $24,000 which was absorbed by the Order of St. Ignatius and the fund. The fund and the Order hould not be required to supplement the cost of benefit increases. This is the only portion of our program which is funded by the clergy and parishes and increases should be paid for by them. The Order of St. Ignatius has graciously increased their subidy to the fund for the coming fiscal year by $13,000. With the assumption of the additional costs of the clergy insurance by the cler~Wand the pari. hes, t~is en~ire_amount can be used to pay for the mcrea ed costs m the hberahzation of the benefits in our retirement program a well a the additional covered members mentioned above. It would also make possible a recommendation for the increase of retirement benefits, currently $16.67 per month for each year of, ervice co a maximum of $500, to $18.33 per month for each year of ervice to a maximum of $550 effective September 1. Th~refore, ~e trongly recom~end the adoption of the requested increase m the clergy and parish participation for the insurance fund. With the increases noted above, our recent actuarial study reports that our progra~ ~ill continue to be financially sound. We currently have 161 participants in our group insurance program Moved by FRED KATUHA, s conded by NASEEBSALIBA, the report was accepted. One of our teens? Or a part of the Band? nFATHERPETERGILLQUIST, Chairman, presentedthe Report ofthe Department of Missions and Evangelism and the Conciliar Press: DEPARTMENT OF MISSIONS AND EVANGELISM Report to the National Convention, 1991 Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America What has happened since 2000 Evangelical Protestants committed tbemselves to be Orthodox, responding to the invitation of His Beatitude, Patriarch IGNATIUS IV? I OF THE SEVENTEEN AEOM PARISHES WHICH ENTERED THE ARCHDIOCESE - 1. St. Paul Orthodox Church, Seattle, WA - new Temple construction is in progress. 2. Holy Cross, Yakima, Washington - new Temple construction is in progress. 3. St.John Orthodox Cathedral, Anchorage, AK- plans a new satellite mission in Anchorage. 4. St. Vincent of Lerins, Saskatoon, SASK.- Church building has been purchased. 5. Ss. Peter and Paul, Ben Lomond, CA - new satellite mission is starting in Santa Cruz. . . 6. St. Peter,Jackson, MS - Church building and educational urnt has been purchased. 7. St. John, Memphis, TN - Church building has been purchased. 8. Holy Epiphany, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada - has merged with St. Elijah, Ottawa. . 9. St. Stephen, Atlanta, GA- new Church building is b_ei~gbuilt. 10. St. Timothy, Lompoc, CA - purchased Church bulldmg and fellowship hall. 11. St. Andrew, Borden, SASK.- has combined with St. Vincent, Saskatoon. 12. St. Athanasius, Sacramento, CA- owns Church building; starting campus ministry. . . 13. Holy Resurrection, Gary, Indiana- owns a building and looking to purchase Church. . 14. St. Ignatius, Nashville, TN - New Church and fellowship hall has been constructed. 15. St. Barnabas, Huntington Beach, CA- looking for permanent Church building. . \ 16. St.James, Reno, Nevada - combined with Holy Cross, Yakima, WA. d 1 . St. Athanasius, Santa Barbara, CA- owns building and Ian ; Temple construction underway soon. NEW MISSION PARISHES SINCE 1987 1. St. John the Evangelist, Beaver Falls, PA - has purchased Church and fellowship facility. . ct· D • apla1. Young people from Sts. Peter & Paul Church of Bethesda, M , 10 • "God's Favorite." I 18 THE WORD/NOVEMBER 1991 2. St. James, East Lansing, MI - purchased Church bull mg; starting campus ministry. . b 3. Holy Transfiguration, Wheaton, IL- leasing, looking ~o uy. 4- St. Matthew Berea OH-purchased church building th is year. 5. Orthodox Missio~, Milwaukee, WI - purchased land ' ready to build. THEWORD/NOVEMBER 1991 6. Orthodox ~1L ion, Boulder. 0 - lea mg hurch facility. . Peter and Paul, 'alt Lake ity, T purcha t:d land, ka ing Church building. 8. All aint ·, Bloomingcon, L - lea ing ne1r l niver ity of Indiana. 9. Holy ro , , Lanca, tcr - purcha ed land: currently lc~1ing a facility. 10. Inland Empire .ML ion. Ri,·er-,ic.le,C - lea ing facility on nearby campu . 11. Flag raff, Z- lea. ing hurch adjacent co onht:rn Arizona niver ity ampu •. POTE TI Li E\1' .\11 .I(. Wilmington, Delaware \rlington, \A t. LouL, 1L ouri Parker burg \X'V Lo Angeles, C - Hi ·panic ongregation nchorage, AK Atlanta, Georgia anta Cruz .A OTHER 1990-91 DEP RT 1E1 T )F ML :10 A DE 'A GELi M PROJE 'T. 1. In cooperation with Metropolitan Pill LIP and the \rchdioccsan headquarter taff, it was my joy this year to,, rite tht: authorized biography of our beloved rchbi hop, honoring hi Twenty-five Year Anniver. ary as Primate of tht: ntiochian rthodox Chri tian Archdioce e of orth mt:nca. Tht: book is entitled Metropolitan PHILIP, Hi Life and Hi. Dr ·am . published by Thoma el on Inc. Released this ,, eek. ll t'>a\·a!lable for the fir t time at the Convention at the onc11IarPrt:'>'> Booth 2. nder the auspice of the cac.lem1c Commun11 ~ of t Athana iu Academy, anta Barbara, the final fir ·1 draft of tht: Orthodox tudy Bible i complete and in the Jund of'thc four General Editors: Fr .Jo eph lien, Thomas I lopko, ~1ichacl ajim and Theodore tylianopoulos. Thi'>landmark project will be published next summer, 1992. 3. Preachingoncampu attheL'ni,·er ityof\11chigan. \l1t.h1g.111 State, the niversity of California at :ant.a Barbara, Biblical cminary (Mennonite), Fre no, CAand, t. Tikhon\, . anaan. PA. ose guys O a w1c e hadey and Loui Bojrab. u kce Thq arc oma LOOKI G AHE D TO. £:XTYI R 1. I will be in India in December. preaching to ~OCH are part of the Pre- halce_donian hurc.h,__al!11~~ er faith in Christ, wor hip of the Hol~ lnnlt) progre will be made in a mo,·cmc.:nt tmvard f communion. . 2. Heightened effort will be made to~,-:1 I Prote rant co Orthodoxy, (b) telhn Chri tianity to Prote. cant ~nd Roma ing independent congregauon and d �becoming Orthodox, (d) reaching non-believers and other Christian groups on our nation's campuses. Please send me names and addre e of pa tors you meet who are interested in Orthodoxy. Respectfully submitted, V. Rev. Peter E. Gillquist, Chairman g) FATHERJOHN BADEEN, General Manager, presentedthe Report of ACORN: "Evangeli m" is the word we use when referring to our desire to pread the faith. In secular terminology, the word "advertising" individual ?onors, and _Orthodo~ clergy associations - large! cause of widespread m1sconcept1ons about the cost of prod y _be. and radio airtime. Some thought that, because the program ~cti?n 1 itiated on their local station at no cost to the local church thas .ntime was free. In fact, A.C.O.R.N. initiated the program i~ the~trtention that local support would be forthcoming as parish e tn. d th e b ene f'Its an d imp . 1emente d an outreach to complimes realize . Parishes that did so, in many notable areas, have reported gre:r~~~~ cess. Beginning in April of this year, we analyzed each mark . . ·ctu~ 11y : . . e 1·1mmatmg • • s_ome w h ere we lacked sufficientetsutn-_ d lVl port to 1ust1fyfurther expenditure, and renegotiating others fo b p ter statio~s and/or better times. The $100,000 budget grant:d ~tMetropohtan PHILIP and the Order y . of St. Ignatius for the cu rreru year adequately covers production costs, administrative co . d . 1 b sts, repro d uct1on costs, an matena s costs ut does not and is intended to extend to full payment of broadcasting costs. T~~t y~a~'s goal must be to achieve a minim~m of 50% underwriting~} am1me costs on the local level along with a more efficient person 1 outreach to our immense listenership. a Even with the currently reduced number of markets, almost three million persons hear the program weekly. This has been determined based on Birch Radio Ratings Reports and the Simmons Market Research Report for Radio. We are now in a position to We're pleased to note that various organizations have seen A.C.0.R.N.as a public relations tool, including us on their press releasemailing lists; for instance, St. Vladimir's Seminary, Nelson Publishing House (responsible for Father Peter's biography of ~!etropolitanPHILIP), and our work to publicize the agreement for establishment of Orthodox studies at St. Vincent College. We are nowbeginning to include regular features in the programs to get thisinformation out ... sort of an "Orthodox News" commentary. Wewant to thank His Eminence for the opportunity to launch sucha unique and extraordinary project for our archdiocese and especiallydo we thank him and His Grace Bishop Antoun for their remarkableattentiveness to "rightly dividing the word of truth" "'hen pre-approving each program. We want to thank the Order ofSt. Ignatius for assisting so generously in the costs. We want to thankas well, those clergy and laity who have participated generouslyin the fundraising efforts. And finally, we want to thank those whogave of their time, more generously than they perhaps intend1 ed,when they agreed to participate in a recording. We look forward toan even greater second year which can be achieved only by dependingon the continued help and participation of our clergy and Thursday morning at the Convention and His Eminence greeted the President of the United States, George Bush. would be an appropriate substitute. The earliest and most basic form of "advertising" was and is still word-of-mouth - if you've got a good product, people will talk about it - word gets around, and you're in business. Eventually a need for the printed word develops - letters, books, magazines, et cetera. And now, in the 20th century, the audio and video technologies have developed - the ability to address literally millions of people simultaneously. In the spring of 1990, His Eminence Metropolitan PHILIP implemented the Antiochian Christian Orthodox Radio Network for the purpose ofutilizing 20th century methodology to "advertise" our product, to "evangelize" Orthodoxy. We chose our original format with an ideal of gaining "nameawareness" for Orthodoxy as opposed to the "hard sell" approach I The President gave an important policy speech on American involvement in the Gulf War, and welcomed us to Washington. Metropolitan PHILIPpresented an Icon of St. George to President Bush as Metropolitan ELIASlooked on. ' ~sect by many evangelical groups. Our purpose is not to prose! _ t1~e,?ut to "introduce" oursel~es and gain a recognized identiiy w1thm the general North Amencan public through exposition of the Orthodox beliefs and lifestyle. Our first program aired on May 12th, 1990 with airtime pur~ha ed at a total cost of $220 per week for three mid-market cit1~s._ByDecember, we played weekly in 36 markets with a weekl a1rt1m~cost approaching $3,200. We fell short of our first year go!i to achieve 33 % underwriting through local church communities, 20 Orthodox spirituality. There are two feast day specials_ the ativityand Holy Pascha and_a 7-week Pentecostarian series which wassuggested by Metro1?ol1ta~ ~HILIP and elicited our greatest reponse.The curr~nt senes, still m production, deals with the Orthodoxperspecuve on contemporary issues. negotiate for airtime more effectively, demanding better times and better stations, because our extremely high technical quality and conservative content is widely appreciated in the general broadcasting community. Support is growing as the financial misconceptions are dispelled. And, we have succeeded in achieving a degree of that desired "name-awareness" as indicated by the more knowledgeable response of the media and our listeners. Another item of a very positive nature has been the wholehearted approral ?f the programming by the other Orthodox jurisdictions, extendmg even to some financial support. . The next step is to advantageously capitalize on our high !tstenership by "qualifying" them at the parish level. We know, for I mstan_ce,that 26% of them are unchurched, 14% of them are Epis: copal!an, and 11% are Roman Catholic. This is fertile ground foi evangelis~ and we need to get to know these people in person. The addition of our toll free number - 1-800-880-WORD- has increased communication so that a mailing list can be developed and made available. To date we have produced one 13-week series on Orthodox hiStory, another on Orthodox worship, and a third on aspects of THE WORD/NOVEMBER 91 l9 llaitv. A TIOCHIA RED ,\1 1 1 . T!Tl TE ~Jter four ucce ful year of the hoir Dire tor eminar we decided to include all and any church mu ict.in "ho \\'ottld 1·ik•· to attend · Ch Otr • mger• and hanccr included,, nh pedal pro-"' gra~s for all. _Lat year we instituted the nc1ochian aued ~tu i ~~s~~utean_dIt proved mo:t succc'>. ful. \X'eexpenented a degrel.' E u~ernsm a a re, ult of ha\'ing the Dcpartml.'nt of Religiou duc~tion from the Greek Church mcet111gat the aml.' time,, c were m ses. s~on • ..Bi• h o_p 1aximo'> • of Penn·~ h ania l.'n ouraged hi pe?~le to_iomwith u,_i~ th~ Li_turgicalwork . .\Ian~ attl'nding chl e t?JOmwnh our Choir 111mg111gthese en icc'>.Tlw, ,,as rhc fir r Cline_for n:any singing in Engli:h. \X'cal·o had Bishop ~la imo servmg with Father Geha and De~1conFinlc.:,.but more.:than that Father ergei Glagolev of, t. \'ladimir's. Fath~r ergd wa our Kc\'note Speaker and did a wonderful job. All our tlJsses ,,·L'ntwc.:11 :u~d overall we could not have asked for more. This year the Institute \\'ill convene on Augu'>tI') thru 19th. \Xe hope for the same degree of succcs. and wc ask you to cnuiu1-:1gc attendance by musicians from your parbh ' OBSERVATIO SO CO GREG TIO P RTIUPATlO Congr_egat!on participation can best bc sen c.:dh~ h.i, 111gtht.: congregation smg the same music as the Choir Tho e that ,trt.:having some success are doing just that. To make.:spt.:cial mus1l ,l\':tilable 1svery impractical because it b difficult to plc.:ascL, c.:none. If a church wants congregation participation it h recomme.ndc.:d th_atyou si~g ~hat your choir sings or use a implc.:L1wrgy like the.: H1lko service m the "Three Di\'ine Liturgic.:." 0 CO FERE E LITURGIE, This year we prepared a new publication of a Confc.:rcnccLiturgy to be used at the Archdiocese Conference. \X'ewant to thank Jerry Gabriel of Troy, Michigan for donating the b111dc.:r\lid\\ c. t Region is using this same Liturgy, ,'outhwc, t and \X'e tcrn ,tlong with the Can-Am regions are u ing basically the 'iame music In all cases the Liturgical work is much impro\'cd. \\e ,, ill continue to present materials at our annual Institute to make.:more.:imp rm cments. This concludes my report and I am preparc.:dto an \Yer most of your questions. Please feel free to ask. Re<,pc.:Clfully suhmittL'd. RaymondJ. (,c.:cirgt.: Chairman. Dc.:pt.of ;tcrc.:d~lu ic Moved by FATHER GEORGE GHIA, JO FPII A BOl 'D\. and CHRISTOPHER HOLWEY and seconded b~ .JO l Pl I DER ANEY, the report was received. At this point, METROPOUTA PIIJLIP interrupted the proceedings to welcome GEORGE ELIA,, ,hancellor Lmernu h) MR. RAYMOND GEORGE, Chairman, presented the Report of the Department of Sacred Music: I am happy to report to you that the Department continues to grow.Because our music is constantly upgraded and because it is uniqueand challenging we continue to attract better musicians. Thisis reflected in the Regional and Archdiocese Conferences. One personal note, His Eminence awarded me the Antonian GoldMedal not only for my lengthy service to my own parish but alsomy service to Midwest SOYO of many years and also my eighteenyears of service as chairman of the Department of Sacred Music.But much more than that his Jove for the music of the church andhis total support of all the musicians of the church is reflected111this award. Savidna I want to thank you on behalf of all the n . . , ' iusicians for your love of their work, it means so much to the Department. ARCHDIOCESE MUSIC INVENTORIES Allthe publications of the Archdiocese have good inventories. Thenewest publication of the Byzantine Project is the "Triodion" \\'hichconsists of two volumes and will be available in September ofthis year. It was compiled by Basil Kazan. The other "George~" greet the Pre 1dt:nt: Father (,t:orgL tor of THE \X'ORD, and C,eorge \1 Rado , Ho t Pa tor. 21 THEWORD/NOVEMBER 1991 �i) METROPOLITAN PHI LIP praised the first Christian Educational Conference at the Antiochian Village last year and introduced JOHN BOOJAMRA, Chairman, who presented the Report of the Department of Christian Education: REPORT OF THE DEPARTME T OF CHRISTIA EDUCATION TO THE BIE JAL CO VE TION 1991 For the last twenty-one years the Department of Christian Education has reported on its work, both annually and bi~nn_ually,under three onvenient headings: Coordination, Pubhcat1ons, and Teacher Training. It i the. e over-all goals which h~ve_guid~d my work ~ind set parameters by which I apportion the limited t1me of a part-time position. als and teacher training with North America. This remains a . w 11· confused area m 1ch to wor k . I PUBLICATIONS: The Department of Christian Education has published two new items smce our last General Assembly. It has published 8 . UT/ding Your Own Jconostas and Altar, by Rev. John Matusiak anctD John Boojamra, as well as the Retreat and Study Guide b r. . . d our num b er of publications ' ydFr• George Alberts. We l1ave 11m1te to both the expenses involved as well as the limitation on sto ue . rage facilities. A new teen study program enmled Focus on You wh· h was initiated within our ~rchdioces~, ':ill be published by' theirthodox Christian Education Comm1ss1on, as well as a new Fam~ . . ly Advent book by Rev. Kurt Speier. The Department o~ Christian Education has been promising a tape series on the Family for the past two conventions. It has simply been impossible to bring this about. What I have done in teact is initiated a new series of audio tapes which will be issued on a ad hoc basis under the general title of Education Dynamics. Th~ first two tapes in this series are completed and have thus far been well received: Foundations of Christian Education and Tbe Growing Child in the Christian Home. As the Youth Department continues to form itself, my Department will of course, not involve itself in publishing youth oriented materials. . che United States and Canada. We have titled this the ational ~acher Education P~ogram. ~his year's meeti.r;g is s~heduled for tober 10-13 and will deal with the theme of Creative Activities ?che Classroom and Organizing and Programming Your Church int school." cooRDINA!ION/Pl!BL!CATIONS: To assist m coordmatmg the work of the Department with the arishes, I continue to pu~lis_h a quarte~ly NEWSLETTER devot~dto topics rel~ted t~ C~nst_1an Education and Family Life. This NEWSLETTER1s begmnmg its 22nd year of regular publication. Inaddition to the NEWSL~TTER, t~e Department puts out on an d hoc basis its one sheet mformat1on flyer entitled EMPHASIS! :am pleased to announce at this P?int that I have reached an agreement with Fr. George Corey, Editor of T?e Word, by which the EWSLETTER, the only regularly appeanng Orthodox Christian Education journal, will appear four times a year as a centerfold in Theword magazine. This agre_emen~ will enable me to reach more peopleand more homes at a sh?htly increased _expense.