1 50 1 https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/files/original/8eb03a39dcde3bfd0b144f8bb96026c2.pdf 5084028b9100af449b1f83e547755ae9 PDF Text Text �EDITORIAL The Most Reverend Metropolitan PHILIP, D.H.L., D.D. Primate The Right Reverend Bishop Antoun, Auxiliary The Right Reverend Bishop Basil, 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 Editor-in-Chief Archpriest George S. Corey, D.Min. Editorial Board Joanne Abdalah, M.L.S. The V. Rev. Joseph J. Allen, Th.D. Anthony Bashir, Ph.D. The V. Rev. Elias Bitar, M.Div. John L. Boojamra, Ph.D. 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. Technical Advisor Donna Griffin Albert Editorial Office: The Word 52 - 78th Street Brooklyn, NY 11209 Subscription Office: 358 Mountain Road Englewood, N.J. 07631 ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION U.S.A. and Canada, $18.00 Foreign Countries, $24.00 Single Copies, $2.50 THE WORD (USPS626-260), published monthly except July and August, by the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America at 358 Mountain Road, second class postage paid at Englewood, New Jersey 07631 and at additional mailing offices. Postmaster send address changes to: THE WORD, 358 Mountain Road, Englewood NJ 07631 ' I S 0043-7964 2 IN WIS ISSUE: September Is "The Fellowship" Month Editorial ..................................................... The Primate's Message to the Archdiocese ••............................ 3 Convention ....... 5 The Forgotten Church in Antioch .......................................... by Kenneth G. Skantz 9 Street & Prison Ministry ........................................................ by La Verne Hollapeter 12 Archdiocesan Office ............................................................. 14 Department of Christian Education ..................................... 17 Lifestyles X ............................................................................ by Father Edward Pehanich 25 Did You Know? ..................................................................... 26 Re/View ................................................................................. 27 Order of St. Ignatius ............................................................. 28 Introducing ............................................................................ 30 Daily Devotions .................................................................... by Father George Alberts 31 The People Speak ................................................................. 32 Communities in Action ......................................................... 34 The Orthodox World ............................................................ 36 MEMBER: The Associated Church Press Conciliar Press Ecumenical Press Service COVER: Our hierarchs at the conclusion of the Divine Liturgy on Sunday, July 25, at the Archdiocese Convention in Pittsburgh, p A. (1. to r.) Bishop BASIL, Auxiliary; Bishop MAXIMOS, Greek Diocese; Metropolitan PHILIP Primate· Archbishop KYRILL, OCA Di;cese; Bishop NICHOLAS, Carpatho-Russian Diocese; Bishop ANTOUN, Auxiliary. THE WORD/SEPTEMBER 1993 Hi~ Emin~nce, Metropo.litan PHILIP, Primate of our. beloved and ever-growing Archdiocese m North America, has declared the entire month of September as "The Fellowship" Month. "The Fellowship" is part of the new name given to the former Senior SOYO; its full name is The Fellowship of St. John the Divine, named after its patron saint, the beloved John the Apostle, who was probably the youngest of the Twelve called by Christ. "The Fellowship" is an organization for everyone, beginning after the teen years and extending well into maturity. The new platform deals with total parish ministry and involvement and could ve1y well give "new life" to older parishes, and "a boost" to younger ones. All it requires is the endorsement of the parish clergy, a parish ministry team coordinator, a good number of volunteers to fulfill the various ministries that are needed within the parish, and people to respond to those ministries. Half the battle is won if the priest/pastor is enthusiastic about Parish Ministry Teams. Our pastors should know that Metropolitan PHILIP has personally endorsed this concept for parish life, desires that each parish have a "Fellowship" by whatever name it chooses, and will be watching carefully during the coming year to see that this concept is accepted in all the parishes of his Archdiocese. In addition, all "Fellowships" are invited to participate in the annual regional Parish Life Conferences held eve1y summer. What is a "Parish Ministry Team"? According to a pamphlet printed and distributed by "The Fellowship", a Parish Ministry Team is a group of volunteers within a parish dedicated to serving Christ by assisting the pastor in ministering to the needs of the parish and larger community. Jesus teaches us to love our neighbors as we love ourselves. By His works, He has provided us with numerous examples of how to love and serve "the least of these my brethren" (Matt. 25:31-46). That is why we have had such tremendous success with our annual Lenten drive FOOD FOR HUNGRY PEOPLE PROGRAM. Since its inception we have raised and distributed to the poor of the world over 1.2 million dollars. This and other programs in our parishes and Archdiocese are basically done by willing volunteers. An essential element of this volunteer program is the motivation for doing it! As Christ has reached out to us we must reach out to each other in love. Since we are created in the likeness and image of' God, we are then created in and by His love. It is through His love that we move out of ourselves and toward each other. For "we are God's fellow workers" CICor. 3:9). As such, we are encouraged to volunteer our God-given time, talents and resources to Christ and His Church through these Parish Ministry Teams. . Many and various Parish Ministry Teams can exist, accordit:g. to. the needs of the ~ansh. Obviously many parishes have been doing some of these. 1:1~~1stnesfor.~ long ~e~10~ ~f time. This list is only suggested by "The Fellowship" as poss1b1ltt1esfor add1t1onal mm1stnes. Minist1y to the Sick and Shut-Ins Minist1y to the Elderly Sacred Music Ministry Christian Education Minist1y Parish Facilities Ministry Youth Ministly Prison Ministiy Humanitarian Ministry (Needy, Homeless, etc.) Spiritual Healing Ministry Outreach Ministry Ministry to Newcomers Ministry to the Dying Fundraising Ministry · "Th F 11 h 1•p" Why should we create Parish Ministry Teams in the first place? Agam e e ow answers our question. 3 THEWORD/SEPTEMBER 1993 �d h faith and service of the worshipping community. t _e d . lvement of the laity in the true mission of the 2. They engage the cooperation an mvo 1. They renew and exten Church. . the untapped talents within a parish and thereby allow for 3. They are a way o f usmg . individual and parish renewal and self-evangelism. . 4. They allow for greater community pre~e1:ce and involvement. 5 The assist the parish in fulfilling its mission to the world. . . • y h b f The Fellowship of St. John the Divme dunng the ·1month O So we salute t e mem ers d f of September their month! And we applaud them for the program th~y- have compi e_ ?r our use a fter' many Years of struggling with the problem. Their vigilance d ·1 d has · f paid · its rewards'. We all will benefit by The Parish Ministry Teams. For more etai e m ormation write: · TX 78746 Mr. Gene Attal, 1201 Constant Springs Drive, Austm, George S. Corey Editor Statement of the Middle East Council of Churches on Israel's Invasion of Lebanon The Text of MECC General Secretary Gabriel Habib's statement on the recent events in Lebanon: "Instead of implementing the U.N. Resolution 425, Israel is raiding new territories in Lebanon causing further destruction and death of innocent men, women and children, disturbing the social stability and harming the economic recovery of that country. It also is displacing thousands of people from their homes at a time when the Lebanese government and NGOs are helping the displaced population of the last 16 years of war in the process of returning to their original villages. "We call upon the international community through the United Nations to put an end once and for all to such Israeli policy and force it to resort to constructive dialogue for peace instead of war. "We also call upon all concerned to break the vicious circle of confrontation in the Middle East which constitutes a major obstacle to the peace process between the parties involved and to shift from violence as means of interaction between opponents to dialogue as a way of understanding and peace. "We therefore appeal to the churches and related agencies in the world to support efforts through the Middle East Council of Churches to alleviate new human suffering in Lebanon." 4 THE WORD/SEPTEMBER 1993 MESSAGE OF METROPOLITANPHILIP TO THE 41ST ARCHDIOCESECONVENTION, PITTSBURGH, PA, JULY 18-25, 1993 Your Graces, Beloved Clergy, Archdiocesan Trustees, Delegates, and Faithful of our God-protected Archdiocese: Since we are focusing this year on "Ministry" I would like, be_fore I ddress the main theme of this con~ention, to make the following announcements: (1) Two years from now, we will, with thanksgiving, celebrate the Centennial of Antiochian Orthodoxy in North America. We do not want this occasion to pass without rejoicing and reflecting on the past one hundred years of Antiochian witness to the Holy Orthodox Faith which "once and for all was delivered to the saints." I would like to see a scholarly book published to commemorate this occasion and tell the heroic story of our people in the United States and Canada. To guide us in the preparation for this historic event, I am appointing a Centennial Commission consisting of the following: His Grace, Bishop Antoun His Grace, Bishop Basil, CoChairmen V. Rev. Paul Schneirla V. Rev. George S. Corey V. Rev. Antony Gabriel V. Rev. Peter Gillquist V. Rev. John Morris Dr. Robert Haddad Dr. Issa Boullata Dr. Najib Saliba Dr. George Atiyeh Mr. Paul D. Garrett Ms. Alexa Naff Ms. Anne Glynn Mackoul Dr. Joyce Alexander Ms. Kweilin Nassar Ms. Jean Sam (2) There is a genuine movement in our Archdiocese for the canonization of our first saintly bishop of thriceblessed memo1y, Raphael Hawaweeny. In order to prepare the necessary documents on his life and achievements in Orth America which we must submit to the Holy S~nod of Antioch, I am Tl--IE WORD/SEPTEMBER 1993 appointing the following committee: His Grace, Bishop Basil, Chairman Rt. Rev. George Geha V. Rev. Michel Najm Mr. Paul D. Garrett Rev. Fr. Andre Issa V. Rev. George Shalhoub I need these documents in Arabic as soon as possible because we would like the canonization of Bishop Raphael to coincide with the Centen- Metropolitan PHIUP nial of Antiochian Orthodoxy in this hemisphere. ( 3) As you know, we have reached the threshold of a new century. Seven years from now the Twentieth Centu~ will be history and a new century will dawn on us. The question is: Are we prepared, as a Church, to face? the challenges of the new century .. In order to find answers to this quest10n and define our goals for the years to com,e I am appointing a Task Force of the following individuals: Mr. Robert Koory, Co-Chairman Mr. Charles Ajalat, Co-Chairman V. Rev. Joseph Antypa V. Rev. Gordon Walker V. Rev. Michael Kei er V. Rev. Constantine a r V. Rev. Joseph Purpura Rev. George Eber Rev. Michael Ellia Dr. John Dalack Dr. George Dibs Dr. Anthony Bashir Mr. Ron icola Mr. Gene Attal Mr. Charles aikaley Ms. Carol Laham Ms. Linda Hopkin Dr. Anne Thoma Ms. Julie Dakdouk I expect a compr h n i report from this Ta k Force b next year. (4) Two year ago in a hington, D.C., I spoke to y u about the significance of the Balamand Univer ity. I am happy to report to you that our Balamand Uni er ity ha had its first graduation, la t year, in the pre enc f our Father-in-Christ, Patriarch IGNATIUS IV, and the Pre ident of the Republic of Lebanon, His Excellency, Elias Hra wi. I have a video of thi hi toric event and it is a ight to behold. Two outstanding unni Muslims, one from Lebanon Prime Minister Rafik I-Hariri and Mr. Outhman Al- a idi from Dama cu donated $1 000,000.00 each to the niversity of Balamand. I ha e committed our Archdioce e to rai. ~ 1 000 000.00 to build an ntio hian Village' at Balamand. Thi. illage " ill con i t of home for prof . , ors and dormitorie for tudent . I ha e already rai ed a half million. dollars and I want you to help m rat, th re...,l. Last May I brought thi. matt r to the attention of the Board of Tru<it es c!f our rchdioce. e who pledged their utmo t upport to thi. cau. e._Hi. rac~, Bi hop Ba. ii will he co-ordm~tmg th1..., dri e and we v ant all our pan"ihe _and people to do their. hare. ur goal t to rai e 500,000 b the end of. la . 1994. �(5) (a) There are different months of the year which are designated for various organizations in our Archdiocese. In addition to that, I am designating the month of September which marks the beginning of the Church Year, as the "Fellowship of St. John the Divine Month." During this month, I expect our clergy and Fellowship leaders to inform our faithful about the ministry of The Fellowship. (5) (b) I am designating the month of November as "The International Orthodox Christian Charities Month." We have budgeted $100,000.00 for IOCC; thus, I expect our clergy to speak about this charitable organization in their sermons. I also expect collections to be taken in every parish every Sunday in November for the poor. When we sit down to stuff ourselves with all kinds of food on Thanksgiving Day, let us think of those millions of people who are starving to death, especially in Africa and Asia. St. John Chrysostom said: "Feeding the hungry is a greater work than raising the dead." (5) (c) Last but not least, I am designating the month of December as "The Order of St. Ignatius of Antioch Month." I expect our clergy to speak about the impact of the Order on our Archdiocese and its programs. Since its inception, the Order has contributed more than $6,000,000.00 to help our projects and charitable endeavors. I expect the members of the Order to communicate the goals of the Order to our people by preaching sermons, writing articles, and recruiting new members in order to reach our goal of two thousand members in the year 2000. Henceforth our motto is "two thousand for 2000." Ladies and Gentlemen: What I have already announced is very much related to the theme of this convention which is "See that you fulfill the minist1y you have received in the Lord," (Colossians 4:17). When we speak about ministers and ministry, some of us immediately think of the ordained clergy. All of us, clergy and laity, are called to be ministers, servants. We read in First Peter that we "are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God's own people that we may declare the wonderful deeds of Him who called us out of darkness into His marvelous light," (I Peter 2:9). St. Peter, here, is not directing his words to the ordained clergy alone, 6 but to all who were baptized into Christ and "have put on Christ," ( Gal. 3:27). He has chosen us before the foundation of the world, and to share in His priesthood is a great privilege and an awesome responsibility. The aim of Christian life is to be Christ-like in obedience, service, love, sacrifice and care for others. In the lyrics of the famous play LES MISERABLES,there is a verse which says: "To love another person is to see the face of God." The ordained clergy have a special ministry in the Church which is rooted in the Pentecost experience. "When the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together in one place, and suddenly a sound came from heaven like the rush of a mighty wind, and it filled all the house. And there appeared to them tongues as of fire distributed and resting on each one of them. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit," (Acts 2:1-4). The gifts of the Holy Spirit are bestowed on both the clergy, through the laying on of hands, and the laity through Holy Baptism and Chrismation. All of us, clergy and laity, have our gifts and hence our ministry to perform. In First Corinthians, St. Paul speaks eloquently about these gifts: "Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I do not want you to be uninformed." Then he goes on to say, "Now there are varieties of gifts but the same spirit; and there are varieties of service, but the same Lord, and there are varieties of working, but it is the same God who inspires them all in everyone. To each is given the manifestation of the spirit for the common good. To one is given through the spirit the utterance of wisdom, and to another the utterance of knowledge according to the same spirit, to another faith by the same spirit, to another gifts of healing by the one spirit, to another the working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another the ability to distinguish between spirits, to another various kinds of tongues, to another the interpretation of tongues. All these are inspired by one and the same spirit, who apportions to each one individually as He wills," (I Cor. 3:9). Ministry, therefore, encompasses all the members of the Body of Christ, not the ordained clergy only, but most i1:1portantly the ordained laity by virtue of their baptism. I cannot emphasize enough the importance of lay ministry. The ministry of the ordained clergy is often confined to the boundaries of the parish, while the ministry of the laity transcends the boundary of the parish to the heart of the world Orthodox laity, by virtue of their vari~ ous professions, come in touch with all kinds of people. Thus, I call on all of you, whether you are doctors lawyers, teachers, administrators, secre~ taries, shop keepers, restaurant owners factory work_ers, fathers, mothers, etc.: to witness to your faith fulfilling your ministry and letting your "light shine." There is a prerequisite, however which you must have before you ca~ minister to others, and this prerequisite is love. "When a lawyer came to Jesus testing him saying, 'Teacher what shall I do to inherit eternal life?: He said to him, 'What is written in the law? How do you read?' And he answered, 'You shall love your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbor as yourself," (Luke 10:25-28). Before you can invade the hearts of others, you must invade your own heart and become immersed in that divine, boundless love. You cannot change others and ultimately change this troubled and decaying world, unless your inner being is changed. We are more transparent than we think. St. Gregory the Theologian said: "It is a great thing to speak to God, but still a greater thing to purify one's self for God." Television and instant communication have reduced the world to the size of a tiny village. Sneeze in Moscow and you are instantly heard in New York. There are almost a billion people in this world who go to bed hungry. I am sure all of you have seen shocking pictures of human skeletons walking the streets and hamlets of southern Sudan, Somalia and parts of Asia. Do we have an effective ministry for the poor? Do we receive them and the oppressed as Christ did? How can people know that we are Christians? Aristedes, a nonChristian, defending the Christians before Hadrian, wrote: "Christians love one another. They never fail to help widows; they save orphans from those who would hurt them. If a man has something, he gives freely to the man who has_n? th; ing. If they see a stranger, Chnsuan take him home and are happy, as THE WORD/SEPTEMBER 1993 though he were a real brother. They don't consider themselves brot?ers in the usual sense, but brothers instead through the spirit of God. And