~he Christ·anEducation NEWSLETTER m The Word will appear m the Sep~ember,December, February and April issues of The Word. In addition to the above areas of coordination, publication and reacher training, the Department Chairman is available at all times forconsultation with parish clergy and Church School Directors. 1foresee no major changes in the direction in which the Departmenthas been moving an~ I hav~ had no major ~omplain~s ~egardingany of its work. Inertia obliges me to contmue to d1v1de my work and to use my time as I have been doing. I am, of course, alwavslooking for new talent, materials and suggestions. , John L. Boojamra, Ph.D. I Moved hv FATHER GEORGE ALBERTS, seconded by FATHER PAlJLEYLER, the report wa~ accepted. j) FATHERGEORGES. COREY, Editor, presented the Report Metropolitan PHILIP presided at the General Assembly and heard the various reports of the departments. of the Word Magazine: ..,...,---- COORDI ATIO : During the past two years the Department of Christian Education has continued to keep our parishes in touch with each other and with the work of the Orthodox Christian Education Commission. A the Diocese has grown so rapidly, of all the goals I work towards thi has become the most important. The department's quarterly 8-page Newsletter, as well as the occasional appearance of Emphasis, keeps our parishes informed of the department's work. The Parish Life Conferences give me the opportunity to meet as many priests as possible. This coordination within the Archdiocese involves my work, not only among our parishes, but among our different departments. Of special note is my recent appointment, as Chairman of Christian Education, to membership in the Youth Ministry team headed by Fr. Joseph Purpura. To this end I have participated in both Youth Department meetings at the Antiochian Village, as well as held two separate meetings with Fr. Joseph Purpura to lend him support in formulating his goals and objectives. My department will continue to work with Fr. Purpura in the future and we especially look towards providing him, at least initially, with the pedagogical expertise we have developed. The Department of Christian Education has appointed one of its members, Joan Teebagy, to provide all Creative Festival topics, with the exception of the Oratorical and Bible Bowl. On an interjurisdictional level, I continue to be the chairman of the Executive Board of the Orthodox Christian Education Commi sion, as well as a member of its curriculum department, and Metropolitan PHILIP remains the President of the Orthodox Christian Education Commission. The department has channeled many of its own projects into the OCEC. . La~t sum!11er I expanded my efforts at coordination by making a tnp to Finland and the Soviet nion. In Finland I gave lectures on my book, Foundations for Christian Education, as well as held a press interv_iew. In the S_ovi~tUnion I met with several bishops who are looking to coordinating their Christian education materi- 22 Vice Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Ernest Saykaly, presented a report on the Antiochian Village Council. pent many hour ,·olunteering our er\'i to thi publi .Hi n and for our beloved rchdioce e \\'e wam to in rel,· th. nk th whoa i tu inourlaboroflove:~ktr>p< litanPHil.lP rhi invaluable advice; Kathy ~leycr and ~1arit:tta\< ut ina fi r their clerical work; Peter Decale for checking out our bill • Donn. \ll>en for her technical work and cm·er de ign • ·rypecralt Pre of Pitt • burgh for printing; our Editorial Board chi , ear - Father; J :-.eph Allen, Ba ii E ey, ntony Gabriel, Peter C,ill~tuit Jame:-.C,. kena John Morri , Paul chncirla, Paul 1~1ra11 rt:ph n l 'p n an I >ur devoted laity, Anthony Ba hir,John Boo1.1mra,Claudette I l:mn:1, Ronald icola, ajib aliba and tdanie Yazge.All ha,·e C<>ntribltled in some way to make our publication one ofa kind. \\'e al < w:1111 to thank all of you for your support, whether it b • letter to the t::ditor, constructive critici m, article of inrere t to our reader :111d/<r financial contribution,. Pica c keep all of the above u ming oflen! According to the financial report of the Archdioce e for the fi • cal yearendedJanuary 31, 1991, 13:;,000.00 \\~,1s budgeted Ji rTI II, WORD. I am happy co report to you chat in 1989 and in 1990, "e spent approximately 5,000.00 less th:111wa budgeted in ea h year. Our magazine L ent co approximately 2 1.000 home (free of charge to the families of our rchdiocesl'.), and co subs riht:r , hierarchs and educator all O\Tr the \Yorld! PLA S FOR THE COMI G YEAR After careful consideration of our growth and need:-. < f < ur Archdiocese, we have made the following plans for thl'. coming year: 1. Starting in eptember, there will Ix: ,1monthly n:mL:rfolcl. The Department of Youth will occupy four issue·. the n·epanment of Christian Education will ha\'e four is ues. the Children' Relic Fund will have one issue, and the D<.:partmentof Puhlicati< n will have one issue. 2. Each parish will be allowed only om.:article of pari h ne,, per year (Communities in Action). Articl<.:sare to he no longer than 2 typewritten pages, double spaced. Orn.:photo per artick. 3. Parishes or organizations that wish to ad\'ertise a product, such as a cook book, will be charg<.:d 200.00 for a quarter page ad . 4. Churches that wish to ad\'ertise th<.:irParish LifeConference will continue to recei\'e free space, but chat pace will he limited. They must not depend solely on THE WORD for th<.:iraclvertiing, but must communicate directly with th<.:parish<.:sin their region. 5. Space does not allow us to featur<.:our .\rchd1occ an organizations (The Order, AOCW A, SOYO, the ltens), nor our 2 1 departments each month. Therefore ,vc.:mu t also ltmit them to one or two articles each year. Some of our organization and departments we hear from frequently; och<.:rs\Venc.:,erhear from. TEACHER TRAINING: Since the last General As embly I have held Christian Education Conferences and lectures in the foll wing places: ew Kensington, PA (8/26/89), San Jose, CA (9/15-16/90), Glen Cove, Y (10/21/89), Antiochian Village (10/13-15/89), Atlanta, GA (3/16-18/90), Houston, TX (3/2-4/90), Flushing, Y (1/26/90), ew Britain, CT (4/20/90), Bergenfield, J (1/15/90), Phoenix, AZ (5/25-27/90), Cleveland, OH (6/23/90), We t t. Paul, M (9/21-23/90), EagleRiver, AK (7/30-8/5/90), Bergenfield, J (9/25/90), Lafayette College, Easton, PA(9/21-23/90), Antiochian Village (10/4-7/90), Allentown, PA (12/18/90), Des Plaines, IL, Holy Apostles (2/9/91), Toled 0, OH 1 (3/1-3/91), Omaha, NE (➔ /26-27/91), and Bergenfield, J (6/4/91).1 average about 15 workshop a year. As reported two years ago, 1 have added two new workshops to my repertoire. I have also sought to encourage St. Stephen's Correspondence Course's edu_cational sequence, as well as St. Vladimir's MA in Education, of which I am the Coordinator. In addition to these lectures and workshops, I have atteo ded the Youth Department meetings 11/2-3/90 and 2/14-16/91. . If is of note here that the Department of Christian Educauon with its representation from each of our six SOYO Regions meet. annually for two days during the second weekend in October._This 11 annual meeting has been expanded to a four day teac_he_rrr_a :' 11g program open to all parents, priests, and teachers of all iunsdtetions THE WORD/NOVEMBER 1991 At the Grand Banquet reception, Adib Kassis of Middle East Airlines in NewYork and Dr. Antoine Zackem congratulate the Primate. THE WORD, the official publication of the Antiochian <?rthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America, was first published, in Arabic, in 1905, as AL KALIMAT, by the first hierarch of ?ur Church, His Grace Bishop RAPHAEL (Hawaweeny), of thnceblessed memory. This publication ceased printing soon af~er th~ death of Bishop EMMANUEL (Abohatab) in 1933. In ~957_,HI~Eminence, Metropolitan ANTONY (Bashir) began pu~hcatl~n m th e Englishlanguage, and we have not missed a singl~ 1ss,~esince th at year.It is regarded as the unofficial voice of ''Amencan Orthod?xy and its editors have made great efforts to maintain that reputatI_on. Oureditors, Bishop RAPHAEL, Bishop EMMANUEL,Metropol_itan A TONY, Archpriest Stephen Upson, Archpriest Paul Schneirla, ArchpriestJoseph Allen and for the past 15 years, yours truly, have THEWORD/NOVEMBER 1991 Gary Younes, host chairman o~ the convention, with ~ ife Debbie and John Sununu, White House Chief of, taff. 6. we can no longer print obituarie'i and d<?lthnotll<.: . \\'c_iust do not have the space. ince we arc an Archd1oc<.:sepu~ltc~1tt_on, notapans · h one , we will print death nottc<.:. onl) of tho• ·c.: · me.II\ I 1du laity who arc Archdiocese pl'.r onal1ue , t 1at 1 • and a1s, c lergy , · 11 I those who are working for the r hdiocl'.se on ;i nauona e, L 7. ince our Archdioce. e i growing larger <.:achyear. and our ing more invol,·ed in th<.:work of the Lord, we peop le are gett . ., . • . h . . k" I would appreciate hort article on pectal mm1 tne . 1 e mc �of articles encourage our people and teach others in our communities that there is more to the Christian lifestyle than what some of us are now doing. We need to "share" more! Finally may I say that I am honored to be the editor of THE WORD for the past almost 15 years Ganuary, 1992). I have said it before, and I will say it again, "it's like giving birth each month to a new baby"! Sometimes my "children" come back to haunt me, but in all, they are a blessing. Thank you for allowing me to serve you in this capacity, with special thanks to my parish, St. Nicholas Cathedral of Brooklyn. Respectfully submitted, Archpriest George S. Corey Editor, THE WORD Moved by WAYNEKHOURY and seconded by JAMES OWAID, the report was accepted. METROPOLITAN PHILIP, saying we do not pay him but we cannot fully express our appreciation for his labor of love, presented Father Corey with bound volumes of THE WORD for 1989 and 1990. k) MRS. ELINOR BOURJAILEY, President, presented the Re- port of the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Women of North America: It has been two years and over 45,000 miles for me since the election of our board in Anaheim, California in 1989. We have had two very busy and productive years. We have continued to involve our ladies in giving of themselves to increase their Christian leadership, their sense of fellowship, their love and service for their home and chu~ch, and to do Christian deeds. It is only through giving and shanng that we grow in experience and knowledge. Our organization has had many worthwhile projects since its conception in 1973 and we continue with some of these such as gifts to married seminarians, Pastoral Education, Campus Ministr; and Children's Relief Fund. These_two years our project has been Phase II of the Heritage ar~dLe~mmg Center. In 1990 we raised over $40,000, the most ever raised 1_n_ one yea~ except for the St. George Hospital project. As of the ':ntmg of th_isreport, the 1991 figure is not complete. Leona Obeid, our ProJect Coordinator and First Vice President has worked hard to promote the Center. ' ?ur Second Vice President and Humanitarian Coordinator Jamie Isaac, has kept our regions informed on legislation impor~ ~nt to hui~~~itarian needs of our church as well as sending guidelines for v1sitmg the ill, caring for the elderly, feeding the hungry etc sent out press relea e and kept us informed on hap e . . Archdiocese. p ntngs In the As Religious Coordinator, Mary Dib updated all 0 f rial. Du to illness she wa unable to complete her te . our mate. God she is doing well. Cheryl Renfree joined our b rm. Wethank nd the regions lessons in xcellencc a portrayed in the L~~~t sent Woman. Her lessons can be used for many years. a Godly Our Cultural Coordinator, Ramona . Darmour , h as taken tremendous task. h and her commme are compil· ona 00 on the Religious Cultur of the ntiochian Church. T~~1aa kler donated $500.00 for the printing. dieshave Our Membership Coordinator, Mary Grace Parha . excellent memb rship ideas to all r gion . She folio mo~ich,s~nt questionnaires and told of acti ities u ed in some rw~ up With eg1ons Our excellent Treasurer, Dolore Elias, not only finish~ th term of Emilie Mose but went on t er c with this bo d d e . . b f ar . Shehas d oneanoutstan d mgJo o ervingourorganizationandha an exc llent caretaker of your mone . sbeen Without correct minutes the records of the Antioch·ian ,v, women cou Id not b preserved. 1arl ne Mamary has served our group we 1l. Her records leave no doubts about the workings of ings. our meet- CHILDREN'S RELIEF FUND P.O.Box 34052, THE VERY REVEREND GEORGE M. RADOS NATIONAL CHAIRMAN ? Dr. Anne Bourjailv' served . .as c )rre p mding ecretar YUntl -1She starte d Law chool at which umc Patri ia Dakdouk took overand has worked hare.Ito help keep ·veryone informed. o group can hm·c sue ·ess \Vithout a SJ-,iritualadvisor h • . d· } W 01S mtereste mt 1e work being done. er Re, Father Louis Mahshie has alway ~een there to encourage, to guide, to suggest and 10 work. My sincere appreciation t< him. -~ur bo_arc.l _has be '11 \vorking on onstitution changes and revising gu1Clcl1ncs. By the tim e meet in 199 i,. \ntio ·hian Women will be twenty (20) yea_r._old. e 'llC< u 1.ig • all \YO men to become active memb rs. ~y giving y )LI \Yill t-cLci\·e Try it ,tnd 'ice how God enriches your life. BETHESDA, MARYLAND 20817 Dearly Beloved, As we anticipate celebrating the joyous Feasts of the Nativity, Circumcision & Ba_ptismof our Lord,_it is most difficult not to be caught-up with the accompanying preparations and celebrations. After all, it is this time of year when we rejoice in Christ, our Savior, the greatest manifestation of love personified. It is in His loving name, therefore, that we greet you once again and pray that He sustain you in His grace and peace. Our 1991 "Christmas Appeal" for the CHILDREN'S RELIEF FUND is hereby before you. This program within the Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of North America is to bring aid to little children throughout the world suffering from the indignities and indifferences of men and nature. If it is not the neglect of a political system, it is an unconquered disease or an unharnessed catastrophe of nature that brings suffering and pain to the innocents of the world. We need to bring to them the unique virtues of your Christianity that speak to endurance, to tolerance, to long-suffering, to patience, to diligence and to love most of all. The enclosed brochure that accompanies this letter explains the dimensions of our charitable outreach and, of course, it is only one of the many opportunities of serving this universal need. In anticipation of your kind and considerate response, please accept the Icon Seals that are enclosed as a token of our appreciation for your support. This year's seal features the Lord as our Divine Shepherd. Here is your opportunity within the Church, the Body of Christ, to join His efforts of bringing care and comfort to a hurting and much troubled , world. May the ensuing Feasts of our Lord bring to all of you every peace and serenity that comes from your stewardship in the brotherhood of mankind. _Iam t~ankful that th Ladies gave me the opportunity to serve durmg this exciting time. 1 pray that our good ,'hepherd will watch over his flock for many years. Respectfully submi~ted: ! Druse leader Sheik Sarni Merhi with Co Chedid and wife icole of New York. nsul General of Lebanon, Antoine . Judy Autrey was unable to com lete h . uons Director. We thank her to hp er term as Public Relar er work and were h h Eleanor Kinan was able to step in Sh d appy t at cle in The Word. A special thank; to e ma e sure that we had artiWord staff for all the cooperation g·Father Georg_eCorey and The iven our Ladies. Eleanor also Elinor Bourptl) President, AB - Antiochian Women . In conclusion, Mr . Bourjaily pre ented Metropolitan PHILIP wnh a check for $100,000. (STA DI G OVATIO ) TI Moved by R DY GEORGE and seconded by ALL THE A~ OCHIA WOMEN, the report was received. METROPOLITA 24 THE WORD/NOVEMBER 1991 Father George Rados 7108 Bradley Boulevard • P.O.Box 34052 • Bethesda MD 20817 ANTIOCHIAN ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN ARCHDIOCESE OF NORTH AMERICA �CHILDREN'S RELIEF FUND SPONSORSHIP: ANTIOCHIAN ORTHODOX CHARITIES In 1982, the Children's Relief Fund, now an active program within the Department of Charities of the Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of