if they hear that one of them is in jail, or persecuted for professing the Name of the Redeemer, they all give him what he needs. If it is possible, they bail him out. If one of them is poor and there is not enough food to go around, they fast several days to give him the food he needs ... This is really a new ki_n? o! perso~. There is something D1vme m them. Ladies and Gentlemen: In his Epistle to the Ephesians, St. Paul said: "Look carefully then how you walk, not as unwise men but as wise, making the most of the time, because the days are evil. Therefore, do not be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is," (Eph. 5:15-17). More than any other time in history, we are called to minister earnestly to others "for the days are indeed evil." Some historians believe that we are already living in a postChristian era. There is a cultural war going on between the values which our Church represents and the new twisted values which our modern culture represents. Television is contributing much to this social and moral tragedy. I believe that we are living now in a post-Democratic era. Very few people in our society read meaningful books which deal with ultimate questions. Thus, everything is dictated to us by television, the "New Dictator." It is not the substance of things which matters anymore; it is, rather, how you package your product and how you sell it. Put garbage in a nicely wrapped box and use an effective selling pitch and you will be able to sell garbage. This dangerous phenomenon has not affected our consumer products only, but people in high places who control the destiny of this nation, i.e., congressmen, senators, presidents and other elected officials. If a person is well programmed, well ?roomed and projects well, he or she ts elected regardless of substance. Our scale of values has turned upside down. Very dangerous trends are insidiously invading our society. Consequently, our children are threatened, our youth are threatened, our parishes are threatened, the sanctity of our family is threatened. Barbara Whitehead, in an article in the April 1993 ATLANTIC THEWORD/SEPTEMBER 1993 MONTHLY, said "family breakup is an My dear friends, inevitable feature of American life Two years from now, in Atlanta and anyone who thinks otherwise i; Georgia, and throughout orth Amerindulging in nostalgia or trying to turn ica, we will be celebrating the centenback the clock." Even the integrity of nial of Antiochian Orthodoxy. W the Holy Scriptures is threatened. A must never forget the brilliant mini try few years ago, a bishop in New Jersey of our parents and grandparent under wrote a book in which he claimed the omophorion of our fir t Antiochthat St. Paul was a frustrated homoian Bisho-p of thrice-bles ed memory, sexual. I need not defend St. Paul be- Raphael Hawaweeny, and hi illu tricause St. Paul speaks for himself. In ous successors. I am especially thankhis Epistle to the Romans, St. Paul ful to the Almighty God for the opporwrote: tunity which he gave me to minister to "For this reason God gave them up you during the past twenty- even to dishonorable passions. Their years. I am thankful to God for the women exchanged natural relations ministry of our many dedicated clergy, for unnatural, and the men likewise especially those who are serving mall gave up natural relations with women parishes and suffering financial hardand were consumed with passion for ship. Priests like Father Michael Kei er one another, men committing shame- who serves our people in Eu ti , less acts with men and receiving in Florida, and in order to supplement their own persons the due penalty for his income, works part-time a a janitheir error," (Romans 1:26-27). tor; Father John Essa of Spring Valley, If the Scripture is no longer sacred, Illinois; Father Paul Blanken tein from is there anything sacred left? Our Iron Mountain, Michigan; Father Ayoub from St. Paul, nation is really in trouble. The Roman George empire was not destroyed from with- Minnesota; Father Paul Eyler from Las out; it was rather destroyed from with- Vegas, Nevada; Father David Straut ew Jersey; in, by moral decadence. I am trying from South Plainfield, my best, with the means which I have, Father Elias Nasr from South Glens to protect our children and youth from Falls, New York; Father George Alberts this filth, but I need your ministry, "for from Monessen, Pennsylvania; Father the days are evil." We thank God for Boniface Black from Souderton, Pennsylvania; Father John E tephan, our Youth Department, our camping our Arabic scholar, who serve a parprograms at the Antiochian Village, Camp St. Nicholas in California and ish and teaches school at the ame our Heritage and Learning Center. I time; Father William Hartung from alt will continue to appeal to parents and Lake City, Utah; Father David Thomas of Lake Charles, Louisiana, and last but grandparents not to abdicate their not least, the Right Reverend Michael roles within the family. Trigg from Whittier, California. In the past, and on many occasions, Some of our priests have e tablished I have told you that we used to have three main institutions in our society: parishes from point zero like Father the family, the church and the school. George Shalhoub, Father Elia halI do not have to elaborate on what is houb and all our Antiochian Evanhappening to our schools. Around the gelical Orthodox clergy. I would be area where I live, schools have in- remiss if I do not mention the mini try of Father Peter Gillquist in Mi sion stalled electronic devices to detect and Evangelism; the ministry of Fath r knives and firearms which children take with them to school. This, in John Badeen in A.C.O.R. .; and the addition to the drug problem and con- good work of Father Paul chneirla on dom distribution by the school itself, behalf of the Western Rite. I am pehas made our once great schools ob- cially grateful to God for the mini try solete. Thanks be to God that we, as of the longest serving editor of The Orthodox, have two institutions left: WORD magazine, Father G orge the family and the church. If the fami- Corey (16+ year ) . Ladies and Gentlemen: ly and the church minister tog~t~er, The mini t1y of our laity i hy no and if our clergy and parents mm1ster together for our children's sake, only means les important than the mini try then can we look at the future with of our clergy. Many of our pari, he oci ti some hope. Remember that we are no were establi hed by Ladie and Men' ocietie , without th 1 adlonger an island in this society, "for er hip of prie t and bi hop . Fir t and the days are evil." �foremo t I want to thank all the member of the Board of Trustees for their mini try both on the local and orth m rican level. These ladies and gentlemen minister to us in words and in d eds. I want to single out, however, member of our Executive Board for their extra work and dedication, namely: our very able Vice-Chairman, who heads the Village Council and give so much of his time and means to our Archdiocese, Mr. Ernest Saykaly and all members of the Village Council. I want to thank our very dedicated and generous treasurer, Mr. Robert Laham and the Chairman of our Department of Finance, Mr. Theodore Mackoul and my good neighbor and a sistant treasurer, Mr. George Nassar. I want to thank our very faithful chancellors, Mr. Robert Koory and Mr. Charles Ajalat for their very special ministry. I want to thank the CoChairmen of the Department of Lay Ministry, Dr. John Dalack and Dr. Anthony Bashir. I want to thank one of the founders of the Board of Trustee and generous contributors to the Archdiocese, Mr. Abe Abraham and his brothers. ow, I would like to thank some of the people who have excelled in their ministry both on the local and North American levels, namely: Ray George of Detroit Michigan, Chairman of the Sacred Music Department; Mrs. Christine Lynch of Little Falls, New Jersey; Khouriyee Grace Aswad; Khouriyee Laila Corey; Miss Robin Nicholas, The Co-ordinator of our Food for Hungry People Drive; Mrs. Pearl Nahass who ministered to our children freely at the Camp for many years, and the late Mrs. Emilie Armelli who dedicated her ministry to our entire community of southern California. Time does not permit me to mention all the clergy and laity who have ministered to us with distinction. And since we are speaking about ministry, I ask you, where would this Archdiocese be without the outstanding ministry of the Order of St. Ignatius of Antioch; the Antiochian Women who are celebrating, this year, their Twentieth Anniversary; the new and promising Fellowship of St. John the Divine and last, but not least, my pride and joy, Teen SOYO. I could mention thousands of men, women and young people in this Archdiocese who are working tirelessly to fulfill "their ministry in the Lord." These are our silent heroes and are well known to God who will reward them according to their faith and good deeds. Ten years ago, His Grace, Bishop Antoun was elevated to the rank of the Holy Episcopacy, thus I take this opportun~ty to wish him, ~n behalf of the entire Archdiocese a Very Happy Anniversary. In May' of 1992, a new breath of fresh air swept this Archdiocese, starting in Wichita Kansas. I am very grateful for the min~ istry of His Grace, Bishop Basil. Finally, I would like to thank my overworked, yet tireless staff, especially a lady who has been working for us with much distinction for the past twenty-four years, Miss Kathy Meyer; our registrar, Mrs. Marietta Voutsinas· our assistant comptroller, Mr. Pete; Dacales; the Very Reverend Georges. Corey and last but not least, the most patient man I have ever known, Archdeacon Hans El Hayek. In conclusion, as we all struggle to fulfill our ministry in the Lord in this broken world, according to the gifts which we have received, let us heed the admonition of St. Paul, one of the greatest ministers ever: "Take the whole armour of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all to stand. Stand therefore . . . having put on the breastplate of righteousness ... taking the shield of faith . . . the helmet of salvation . . . and the sword of the spirit which is the Word of God." (Eph. 6:13-17) INTERESTED IN STUDYING ORIBODOX THEOLOGY? 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Skantz With photos by Simon Porter "Where Christ is, there is the Catholic Church." - Ignatius of Antioch AD. JOO. What was true 18 centuries ago in Antioch, is still true today. Only now, the birthplace of Christianity as we know it, is called Antakya in the Turkish province of Hatay on the eastern-most shores of the Mediterranean Sea. There are three churches currently in use in Antakya: The Grotto of Saint Peter, which is where the first Christians gathered round Paul, Barnabus, Mark, Luke and Peter; the Roman Catholic Church; and the Orthodox Church. But Saint Ignatius was not referring to a building in the above mentioned quote. Instead he was referring to the congregation of Christians that worship in these buildings. In the late fifth centu1y there were more than a half million Christifns living in and around Antioch. Thf vicissitudes of Antioch over the last rnillennium and a half (i.e. earthquakes, Arab invasions, the Crusades, the Turkish conquest) have reduced the city from a once mighty bastion of Christianity to a "titular" seat of different faiths. Sadly there are less than 2,000 Christians of Orthodox, Roman Catholic, Maronite or Jacobite faiths currently living in Antakya. The relocation of the Patriarchate of Antioch, from Antioch to Damascus, in the sixteenth century, persecution under the Ottomans and massive emigrations to the Occident account for this abridgment of the Orthodox faithful in Antakya. Today's Orthodox of Antakya The Orthodox form the largest community of Christians in Antakya numbering about 250 families and this community and its clergy has preserved and remained faithful to the traditions of their forefathers. This tiny community in a city of lS0,000 blends in with the indigenous Muslim population in every aspect of THEWORD/SEPTEMBER 1993 their daily lives (schooling, professions, culture, recreation) except one. In their worship, the Orthodox parishioners are light-years removed from their Muslim neighbors. Their language is made up of Arabic and Turkish with a spattering of Greek. Amongst the elders, Arabic is Inscription (in Arabic) at the base of the column to the right of the front doors of the church. the mother tongue whereas with the younger generation Turkish is the dominant language. The liturgical services are conducted in both Arabic and Greek. The presbyter of their church, Father Sarni Sabagil, along with the help of his four deacons, lead the faithful in their worship. The Church The Orthodox Church it elf i a splendid Chri tian beacon to the f \\, living there urround d b a sea of Islam. Enclo ed by a 20-foot wall, entrance to the courtyard of the church is through an iron door gateway that i locked and unlo k d b Turkish authoritie at the prescrib d times of worship. Th iron door'->are neces ary to protect it from the vandalism that virtually all Chri ·tian houses of worship suffer in Turke . When photographer , imon Porter and I entered the courtyard a Turki h sentry, appointed by the Turki ·h government to over ee th going on of the Church attempted to di suad u. from being on the premi ·e -. s w approached the entrance to th church, the sentry, with his th , pi (prayer beads) in one hand and a cigarette in the other, became animated telling us that we weren't allow d in the church since there was a , ervice about to begin. After I informed him in Turkish that no one ha. the authority to prevent Christian. from entering a Christian house of worship and that we had been invited to attend the s rvices, he reluctantly allowed u to pa. s. Once inside the church we v r aghast by the magnificent i on. that covered the entire iconosta. is. Taking our places at the rear of the church. we ob erv d the liturg and emulated the repeated prostrations and gesticulations of the clergy. B hind us v could hear the ntr patrolling the rear of the church ke ping an ye on us "yabancis" (foreign rs). During the er ic v e could h ar Father abagil from b hind the i on stasis repeatedly in oking th nam "Isa' (the Chri. t J sus). After the . ervic Father . abagil e, plained to u that th pricel . i on that adorn the icono ta. i'>,'-' hi h s parates th nave from the sanctuary. were donated b the Ru. '->ian rth dox Church in the ninet enth ntuI). He then directed u. to a "throne·· wh r the Patriarch of ntio h, Hi'> Beatitud Ignatiu , . it: during hi'-> occa ional i it to ntak a. The 9 �Christ during his crucifixion) I 'throne" extends about 15 feet into missionary of the Christian Church in burie? beneat~ t~e floor of the Gro~; Asia Minor. His 14-year endeavor, the air and is laden with carvings and of Samt Peter ms1de the citadel of th which began in Antioch, spread rabic inscriptions all over its wooden city. This revelation inspires the battle~ throughout the Roman Empire and frame. weary troops who then History ofChristianity of charge the walls and retak Antioch the city in the name 0~ "It was in Antioch that the Christendom. Once inside the di ciple were first called citadel the floor of the catheChristian ." - Acts 11:26. dral is dug up and a 6-footAbout five years after the l o ng rusted iron lance is crucifixion of Christ, Saul of found and the word is passed Tar us tilla Sadducee fanatic, throughout the land of the was on the road to Damascus "Miracle of Antioch". This sinwhere he was to flush out gle event more than anything and persecute the Nazarenes else accounted for the early there. It was on this journey successes of the Crusades. that he encountered a light A Reunion between East from heaven that blinds him and West and knocks him from his The addition of the "filhorse and he hears a voice The clergy of the Orthodox Church of Antioch. Father Sami that demands of him, "Saul, Sabagil (second from left with hat on) and his deacons, at ioque" to the Nicene-Constantinople creed and the difaul, why are you persecuting Christmas services 1992. ference of opinion concerning me?" Saul asks the voice to identify itself and the voice replies, "I was soon to become the most domi- the interpretation of a few words led to the Schism that divided these two am Jesus the azarene and you are nant force in all of humanity. persecuting me." Once in Damascus Some of the most influential names great Christian institutions a thousand ail 's eyesight is restored by a in early Christianity come from or years ago. An attempt at union beazarene. Saul then became Paul, the were born in Antioch: Saint Luke, who tween the Orthodox and Latin Churchwrote one of the Gospels; Saint Ignatius, martyred in Rome A.D. 110; John Chrysostom (354-407); Theodoret, a great theologian of the School of Antioch; Bishops Babilus and - View of the Orthodox Church from inside the courtyard. 10 Christian holy days together such as Easter (on the Orthodox date). These two small Christian communities have much in common in Antakya. The Roman Catholic Church has been persecuted throughout history as has the Orthodox Church and this persecution, although not as violent as it was more than a hundred years ago, continues to this day through land seizures, exorbitant taxes and restrictions on services. As a result of this subtle form of persecution the Roman Catholics and the Orthodox have grown increasingly closer in that they both have a common bonding in that of Jesus Christ. What the Patriarch of Constantinople and the Pope of Rome could not achieve five hundred years ago, the Turkish government is unknowingly doing today. Political and spiritual upheavals have shifted the spotlight to other parts of the world. The dissolution of the Soviet Union and the ensuing resurgence of the Russian Orthodox Church along with those of the Balkans have diverted the attention of the world's Orthodox to the developments taking place in these areas. The Orthodox Church of Antioch is merely a "titular" seat (in name only) for the Patriarchate of Antioch. But this forgotten church carries on the holy traditions Publishers and Distributors of Orthodox Materials A WIDE VARIETY OF BOOKS !DR ALL AGES Theology of the Icon A Lenten Cookbook prompt, efficient service We accept VISA and MASTERCARD CALL TOLL-FREE FOR 32-PAGE CATALOG, or WRITE: es was made on the eve of the fall of Constantinople but was short-lived. Today however because t h ey 're . 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In addition to these famous early Christians, at least one of the Gospels were written within the walls of Antioch (Matthew). A thousand years later, while the Crusaders were laying siege to the city that the Arabs had conquered, a priest received a premonition from the Holy Spirit. In this premonition the Holy Spirit informs the priest that the Holy Lance (used to pierce the side of Photo by Turkish Ministry of Tourism 11 THE WORD/SEPTEMBER 1993 �SPECIALARCHDIOCESANMINISTRY --~~~~~~~~~~~::...