North America, began as a modest project prompted by the need to provide humanitarian assistance to the children of Lebanon, which were and continue to be the innocent victims of a war which does not appear to have an end in sight. A sponsorship program was then initiated as a pilot activity, later followed by a program for medical aid and international adoptions - each one offering a channel for American families and all others concerned, to provide a message of love to children in distress throughout the world. The response was prompt and encouraging from the very start. Over the years, it has gained momentum, with hundreds of families and organizations in the United States and Canada coming forward to share their concern by generously giving of their resources through a well maintained administration. The children, on the other hand, are encouraged to correspond with their sponsors in appreciation of their aid. A sponsored child, thus, is no more a dead figure, or a mask without a name. They become a vibrant reality with all the marks of a human life that is going to be changed by being tenderly touched by Christian passion and generosity. Besides, we are made aware everyday in the media and through the channels of the United Nations the universal plight of children in various parts of the world as millions each day suffer from poverty and hunger, ' from homelessness, from epidemics, illiteracy, and other forms of child abuse and neglect, let alone the appalling degradation of the human habitat around the globe. Nothing less than a global campaign can provide the leverage needed _foran appropr_iate answer, engaging in a labor of love bu~lt on coope~atIon and solidarity among people of good will from all faiths and all nations. Nonetheless, we are all called upon to make our small contribution, each in his own way, and within his own resources. The Children's Relief Fund, with the grace of God and your enthusiastic response, has been able within the last 8 years to set an honorable record t~~s meeting the burden of proof of its dynamism and eff1c1ency,and that by coming to the aid of more than 1000 children in Lebanon and neighboring countries. A modest beginning indeed, but which has enough spark to go the extra mile needed to reach into the hearts of our beloved children. The letters we receive • f~om t_hemthroughout the year are heartwarming testimonials that reveal not only appreciation for the generosity of their sponsors, but above all the extent to w~ich the life of a child can be renewed with hope and faith through the little attention and help we give them. 1 The Fund recognizes the great urgency for coming to the assistance of all children in the world that are in need. Thus capitalizing on the assets of our own ongoing project, and our experience over the last 8 years, we are keen to make new plans for developing our capabilities as well as expand our services to new countries. But meanwhile, given the limitations of our current resources, the bulk of our contribution at this stage will focus on the needs of the countries of the Middle East in general, countries that are now faced with the imminent threat of a vastly destabilizing upheaval that could affect millions of people from various nations. This, however, will in no way jeopardize our work with the children of Lebanon or cause any curtailment of their current benefits. Expansion is meant as an enrichment over and above what we already can provide. Up to the present, three programs have been set in place in our Fund, Sponsorship, Medical Aid, and Adoption. It is our hope, for the benefit of the children themselves to be able to move from the practice of relief for single children to that of siding whole families to be selfsufficient. The idea is to enable those families to become productive and to take over on their own the care of their children. When people are made to get involved in their own rehabilitation, the over-all result is more effective and enduring. Meanwhile, we shall again primarily focus on our ongoing programs, namely sponsorship of children, Medical Aid and Adoption. ?P~nsorships are solicited from individuals and organiz~t1onswho co~tribu~e$300 a year to a child. Sponsorships do not begin until the initial $150 is paid. After half payment, a child is assigned to its sponsor for one year. Sponsors receive the child's biography and photograph plus detailed progress reports and letters dictated from the child to a caseworker. .All specified contributions and letters are personally delivered to each child by Orthodox Youth Movement case workers. At the time of delivery a member of the sponsored child's family is requested to sign a receipt. Letters to sponsors are written when case workers deliver the contributions. Remembe~,to~ ~25 _amonth you can help a desperately needy child living in despair thousands of miles away. That's 82Q:a day. Imagine, your spare change could change a child's life. ------------------------------------------------ ---- ENCLOSED □ is my charitable gift of $ ____ monthly or six-month increments.) to sponsor a child ( $ 300.00 a year or can be paid in □ is a donation contribute of $ _____ . We cannot sponsor a child at this time but would like to to the general reserve for the medical aid program and other emergencies. Donor(s) _______________________________ . . Here is a handful of little ones whose pleading eyes v1~1dlyexpress the depth of the tragedy in the lives of the children of Lebanon. Leban_o~,inde~d, still faces one of the longest and cruelest c1v1lwars in modern times. Out of a population of less _thanthree million, hundreds of thousands have b~en_killed, n:iaimed, displaced, and up-rooted, or otherwise incapacitated by the atrocities of sixteen dark years of war. Address ________________________________ All contributions _ _ are tax deductible. Please make check payable and mail to: Children's Relief Fund c/o The Very Rev. George M. Rados, 7108 Bradley Boulevard, P.O.Box 34052, W. Bethesda, MD 20817 Thank You �CHILDREN'S RELIEF FUND ANTIOCHIAN ORTHODOX CHARITIES MEDICALAID: The most recent medical aid was given to cover the cost of Chemotherapy for a young 8 year old, Nadine Ab bou Fadel of Beirut who is suffering from cancer. Our last ~~rd on ~er_was that she completed her treatment and 1sin rem1ss1on. s Another child, Subair Kussairy of Katana, Syria is handicapped and upon receiving word of our aid s~id t O her father while praying in Church, "You see Daddy G d 0 has heard our prayers.'' ' Two other severely retarded children of Katana Syria, have al~o received some help from our fund'. After learning ~f the despera~e.~ituation among the orphans of Romania we sent an m1t1alcontribution of $3000 to help that most desperate dilemma. Y~ur co~tributi?n can help the thousands of other suffering children like those just described. pHJLIPasked t~e regional presidents to stand and receive the recognitiono~ a JOb ve~y well d_one. In conclusion, he reappointd father Loms Mahsh1e as national chaplain. e ** * Area Library I) FATHER GEORGE GE~A presentedthe Report of the Antiochian Village Heritage and Learning Center: YourEminence, Reverend Clergy, Trustees, Guests, and Friends: THE HERITAGE AND LEARNING CENTER Utilizationof Facilities ' The Heritage Center's purpose is to serve as a program facilityfor all Eastern Orthodo~ ~hristian churches and as a center for allecumenical and/or Chnstlan encounters. Since our last ArchdioceseConvention in Anaheim, California, almost every weekend throughout the past two years has a Christian group using the centerfor meetings, retreats, or other Christian encounters. CATALOGEDCOLLECTION as o[Jul\' 1 . 1991 Category Total stock Data Remarks 8.811 d1scn:1etitles 22,668 indindual ,olume .tcop10 3➔ 1 3.263 Microforms 2.ur fiche (.',2'>rule:,) Sound recordings reels (12 IiIlc:s) 61 casseues Video recordings 68 casseues 95 volume;. 6 Rare books Juvenile Acquisitions 465 l,•dl 353 S37,547."'6 226 S3,999.60 S5,861.00 S20,4 ➔ 8.91 Sll,412. ➔ 9 Circulation: INTERNATIONALADOPTION: :uthie ~~mis_ the adopted daughterof Dr. Melvin & Gail ram o manllo, Texas. Ruthie is now three ear As~a! & Diane Choueiri with their adopted son, Michael. and attended the Archdiocese Convention in ias~· old Thi~ infant is our most recent arrival to the states. The ton, D.C. with her parents. Fr. George Rados and Ru~~~- family resides in Boston. met for the first time at the convention. ie unbound periotl1c:il l',,uc.:~ 61 S30,000.00 Our program for adoptions is not always fluent due to the political uncertainties of the Middle East. Based, ~owever, ~n our previous success in helping many fami~1es~dopt infants from Lebanon, we are forever vigilent in this arena and are always willing to help facilitate the process of an international adoption. Details on this program are under separate cover and can be sent to interested parties upon request. duplicate copIc.:, disks \'Olumes volumes pending from publisher-, retail \'alue (approximate) volumes currenth· on order retail \'aluc (approximatl') budgeted Order of 'it lgnauu, income NAC ken spent LO date OYC) 111FY 1991 remain111gin FY 1991 budget 82 current !endings (IO 16 patrons) ➔I new lendmgs, calendar war. 1991 192 !endings 10 date (total) ArchbishopMICHAEL with John Sununu and Adeeb Sadd, outgoing chairmanof the Order of St. Ignatius of Antioch. Heritage Museum The majority of Middle-Eastern artifa t and ran: iconc.;rc:cdn.:c.l to date are on display. We have a con tant flow of \'isitor'i to tour the museum and we hope and pray you will continue to upport this project by sending your items. Museum Current Projects Weare currently working on a new color brochure and should havethis available to all our parishes by mid August. A professional videopresentation of the entire operation of the Antiochian VillageCamp and Center is currently in production with a completion date of October 1, 1991. FutureProposals Weare investigating the possibilities of an exercise room featuringa multi-station weight machine, an exercise bike, treadmill and stairclimber. Also the possibility of an indoor swimming pool. Library Our Librarian, Mr. Paul Garrett, is continuing his efforts in keepingthe library up-to-date. Our major source of funding for the librarycontinues to come from the Order of St. Ignatius and the current fund-raising efforts of NAC-Teen SOYO. We have printed a new flyer on the library. The Primate and the Chief of Staff. Tl-IEWORD/NOVEMBER 1991 Total Stock 1-----+--------------i 55 artifacts discrete objects St. John of Damascus Liturgical Arts Academy Over the past several years, the icon academy ha. recc:i, c:d a much interest as the rest of the Antiochian illagc:.The: tuc.lioi now receiving letters and inquiries from all O\'er the world and the icon classes continue to fill up. For more information about the academy, write to us. Report compiled and ~uhmntec.l by Rt. Rev. George Geha, Executin: Director Moved by FATHERPETER LEIGH and econc.Jec.lby A 1 1'! I NY ABRAHAM,the report was received. *** m) FATHERGEORGE GEHA presented the Antiochian Vil- lage Camping Program: Your Eminence, Reverend Clergy, Tru. tees, uc:'it . and Frit:nc.l: A TIOCHIA VILLAGE MP The camping program i now in it 13th. ummcr 'iL'J on. Tl_1i year's program began on June 23rd with a week of coun c:loru_:uning and preparation. Our new two-wec:k forma_t'"a~"cl! rcu:1, ~L~ and our campers give "Thumb, l'p" to the enmc: rd1c.l1ocec tor the financial support of over 1 5,000 in reno\'ation throughout the Village campground . St. Ignatius Scholarship Once again, the Antiochian Village i indchtc:d to the mcml ·rship of the Order of t. Ignatiu, for their c_onunued L~Pf?Orl :mc.J generosity. Thi year not only will,_ome :hildren .hcn~f1t_Ir~>~1tl:L scholarship, but every child attenc.lrngwill be:able to !J~rll 1pat 111 all the extra curricular activitie due t0 the undc:rwnung of the e programs by the Order. Special Olympics August 12-1 1991 i et for thi year' port. amp. on c :i~:un. allowing 100 athlete from the ommonwcalth of Pc:nn ~ lv·,1111a �participate, plus 50 coaches (two from e_achTeen SOYO Region a~~ . Rev. George Alberts as advisor in residence) all to_be underwnt ten by AC-Teen SOYO and the Order of St. Ignatius. . Report compiled and submmed by Rt. Rev. George Geha, Executive Director Moved by MRS. PEARL AHAS and seconded JOSEPH P RPURA, the report was received. *** by FATHER n) DR. JOHN DALACK and DR. ANTHONY BASHIR, CoChairman, presented the Report of the Department of Lay Ministries: Metropolitan PHILIP, Archbishop Mic~ael, B_ishopAntoun, Reverend Clergy, and Brothers and Sisters rn Chnst: . . . This i the fifth report of the Department of Lay Mtrnstnes t? the General Assembly. The primary activity of the department ts that of presenting seminars, entitled ENLIVENING TO CHRIST, at each of the Regional SOYO Parish Life Conferences, and at _ea~h Archdiocese Convention. In recent years, we have also been mvlted, either singly or as a team, to provide additional semina~·s,workshops or retreats for parishes throughout our own Arch?iocese as well as other Orthodox jurisdictions; for Teen and Senior SOYO, AOCW A, and the Order of St. Ignatius; and for non-Orthodox groups as well. Following the completion of Phase_I, w~ hav~ also endeavored to provide an annual retreat at the Anuochian Village Heritage and Learning Center, although scheduling and attendance problems precluded us last year. in the Southwest and Can-Am Regions, and repeated in the Midwest Region; while the Session on Forgiveness and Reconciliation was introduced in both the New England and Eastern Regions; and there was a total of approximately 2 50 participants in all these sessions. This year, in 1991, the Session on Forgiveness and Reconciliation was introduced in the Midwest Region, and repeated in both the New England and Easteri:i Regions; and t~ere was a total of approximately 80 particpants rn all these sessions. Because of scheduling conflicts, we were not personally able to present in Can-Am Region. It is also important to note that both the Western and Southwest Regions asked that we not present an ENLIVENING session at their conferences this year because the clergy in these regions wished to use the allocated time to present other kinds of adult education sessions. Clearly, there is a growing need for adult programs of this kind, since both of these regions have invested effort in this direction. However, in discussing the Bishop ANTOUN with John Sununu. Building on the original work of V. Rev.Joseph Allen, and continuing for the past seventeen years, the ENLIVENING sessions and workshops provide participants with the opportunity to reflect on, and evaluate, their lives within the context of Orthodox Teachings and Orthodox Christian Fellowship. Focusing on familiar themes and drawing upon relevant selections from Scripture and Patristic Literature, these sessions are designed to assist and encourage each participant not only to confront the attitudes, feelings, beliefs, and values which influence daily behavior, but also to examine his or her own strengths, weaknesses, limitations, and vulnerabilities. Knowing this, each participant may then become aware of a personal direction for change, growth, and Orthodox Christian understanding. As mentioned above, we have provided a significant number of workshops and retreats for various parishes and Orthodox organizations in our Archdiocese and in other jurisdictions, as well as for non-Orthodox groups, but these will not be enumerated in detail. Rather, this report will focus on our activities at the Regional SOYO Parish Life Conferences, not only because these have traditionally been the primary area of concern for our department, but al o because our recent experiences and observations in this respect warrant further attention and discussion. During 1990, the ession on Christian Living was introduced 26 Lebanon conferred its highest award on Metropolitan PHILIP,one of its distinguished sons, presented by The Honorable Massoud Malouf, Attache at the Lebanese Embassy in Washington. work of our department with these regions, we urge that, in t?e future these adult sessions be scheduled in addition to, and not instead ~f, the ENLIVENING sessions of this department. . During the present 1991 Archdiocese Convention, we wt11 once again conduct an ENLIVENING TO CHRIST session, ?n Saturday afternoon, at 2:30 P.M. This year's topic will deal w tth FAITH AND STRATEGIES FOR CHANGE. Recommendations And Plans For The Future: . . L' _ 1. Following completion of the sessions on Sin, Chnsuan iv ing, and Forgiveness and Reconciliation, the next cycle of EdLIVENINGS will begin with a session on The Lord's.prayer a~ a session on The prayer of St. Ephraim the Syrian. These will t en be followed by a study of Confession and Penance._ . . r The 2. We ask that regions do not substitute other acuvmes fo THE WORD/NOVEMBER 1991 VENING TO CHRIST SE SIONS, and that, whenever possi- the participants were di\'ided into "clu'>tc..:r group " with which they worked the entire week. Each clu'>t<:rgroup wa a ked to di cuss in depth the implication· of the pnxlicamem a wa pn: ·med in the scenario. In turn, each group "rq)ortc..:d" hack co tht: entire assembly of the ympo. ium their con en u . caremt:111:111c.lA,r decisions. These ession, were donl'. ,-en cn.:ati\'dv :md allm, t:d for an honest debate regarding the ta'>k'i~;ndpraxi. ~,rthe prie ti~ life. The evening presentation included a dthatt.: on tht i ue of Capital Punishment, and a stage production of Damien. The dt:bate took the form of a courtroom scene" ith both ,1protagoni 1 and antagonist team, before a neutral judge. Damien wa :1pre cntation of the life and ministry of Fathc..:r Damic..:n"ho dt.Yott.:dhimself to the care of the lepers in Ilawaii. Both c..:,ernngprt.:..,L'l1lation were very enlightening - and sometime..:'> in..,pirational and emntaining. Liturgically, we began each day with Dail) Onhrm l'hb w:i followed by Vespers in the late afternoon, and the..:.null ( ompline prayer at night. Before retiring for the da), thc..:rc..: \\ c..:rec..:,·t.:ning "meditations" given by assigned clerg), and Conft.-..,..,ions\\-C..:rl" heard throughout the week. Also during the..:week.\\ c..: cdc..:hr,llt.:d the Lesser Blessing of the Water, the inth I lour and the: \ktal) p*** sis (Preparation for the Eucharist). . On Thursday ight, after many hours of \\'ork and rclln uon Moved by FATHER A THO Y YAZGE, seconded by DR. in these varying sessions, the clergy met with ~ktror~olitan PI 111:IP JOHNBOOJAMRA, the report was received. and the I licrarclw of our Archdio*** cese. Thi'>\Ya'ib;Hh to rl',·il'w the Dr. Bashir and Dr. Dalack disS\'mposium (po..,1t1,·c and m:gari, l' cussed declining interest and a~pects) and to cfocuss othc..:r• hu idecreasing attendance and sugness is ·ue<,"rc..:gardingour parishgestedthat the program in i_tspr~ses, the Archd1oce L:,tnd thl' Patriarent format may have outlived tts chate. The tnttrc ) mp<>'>Illlll culusefulnessin changing conditions. minated in the Di, inc..:Lnurgy for Lawrence Fa lool y, eedham, the Festi,·al of. t Elt.ts on Frida) Philip Tamoush, 1r. and Mrs. morning (Jul) 20th) On that da) George assour spoke in support Metropolitan PlllLIP ..,en-c..:dthl' ofcontinuing the program which R ., liturgy as a prie'it. . they have found inspirational. In all, .'ympo'>tum 90 \\,ts ,1 METROPOLITA PHILIP thanked great success, with som~ mo.dtf1~,1 Ors.Bashir and Dalack for their tion from past sympo'>ta 1 he..:inwork and appointed an ad hoc creased capacity, made..:possible committee to review the ork of through the addition of t~1L:_ t:~w theCommission and make uggeswing, a well a. all the new faolttte. tions.Dr. John Boojamra, Fathers at the Heritage Learning ,c..:nter. JosephAllen and Joseph Purpura, Host Pastor Archpriest George M. Rados presented a_setof episcopal vest- brought a. tronger bond ofunity andDr.John Dalack and Dr. Antho- ments to the Primate from the clergy of the Archdiocese. for all the participant'> Thi..,t..,true nyBashir. since there were no ckrg) who h d to stay in rooms "off campus." o) FATHERJOSEPH ALLEN, Chairman, presented the Rep~rt a At this point . we can annou nee the theme of nc..:xt,-e.tr" '• 111• • ofthe Department of Continuing Pastoral Education . , 'h M' • t y This timelv theme will agam prm tl 1l' pos1um in term ;flectures. \\Ork'ihop Jnd and Spiritual Vocations: an oppor ~2: turn~tou;or y 1' c:;~~i~i~v , ENLl lease do not schedule any ENLIVENING during the day on ble,pd y or Friday. PLEASE TRY TO KEEP EVENT COMPETIThurs a ONAT A MINIMUM! Tl 3_ We recommend the creatio~ of an Ad Hoc Committee, ap. d by His Em in enc Metropolitan PHILIP, to make a study of potntdelt education needs in the Archdiocese, and to formulate thea u endations for d eve 1oping · an d imp · lementmg . an approprirecomm rogram for adults. ate~n closing, we wish to offer our most heartfelt congratulations for the twenty-five and prO1'"ound thanks to Metropolitan PHILIP . . of loving guidance he has already given us, and we pray that ,ears ) Godwill grant him the he~lth and length of days, to be our shepl1 1·d for the next twenty-five. e We also wish to expre" sour special t~anks to_e:eryone who • ·pated , in any way ' in any of our .session, for it 1struly all the partlCI RTICIPA TS who really make up this department, and who conp~tutethe Ministry of the Laity. st Respectfully submitted, Anthony S. Bashir, Ph.D. John D. Dalack, Ph.D. Co-Chairmen, Department of Lay Ministries PastoralEducation . . A hdioThe Sixth Biennial ymposium for the Clergy of our . re cesewas held July 16-20 1990 at the Heritage and Learning ;et ter of the Antiochian Village in Pennsylvania. The th eme O t de symposium was taken from the Acts of the ApoS t Ies.• "Take Hee h ToYourself and To All The Flock." (Acts 20:28). There were t reke • sessions held every day: mornmg • le ctures , afternoon wor mam ' shops, and evening presentations. . . t' e to The morning lectures were on the following issues re 1a iv . the pastoral ministry· Alcoholism and Substance Abuse, Srre~s in the Priestly Mini;try ·and AIDS: a cause for miniS t ry. These t hr_ee lectureswere delivered in light of our focus on th e th eme; eac cludedboth a self-reflective component ("take heed to :,0 Ltse 1 ' andan other-oriented component ("and to all the Flock ). n turn, eachwas most effective in forcing us (clergy) to po nd er 01: ou~f;~ innerspiritual life and then to explore the implementatton re ' h ntrusted to our ca . messageof the Gospel in the lives oft ose e a ointed clergy The afternoon workshops were presented by PP .· •in the form of various pastoral scenarios. . After each scenar to, a 11 ;,s- THEWORD/NOVEMBER 1991 presentations. . h k all tho e "brcthn.'.n morL: I Id like to sincere 1Y t an • wou me - who plaved a critical role in making our , mthan I can na • . · h· b •come..: • '90 the rewarding experience It a'> • pos1um . e C tion and Other Meetmg Archdiocese onve_n f h' ·e•u' Archdiocc c..:C on,u1 Due to the special nature o t t•. ) , • ·. ·I I .\Tit \t d ker i His Beatttude, Pamarc 1 , tion, our feature_ spea . . ei~ re ared, our hope I to I' I d the time that this repoi tis b g p pp · h IG 1 ll 111 1 ain. . ,, 'ith our father atnarc •· some "quahty ttme "" d' t'the r;)le of the PatnarchJtL in_mating a greater undcrst~n tl~gE~st inter- rthodox rdation tntc..:rters related to the Mtdd • • .". ·n general. \Xe..: \Yillal o J end . . d' logue and churc 11 111ct Christian 1a , . . Archdioce an poltcic. and 1 11c some time discussing vanou~ . h;)!) BA II now rc..:tird I' • n PHILIP Ht grace, 8 t • • . . I with Metropo tt,t . • dd . the \erg\ on the ecclc..:1a ti ,l f h OCA will also a res. . . ·1 . I bishop o t ~ , . h. d Church in Ea tern Europe..:.r 11 , o issues affecting the 01 t ? ox cour e, is a m~st timely ht~ude. ·tment ha. al o ddi\'ercd ,~Jricu The coordinator oft ts epa1 �lecture and led a multitude of discussions for both Orthodox and atholic clergy group all in the area of the pastoral ministry. Furthermore he continue to teach courses in the area of Pastoral Theology and to direct programs within the theological curricul_um at t. ladimir' eminary. The courses he teaches include the history of mini try themes within practical theology (e.g., than~tol~gy, gerontology, exuality, etc.), homiletics and spiritual direction (coun el and guidance). The programs he directs inclu?e the Doctor of 1ini try program (D. Min.) and the Field Education ~ei~a~tment (which places the students in situations for "hands-on mmi_stry, e.g. prisons, hospitals, Substance Abuse programs, AIDS facilitie , Campu ministries etc.). There have also been clergy gatherings, workshops and retreats held throughout our Archdiocese, sponsored by the variou deanerie and regional clergy groups. It should be remembered, however, that during·the Parish Life Conferences, the clerg should be present with the laity at all deliberati?~s a1:-dfunctions of these Conferences. This, rather than remammg isolated from such groups, e.g., SOYO, The Order of St. Ignatius, The Antiochian Women, etc., should be the norm for our clergy. The clergy also hould be present at the various festivals, workshops and contests in which each parish should be represented, e.g., oratorical contests, bible bowls, etc. In each case, enthusiastic participation in the Parish Life Conference is one of the responsibilities for every pastor in our Archdiocese since this enhances the relations between the parishes in each region. In turn, such regional participation teaches, experientially, the catholicity of our Faith. Publications The Pastoral Letter, published by this department, now has a circulation of 450 from all Orthodox jurisdictions. Topics continue to be practical, e.g., management and leadership skills in the parish, principles of pastoral counsel, family violence, sexual abuse, etc. After seventeen years of publishing The Pastoral Letter, a new editorial board will be appointed this year with the blessing of Metropolitan PHILIP Of course, we welcome any contributions in terms of articles and/or interest. This coordinator has also contributed articles and chapters to various monographs, journals and periodicals. Also, sometime this Fall, St. Vladimir's Seminary Press (SYSPress) will publish a new book entitled The Inner Way: Eastern Christian Spiritual Direction, written by this same coordinator. St. Stephen's Course of Study in Orthodox Theology St. Stephen's Studies continues to fulfill a distinct need for the Church; to provide a mode of study for students who cannot attend an Orthodox theological school. This course is not intended to replace the need for a proper theological training for ordination; a professional M. Div. degree remains normative before ordination to a major order. St. Stephen's Studies, which now includes three tracts of study (each geared to the various typical conditions found in our contemporary situation), has become a most valuable source for those already ordained, for women, for those preparing to work in the Church on a part-time basis, and for foreign students. At the time of this report, we have over 100 students in the program, in all Orthodox jurisdictions, as well as in Europe, South Africa and Australia. In such a difficult program, attrition remains the chief problem, but this is a common factor in correspondence courses, where, because of the difficulty of scheduling, selfdiscipline, and other life factors, only the most diligent finish the course. We are pleased to announce that more students have now received their certificates. We are pleased to announce the addition of Prof. Paul Meyendorff to our staff. Paul will mentor the liturgical units within the program. This addition to our staff represents a closer working arrangement with St. Vladimir's Seminary (which now officially endorses St. Stephen's Studies) and between the OCA and Antiochian Archdiocese. A special thanks to Thelma Dacales, our registrar and secre28 tary, who devotes mdany ~our~.to this program, and without Whom the program cou 1 not run. Finally on the occasion of his Silver Jubilee Celebrat· ' . h k Ion I should like to express mhysmceref t ~~ s to_Metropolitan PHILIP for his constant care tot e area o m1111strym our Church life· his care is expressed at many levels, from the fundamental lev~Jof Seminary programs, to the more complex level of ecclesiastical . ~~ ticipation and guidance. In concluding, Father Allen asked Thelma Dacales to stand (Applause.) *** • Moved by FATHER ELIAS BITAR and seconded by KEVI GAGLIARDI, the report was received. *** METROPOLITAN PHIL!P thank~d Father Allen for his dedicated work and reappointed him as national chaplain of the Order of St. Ignatius. p) DAVIDE. SLAMAN presented the Report ofthe Department of Conventions and Conference Planning: The Department of Conventions and Conference Planning (CCP) has been very busy over th~ past two (2) years. Following I would like to recap our accomplJshments and future plans: Department Expansion Metropolitan PHILIP appointed a group of individuals to assist me with CCP activities. My heart-felt thanks goes out to each of the following: V. Rev. Fr. Gabriel Ashie Mr. Richard Bosada Rev. Fr. Joseph Abud Mr. George Darany Rev. Fr. Andrew Zbeeb Mr. Robert Maria Mrs. Adelene Abercia Dr. Alan Matook Mrs. Kathy Abraham Ms. Kweilin Nassar Dr. David Bojrab 5 Day Archdiocese Convention Format With costs incurred by our convention attendees continually escalating, the Department was challenged to develop a condensed and more affordable convention format. This was accomplished by conducting a thorough analysis of our biennial convention. Our analy is included goals, objectives, wants and needs. I am pleased to announce that our 1995 Archdiocese convention will be run under a 5-day format. This format will require more efficient use of our time as we conduct the business of the Archdiocese. However, through proper implementation, a spiritually fulfilling and socially rewarding con\'ention will be enjoyed by all on a more affordable basis. For future reference, the new schedule, sleeping and meeting room requirements, will soon be added to our convention planning manual for future reference. Parish Life Conference (PLC) Since Fr. Joseph Abud's appointment as NAC SOYO Conference Planning Coordinator, we ha\'e been working closely on the PLC's. Now the entire department will focus on improving our PLC's in both the spiritual and social areas, while hopefully, lowering or at least stabilizing the cost to attend. . We fully expect to have our recommendations to the Archdiocese trustees and the regions by this time next year. 1993 Archdiocese Convention In 1993, we will be meeting at the Rivers, 3 Rivers that is, in the Pittsburgh Hilton and Towers. Our host, the Parish of St. George, promises a warm Pennsylvania welcome. Later you will be hearing a complete status report from the convention chairperson, Kweilin Nassar. 1995 Ard'1diocese Convention Tomorrow you will hear bic.ls from the parishes of St. Elias Church, Atlanta and St. icholas Cathedral, Brooklyn. Please, carefully analyze each bid and cast your very important ballot for the city of your choice. THE WORD/NOVEMBER 1991 1997 Archdiocese Convention It is not too early to begin thinking about 1997. As a hint we may want to look toward the setting sun! Any parish interested hould contact me ASAP,as the best properties are booked early. This conclu~es my report and I would like to thank ayidna PHILIP for allowmg me to serve our Archdiocese as Department Chairman. Until we meet at the Rivers in Pittsburgh, 1 remain, Yours in Orthodoxy, David E. Slaman, Chairman Moved by FATHERJOSEPH OLAS and seconded by FATHER OSEPH ABUD, the report was received. J *** In discussion a bid from San Francisco, presented by FATHER GREGORY OFIESH, was disallowed as too late under the regulations. A suggestion by FATHER GORDON WALKERthat perhaps a college campus would be less expensive was met by a report that the delegates in general have shown a preference for the amenitie provided by large ?ote~s. Perhaps a campus would be acceptable to the Regional Parish Life Conferences. METROPOLITANPHILIP noted that at the Spring Meeting, the Trustees accepted aproposal he made in principle for a new schedule for Conventions. Th hop i 1d r ct, >II w11i • ~ rk- } p adJu rcd :rnd modi I 1cd t n ne cncouragc panicipa1ion by pri . -\ network of trained rt.:,,~1r dinat ca..,of rhc Archt.lio c e . \'\'c ~" willing to receive i1wicatiom from pari ht: who wi h • h r- d vc their program .. Dr. eorge Dib ,111d~tr. Honald 'k l:1 Dcp,1r1mt:n1 ~o-C.hairmcn Moved by FATHERELI BIT\R .111d econtkd by D.\VID FRA CIO I, the report wa accepted METROPOLITA1PHILIP aid that hc 11.1 in con 1dcr:ltlon for a long time a well-planned work hop for Pan...,hC<>uncii Chairmen and Vice-Chairmen and asket.lthe Dep.mmcm 10 prq>are a-plan for the next year. Congressmen Nick Joe Rahal of West Virginia and Mary Rose Oakar of Ohio presented citation to the Metropolitan. pl) DR. GEORGE DIBS and RONALD NICOLA presented the Report of the Department of Stewardship: 40TH ANTIOCHIAN ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN ARCHDIOCESE CONVENTION REPORT For sixteen years the Department of Stewardship has provided workshops, written materials, leadership training, and awareness programs throughout the Archdioce e. About seventy-f~v~ parishes and missions have had individual workshops or part1c1pated in group workshops at regional conferences. Almost every pastor is aware of the value of such programs because of their own training sessions and participation. The first ten years were characterized by progress, wide participation, model programs, and high demand for workshops. The lastdozen years has seen a significant slowing of that prowess. ~he Coordinators have conducted successful workshops m Flmt, Michiganand Tucson, Arizona since the last convention. Paris~ L~fe conferences have enjoyed annual meetings about Stewardship issues. The Romanian Episcopate lay leaders and clergy_hav~begun their Stewardship programs modeled on the Antiochian experience and programs. Many parishes have learned from_the fo:mer Evangelical Orthodox churches the concept and practice of tithing. Still, we suspect that there are now many cle1:gyand lay leaders in parishes and missions who could not describe the Stewardship program in terms acceptable to other parishione~s. suspect, further, that long-term planning and consensus bu!ldmg may takea 'back seat' in many parishes and missions to the imme?iate activities and the busy cycle of Liturgical and personal servtCe • '!le THE WORD/NOVEMBER 1991 q) FATHER JON BRAUN,Chairman, presented the Report of the Department of Campus Ministry: The work of the Department of ,ampu...,\1!111 tn h,tve been conducted under four major categoric...,:(I) pari-;h 1111111rn. (2 oncampus ministry, (3) conference-;,('-!) publtcauons. 