-=~~----------Street and Prison Ministry by La Verne Hollapeter "For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me." Matthew 25:35-36 There's an Orthodox presence in prisons - with the blessing of His Eminence Metropolitan PHILIP, Orthodox Christian JOURNEY, a journal for prisoners, edited by Father Duane Pederson, of the Antiochian Archdiocese, is published and distributed in over 500 local, state and federal prisons in North America. Metropolitan PHILIP selected the Holy Apostle Silas as patron Saint for Orthodox Christian Street and Prison Ministry on May 17 of this year. The feastday of Holy Apostle Silas is July 30, and the troparion, chanted in the Third Tone, is: "O Holy Apostle Silas, intercede with the merciful God to grant our souls remission of sins." A CHALLENGING MISSION FIELD To date, 48,000 copies of JOURNEY have been printed and distributed in prison. The response to JOURNEY has been overwhelming. Chaplains and prisoners ask for guidance and direction on their personal spiritual journeys. Here are brief excerpts from a few of the hundreds of letters received: LE1TERS FROM PRISON cation via the Chaplain of this institution. He had one copy of JOURNEY that had not been previously read by anyone. I have had it now for two days, and it is a blessing to my life. I've been hungering for any type of Orthodox contact. I am an Orthodox Christian, so when I borrowedJOURNEY for three days it was just like Christmas time for me. Could you mail a copy to me? I will forever be in your debt. " D.H. (prison r), Florida State Prison "May we ask a small request in behalf of the men in our institution? The one copy of JOURNEY has been "borrowed" by three of the men in our ''May the Lord God remember in His unit, and there are already several everlasting Kingdom all Orthodox others who are inquiring after a copy Christians, always, now and forever, for themselves. You are able to reach so Amen. Your kind gift of Orthodox many ... May we have a few more Christian JOURNEY brought to this copies ofJOURNEY? I am Orthodox. " prison untold assistance, light, strength D.V. (prisoner), and holiness. If it is possible to give us California State Prison the same chari~y again, we bless you." Frequently, Father Duane writes 300 Chaplain F.B., let~e~s a month to prisoners seeking New York State Prison spir!tual counsel and help. Many ''A note of thanks for your ministry receive no other personal mail. to us by way of the Orthodo'x FATHER DUANE PEDERSON'S Christian JOURNEY." BACKGROUND R.C. (prisoner), Father Duane, a former protestant Federal Prison clergy based in Hollywood, California, "I came upon your wonderful publi- was considered a leader in the Jesus 12 People Movement during the late 1960's and early 1970's. Under his direction the well-known Hollywood Free Paper was published for street ~hristians. He convert~d to Orthodoxy m 1989, and was ordained deacon and priest in July 1991, by His Grace Bishop A TO in the Antiochian Archdiocese. Since 1963, Father Duane has served as a volunteer in prisons and jails spending countless hours counselin~ ' teenage boys charged with murder and other viol nt crimes, and lost, lonely kids on the streets. Boys who ask, "Does God forgive murder? ... How can I get out of the gang? ... How can I stop using drugs? ... Can I r ally change? ... " He is a member of a number of prof ssional organizations including: the rnerican orrectional Association, Am rica n orrectional Chaplains Association, and ational Council on Crime and Delinquency. H has written several books, among them, HOW TO ESTABLISHA JAIL A D PRISO 11 ISTRY (Thomas elson Publishers), used by many religious groups prison ministry teams, training seminars and colleges as a textbook to prepare volunteer workers. STREET MINISTRY Father Duane is a man with a listening heart, born of a deep, God-given compassion for troubled young people - gang members, drug pushers, runaways, "throwaways" - kids full of pain, scared, lonely, hungry, without hope for the future. Only Goe.I can bring comfort and healing to a broken heart, and ease the agonizing pain of rejection and abuse. Father Duane brings the Good ews of Salvation, love, healing, hope. , Along with the message of Gods love, through the help of many of the Faithful, he provides Bibles, books, clothing meals toilet articles, warm ' ' • ket blankets, sleeping bags, ~ ~xis _nceel home for a homesick d1sdl uswn .' 11 d'ay cake for young runaway ... a b irt , 1 an excited child, "I've never had ' THE WORD/SEPTEMBER 1993 birthday cake before!" A tattooed, muscular 16-year-old in juvenile hall said, "You really care! Nobody ever cared about me before! My dad was killed in a drug fight, and my m~m's on the streets ... somewhere. "I can't help them all," Father Duane· says, "so I help the ones I can ... one at a time." CHRISTMAS FOR KIDS CHRISTMAS FOR KIDS is a fun day filled with laughter, excitement, food, music, the story of the birth of Jesus Christ - and a new gift for every child. A special blessing, Christmas 1992, was the attendance of His Grace Bishop BASIL, helping distribute the gifts. More than 1127 children received new toys. Over 90 volunteers from our parishes assisted in ushering and keeping the crowd under control. Children from below-poverty-levelincome families selected new toys, such as cars and trucks, pretty dolls, and soft stuffed toys made just for hugging. For µiany children, this is the only gift they may receive. HOW YOU CAN HELP "I am deeply grateful for the prayers and help of friends wh_o faithfully stand with me," Father Duane says. "I ask you to join with me in praying for prisoners and their salvation:" For a complimentary copy- of JOUR- NEY, please write Father Duan . Correspondence and financial contributions for the on-going work of thi compelling Orthodox ministry may b sent to: Orthodox Christian treet and Prison Ministry c/o Father Duane Pederson P.O. Box 1949 Hollywood, CA 90078-1949 La Verne Hollapeter is a free lance writer. She divides her time between her home in Harlingen, Texas, and Lo Angeles, where she does volunteer work for Orthodox Christian Street and Prison Ministry. BY POPULAR DEMAND NEW EDITION ... BETTER THAN EVER THE ART OF SYRIAN COOKERY 1. MORE RECIPES. THIS MOUTH-WATERING COVER OF THE BOOK SHOWS A PHOTO OF FOODS IN COLOR AND CARRIES A HEADING IN ARABIC "ARABIC FOODS APPEAR ON AMERICAN TABLES" 2. 55 PHOTO ILLUSTRATIONS 3. USEFUL ARABIC PHRASES* 4. CHAPTER ON HEALTH BENEFITS OF SYRIAN/LEBANESE FOODS 5 SHARE FEAST/FAST DAYS OF ORTHODOX AND THEIR HISTORY, PLUS OTHER RELIGIONS. 6: YOU'LL WANT TO MAKE A TRIP WHEN YOU READ THE CHAPTER 'A JOURNEY TO SYRIA' WITH A BLESSED ICON FOR YOU FROM SAYEDNA YA. 7. 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THOMAS, atGeorge Church in Indianapoli , I , on April 4, 1993, tached to St. Athanasius Church in Goleta, CA. and assigned to All Saints RELEASED: Mi ion in Bloomington, IN. CHARLE BELL to the Diaconate on The Priest AMBROSE OMA YAS, atJun 12 1993, and to the Priesthood tached to St. Augustine Church in on June 13, 1993, in San Jose, CA, and Denver, CO, to the Greek Orthodox as ign d to the pastorate at St. Diocese of Denver. teph n Protomartyr Church in San DECEASED: The Deacon JOHN WADE HADDAD Jo , CA. E GENE CLARKto the Diaconate on of St. George Church in Akron, OH, June 13, 1993, and assigned to St. on May 18, 1993. MEMORY ETERNAL! tephen Protomartyr Church in San DEPOSED/IAICIZED: The Deacon JOHN WILLIAM DUNNIJoe CA. IVA JACK O to the Diaconate on WAY on June 14, 1993. June 13, 1993, and assigned to St. ANTIOCHIAN STUDENTS AT SEMItephen Protomartyr Church in San NARIES: St. John of Damascus Seminary in Joe, CA. Lebanon - THOMAS TIMOTHY READ to the Diaconate on Balamand, June 13 1993, and assigned to St. ZAIN, JOHN SALEM and SHANE Stephen Protomartyr Church in San ROBERTS. St. Vladimir Seminary in Crestwood, Jose, CA. Deacon F. PHILIP AOUFAN to the New York - Father STEPHEN ZITON. Prie thood on June 27, 1993, at St. Holy Cross Seminary in Brookline, Michael Church in Las Vegas, NV, Massachusetts - JOHN REIMANN, a waiting a signment. EDWARD KELLY, JAYSON POST, Deacon F. ISKANDARYOUNES to the ANTONY BELCHER, ERIK PEDERSON Prie thood on July 4, 1993, at St. and RAYMOND ACKER. George Church in Montreal, Quebec, TRANSFERRED: a waiting assignment. The Priest DENIS LAJOIE from the DOUGLAS WYPER to the Diaconate Greek Orthodox Diocese of Pittson June 26, 1993, and to the burgh, to the Antiochian Archdiocese, Priesthood on June 27, 1993, at St. and assigned to St. Nicholas Church of George Cathedral in Toledo, OH, and Beckley, WV. as igned to the pastorate of All Saints APPOINTED: Church in orth Chicago, IL. The Metropolitan Primate has appointJOH KARAM to the Diaconate on ed the following to the Archdiocese July 4, 1993, at St. Mary Church in Spiritual Court for 1993-94: Wilkes-Barre, PA, and assigned to that His Grace, Bishop ANTOUN, Chairpari h. man NEW PARISHES: Archpriest George S. Corey, St. All Saints Mission in Bloomington, IL, Nicholas of Brooklyn, NY whose pastor is Father Athanasius Archpriest Elias Bitar, St. George of Wil on. Little Falls, NJ t. tephen Protomartyr Church in San Jo e, CA, whose pastor is Father Donations for THE WORD, gratefulCharle Bell. ly received: All aint Church in orth Chicago, IL, Samia & Jack Chami whose pa tor is Father Douglas Burlington, Ontario $25.00 Wyper. Vicki J. Hagen ELEVATED: Austin, TX 5.00 The Pri st PAUL BLANKE STEIN, pas- Intercontinental Books tor of t. Mary Church in Iron Mr. Issa Nakhleh Mountain, MI, to the dignity of New York, NY 400.00 Archprie t on June 27, 1993. Joseph Haik AWARDED: Upper Saddle River, NJ 15.00 Khoureeye DIA E HAHEE of St. Dr. & Mrs. Sam Kouri ichola Church in Montreal, Quebec, Wichita, KS. 450.00 L4 Ruth Jean Edwards Willowdale, Ontario Mr. & Mrs. Robert Bethoney Norwood, MA Andre ]. 