1. Parish ministry: a. Continued effort has been gi\'en to working with the Lkvelopment of college age groups in local pari he ·1ht i a priority to the Department. Brian i a-; er from t Lul,.t:, (,arden Grove and Christina Ta"isosfrom t corgt:. hark. ton both worked full time for the Dcpartmt:nt or C ampu Ministrv- Brian in the Ea. t and hri'>tinain thc \\c I - until they· enrolled at St. Vladimir's, em1nar~ J,1 r bll Both concentrated on college age young pt:ople in till local parish. Their work wa invaluable, and wc cxpccr much from them in the years to come. The Metropolitan' nephew, Philip aliha of Worce ter. re pre ·nte~ the Metropolitan' family at the banquet. lie made a touching hut hilanou presentation. ( ext month'. i'I ue). b. The reorganization of the Dcpanmen1 of Youth ha I cu~ enthu ia tically recei\'ed by thc Deparun~nr of ampu 1!111 •. tr\'. Campus ,\lini try will be a pan ol the D_t:partment I Y~uth, and work has already lxgun to c rc.J1natc am1 u Mini try with Teen ant.I enior YO. 2. On-campu mini try: �a. One of the goals of the Department of Campus Ministry has been to work on campus promoting the Orthodox Christian Fellow hip (OCF). These groups do not relate to a specific parish, but function as on-campus groups. The Department is presently working with eighteen of these groups. Brian asser gave particular attention to seeking out struggling groups and helping them out, or in helping form new groups. b. Two pari he , t. Athanasius, Santa Barbara and Sts. Peter and Paul, anta Cruz, carried on the work of OCF, as parish sponsored groups. These have both been successful, and the on-going character of the groups on campus is greatly enhanced u ing this format. 3. Conferences: a. The ummer College Conference has been a focus of the Department of Campus Ministry. The purpose of this conference is to train leadership for both parish groups and oncampu groups. b. The Summer College Conferences are planned by the North American Student Board (NASB)which is composed of thirteen students from around the Archdiocese. The NASBfunctions somewhat similarly to NAC SOYO. In this manner student have both leadership and ownership in the campus ministry of the Archdiocese. 4. Publications: a. Three Handbooks for Campus Ministry were prepared this year: one for clergy, one for students, and an exhaustive handbook for those who desire to devote full time ministry to college students. These have proven to be extremely helpful to all who have used them. b. A book, Divine Energy, was written particularly with students in mind. Published by Conciliar Press, the book is available here at the convention. c. The Department of Campus Ministry was heavily involved in the production of the Orthodox Study Bible. Surely one of the most advantageous uses of the Orthodox Study Bible is with students. Many hundreds of hours of Campus Ministry time went into this important project. In the year to come the most important effort will be the coordination of the Campus Ministry with the Department of Youth. Thi is a must for our whole youth program. In addition, work with campus groups will continue, and even greater effort will be given to helping local parishes develop an on-campus ministry to students. Once again, it is a delight to express thanks to the Order of St. Ignatius of Antioch for their strong support of the Department of Campus Ministry. Their financial support keeps this department active. May God reward their stewardship abundantly. Respectfully submitted, V. Rev. Jon E. Braun, Chairman -Just completed 3rd sum. coll. conf. at the Antiochia . -Past 2 years Campus movement has grown dr n Village amaticall -From conf. youth have gone on to start or re • Y OCF's vive l 7 new -2000 names accumulated on college contact Ii t -Time for C/M to spread its wings s -Began set up of Western Region board to oversee C/M . in that region affair -Tackling bite-sized portion in the west -Other major goals - need and are seeking mo from the local parishes re suppon -Pushing for creation of campus and parish grou . .f. . ps - Most sigrn icant - restructurmg of youth depart . . 11 . f . fu - Ent h usiasuca y await our rult 1encounters and mem . tion with SOYO. coorctina- -Ap priate ufficient und ~1nnuall Archdio budget t CO\ er the 'i'<::>uth I • el e~pen material and public~uion equipment, • rn.:and ocher Mandat by an that: -Each h oun ii work l( cal program a Local Youth ti ment Youth i am . in keep in , \\ and direction Department. -All Regional organization cheduk ri1 tation of Youth mcnr acti\'itie at their delegate mee r appropriace ci - • l, • David Hanna Ottawa r) FATHERJOSE PH PURPURA, Chairman, presented the Re port of the Department of Youth Ministry: • The Youth Department is on the Move! One year ago this month, His Eminence Metropolitan PHILIP asked the Rt. Rev. Fr. Geo_r~e Geha and _my~elf to Co-chair the Department of Youth. Our . first task . ' at his duection , wast o prepare an agenda for a maior m etmg on Youth Ministry and 1·t f _ • 11· B S s u ture mt 1sAre hd"10cese. . E . y eptember of this past year that agencta H wa~ approve db y 1s mmence and w~rk continued on preparin topics and other areas of re earch for this meeting which took I g · 11· · at th e Ant1oc 1an v·11 1 age H enrage and Learning Center, Pace from November 1st to ~he 4th. Pre ent and participating were His Eminence Metropolitan PHILIP, His Grace Bishop ANTOUN, Fr. Georg~ ?eha, Fr.J~seph Purpura, Dr. John Boojamra - Director of Chnst1an ~ducat1on, Fr.Jon Braun - Director of Campus Ministry, Fr. Paul Fmley-The ummer Camp Director, the Presidents and Spiritual Advisors of the orth American Council and Regions of SOYO and Teen SOYO. We spent four intensive days of work and deliberation. Much was accomplished during those four days and what follows in this report is a direct result of the ovcmbcr Meeting and further discussions with His Eminence Metropolitan PHILIP A well balanced and energetic platform was developed at the ovember meeting. It reads: Living the Orthodox Faith in Christ, through Worship, Witness, Service and Fellowship. We hop to have all of the Archdiocesan Youth Organizations adopt this platform so as to help create a consi rant Youth Movement. Furthermore, the position of Youth Director was redefined as stated in the following. Why do we need a YouthDirector? The ovember meeting stated the following reasons for having a Youth Director: -Presently we lack a formallyMoved by NADINE HANNA structured Youth Department, and and seconded by ELINOR BOURsee that the structures that do exist JAILY,the report was received. are not fulfilling their tasks and are *** speaker at the banquet was John Sununu, White House Chief of ineffective. -In the past, when an or· q2) DAVID HAN NA suppleganized, energetic Youth Depart· mented the Campus Commission Report: ment and Youth Director existed, sub tantial growth was realized. METROPOLITANPHILIP,METROPOLITANELIAS YOUR GRACE . -:-The'regional and local levels are asking for help to coordinate REVEREND FATHERS,LADIES AND GENTLEMEN: ) ex1stmg agencies and to offer them direction. -Very busy since 1989 -Lay people are willing to contribute but lack adequate tools - ew officers: Derek L., Nicole N. Donna H Jack· A and training. ' -Speak on behalf of Scott ' ·' ie • - me -Gaps and duplications exist between the various archdioce· ~~;r 30 san departments charged with working with young people. Therefore, the You_th_Department proposed Creation of an Archdiocesan Youth Mm~str)_'Te~m, led by the Youth Director and composed of the followmg md1viduals: -the Youth Director -the Chairman of the Department of Christian Education -the Director of the Antiochian Camping Program -the Chairman of the Department of Campus Ministry -the Spiritual Advisor and President of NAC SOYO -the Spiritual Advisor and President of NAC Teen SOYO Furthermore, the department proposed creation and trainingof Local Youth Ministry Teams. Initially the Local Youth Ministry Teams would be assembled on a Regional Level and trained by THE WORD/NOVEMBER 1991 Sunday's hierarchical liturgy was blessed with the presence of Bishop ANTONIO of Mexico, Metropolitan ELIA of Beirut and Patriar hal repre emative, Metropolitan PHILIP, Archbishop MICHAEL and Bishop ANTOUN. the Youth Director and other members of the Archdiocese Youth Ministry team; later it might prove more effective to constitute intermediate Regional and Deanery Youth Ministry Teams which could be trained to prepare Local Youth Ministry Teams, though this does not preclude training of Local Youth Ministry teams directly by the Youth Director upon request or through future department materials. YouthDirector's job Description as outlined at the November meeting: -Coordinate Archdiocese agencies that focus on Youth Ministry. -Hold regular meetings with the Archdiocesan Youth Ministry Team and quarterly consultations with the Metropolitan and be directly responsible to him. -Find and develop trainers for Youth Ministry on the Regional, Deanery and ultimately on the Local Level. -Coordinate with the youth ministers of other Orthodox jurisdictions. -Deal with junior high school, high school, and collegiate youth; later work will expand to younger preteens and to young adult age groups. -Train seminarians to minister to youth. -Possess the authority to implement these and similar Youth Ministry activities and programs. TheDepartment proposed implementation of theseprograms as follows: THEWORD/NOVEMBER 1991 evaluate their effectivene . -Utilize the WORD magazine a a vehicle for di<,.emination of Youth Department policie and information. -Produce information in variou format , "hich can be u ed at the local level to keep pari he abrea t of Youth Department programs and training of local Youth Worker.. Following the ovember meeting, more time: \Ya pent in researching the direction that the department hould go. ~lec:ting were held with Fr. Jon Braun, concerning Campu., :\1ini tr) involvement in the new platform and ampus ~1inhtr~ in gc:neral with Dr.John Boojamra on the new platform and the Departmc:nt of Christian Education' a i tanee in the work of Youth lini try and the development of new material for Teen \11ni tr). \X'e al o met with the Director of the Department of Youth of the reek Archdiocese toward cooperati n in thi area of 1ini try with a pledge of haring material and corn·cr ·ation of common area of work, which I am plea ed to ay ha. bc:en happc:ning. In meeting with Hi Eminence :\1etropolitan Pl llLIP and I Ii Grace Bishop A TOU1 , during December it wa agreed that another gathering imilar to that which took place in O\ c:mber would be held in February. \X'ork proceeded toward further research and involvement of other people in Youth. 11n1tn. Etfe tiveJanuary 1 t of thi year, Hi Emint:nce appointed me a full time Youth Director of thi rchdioce e and Fr. corge eha wa allowed to place hi full effort. hack to the Antio~hian V_illage.DuringJanuary we invoh·ed the clergy of th1 Archd1occ: c 111an c:.·ten- �i e ur e to include their views, concerns and recommendations in the work of this department and the deliberations of the February meeting. A of May 30th of this year, 60% ?four clergy re ponded to this eight page survey. This information, much of which ha been extremely helpful, is being reviewed on an ongoing ba i and will continue to be taken into account as we further develop our programs and direction. . Prior to the February meeting Fr. George Geha and myself attended a one week intensive study program on Youth Ministry in incinnati, Ohio, sponsored by Group Publishing House. We plan to further utilize opportunities such as this one and others sponored by Group Publishing House and Youth Specialties throughout the coming years. Additionally, during this week we met for the econd time with the Greek Archdiocese Youth Directors, as well as their Regional Advisors, who were also present for this program to discuss our common goals of Youth Ministry. Metropolitan ELIASgave the homily at Sunday's liturgy. The February meeting took place, with the intent of assessing how the new platform would fit into our present programs of the Antiochian Village Camp Program, Teen SOYO, Campus Ministry and SOYO. Following these meetings a presentation was made at the Winter Meetings to the above groups of the new platform and our department's recommendations formulated at the February meeting for their review and hopeful acceptance and implementation. Further work, research and cooperation continues in these areas with a future desire to have a cohesive Youth Ministry Program across our Archdiocese encompassing the above programs on the archdiocesan, regional and local levels based upon the new platform and direction. Following the February Meeting, work continued on the general day to day running of the department and planning for upcoming workshops. Future Plans: The department will continue to help meet the day to day operations of Youth Ministry in this Archdiocese. However, above and beyond the routine, we hope to develop new materials which relate directly to our teen's needs, especially in the area of teen discussion materials of contemporary issues facing our young people at school, home, work and in general in the world today. To help us better understand our teen needs and the materials we need to develop, we have involved our young people in an extensive sur- 32 vey. we hope by year's end to have surveyed in excess of 500 f . Th e survey 1s . very person o our teens from across Norr h Am enca. . h . . a1and confidential. It asks questions on t e1r views on what they in life, what they worry about, their family life-style, how the w;nt • d s, Ch nstian • • Faith, schoolY1ee1 about themselves, th elf• future, fnen ual attitudes and their church. We will utilize this informatio 'sexfurther our work with training both lay and clergy alike to be n and . f . h more aware of our teens an d th e issues con rontm~ t em, through workshops, newslette~s and ot~er for~s of ~ed1a, such as the WORD magazine, in which we will publish an msert on Youth Min· . . b 1stry several times a year startmg m 0 cto er. To date we have i~ excess of one hundred and thirty (130)people across our Archdiocese who h~ve e~pressed a willingness and in many cases have begun to .be tramed m the area of Youth Min·IS_ . try. One of our goa 1s 1s to tram as 1:1any people as possible on the Regional and Dean~ry lev_elswhom tun~ ~111work with the local parishes in developmg a vibrant Youth Mm1stry Program. Weneed you! If you are interested in being part of this process send us your name, address, phone number and the name of your parish to the Department of Youth. Our other near term goals are to further define and develop the direction in which we plan to move Youth Ministry in this Archdiocese, as well as to start implementation of the above priorities set at the Nov~mber and February Meetings. Our longer range goals are to fully implement those priorities and to have a well organized, trained and cohesive Youth Ministry Program on the Archdiocese, Regional and most importantly the Local Level, which is Christ centered. I take this opportunity to thank my father in Christ, Metropolitan PHILIP for all the love, support and insight which he has given to myself and this ministry. We congratulate him on twenty-five (25) beautiful and progressive years as our chief shepherd and pray that he will be blessed with many more. Bishop ANTOUN for his continued time and assistance with this department. My wife, Kathy for her patience and commitment to my work and especially for the abundant amount of work which she does on an almost daily basis for this department. The Rt. Rev. George Geha for his continued assistance and brotherly support, all the Spiritual and lay advisors of Teen SOYO and SOYO and all the people of this Archdiocese who have given so generously of their time, talents and finances to the you th of this Archdiocese. We ask for your continued prayers and support as we minister to the wonderful young people of this Archdiocese. Thank you. Yours in Christ, Arch priest Joseph Purpura .0 n and exist in perfect love as a community. By gathering together ! fellowship, and by showing love for one another in Christ, we :mulate the life of the Holy Trinity in our daily life. our ultimate goal must be to see that our youth grow to love Christ and His Church and to pursue a righteous way of life. our movement integrates the Camping Program, Teen SOYO, campus Ministry, and SOYO - programs designed to meet the needs of varying age groups. We will attain these goals by training outh ministers, both clergy and lay, to serve at all levels, and by ~eveloping and providing relevant resource materials. FATHERPURPURA noted that some observers felt that SOYO was open to further development and held a conference to consider possibilities. A committee was appointed to study future programsconsisting of Father Purpura, David Franciosi, Julie Dakdouk and Father Elias Shalhoub. DOUGLAS FADELsuggested that SOYO be placed under the direction of the Youth Department. In the course of time SOYO has aged. RALPH ABERCIAnoted that youth attendance at regional conventions has declined. After some discussion on the changing youth scene, DEACON DAVIDRANDOLF suggested that SOYO can be useful by providing drug information assistance since the teens are a target group. (The Meeting was recessed at 5:00 P.M.) Friday,July 26. • 7) 10:00 A.M. METROPOLITANPHILIPled the General Assemblyin prayer and opened the session. r) DAVIDFRANCIOS! presented the Report of the North and are almo ton auro-pilor. whi ·h now ka p_uttinginto place new and meaningful pr >P. s1 on mini tering to our youth. The F llow hip of t. Philip. J OY year old and ha o,·er 00 member . I b of per onal prayer and prayer networki the grea h of Y and ,Yillpro ment tian under tanding a to our tru . rm of the Department ol WIT I E, FE I~adopted fines what the role of th ,·ement i ~1 the focu for the future. oking forwa . ing relation hip a part of the Department of Youth am Sayidna PHILIP for hi fore ight in the rede, dopme department. With a clear focu and a rrong de ire ro en<..: ill t~ its place as an integral part of what holw chi \re hd c cl what set us apart a Orthodox hrbriarn,. \\ hat hi1 >ge1I as the family of Chri t. OY i •\'ef\ much tht: "HARAKl [ l1 Archdiocese and ith the guiding hand of our Lord and a, 1or~md the leadership that we are o proud of - 11 will conr1nuL 10 he. Our deepe t gratitude and lm·e go to Your Emirn:nte r >ryour continued support, guidance, protection and lm-c of Happy Anniver ary and od grant you many ~ c.1 ·r! Y< Da,·id Francio i, PrL 1dcnt American Council of SOYO: SOYO is moving forward with a strong sense of purpose and awareness of the need to reshape and redefine all aspects of the movement to better serve the people of this Archdiocese. The new focus of SOYO is firmly rooted in the reality that all of our efforts come from our foundation of faith - Orthodoxy. We are aware of our strengths and our weaknesses. Through Moved by the ix Region· of OY and cconded lw I~\TJ 11:R JOSEPH P RP RA, the report wa.- recei\'ed A discussion of OYO and it pre ent ituation follo,,·td. METROPO LITA PHILIP wa confident Y can get po itin.:::a • sistance from the Youth Department reju,·enating it kader hip. LIVING THE ORTHODOX FAITH IN CHRIST THROUGH WORSHIP, WITNESS, SERVICE AND FELLOWSHIP STATEMENT OF PURPOSE WE BELIEVE THAT THE GOAL of the Orthodox Christian Youth Ministry is the integration of each young person fully into the total life of the Church. We believe that Orthodox Christians must commit themselves to living the Orthodox Faith daily. Worship, Witness, Service and Fellowship are the natural expressions of that commitment. We define them as follows: WORSHIP - For Orthodox Christians, corporate worship is the sacramental expression of and participation in Holy Tradition, and is the indispensable foundation of youth ministry at all levels. Upon this foundation, we must cultivate a daily personal prayer life and reading of Holy Scripture. WITNESS - Christ calls us to be His witness in the world. We must enable our youth to express their faith both for themselves and to others in order to be true witnesses to Christ and the Orthodox Faith. SERVICE- Christ came not to be served, but to serve. Weneed to move our youth to do the same. We honor and glorify God by loving and serving mankind in the name of] esus Christ, using our God-given gifts and talents. FELLOWSHIP-The Holy Trinity is the perfect model of fellowship; the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit share perfect commun- The combined choir was masterfully directed by Raymond George of Detroit, Chairman of th e Dept. of the redefining of our goals, programs and direction in gener~l, SOYOis looking to fulfill a greater responsibility in the overall picture of this Archdiocese. SOYO is sometimes complex and crosses many lines ?n man_Y levels. It is a thread that weaves its way through the fabn~ of _chis Archdiocese; a service arm, a program developer, an orgam~auon, a movement, many things to many people. One thing that is_c~nstant is that it is a continuous effort in Christian and ChnSt1an growth. • • Food For The ongoing programs of SOYO; Arts an dw ntmg, Hungry People, Oratorical, Bible Bowl, etc., are working very well If the present sy tern i not ucc ful, dra ti ne\\. method will be employed. METROPOLITA PHILIP u pended the pr ·cding to introduce diplomat from the motherland • EMBASSYOF LEBA Mr. Ma oud Maalouf, Charge' d' ffair Mr. Gibran oufan, Coun elor Dr. Ba sam aamani Coun el r AMBA ADOR OF YRI H.E. Amba actor alid El-Moualem Ms. M. Badi Khattab, Fir t ecretary Emba y of ; m. 3 THE WORD/NOVEMBER l9 9l THEWORD/NOVEMBER 1991 �rl) JULIE ANNE S. DAKDOUK, President, presented the Report of NAC TEEN SOYO: The following NAC Teen officers were elected: Samira Bitar, President, St. Michael, Beaumont, Texas Chris Gauthier, Vice President, St. Mary, Pawtucket, Rhode Island Steve Hanna, Secretary, St. George, Boston, Massachusetts Andrea George, Treasurer, St.John of Damascus, Dedham M , assachusetts Greetings in the Name of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. First and foremost - Congratulations Sayedna and may God Grant YOU many, many years! Thank you so much for all that you have done and all that you continue to do for us. AC Teen SOYO has had a very rewarding year. This past year has been filled with changes and advances for NACTeen SOYO.We Moved by the Regions of Teen SOYO and seconded by FATHER were very excited to be involved with the reconstruction of o~r GEORGE SHALHOUB, the report was received Youth Department. Realizing this department will greatly benefit the teens, our regional presidents were honored to sit in on the re8) FATHER GEORGE RADOS presented the Report of the organizational meetings. Teen SOYO was very pleased when the Department of Charities: Very Rev. Joseph Purpura was appointed to head this department. ''He shall feed his sheep like a He has been serving the youth shepherd. He shall gather the since 1985 as the AC Teen SOYO lambs with His arm, and carry Spiritual Advisor. Father Joseph has them to his bosom.'' been one of our strongest assets Is. 40:9-11 and we look forward to working with him in the future. Although we have concentratIn ovember, we sponsored ed during this convention on our our Annual Special Olympics Lord as our Divine Shepherd and Awareness Day on the first Sunday our Primate as our Earthly Shepof Advent. I am very pleased to say herd, we need also to consider our that this year we raised over onene sin the Church, the body of $16,772.36. With these funds we Jesus hri t, and especially in the plan on sponsoring our 12th AnnuChurch's unique relationship to al Special Olympics Sports Camp the world as 'a' shepherd to the at the Antiochian Village. Without flock. people like you, we would not be In the Gospel of St. John we able to sponsor this wonderful are confronted with an intriguing project. The Very Rev. George Alverse hen Jesus says, ''And anothberts has again been helping us er sheep I have, which are not of with this program. thi flock: them also I must bring This past January marked our and they shall be one fold and one 2nd Annual Library Month. We hephercl" (10:16). Although this have raised over $12,761.00 for the crse could be interpreted in many Heritage and Learning Center Liwa, s I have taken the liberty to debrary. NAC Teen SOYO will be fine it in relation to the good work looking for ways to increase the of the "Children's Relief Fund."lt awareness of our Library next year, is, after all, a program of outreach along with raising funds. The Primate of North America gave a final blessing to the convention ers. which i not necessarily tempered As we have done for years, by any preconditions of race, or reTeen SOYO chapters continue to participate in Youth Month, sponligion or anything that might separate u from our brotherhood sor the Great Friday Vigil, sponsor children through Children's Rewith mankind. lief Fund, and continue to be driving forces in their parishes. Keeping this all in mind, I am happy at this time to present to It has been an honor to serve my Archdiocese in the capacity you some statistics regarding our progre s. of AC Teen SOYO President. I have been very fortunate to meet CHILDREN RECE TLY SPO SORED VIA C.R.F. - 423 o many wonderful people. My memories of Teen SOYO are SPONSORSHIP ALLOCATIONS cherished ones. My only sadness is that I must move on. January-June 1990 $68,575 I'd like to thank my officers, the regional advisors and presiJuly-December 1990 62,555 dents for working so hard for Teen SOYO. They are the reason we January-June 1991 64,252 continue to grow and prosper. Father Joseph Purpura has been a July-December 1991 63,675 great support to me this past year. He is always there when we need $259,057 him most. I will miss working with him and the rest of our Teen CHRISTIA APPEAL PROGRAM S,°Y_Oleaders. It has been my pl~a~ure to work with them. Lastly, 1989 37 $25,055 I d hke to thank my mother Patnc1a for all of her typing, folding, 1990 29 31,637 taking phone messages when I was at college, and for just about everything!! 66 $56,692 Once again, Congratulations Sayedna! Thank you Father DONATIONS AWARDED FROM CHRISTIAN APPEAL FUNDS George Rados and the parishioners of Sts. Peter and Paul for your Retarded children in Katana, Syria & wonderful hospitality. I pray that each of you return to your homes $3,500 Tripoli, Lebanon safely. I truly look forward to working with other Archdiocese Or3,000 Relief to suffering children in Romania ganizatio_ns, departments, and each of you in the future. Praying Medical treatment given in St. George th~t the light of our Lord and Shepherd Jesus Christ continues to Hospital, Beirut _lJ_QQ shme upon each of you, I faithfully remain, $9,600 Yours in Christ ADOPTIONS Julie Anne S. Dakdouk 1990 Completed: President, NAC Teen SOYO Raul & Magdalena Audi, New York baby girl, Desiree THE WORD/NOVEMBER 1991 James & Anit~ Fulton, Georgia baby girl, Kristin Marie 1991 In transit: Kareem& Deborah Ameen, Ohio baby boy, Christopher David& Darlene Ball~1:, Mass. baby girl, Emily Elizabeth Assaf& Diane Chouem, Mass. baby boy, Michael Bartholomew & Lydia Earle, Mass. baby girl, Alexandra 1991Pending: Melvin& Gail Bram James & Cynthia Gorton Praying that you all will lend us your support in whatever way you can, I faithfully remain Yours in Christ, V. Rev. George M. Rados ALABAMA St. Symenon Orthodox Church School A St. John Chrysostom Orthodox Church St. George Orthodox Church Fort \X'aync Lad1c Guild St. George Orthodox Church St. George Orthodox Church Indianapoli Terre Haute St. George Orthodox Church Terre Haute Indianapoli Ladies ociet~' Progre sin: Pari h Ladies ocicty IOWA St. George Orthodox Church edar Rapids Ladies ociet y/ enior. O'r Birmingham Parish Eagle River Community School Holy Trinity Orthodox Church St. Mary's Orthodox Church St. George Orthodox Church Kan a ity ichita Wichita Phoenix Phoenix Ladies Society Senior SOYO St. George Orthodox Church Wichita Downey Garden Grove Garden Grove Goleta Ladies Society Parish Irvine Lampoc Los Angeles Los Angeles Teen SOYO Parish SOYO Ladies Society/ Teen SOYO Parish KANSAS ALASKA St.John's Community I DIA ARIZONA St. George Orthodox St. George Orthodox Church Church CALIFORNIA St. Michael's Orthodox Church St. Luke's Orthodox Church St. Luke's Orthodox Church Orthodox Church Campus Ministry St. Mark's Mission St. Timothy's Orthodox Church St. Nicholas Cathedral St. Nicholas Cathedral Senior SOYO Parish St. Michael's Orthodox Church Loui ville Ladies, ociety St. Basil Orthodox Church Metairie St. Basil Orthodox Church Metairie Ladies Guild/ 'chool Pari.-h LOUISIANA MARYLAND St. Nicholas Aux. of the Peninsula St.John Orthodox Church Millbrae St. Athanaslus Orthodox Church St. George Orthodox Church Western Region Sr. SOYO St. Michael's Orthodox Church Sacramento Contra-Meda Ladies Parish San Diego Studio City Van Nuys Ladies Society Region Ladies Guild Bridgeport Ladies Society/ Teen SOYO Ladies Society School Parish Orinda KENTUCKY Ss. Peter & Paul Orthodox Church Bethe da MASSACHUSETTS Holy Trinity Orthodox Cathedral Brookline St. Mary's Orthodox Church Cambridge Virgin Mary Society St. John of Damascus Dedham Dedham St. George Orthodox Church St. George Orthodox Church Lawrence Lowell CONNECTICUT St. Nicholas Orthodox Church St. George Orthodox Church St. George Orthodox Church Holy Transfiguration Orthodox Church Danbury Danbury New Haven Church Washington Ladies Society/ Teen SOYO E Region E Region orwood New England Antiochian Women New England Region Teen SOYO St. George Orthodox Church St. Andrew's Orthodox Church St. George Orthodox Church St. Mary's Orthodox Church Coral Gables Ladies Senior SOYO Ladies Eustis Ladies Orlando SOYO West Palm Beach St. George Orthodox Church \Xoman Club Knight..,of I l.'orgc ·1u ..n OYO W. Roxbury Pan h I.adic Olil't\'/ \'etl'ra;, Society/ & Teen Church Atlanta Ladies Society ILLINOIS St. George Orthodox St. George Orthodox Church Church THEWORD/NOVEMBER 1991 Au.·./ Adult Fellowht p/'frcn OYO Society Guild GEORGIA St. Elias Orthodox E Region E Region Parish Lallll' Worce ter FLORIDA St. George Cathedral Parish Ladie. , ociet~/ Teen Y Parish cnior YO' Young Pcopk.., Asc;oc. Pari h , t. George.., Guild Lac.Ile , OUCl) St. George Orthodox Church DISTRICTOF COLUMBIA St. George Orthodox Parish Lac.lie.., , ociet yi, enior & Teen .'OYO Ladies Society/ Cicero Senior & Teen SOYO Spring Valley Ladies Society MICHIGA St. George Orthodox Church Detroit St. George Orthodox Church St. George Orthodox Church Flint r.1ndRapid St. icholas Orthodox Church St. Mary's Orthodox Church GrJnd Rapid LI\Ollia MI ESOTA St. George Orthodox Church LadiL ku1 t Paul LadtL Ladic Link cni r lt:L11 La<lic c <.il'ty/ O't<) �MI I IPPI t. Peter Orthodox Church t. George Orthodox Church Vicksburg Ladies Society/ Teen SOYO Ladies Society Omaha Ladies Guild Las Vegas Ladies Club Jackson EBRA KA t. Mary's Orthodox Church E '.ADA c. Michael' Orthodox Church EWJERSEY t. Anthony's Orthodox Church Bergenfield t. Elias Fellowship t. George Orthodox Church Clifton Little Falls Woman's Guild/Teen SOYO Parish Ladies Society/ Senior & Teen SOYO EWYORK St. icholas Cathedral t. Mary's Orthodox Church St. Michael's Orthodox Church Orthodox Hospitaller Knights St. Mary Magdalen Mission St. George Orthodox Church Antiochian Women Can Am Region St. Elias Orthodox Church Brooklyn Brooklyn Parish/Ladies Society/Senior & Teen SOYO/ PTA Ladies Society/ Senior & Teen SOYO Ladies Society Parish Geneva Mount Vernon New York Parish City Niagara Falls Parish/Ladies Society Niagara Falls Parish Syracuse Ladies Guild OHIO St. George Orthodox Church St. Elias Orthodox Church St. Mary's Orthodox Church Cleveland Ladies Society/ Teen SOYO Sylvania Ladies Society/ Senior & Teen SOYO Youngstown Parish OKLAHOMA Clergy of Combine Deanery Southwe t Region ACCWNA St. Elijah Orthodox Church PE Parish Parish Ladies Society SYLVANIA St. George Orthodox Church St. George Orthodox Church St. Michael's Orthodox Church Christ the Savior St. Mary's Orthodox Church t. Elias Orthodox Church t. George Orthodox Church t. Peter Albanian Orthodox Church t. George Orthodox Church t. George Orthodox Church t. Mary's Orthodox Church RHODE! Allentown Ladies Society/ Teen SOYO Bridgeville Ladies Society Greensburg Ladies Society Johnstown Parents & Teachers Guild Johnstown Parish/SOYO ew Castle Teen SOYO ew Ladies Society/ Kensington Junior SOYO Philadelphia Parish Pittsburgh Humanitarian Committee Upper Darby Parish Wilkes Barre Parish LAD t. Mary' Orthodox Church 36 Oklahoma City Oklahoma City Oklahoma City Pawtucket Ladies Society/ Adult Fellowship TENNESSEE Holy Trinity TEXAS Franklin Parish St. George Orthodox Church St. Anthony's Orthodox Church St. George Orthodox Church El Paso St. John Chrysostom Orthodox Church Houston Senior SOYQ Ladies Society Ladies Society/ Altar Society/ Senior SOYO Parish Charleston SOYO Region Region Region Region Region Region Region Region Region Region Region Region Houston Houston WEST VIRGINIA St. George Orthodox Church REGIONS CAN AM SOYO Eastern Region Senior SOYO Eastern Region Teen SOYO Midwest SOYO Midwest Teen SOYO NAC SOYO CANADA ALBERTA St. Herman of Alaska St. Philip's Orthodox Church Edmonton Edmonton Parish Ladies Aux. Winnipeg Parish Halifax Senior SOYO Ottawa Parish Ottawa Parish/ Antiochian Ladies Montreal Montreal Ladies Society Ladies Aux./ Young Women's Club/Men's Club Saskatoon Ladies Aux. MANITOBA St. Mary's Orthodox Church NOVA SCOTIA St. Anthony's Orthodox Church ONTARIO Holy Epiphany Orthodox Church St. Elijah Orthodox Church QUEBEC St. George Orthodox Church St. Nicholas Orthodox Church SASKATCHEWAN St. Vincent's Orthodox Church On behalf of Robin Nicholas FATHER MICHAEL ABDELHAD presented Metropolitan PHILIP with a check for $125,000 representing the total receipts of the program of Food for Hungry People. Moved by RALPH ABERCIAand seconded by ABE ABRAHAM, the reports of the Department of Charities was received. In the ensuing discussion, FATHER ANTONY GABRIEL reported that Metropolitan PHILIP forwarded a grant of $4,000 from the Department for the integration of new arrivals in the Montreal community. 