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Ayad Palmdale, CA 20.00 500.00 100.00 100.00 25.00 25.00 20.00 tions to be with you personally to share your sorrow and bid farewell to Fred; but unfortunately, difficult circumstances, which resulted from the stormy weather Sunday night over ew York, prevented that. r have known Fred since 1956, when I arrived to these blessed shores of the United States of America. The Elias Brothers endearingly still call me Philip, without titles, as a sign of love and affection which I deeply appreciate. The passing away of Fred marks the end of a great era in our American life. He and his brother, Louis, and late brother, John, have been in the 20.00 20.00 15.00 10.00 15.00 250.00 200.00 25.00 10.00 15.00 t Fred Elias t 25.00 350.00 50.00 15.00 25.00 15.00 Message of Metropolita~ PIIlLIP to the Elias FamilY: To the Family of Fred Elias who fell asleep in the Lord in Detroit,• MI·' funeral on June 21, 1993 Dear Samira and Louis, I am deeply saddened by th e pass1 ing away of my friend, Fr~d. changed my plans and had all mtenTHE WORD/SEPTEMBER 1993 restaurant business for more than sixty years. I remember, and many of you do, their heroic struggle from a humble beginning into one of the most successful restaurant businesses in our country. Fred, as Chairman of the Big Boy Restaurants, was instrumental in helping many people in Detroit and outside Detroit, succeed in life. Thus he and the Elias brothers were always ready to share God's blessings with others, whether they were individuals, families, parishes, boy scouts, schools, l~arning centers and many other charities. An old proverb says: "Give cheerfully with one hand and gather well with two." Despite his outstanding success, Fred was a very humble man and down to earth person. He loved to pend time with his wife Samira and the children, his brothe'r Louis and E ther, his brother in law, Gabe and nrnWORD/SEPTEMBER 1993 his sis_ter, Mary, the rest of the family and his very close friends, Eddie and Peggy Kassab. Certainly, his departure from us will leave a tremendous emptiness and he will be greatly missed. My dear friends, In this cultural war which is now going on in America, between the old values which made America such a great country and the new twisted values which are threatening the fabric of our life, Fred Elias exemplified the old values, the American dream and that spirit of rugged individuali~m which was totally dedicated to hard work, love of family, love of country, honesty, sincerity and decency. May his exemplary life be always a source of inspiration to his children and all of u . Fred Elias was a Knight Commander in the Order of St. Ignatius of Antioch for many years and a few years ago, I had the pleasure of bestowing on him the highest award of the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America, in recognition of his commitment to the eternal values and principles which our Church represents. Although he is no longer with us, physically, his spirit will continue to live in the collective consciousness of future generations. I am sure that our gracious Lord will receive Fred in His holy mansions where the faces of the righteous shine like the stars of heaven. On behalf of myself, the Order of St. Ignatius of Antioch, and the entire Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America, I would like to express my deepest sympathy to his wife, Samira; his children Christopher, Lisa, Fred, Jr., Susan and Candace; and to his brother, Louis and his wife Esther; and to his si ter Mary, Ann and Helen; and all members and relatives of the Elias family. Surely, Fred's memory will be eternal and his soul will rest in peace. orrowfully, ;'\---=--6'-~-:::::::::Metropolitan PHILIP Primat Antiochian Orthodox Chri tian Archdiocese of orth America Archbishop George Dies Archbishop George ( agn r) primate of the Orthodox Chur h of France and We tern Europe in th jurisdiction of the Ecum nical Pa- triarchat di d in P ri n pril 6, 1993 at th ag of 63. Bor • • in Georg gra Luth h Kai er l enrolle d Orthod lo i Paris. After ordained to politan ichol Mo cow Patriarc to the Ru ian Tegel in hi nat served until joi pean Exarchate. ceeded Th odo late Father ic Profe sor of Liturgy aint ergiu . 1971 h crated v· hop an later, h ded th bishop ara o the dioc er 60 p al mona nd 50 000 faithful in France, Belgium, German It Holland, and candina ia. He had cently paid an official i it to Orthodox Church of Finland. Archbi hop Georg wa a • scholar who wa alwa doing research in theology. For hi do on the author hip of aint John so tom' Liturgy he r ed all of Chry o tom original Greek. Hi w versity of B rlin wa Liturgie Wis n chaft him the praise of B rt famou German patri loved and li ed Ch regarded h • he prie tly an op referred t "t bi hop of Arch • o former d with th thood >r you. T im ha ><l wa nt j 0rnaJ. Th . R \,.Jam· Do ·I ... hi ago A Department of the Archdiocese: Ordination Review and Clergy Affairs ''Brethri n, pick out from among J u el'en men of go d repute, full of the �---------------------Holy Spirit and of wisdom, whom we may appoint for duty. " (Acts 6-3) The Apostles and Fathers of the Church have prescribed that "no one shall be deemed to deserve the divine degree of holy orders without much investigation and strict examination." This Department fulfills this requirement for men seeking ordination in our Archdiocese or acceptance into it from another canonical Orthodox jurisdiction. Candidates are carefully screened "lest the most holy functions be performed by men who are unworthy." The members of this Department are also charged with the responsibility of reviewing any and all clergy affairs referred to it by the Metropolitan. It is commissioned to recommend to the Metropolitan in all such matters, leaving the final decision to his discretion. Bishop BASILAttends Meeting with Anglicans " . ~- the Church is bound by God's law to show compassion and to help heal those who come to her." These words, spoken by Bishop BASIL at a recent Anglican/Orthodox meeting in Chicago, were said in response to accusations by some in the Episcopal Church that the Orthodox Church is openly pursuing and proselytizing disgruntled Anglicans. Bishop BASIL was invited to this meeting to discuss options available to those - both clergy and laity - interested in converting to Orthodoxy. Many of these people have been considering the Orthodox Church for some time. In fact, most of them have been progressively adopting Orthodox views and practices - but, under oppressive conditions in the Episcopal Church. For centuries, many in the Anglican Communion have been close to Orthodoxy; however, over the past two decades, things have changed dr~matically for them. Sadly, today's Ep1s~opal Church is hardly recognizable as a church with a catholic heritage. There are some who have tried to hold on to historic Christian ideals but it is becoming increasingly diffi~ cult. They are outcasts for their beliefs and the new ideas are rampant. These are the men and women reaching out to the fullness of the Orthodox Church. It is for these reasons that the meet16 ing in Chicago took place. For two days, a group of concerned people met to confer with one another and to discuss what options might be available. This gathering included priests, both young and old; wives; and laity; as well as a few newly chrismated Orthodox Christians. Presentations were made regarding the transition to Orthodoxy. Bishop BASIL clarified several of the issues that were raised about the structure of the Antiochian Archdiocese. Additionally, explanations were given concerning the differences between East em and Western liturgical rites. The meeting was not intended to result in any definite conclusions, but was rather a means for exploring options. Bishop BASIL concluded the meeting by saying, "We have nothing to offer but truth with a capital T." The participants agreed that it was a very worthwhile and enlightening experience. Following the meeting in Chicago Bishop BASIL went north to Nashotah House, a traditional Episcopal seminary near Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He attended Alumni Day festivities and met with priests and seminarians from around the country. He was also interviewed by The Living Church, a weekly Episcopal news magazine. He concluded his visit to the Great Lakes area by presiding at a liturgy on Ascension Day at St. Nicholas Mission in Mequon (a new Orthodox congregation begun by a former Episcopal priest.) Reagan, Carter Co-Chair $10 Million Faith and Order Campaign Honoring Archbishop Iakovos NEW YORK - Out of their friendship with Archbishop Iakovos of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of North and South America, former U.S. Presidents Ronald Reagan and Jimmy Carter will serve as honorary co-chairs of a $10 million endowment campaign named in his honor. The funds will support work of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A. (NCC) and World Council of Churches (WCC) related to the search for Christian unity. Funds raised will constitute the Archbishop Iakovos Endowment for Faith and Order, named in hono f the Archbi~hop of the Greek Or;h~dox 1:-rc~d10c s ?