80) ROBERT J. BETHONEY presented the Report of the Department of Gifts, Trusts and Legacies: He said the program has great potential and was fully outline? in the last meeting of the Archdiocese Trustees in California. A ptlot project has been initiated on the West Coast. Moved by FATHER PAUL EYLER, seconded DREW ZBEEB, the report was passed. *** by FATHERA 86) ADEEB SADD, Chairman, presented the Report of the Order of St. Ignatius: THE WORD/NOVEMBER 1991 YourEminence Metro~olitan ~HILIP YourEminen~e Archbishop Michael YourGrace Bishop Antoun ReverendFathers FellowTrustee Members . . I am happy to report to you at this time that it is indeed a great yearfor The Order of Saint Ignatius of Antioch. We will be celebrat:0gour fifteenth year as an Order. Almost four years ago when I was :nstalledas the National Chairman, Sayidna PHILIP challenged us roachieve 1,000 members. As of this meeting our membership is [045,a dramatic increase of 87% in such a short period of time. Regarding finances, revenues to be expended on Archdiocesanprojects for fiscal year endingJanuary 31, 1992 are $580,000; fromthe inception of the Order to the end of this same fiscal year our contributions will amount to $5,000,000. We have met the constitutional reserve requirements of $500,000, which now enables us to commit our total revenues towards Archdiocesan projects. Financed net worth of the Order ~s of January 31, 1991 is$1,026,561. These funds were made possible through the dedicationand generosity of the Brothers and Sisters of The Order. St. Ignatius Sunday was celebrated throughout the Archdiocese inthe local parishes by members of the Order giving sermons relativeto Order activities and Archdiocesan projects funded by the Order.Members of the Order received as a gift a copy of Dr. John L. Boojamra's book, "Foundations for Christian Education." DIRECTORY - Chairperson Jeannette Younes has updated anddistributed to the entire membership a new revised 1991 membership directory. Since the tremendous growth in membership injust the past few years a revised and updated edition became necessary. PUBLIC RELATIONS- Chairman Father Kenneth Berven has donean outstanding performance with Public Relations. Father has printed an attractive and informative brochure on the Order explainingits goals and purposes. In addition to publishing many articlesin THE WORD magazine, he has initiated a new publication called"THE ORDER." This publication is full of Order activities, information on project funding and welcomes new members to the Order by listing their names. The Governing Council has authorized Father to produce a video tape where a segment of the \'ideowill feature Order goals and purposes with the idea of attractingnew members. GENERAL MEETING - My last report to you was two years agoin Anaheim, California. The Order since that time has been \'eryactive and achieved new goals. Our 9th Grand Assembly was held in San Francisco, California. It was well-attended and the largestone ever. Chairman, George Darany, and his Co-Chairmen, Dr.George Dibs and Dr. John Dalack, provided us with an outstandingand challenging panel discussion. Our Host Western Region Chairman, Fuad Kattuah and our spiritual advisor, Father Gregory Ofiesh, together with his parish of St. Nicholas were extremely hospitable as well as industrious in recruiting ne_wmembers.We inducted forty-six new members. We once ~g~m thank them for their most generous cooperation and hospitall~YThe Order has voted to hold its 10th Grand Assembly m October,1992 in Florida. This Grand Assembly will be in two phases. PhaseI, the meetings, seminars and panel discussion over thr_ee dayswill be held in a Hotel, and Phase II will be a four-day Canbbeancruise. Some information has already been mailed to the members.More update information will soon follow. Ralph Aberci~, our newChairman asked me to encourage those of you who wish to go on the crui;e to get your reservations in by January, 199~ • . MISSIONSAND EVANGELISM- Chairman, Father Peter _Gillquist,gave a comprehensive report yesterday. I will not duphca~e thatreport but will only say The Order contributes $55,000 to th1s project. CAMPUSMINISTRY - Chairman, Father Jon Braun, reports that the Campus Ministry Board met this last week at th e AntiochianVillage Sixty-one delegates from all regions atte nd ed, an_d themeeting wa~ successful. The Order contributes $55,000 to th is Tl-IE WORD/NOVEMBER 1991 program. BALA 1A D 'Nl\'E~ ITY -The Order re ci,cd :1 n.:quc t l make a one time contribution ro the Balamand l nhcr it\'. The fund were to be expended on an c. pan ion progr,i1:1 t~,·cl I a univer ity with di \'er e higher 1<.:arning program .1, idna PI IILII requested the contribution for the unhcr H\ progr.1111. The Ord ·r approved a contribution of 50,000 S MMERC 1P H L R HIP ur cholar hip program has been extremely succe ful T\\·o children from c\'ery p:iri h :ire afforded the opponunit) co ~mend the Amiochian \ ill:igc ,r aim ichola Camp in California. The rder will p. y tht: rcgi 11.uicn fee to attend on week. If ever) pari h .,enc rn o childn:11 the I cal expenditure would total - ,000. Fathcr ,corge ieh:t, the \ntiochian Village director. reque red thc opponuniry co e pan I th remainder of the funds nor used for reg1 cration fee . Tht: e remaining fund would then be u ed to undern rne other e. ua-currkul. r activities at the Camp. This procedure I to allow children who could not afford to do o to nm, paniup,m: by u ing 1he le ll ve1 funds. The Governing Council appron:d Father ,eha' requ • l. YO TH Ml I TRY- ayiclna Pl IILIP ha a signcd Father Purpura to be full-time youth director. Father t,t kt to rcju, en:tte enior and teen OYO. ·ayidna rcque'>tcd an 111crc,1 e of financial "lll port for their department. The Go,·crning ouncil ~,ppn>n:d an increase from 15,000 to 50,000. CLERGYI RA CE A D RETIRE:\1E T Fl" ·o The Order, in its second year, recognized the m~edto provide '><>me lorm of retirement benefits for our clergy. t that time a rer1nng clergyman would have received 100 per month for retireme1it. The )rder approved contribution to chi fund to enhance the retire1m::lll program. It started with a 35,000 contribution. Three years later it increased 42,000. In the last year the contribution \\l'.fe increased to total 55,000. Becau e of The Order., contnhution , a retiring priest could receive 600 per month In addition. the cl ~rgy has a medical plan. The Order ha established ,1 ctnding .ommittee to study further increa ing the benefits We, in the Order, are greatly concerned\\ ith the welfare and well-being of our clergymen. They devote their whole life to ur Holy Orthodox Church, and they descn·e to retire in dignity. \\l'. shall continue to do what we can to help During our General leering on Tuesday.July 2. , \Yeelect d our ational Officer,: Chairman, Ralph Abercia 1st Vice Chairman, Robert Koor) 2nd Vice Chairman, Dr. Raymond Rt nJni Treasurer, Peter Dacala Secretary, Elizabeth Beauchamp I would like to thank our retiring 2nd Vice .hairnrnn,, 'an Colmia and Treasurer, Raymond ahbagh. for their dcdic:1tit n and many years of service to The Order I am delighted that 3) 1dna ha reappointed our chaplain, Father llan I 1mply_cannot • Ytrn ~gh about our chaplain. We thank you tor )<>Urw1 dom and lcd1 .1- tion. • I · we thank the retiring regional chairmcn ~111d vtc -c 1:imn n: Alex Kalil Dr. , am Koory Antoun Khouri George bercia Shakry kaff Ton) Abraham, Retiring Ralph ergi hairman Philip Ayoub Father Kennt:th _Ber\On, During chi week, we will be cdebraung .1,1d ver Jubilee a the Metropolitan of the nuoch1J1 orth America. It i only fitting and proper l nize this occa ion to honor the foum.I~rof the Order of c. Ignatiu of nt1och ":'' to congratulate ayidna PHILIP and ~1 s50 000 to the 1etropolitan PJ-IILII Thi will be my la, t report to you n, 11• ll has been a great experience I • h~ll c . , Your effant laboring 111 the' deeb . add �Mo\'ed by TO Y ABIDA, econded by RALPH ABERCIA, the report wa, received. *** T THI POI T METROPOLITAN PHILIP PRESE TED HIS i\1E A E TO THE 40TH ARCHDIOCESA CO VE TION. ( ee the OCTOBER, 1991 issue.) Be) THEODORE MACKOUL, Chairman and ROBERT LAHAM, Treasurer presented the Report of the Department of finance: 1eeting called to order by Chairman Ted Mackoul at 11:00A.M. Present at part or all of the meeting: Ted Mackoul, George Nassar, Adeeb add, S. Mackoul, St. Anthony, Bergenfield; Abe Abraham, St. ichola , Grand Rapids; George Darany, St. George, Detroit; Bob Johnson, t. Elijah, Oklahoma City; Bob H. Laham, 't. George, Boston; Phil Haddad, St. George, Charleston; Carl Shaheen, St. George, Canton; Leila Beebe, St. Nicholas, Los Angeles; Jameel Beebe, , t. icholas, Los Angeles; Rudy George, St. George, Cleveland; G. Gabrial, St. George, Detroit; Andre Bullata, St. George, London; aseeb Saliba, St. Nicholas, Los Angeles; William Obeid, St. Mary, Wilkes Barre; Fr. Gabe Ashie, St. Luke, Garden Grove, and Carl Shaheen, St. George, Canton, Ohio. Chairman Ted opened the meeting with a review of the present financial report. The failure to include financial reports of all Archdiocese organizations was raised (AOCWNA, SOYO, etc.). Carl Shaheen moved, Naseeb Saliba seconded that the committee recommend that all organizations be required to adopt a standardized ystem of financial reporting using a fiscal year endingJanuary 31, and that such information be included in the financial report of the Archdioce e. Passed unanimously. Concern was expressed in regards to the awareness of each parish of the Archdiocese finances. It was suggested that a note be included on the financial report as printed in THE WORD that each parish has a complete financial report and that they are also available from the Archdiocese. Motion by Darany, seconded by Johnson recommends that the Metropolitan Advisory Council meet every year at the various OYO Life Conferences. Passed unanimously. It was reported that the churches in Garden Grove and Cleveland would join the tithing churches. Peter Dacales reported that the $20 assessment was being well met. Concern was expressed in regards to the baptized soul count by the various parishes. It was suggested that a study be made to check the accuracy of the current reporting. It was suggested that the present system of Archdiocese support be changed to tithing instead of a per member system now being used. ROBERT LAHAM Presented the Budget for Fiscal Year ending January 31, 1993: ANTIOCHIA ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN ARCHDIOCESE OF NORTH AMERICA Proposed Budget for Fiscal Year Ending January 31, 1993 I. B DGETED EXPE DIT RES A. Theological Education 1. Seminarians - Tuition, Room, Board & Allowances $ 60,000 2. Theological Seminaries 20,000 3. Ba lam and Theological Academy 62,000 ➔• Metropolitan PHILIP Chair for Pastoral Theology 10,000 5. t. Stephen Cour e of Studies in Orthodox Theology 25,000 Total Theological Education $ 177,000 B. Other Contributions 1. Clergy Insurance and Retirement Fund g 75,000 2. Other Contributions for and within the Patriarchate 15,000 3. SCOBA, NCCC, etc. 3,ooo 4. NAC Senior and Teen SOYO and AOCWNA-NAB 5,000 5. AOCWNA so,ooo 6. Charities 235,ooo Total Other Contributio:°s $ 383,00Q C. Archdiocese Departments and Standing Committees 1. Youth Ministry $ 100,000 2. Orthodox Christian Education 18,S00 3. Sacred Music and Liturgics 8,500 4. Parish Development 65,000 5. Mission and Evangelism 55,000 (a) Antiochian Christian Orthodox Radio Network (ACORN) 60,000 6. Campus Ministry 40,000 7. Information and Media Relations 10,000 8. Orthodox Christian Books & Publications 65,000 9. The WORD Publication 150,000 10. Conciliar Press 40,000 11. Continuing Pastoral Education 7,500 12. Western Rite Vicariate 5,000 13. Inter-Faith and Inter-Orthodox 3,000 14. Credentials and Convention Planning 2,000 15. Gifts, Trusts and Legacies 25,000 16. Other Departments and Standing Committees 5,000 Total Departments & Standing Committees $ 659,500 D. Maintenance & Operation of Archdiocese Headquarters (Note 1) $ 240,000 E. Metropolitan's Allowance and Office 52,000 F. Auxiliary Bishops' (two) Allowance and Expense 56,000 G. Archbishop MICHAEL'S Allowance & Archdiocese Chancery in Toledo 44,000 H. Other Special Projects (Note 2) 143,000 I. West Coast Chancery/Operations & Maintenance 35,000 J. St. Athanasius Academy '±0,000 K. Antiochian Village (a) Camp Improvements 45,000 (b) Operations Deficit 30,000 L. Heritage & Learning Center (a) Reserve for Capital Improvements 50,000 (b) Library Operations 24,000 (c) Building Fund - Phase II 100,000 M. Com·ersion of Canadian Dollars into US Dollars 15,000 10,000 N. Miscellaneous and Contingencies $ 884,000 Total Items D through N TOTALBUDGETED EXPENDITURES $2,013,500 II. BUDGETED SOURCES OF RECEIPTS A. From the Parishes and Missions l. Parish Assessments $ 700,000 140,000 2. AEOM Tithing 3. Archdiocese Seminarian Fund 30,000 (Orthodox Sunday) 4. Theological Seminaries Fund 30,000 (October Month) 5. Patriarchate Fund (Palm Sunday & 30,000 Other Contributions) $ 930,000 Total from Parishes and Missions B. From Individuals $ 100,000 1. For the General Fund and Other Funds C. From the Archdiocese Conventions and Organizations 1. The Order of St. Ignatius of Antioch (a) Heritage & Learning Center S8 THE WORD/NOVEMBER 199! (1) Library (2) Museum Development (3) Building Fund - Phase II (b) Clergy Insurance & Retirement Fund (c) Parish Development (d) Christian Education Fund (e) Youth Ministry (t) Archdiocese Administration Expense (g) Antiochian Village Camp Scholarships & Special Events (h) Teen SOYO Special Olympics (i) Metropolitan PHILIP - Chair for Pastoral Education (j) Departmental Grants (k) Mission & Evangelism (l) Campus Ministry (m) Antiochian Christian Orthodox Radio Network (ACORN) (n) Metropolitan PHILIP Endowment Fund Total from the Order of St. Ignatius 2. AOCWNA 3. SOYO Parish Life Conferences Registration Fees NAC SOYO "Food for Hungry" Total from SOYO 4. Department of Charities Children's Relief Fund 5. Mission Councils Totalfrom Organizations and Mission Councils D. Other Archdiocese Receipts 1. Balamand Theological Education Fund & Other Contributions 2. Sale of Orthodox Books and Publications 3. Subscriptions to the WORD magazine 4. Tuition Fees - St. Stephen's Course of Studies 5. Miscellaneous - Other Receipts Total Other Receipts $ 30,000 20,000 100,000 50,000 20,000 5,000 50,000 30,000 50,000 8,000 5,000 10,000 55,000 40,000 30,000 $ $ $ $ 25,000 528,000 50,000 25,000 100,000 125,000 $ $ 135,000 25,000 $ 863,000 $ $ 62,000 90,000 8,000 25,000 5,000 190,000 TOTAL BUDGETED SOURCES OF RECEIPTS Items A through D $2,083,000 TOTAL BUDGETED EXPENDITURES $2,103,500 Ote2- Analy i of Other pc:cial Pre jc: 1 Item H The Order of t. Igna1iu of \mioch (a) Antiochian \'illagL - .amp cholarship. c'-. pc:cial EH:111 (b) Antiochian \'illagc: - 'lt:c:n C YO Aid" pccial lympic " (c) Departmental grant (d) lleritage & Learning .e111cr (1) Libran Book (2) ~lu e~m Dc:n:lopmc:nt (e) ~letropolitan Pl IILIP End l\\'ll1L'IH Fund Total Other pc:cial Projn 1s Other amount contributed b) the Order which are spc iall} included in respecti,·e expenditure cl.1 ifi a1ion: Clergy Insurance and Retiremc:m r und ( 50 000) Parish Development ( 20,000) Metropolitan PHILIP Chair for Pastoral Theolog~ ( 5,0 ) ) Orthodox Christian Education ( 5,000) Archdiocese Administration Expense ( ,j0,000) Youth Ministry ( 50,000) Mission and Evangelism ( 55,000) Campus Ministry ( '±0,000) Antiochian Christian Orthodox Radio 'c:1,,•ork ( \COIL ) ($30,000) Heritage and Learning Center - Phasc: II ( I00,11 HJ) TOTAL( 385,000) Moved by FATHERJOH, BADEE >,econdc:cl hy 'ICK LA, the Budget was adopted. Moved by GEORGE 1 A SOR. '>econckd hy <.,EORC,EATALLAH, the report was received. At this point, FATHERPACL, Cli EIRL . Chairman, and FATHER OLOF SCOTT, Vice-Chairman. 111rc:rngnition f hi I m~. devoted and successful efforts in the cause of pc:au!, ,, ilh ju ti c and freedom in the 1iddle East. and commium~nt to 1ht.: ·:1u ·o Christian nity, on behalf of the Dcpartmc:nt of Inter-<>nh< I .• and Inter-faith Affairs be towed upon DR. FRA 'K .\!AHIA, 1h Cross of Merit of the Department. (The Assembly rece ed at 12:00 EXCESS OF BUDGETED EXPENDITURES OVER BUDGETED RECEIPTS $ {20,500} OTESTO BUDGETED EXPENDITURES Ote1Analysis of Maintenance and Operation of Archdiocese Headquarters - Item D 81,000 $ 0 ffice Sraff Salaries Medical, Health and Life Insurance 21,000 & Social Security Household (including Maid's and Cook's 45,000 wages) Utilities (telephone, gas, electricity, 26,000 oil heating) 4,000 Postage 13,000 Liability, Theft, Fire Insurance, etc. Repairs, Maintenance and Capital 25,000 Improvements 7,000 Office Supplies and Equipment . Automobile Expense (Gas, Oil, Repalfs, 12,000 Insurance, etc.) Sewer charges and Cottage Real Estate 6,000 Taxes 240,000 $ Total-D nmWORD/NOVEMBER 1991 IC<>- oon). 2:30 P.M. METROPOLITA PHILIP callc:d the \s embly to ord rand opened these ion by a king AR llBl IIOP WCI! \!-:L l< rc:1d, message the Metropolitan recei\'ed from .1, ery de~1rfncnd Alb ·n Laham, in Geneva: His Eminence, Metropolitan Phil!p ALIBA Convention of Antiochian Orthodox rchdimt.: e Crystal Gateway Marriott Hotel ARLI GTO USA Your Eminence, I had hoped to be with you for th<:cdebrat ir episcopal jubilee, but unfore een circum 1:1nce Europe. _ The events which led to your ekct1rn! to _thear of orth America marked a turni,~g pomt 111 th Church of Antioch: the dawning of a nc\' ing and renewal and of great achie, cment and in the new world. _ . With God's ble ing. your il\'er turning point in the hi tory of _n ing of a unified Orthodox _mc:r~c· 31 faith and tradition, creatin~ 11~ '''.lln contribution to the world m, ior �• May the Lord grant Your Eminence many man y years so thatd you may, in wisdom and boldness, with you~ de:oted clergy an faithful bring about this great Orthodox ob1ect1ve. . H" ' Yours m im, Albert Laham 8d) ROBERTKOORYand CHARLESAJALAT,Chancellors of the Archdiocese, opened the Assembly for the work of th.e Depa~tment of Legal Affairs and Resolutions. The following Resolutions were proposed: Resolution 1 RESOLUTION OF APPRECIATION WHEREAS, Sts. Peter and Paul Orthodox Church ?f Bethesda, Maryland has graciously hosted the 40th Archdiocesan C_onvention called the Silver Jubilee Anniversary of Metropohtan PHILIP''s consecration to the holy episcopate; and to all men and women, of all faith , who wish to pursue th. • eir education within the vanou co II eges tl1ere; and WHEREAS, it is incumbent upon people of good will everywhere to support the tremendous fforts of ?ur ?eloved Patriarch IGNATI sin making the Bal am and rnversity one of the best in the East and West; BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED that this 40th Archdiocesan Convention, duly as em bled in Arlington Virginia, from July 21 to 28, 1991, convey to His Beatitude, Patriarch IGNATIUSIV our congratulations on achie ing this noble goal, and our sup'. port of his efforts to complete the task before him. ADOPTED BY LAMATION Resolution 3 RESOLUTIO ON LEBA 0 WHEREAS, Lebanon has been invol ed in a tragic civil war for the past fifteen years, in which thousands of people have been WHEREAS,in 1978 the Unit~d Nations ~ecurity Council unanimously adopted Resolut10n 425 which calls for the immediate and unconditional withdrawal oflsraeli forces from South Lebanon, and WHEREAS,The President_of the United States, on many occasions, has stated that the United States Government supports the unity, sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity of Lebanon. BEIT THEREFORE RESOLVED that this Fortieth Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese Convention, duly assembled in Arlington, Virginia, from July 21-28, 1991, go on record supporting the government of _P_re~identElias Hrawi in its efforts to effect unity and reconciltation amongst all the Lebanese people according to the Taif Agreement. BEIT THEREFORE RESOLVED that this convention urges the President of the United States to support the territorial integrity of Lebanon in words and deeds by helping Lebanon, implement Resolution 425 _a1:dby reopening the u.s_. consular office in Beirut, and by llftmg the ban on all Amencans who want to travel to Lebanon. FURTHERMOREwe call on the Government of the United States to extend substantial economic and humanitarian assistance to the Lebanese government for the reconstruction of Lebanon. Moved by GEORGE ATALLAH, amended and seconded by GEORGEELIAS and passed. Resolution 4 RESOLUTION ON THE OCCASION OF THE TWENTY-FIFTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE CONSECRATION OF METROPOLITAN PHILIP TO THE EPISCOPATE WHEREAS,the Pastor, Archpriest George M. Rados, the Convention Chairman, Gary Younes, and the entire Convention Committee, the Parish Council and all the faithful of the church have not spared any effort to assure the success of this Convention, to provide for the utmost enjoyment and spiritual direction of the delegates and guests, and to memorialize forever the 25th anniversary of our beloved Primate and Father; BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED,that this 40th Archdiocesan Convention, duly assembled in Arlington, Virginia, from July 21 to 28, 1991,extends to them by acclamation its heartfelt thanks and appreciation for an outstanding and extraordinary convention, and to our Metropolitan PHILIP, MANY YEARS! ADOPTED BY ACCLAMATION Resolution 2 RESOLUTIO ON BALAMAND UNIVERSITY WHEREAS, His Beatitude IGNATIUSIV, Patriarch of Antioch and All the East, has by the grace of God, established the Balamand niver ity in the beautiful hills of northern Lebanon· and WHEREAS, the Balamand University is the first Orthodox Christian Institute of Learning in the entire Near East, and is open- 40 killed di placed and made refugees in their own Ian?, and . governmen . t conunue WHEREA, ' President Elias I Iraw1. and his . T:to·r ' . . . • , , d"nce wtth the at promote national recon 'tltat1on, 111,Kcor .. ·1· • an cj non-Lebanese Agreement by di. arming Lebanese 1111 1ttas armed groups, and lo ,edin WHEREA., The Lebanese rrny has, recently, been dep 1 South Lebanon, and banned WHEREAS Sin 198 the l'nite I .'rates Government has .·_ 11 ',' . American citizens ' and especially Arnet .·1cans o fLebanese0 gin from traveling to Lebanon and lai·sec. • Be 11 • -ut has WHEREAS 1, he Amencan Embassv 1n '· no consu - 111 ·ng ', . ' . ,· ·zensw 15 tion, creating great harc.lsh1ps for Lebanese cit! to travel to America, and d forbids WHEREAS, This ban affects direct trade_with L~~-anoi~;A) conselanding rights to the Lebanese national au line ( . ·elief . . and othet I quently hindering the shipment of me d 1c111e' supplies, and . nomic and WHEREAS, Lebanon is in dire need of substantt~l ecof the coun· humanitarian assistance for the reconsrrucuon try, and ° THE WORD/NOVEMB ER19° WHEREASour Primate and Chief Shepherd, Metropolitan PHILIP is celebrating the 25th anniversary of his consecration to ~he holy episcopate during this 40th Archdi?c~s~n Convention fromJuly 21 to 28, 1991, in Arlington, Virginia; and . . WHEREAS,we his spiritual children throughout the Anu_o~hi~n Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America, reioice m that celebration and laud the many achievements of his episcopate; and . . WHEREAS,we pledge our support and express our love to 1:is Eminence for the many more dreams and visions that he will share with us, God willing, in the years ahead; BEIT THEREFORE RESOLVED that this Convention, duly assembled, express to our Father-in-God, Metropolitan ~HILIP our eternal gratitude for his 25 years of devoted serv1Ce thus far, making us part of the "impossible dream". He has truly exemplified that biblical saying, "I am the Good Shepherd; I know my own and my own know me." MANY YEARS MASTER! ADOPTED BY ACCLAMATION Resolution 5 RESOLUTION ON THE PEACE PROCESS . WHEREAS,There has been armed conflict in the Middle East smce 1947, and WHEREAS This conflict has resulted in the loss of thousands of huma~ lives the injury and crippling of men, women, and children th~ displacement of thousands of innocent people and the destruction of homes, hospitals, churches and other places of worship, and . . WHEREASThis conflict has resulted in the displacement and disenfradchisement of thousands of innocent people and countless violations of human rights, and . . WHEREAS,The search for a just and lasting peace in this _region:Js been the subject of many United Nat1o?s Resolutions, a nWHEREASA just and lasting peace in the region has bee~ th e c? cern ~f various Presidents of the United States, mcludmg among others Presidents Carter, Reagan and Bus_h,and WHEREASA number of the Arab countries in the region ha~e re• fu I an d co nstructive steps m the cently 'taken positive, meanmg nmWORD/NOVEMBER 1991 peace proce , and WHEREA , The Antiochian rthodox hri rian \rchdio e-.e of orth America ha repeatedly. poken our on behalf of uftcring people and victim of armed conflicl worldwide and continually pray for the peace of the world, and WHEREA , The Pre ident of the l'nired tate. of merica eorgc Bush and the ecretary of tateJame. Baker ha\'c undenL1ken to work for the peace proce in the region, and WHEREAS, The Middle Ea t Peace Propo. al of Pre idcnr eorge Bush, initiated after the Gulf ar was welcomed b) this rchdiocese and all peace loving people, THEREFORE BE IT RE OL ED that thi Fortieth nr1ochian rthodox Chri tian Archdioce e Convention, dul) a sembled in Arlington, Virginia, from July 21-28 1991: 1) Commend and applaud the Pre idenr of the l 111red.race and the Secretary of tate for their relcntle effort. in initiating and continuing the Peace Proce in the Middle East. 2) Encourages the Pre ident of the nited cares and rhe Secretary of State to continue and maintain their on erred effort in this Peace Process. 3) Prays that the work of the Pre. ident of rhe l 1 nited :race. and the Secretary of tate will find fruition in a ju t and la ling peace in the Middle East. ADOPTED BY AC L MATIO Resolution 6 HIERARCHICAL RESOL TIO WHEREAS,In this year celebrating the ilverJubilee of our belo\'ed Primate, Metropolitan PHILIP,we have been ble ed by a ·pecial visit of Metropolitan ELIA , of Beirut and Bi hop ANTONIO of Mexico, and WHEREAS, Their presence ha added to the joy and lo\'e experienced during this joyous occa ion, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVEDthat thi Fortieth Antiochian rthodox Christian Archdioce e Convention, duly assembled in Arlington, Virginia, from July 21-28 1991, ~xtenc.l to Metropolitan ELIAS,and Bi hop A TO IO a pec1al expre'>sion of its love and gratitude by a uring them of our conunuing prayer that GOD GRA T THEM MA Y YEAR.! ADOPTED BY ACCLAMATIO Resolution 7 RESOLUTIO OF APPRECIATIO TO THE PRE ID T OF THE UNITED STATE WHEREAS,In this year celebrating the ilverJubilee of our belO\ ~d Primate 1 Metropolitan PHILIP we have been honored h) an historic visit of the President of the L1 nited ~tares of Amcma George Bush, . WHEREAS,President George Bu h ha.. pokcn to our conve~1uon. inspiring us with his efforts toward peace. _and hono~111gll'> with his words of praise for our bclm·ed Primate. i\lellopol1 tan PHILIP, . _ THEREFORE BE IT RESOL ED that this Fortieth AnllolhtL1nOrthodox Chri tian Archdioce. e om·enrion, dul) a'> cmbkd in Arlington, Virginia, from July 21-28, 1991,extcnc.l_toPre 1 dent George Bush its heartfelt appreciati?n ~nc.lgr_at_1~u~t. fo~ attending our convention and our conttnu1ng pr<l)<..:r . i\la) God Bless the Pre. ident of the L'nited late'> ,eorge Bu h. ADOPTED BY AC L ~lATI . The Chancellor announced the encral onn.:r~lion for 1993 is to be held in Pitt burgh, PA,Jul) 18 through the _8, Bids for the 1995 General om·cntion wcre made on bc~.1lfot St. ichola. Cathedral, Brooklyn. b) Father eorgc C.orn t Elias, Atlanta, b Y Fat h er Andrcv. Zbecb • • The \·otcr lho e, tL,ntJ. B . I ETROPOLITA1 PIJILTPappoinccd to lhe Ard1c.l10L_c <:: ~>arc. M tee Ed war d J . Ka· ·sab , Hafiz . a ar. Dr. Davie.I of Tru . Bo1ra . , aseeb Saliba, and Raymond ha mas I le acceptcd the re ,gnatton f ewev and made him an honorar) tru tee.:. . o am , ·need the officer of the Ar hd1 ) c e: Father He then appo, ·1 . . , f ti , h Allen icar General; Falher Paul chneir a c n.:tar~ o 1<..: Jo ep . 'R b rt Koorv and harlc 1alat. hJn ell or ; The Archd1oce e; o e , �dore Mackoul, Chairman of Finance and Financial Advisor. He filled the vacant office of Protosynkellos by appointing Archimandrite Paul Doyle. (The final appointment was greeted with a Standing Ovation). FATHERANTONY GABRIELopened the meeting for elections, noting that ballots with less than the required number of votes would be discarded. The following names were placed in nomination for membership on the Board of Trustees of the Archdiocese: 1. ANTHONY ABRAHAM JOHNSTOWN, PA 2. ROBERT ANDREWS 3. GEORGE ATALLAH 4. ELINOR BOURJAILY 5. JOHN DALACK 6. PHILIP HADDAD 7. WAUD KHALIFE LOS ANGELES, CA BROOKLYN, NY 8. ANTOON KHOURI 9. EVELYN KOURY WELLESLEY, MA IRWIN, PA CLEVELAND, OH STATENISLAND, NY CHARLESTON, WV DETROIT, MI 10. ROBERT LAHAM 11. GEORGE NASSOR CHESTNUT HILL, MA WYCKOFF, NJ 12. WALTER PARHAMOVICH LAS VEGAS, NV 13. ADEEB SADD 14. JEAN SAM 15. ERNEST SAYKALY ENCINO, CA DETROIT, MI MONTREAL, P.Q. 16. CARL SHAHEEN CANTON, OH 17. ERNEST YOUNES TORONTO, ONTARIO The following were elected to the Board of Trustees of the Archdiocese: 1. Ernest Saykaly 6. Robert Andrews 2. John Dalack 7. Philip Haddad 3. Robert Laham 8. Carl Shaheen 4. Adeeb Saad 9. Ernest Younes 5. George Nassor 10. Jean Sam FATHERANTONY GABRIELannounced the names of the candidates for nomination to the position of Auxiliary Bishop. The names of six qualified candidates will be submitted to the Holy Synod of Antioch for the election of one. Each delegate shall be entitled to one vote which m for one or divided among up to six candidates. A vote c ay be cast st candidate only will entitle such candidate to one full / ~orone cast for two candidates will entitle each candidate to 112ote, a vote for three candidates will entitle each candidate to 113;ore_;avote for ~our can?idates ~ill er:ititle each candidate to 1/4 vi::: avote for five candidates will enmle each candidate to 1/5 vote· ' a vote six candidates will entitle each candidate to 1/6 vote. 'a votefor VOTING FOR MORE THA SIX CANDIDATES WILLREN THE BALLOT VOID. DER TO CAST A FULL VOTE FOR A CANDIDATE, DO NOTy FOR MORE THAN ONE CA DIDATE. OTE NAMES OF CANDIDATES FOR AUXILIARY BISHOP ARE· 1. The Priest DAVIDE. ANDERSON • 2. The Priest]. GREGORY COOKE 3. The Archimandrite BA IL E SEY 4. The Archimandrit GEORGE GEHA 5. The Archdeacon HA EL-HAYEK 6. The Priest DANIEL JAME KELLER 7. The Archimandrit DEMETRI M. KHOURY 8. The Priest MICHAEL FER A DEZ LOBO 9. The Archimandrit PA L ALIBA The following ix candidate were nominated by the General Assembly: Archimandrite BA IL E EY Archdeacon HAN EL-HAYEK Archimandrite DEMETRI M. KH RY Archimandrite P L LIB Priest]. GREGORY KE Prie t DA IEL J ME KELLER *** Moved by FATIIER PA LE LER, e nded by ELI OR BOURJAILY, th Gen ral A.. mbl} adjourn d at 5:00 P.M. *** Respectfully submitted, (Th Very Rev.) P.W.S.Schneirla , ecrctary of the Archdiocese HELEN COREY TO APPEAR ON TV'S "LIVE WITH REGIS AND KATHIELEE" Helen Corey, Author of the award winning o kb k FOOD FRO:\1 BIB~ICAL LANDS, was quite excited when h r i d a all fr m th stud10s of "Live with Regis and Kathie Le ." The dat ~ r h r chcd ulcd appearance on this national TV how will b oon. Corey has been invited to speak at the Smith onian In ti tut t~n, D.C:, F~bruar~ 8th on Syrian/Leban e cui ine a part fa mith man Ins_titution~M1ddleEast Institute cour e ebruar 6th in Wa hingt n. D.C. 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SHIP TO: NAME ________________________________________ _ (phone numb.:r) (please print) ADDRESS _____________________________________ CITY _______________________ _ STATE _______ ZIP ______ _ Make check payable to: Helen Corey. Mail to: Bob Corey, 146 S. 23rd St., Terre Haute, In. 47803. ( all orders shipped only 11·ithadl'([nce payment. Canadian shipping char~e.\ 659 [US.funds]). THE TRIODION IN WESTERNNOTATION ByzantineProjectNumber5 in two volumes Compiled by Professor Basil Kazan Music for chanters and/or choirs from the Sunday of the Pharisee and the _Publican~othe Great Saturday of Passion Week. $30.00 (2 volumes) plus 12% postage & handling (20% in Canada). ORDER FROM ANTIOCHIAN ARCHDIOCESE 358 MOUNTAIN ROAD ENGLEWOOD, NJ 07631 Hierarchs and members of the Archdiocese Board of Trustee . 42 THE WORD/NOVEMBER 1991 �~-------==-=-~~~~---------------, ~__ _JDg~~luL~Y~D~E~~vo~rr~I~O~N~S~~by~A=-=rc=hp-'-ri_es_t G_e_or........,_ge_A_lb_er---'-ts __ ____ Decembe0 1991 1. EPHESIANS 6:10-17; LUKE 18:18-27fp 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 44 . ers1a; Prophet Nahum; Martyr Ananias o St. Philaret (FAST) 2 TIMOTHY 2:20-26; LUKE 20:27-44 Prophet Habakkuk; SS. Jessie of Tsilcan and Stephan of Urosh (FAST) 2 TIMOTHY 3:16-4:4; LUKE 21:12-19 Prophets Zephaniah and Sophronias; St. Sabbas of Storozhev (FAST) GALATIANS3:23-29; MARK 5:24-34 Martyrs Barbara and Seraphim; St. John of Damascus (FAST) TITUS 1:5-2:1; LUKE 21:28-33 SS. Sabbas the Sanctified, Gurias of Kazan and Nectarius (FAST) HEBREWS 13:17-21; LUKE 4:17-23 St. Nicholas the Wonderworker of Myra in Lycia (FAST) EPHESIANS 1:16-23; LUKE 13:18-29 SS. Ambrose of Milan, Nilus of Stoloben and Philothea (FAST) COLOSSIANS 1:12-18;LUKE 17:12-19 SS. Patapius, Sosthenes and Cyril of Chelmogor (FAST) GALATIANS4:2, 22-31; LUKE 8:16-21 Conception of the Theotokos by St. Anna (FAST) HEBREWS 4:1-13; MARK 8:22-26 Martyrs Menas, Hermogenes, and Eugraphus (FAST) HEBREWS 5:11-6:8; MARK 8:30-34 SS. Daniel and Luke the Stylites and Nikon (FAST) HEBREWS 13:17-21;LUKE 6:17-23 St. Spyridon the Wonderworker, Therapont and Alexander of Jerusalem (FAST) HEBREWS 7:18-25; MARK 9:33-41 Repose of St. Herman of Alaska; Sts. Eustratius and Auxentius EPHESIANS 2:11-13;LUKE 14:1-11 Martyrs Thyrsus, Leucius, Callinicus, Philemon, Apollonius, and Arianus (FAST) COLOSSIANS 3:4-11; LUKE 14:16-24 Sunday of the Forefathers; Martyrs Eleutherius and his mother Anthia (FAST) 16. HEBREWS 8:7-13; MARK 9:42-10:1 Prophet Haggai; Empress Theophania; Martyr Marinus (FAST) 17. HEBREWS 9:8-10, 15-23; MARK 10:2-12 Prophet Daniel; Ananias, Azarias and Misael (FAST) 18. HEBREWS 10:1-18; MARK 10:11-16 Martyrs Sebastian and Companions and Modestus of J eru alem (FA T) 19. HEBREW 10:35-11:7; MARK 10:17-27 Martyrs Boniface and Aglaia; St. Elias of Murom (FAT) 20. HEBREW 11:8 11-16· MARK 10:23-32 SS. Ignatius of Anti ch and Daniel of Serbia (FA T) 21. GALATIA 3:8-12· L KE 13:18-29 Martyr Th mi t li Juliana and the 630 Martyr (FA T) 22. HEBREWS 11:9-10 17-2 32--±0; MATTHEW 1:1-25 Sunday b for the ativit, • Martyrs Ana ta ia hy, ogon, Thcodotia, Evodus, and Eut 1 hian (F T) 11:1 -2:,, ~ -Jl· MARK 10:46-52 23. HEBRE 10 Martyr of r t ~; S . Thcodulus, Saturn and ahum (FA T) 24. HEBREW 1:1-12· L KE 2:1- 0 Paramon of the ati it • Martyrs Eugenia and ichola (FA T) 25. GALATIA TT. 2:1-12 hri t in the Flesh (FAST ativity FREE WEEK) 26. HEBREW 2:11- · M TTHEW 2:13-23 t k , t. Euthemius 27. ACTS 6:8-15· 7:5 O· MATTHEW 21:33-42 Protomartyr and Archd aeon Stephen 28. 1 TIMOTHY 6:11-16· MATTHEW 12:15-21 20,000 Martyr of icom dia; Deacon Nicanor; t. Sim on the Myrrh-Gusher 29. GALATIAN 1:11-19; MATTHEW 2:13-23 Sunday aft r the ativity; 14,000 Childref slain by H rod; S . Marc llus and Mark 0 the Caves 30. JAMES 2:14-26; MARK L~:13-17 Martyrs Anysia, Philoterus and Gedeon 31. JAMES 3:1-10; MARK 12:18-27 . Leavetaking of the Nativity; SS. Melania and Zoticus THF WORD/NOVEMBE DID YOU KNOW . . . ? . that the main feast days in November are the following: The Archangels Michael and Gabriel and the Heavenly Hosts (8th); St. John Chrysostom (13th); the • ApostlePhilip (14th); Entrance of the Theotokos in the ITemple(21st); Great Martyr Catherine (24th); the ApostleAndrew, the first-called (30th). . . . that the feast day of His Eminence, Archbishop Michael is November 8. You may send greetings to him at 2656 Pemberton Drive, Toledo, OH 43606. ... that the feast day of His Eminence, Metropolitan PHILIP is November 14. You may send greetings to_ him at 3 58 Mountain Road, Englewood, NJ 07631. . .. that there were no Antiochian churches founded in 1960. Two churches were founded in 1961: St. George in Chicago (Cicero), IL, and St. Mark in Youngstown, OH. St. Anthony Church in Butler, PA wasfounded in 1962. Two churches were established in 1963: Redeemer in Los Altos Hills, CA, and Archangel Gabriel in South Glens Falls, NY. Virgin Mary Church in Yonkers, NY was founded in 1964. . . . that the Fast of the Nativity of Christ (commonly called the St. Philip's Fast or the Advent Fast) be- gins on ovember 15 and Nativity of Chri ton Dec th Church are prohibited d . . . that repre entati ri tal Orthodox Churche sy, outside Geneva, it cussion of Orthodox inv n l movement. . . . that an inter-Orth vironment is to be held in b . . . that the Patriarch t Church, Abuna Merkorio , cause of ill health." Church authori ed that the Ethiopian government re th the patriarch, while con ulting ith leaders on many issues. . . . that His Holine , ALEK Y II Patriar h f Moscow and All Russia, is vi iting orth m ri a thi month. His Eminence, Metropolitan PHILIP ill h t His Holiness and his entourage at th rchdi Headquarters. A report of the meeting ill b in a future issue of THE WORD. 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