~ orth and South America m recognition of his life-Ion work on beha~f- o~ Christian unity an~ human reconc1liat1on. In accepting th honor, Archbishop Iakovos said th: endowment demonstrat s that the tw Councils are "placing faith issues a~ the forefront" of their service among the churches. The CC and WCC will benefit equally from the endowment. "Faith and Order activities are at the heart of ecumenical life," said the Rev. Dr. Joan B. Campbell, CC General Secretary. " o one knows that better than Archbishop Iakovos; no one has embodi d a y arning for faithful unity b tter than th Archbishop himself." Churche ar divided over what Christians believ (faith) and about how th churches operate (order). Further, th i su s that divide humanity also divide th churches: race, class, gender, nationality, culture and the like. Faith and Order finds its agenda conn ct d to all of these issues. The Archbishop Iakovos Endowment for Faith and rd r will ensure that Christian unity ha. a primary place in organized cumenical life, said the two Council's l aders. Faith and Order work rea ·hes for a united Christian witness in a world tragically divided by experien s of human hostility, th y not d. USDA Awards $15 Million Grant to International Orthodox Christian Charities July 1, 1993 (Baltimore) - International Orthodox Christian Charities (IOCC) signed an agreement today with the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), valued at more than $15 million, to provide ~oo? commodities a part of its humamtanan assistance program in the Russian Federation. Working closely with its Russian counterpart, the Charities Department of the Russian 01thodox Church, aoci other Russian non-governmental ch~ritable organizations, over the next nine months IOCC will distribute 10,700 metric 'rans of food commodities. These commodities will include flour, rice, vegetable oil, whole-fat dried milk, butter oil and infant formula, and will be distributed without charge (cont. on p. 21) THE WORD/SEPTEMBER1993 DEPARTMENT OF CHRISTIANEDUCATION ANTIOCHIAN ORTHODOXCHRISTIANARCHDIOCESE EDITORIAL: Introduction by Christine Benagh Nashville, TN Christian education presents some unique problems and challenges to Orthodox churches. For one thing, it is a relatively new phenomenon and so we have not built up a store of experience and tradition in formal instruction, particularly for children. Learning the faith used to be a matter of osmosis, as the developing person soaked up knowledge and outlook from an organic Orthodox society in which he lived, a society where the entire life of the people was permeated with the faith and practice of the Orthodox Church, its feasts and festivals, fasts and penitential seasons. Today the situation is radically different and its consequences may go deeper than even the most concerned teacher realizes. We live in a completely secularized society where civil education is biased against religious instruction and celebration of any kind. The powerful tools of the media - television, the music industry, journalism, publishing, and the like - proliferate harmful and often foul and disgusting material. And this is what permeates the culture in which our children must now live and grow. In addition to offering instruction in the Orthodox Faith, our Christian educators must provide some counterbalance for the collapse of moral standards in our society at large, some protection from dangers our young people often do not perceive as dangers at all. Another problem arises from the feeling that we must compete with the vigorous Sunday school movement in Protestant churches with their large staffs of well-paid professionals, aggressive publishing programs, and wellequipped facilities. This is a three-pronged problem: First, we want to maintain harmonious relations with our fellow Christians who are non-Orthodox, and this can be a delicate matter when dealing with our children who may look with envy at their "busy" Protestant counterparts. Next, there are critical theological and philosophical differences which make it unwise and inappropriate to adopt their educational material, no matter how accessible and attractive it seems. But chiefly, there is a lack of appreciation for and promotion of the rich resources we have in the Orthodox Faith: its joyous and wholesome approach to life and the world as God's good gift, the magnificent hymns of the Church, the reverent THE WORD/SEPTEMBER 1993 awareness of Christ's presence among us, the steady optimism made possible by the Holy Spirit's immediacy and availability as we work to purify our lives, the exhilarating sense of being part of another world - God's kingdom. But all these concepts must now be consciously taught, whereas they were once just absorbed with the air we breathed, the food we ate, the songs we sang. One more difficulty is the tendency to underestimate the receptivity of young-children, to treat them as if they cannot understand very much about God. But the truth is that their fresh and eager hearts understand in a deep way what we ourselves have forgotten, and this is the time in their lives when we can speak to them with the least embarrassment and apology. Note: By Editor, John Boojamra, Robert Coles, The Spiritual Life of Children. We present such tiny, diluted doses of near-truth that no one, including the teacher, can be stimulated. Our faith is glorious; yet we often hand out synthetic samples. Good education challenges the student at every level to exceed his capacities. The teacher of even the youngest children should speak to them, instruct them, with the same appreciation for their intelligence, the same concern for mutual understanding that is practiced in a loving home. It is with these concerns in mind that we Orthodox must prepare lessons for very young children - and this is where we must begin - lessons that are distinctively Orthodox in approach and content. We need to give our children real substance; abridging and simplifying very carefully so that the truth is not distorted. There are other treasures that we can help them discover and appreciate: We can preserve the sense of reverence and awe so characteristic of our faith - something the very young child readily responds to - by using traditional hierarchical address to persons in the Holy Trinity: Our Lord Jesus Christ, Holy Mother of God, the Blessed Trinity, etc.; not just "Jesus" and "Mary." Most important, we must convey our own love and devotion to our God and his Church. Without this all our effort will be wasted. All rights reserved by the author and this article may not be reproduced in any form w/o her written permission. �The Handicapped Child in Church School Orthodox Teacher Education Program by Archpriest George Alberts In setting out to write this article, sev~ral thou~hts, ideas and questions arose in my mind. I w~uld ll_keto begin by looking at some of them as a preface to this article. . . Having served in parishes in four of o~~ six regions_ of SOYO (the new Fellowship of St. John the ~1v1ne),an_dhaving attended numerous local, regional and national meetings and workshops, one thought immediately stru~k me. Wh~ have I never heard one person bring up the question of handicapped children in the church school? Of all the questions I have heard and discussions I have participated in, why was this or relat~d questions never asked? The answers I arrived at ~re that this "problem" does not exist; it is being handled effectively or the handicapped are not being included in o~r Church Sc~ools. Let us begin by dividing this group into the_physically a~d mentally handicapped. The first group I would like to deal with is the physically handicapped. If by this we mea~ reduce~ or limited mobility, I can see the first problem we might run into. How many of our churches are barrier free in the sense that these physically limited children (and adults) can freely enter, move about and exit the church and church school rooms or meeting areas? If they cannot get in, they cannot participate and learn! Well, not exactly. Besides physically changing our existing church architecture, we can make some changes in how we deal with these students. Materials can be given to them to do at home with the help of their parents. Class audio tapes (or videos) can be made with the instruction and students' questions and answers. The "shut-in" church school student can listen to them and even record his/her responses, questions and thoughts. They can also record their reactions and questions on the next lesson and these can be played to the class. In this way the student can "participate" in the class. These are very impersonal ways of meeting this challenge. Other more "personal" ways can be used as well. Why not (with the parents' consent) bring the class to the child on some regular basis. This can be done in conjunction with the tapes or the parent teaching the lessons. It will also work with the "shutin" child who is not physically handicapped, but is confined due to a long-term illness. The meeting place can be in the child's home, another's home that is accessible or another "public" meeting place that is barrier free, such as a public library. Not only will the children learn their textbooks lessons, but they will also learn another important lesson. That lesson is that the Church includes everyone, both the able and the disabled alike. They will learn that Christ comes to all who make an effort to come to Him. Ideally, the church school itself might even set a goal of raising funds to have the church and the church school area made barrier free. In looking at the physically handicapped, we also have to address those who are visually and hearing impaired. Several things can be done with visually impaired. Lessons and books can be enlarged very easily with readily accessible photocopy machines. Overhead projectors can be used in teaching so that the material is larger than board work. There is also a variety of pre-made color transparencies on various topics. Transparencies can be made on most photocopiers. Lessons can be copied and other resource material used. The class can also be made more "verbal" in nature. That is, the lessons can be read or summarized before a discussion rather than the "you read it and then we'll discuss it" format. This will work with those who are totally sightless as well. Again audio tapes can be used with these students, with other students reading the lessons. If you review your video tapes, you may also find that the sound track can usually stand alone without the video. The si~hted children can see and hear the video while the sightless children can learn from the audio portion as well. Radio does 18 this today by playing the sound track of your favorite TV commercials. An excellent project for older church school classes or Teen SOYO could be reading various church school materials or Orthodox books onto cassettes. The American Association for the Blind also does this type of thing. A church or deanery can purchase a tape duplicator which can make quick and inexpensive copies of your tapes (as well as sermons, lectures, workshops, etc.) and these can be distributed to the visually handicapped in the parish or deanery as a whole. Remember, Christian education does not end at acertain age. The hearing impaired or the deaf present a greater problem in the sense that not many of us are trained in sign language. In these cases, the classes must be much more visual than audible. Again an overhead projector works well. Discussion questions can be written on transparencies with student answers being written on blank transparencies (or blackboard). In this way the hearing impaired students can "see" the other students' answers as well as the questions and can answer himself by writing on the transparency. Filmstrips with written captions can also be used or the student who is hearing impaired can be given the written script (which usually accompanies the filmstrip) to read and follow. The ideal would be to have someone knowing sign language attend the class and help out. This same person could also "sign" the Divine Liturgy and sermon. Physical handicaps may be hard to deal with, but most can be "overcome" with a little thought, creativity and love. Overcoming them requires two things: First, that the handicapped individual wants to learn and participate. Second, that we allow him/her to do so and make every effort to make their participation possible. If we move from the physically handicapped to the mentally handicapped, we find the process of education a little more difficult in some ways but easier in others. Through many years of involvement with Special Olympics, I have found one thing that seems to be a constant. Although most mentally handicapped persons may not understand theological theories, words, etc., they most certainly understand God and His love for them and others. Their faith, hope and love is for the most part strong, honest, and unquestionable. Maybe this is why many people just do not know how to act in their presence. Our assumed role playing does not seem to work. . First, let me dispel the myth that "they" cannot learn like "us." The mentally handicapped, especially the slightly or moderately handicapped person, can indeed learn (and probably teach us a few things as well). What is usually necessa~ for their learning is repetition and sensual stimulation, two th1~gs that the Orthodox Church is noted for and very familiar with. Prayers that are repeated over and over again are good to begin with in teaching younger children. Teachers should use the same prayer before and after lessons - prayers that ar~ also heard and said in church. Have all of the students say it together. Do it in front of an icon preferably with a vigil light an_d add a scented candle (unless incense can be used). In ~his way there is both repetition and stimulation of speech, hearing, sight, smell and touch (kissing the icon). For most of the me~tally handicapped structure is important. It not only helps in learning, but also aids in making the child feel secure as well. That is why it is important to have a sense of structure to your class for all of your students. In teaching, follow the example of Christ and use everyday situations or experiences to teach your lesson. Concepts ca~ be taught in this form much better than in lengthy verba (Continued on Page 20) THE WORD/SEPTEMBER 1993 Families and Stories October 14-17, 1993 The Department of Christian Education of the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese has planned its fourth annual Orthodox Teacher Education Program on the themes of Families and Stories. Both of the themes are intimately tied together; in addition they speak to the ancient tradition of the Orthodox Church. The themes and the manner in which they are dealt with will be of value to both parents and teachers. The Department of Christian Education seeks to provide more than lectures and information about teaching. Sound education theory must focus on teacher preparation through practice and hands-on-techniques. Anyone who has attended our previous programs know~ that above all el~e we want you to return with new or more highly honed teaching and parenting skills. For these reasons we have selected the best possible people available. On Friday, Father Theodore Pulcini will present three workshops on nurturing faith in the Christian homes and relating that faith to what the children are doing in the church school program. On Saturday, Cindy Guthrie will help you learn all there is to know about stories, writing stories, and telling stories. Recent research among educators as well as anthropologists have shown the significance of "stories" in the life of all people regardless of their age. . .. We have taken a major step to place stones and fam1l1es as two foundational principles of sound Christian education. As is usual with our training programs we like to limit the number of participants to no more than seventy-five. We hope to train each participant in the use of several teaching strategies which they can use when they return home to assist in the preparation of their fellow teachers. The objectives of the Orthodox Teacher Education program are: 1. to give the participants the tools to relate church school materials to the nurturing of children at home; 2. to be able to nurture children in Christian traditions and beliefs; . 3. to assist parents in creating Christian lifestyles in the home; 4. to enable the teacher to recite stories; 5. to communicate skills basic to effective listening; 6. to enable the teacher to create stories. Workshop Leaders Father Theodore Pulcini is a former pastor of St. George Church in Cleveland Ohio. He holds degrees from Harvard, Notre Dame and the 'catholic University of America and is currently compl~ting his doctorate at the University of Pittsburgh. His specialty is family life and values formation. . .. Cindy Guthrie is a professional story teller, with trai~ing and degrees in library science and elementary education. Cindy specializes in stories of a religious nature and has traveled throughout the world collecting stories as well ~s techniques. She has worked for the Episcopal Church in North America and her husband is an Episcopal priest. Location The Orthodox Teacher Education Program will be ~eld_at the beautiful Heritage and Learning Center of the Antiochi~n Village in Ligonier, PA. Access to the co~fere_nce center is easy. Directions will be supplied after reg1strat1onforms are received. Pick-up from the airport, however, can ~nly be provided from the Latrobe airport, approximately 20 _minutesaway by car. Please contact the Conference Center directly by tele- phone (412) 238-3677 with any questions you might have. Rooms will fill quickly so get your registrations in early. Accommodations at the one-hundred-room facility are hotelstyle and the conference facilities are the best in the area. This is a tightly packed program. It is designed to give each participant specific skills in dealing with the learner, the learning situation, and the learning materials or subject manner. We have tried to allow for free time to just relax or tour the Villages' beautiful facilities. The cost for the conference will be $125 plus $10 non-refundable registration fee per person for double occupancy. Single occupancy will be $180 plus a $10 nonrefundable. Both include eight meals. Those wishing to attend only part of the conference will be charged $30 per day, which includes the meals for the day. The cost is to be paid directly to the Heritage and Learning Center. Please send registration fee and form below to the Orthodox Teacher Education Program. Registration Form Please reserve a place for me at the Orthodox Teacher Education Program. Enclosed is a $10.00 non-refundable deposit for each participant. (Make photocopies for additional participants.) Name ___________________ _ Address ___________________ City __________ _ State ___ Zip ____ Parish ___________________ Single room _______ _ _ Double room _____ Indicate roommate _______________ _ _ Arrival at Latrobe Airport Date ____________ Time _____ _ Time _____ _ Departure from Latrobe Airport Date ____________ Send to: Orthodox Teacher Education Program Heritage and Learning Center Rt. 711 N, Box 638 Ligonier, PA 15658 The Department of Christian Education of the Antiochian Archdiocese is happy to announce the appearance of a new series of audio ~apes to ~e entitled "Education Dynamics." The first tapes in this series are available and are entitled and priced as follows: Education Dynamics I "Foundations of ~rthodox Christian Education," by Dr. John L. BooJamra. (40 minutes) $7.70, includes shipping and handling. Education Dynamics II ''The Growin_gChild in the Christian Home," by Dr. John L. BooJamr~. (60 minutes) $11.00, includes shipping and handling. The Education Dynamics Series will continue as new tapes become available. 19 THEWORD/SEPTEMBER 1993 �The Handicapped Child in Church School explanations which can become confusing for any student. The teacher of a mentally handicapped child really needs to be creative and thoughtful in order for the lesson to be successfully understood. But in the end, everyone benefits. Second, I would like to point out that the greatest source of teaching is example. As I stated previously, the mentally handicapped have a strong sense of love, fairness and honesty. It is very hard for them to understand, much less justify, the hypocritical actions of someone, especially someone they hold in high regard. They will be quick to notice these hypocrisies and equally quick to point them out. We should never try to teach one thing while doing another. For example, a teacher who teaches the importance of frequent Communion and never takes the Sacrament is a total contradiction, which I guarantee will not go unnoticed. The best way to teach then is a combination of repetition (reinforcement), stimulation (sight, sound, (cont.from p. 16) (Continued from Page 18) touch, etc.), relating material being taught to everyday life situations, and by example. Finally, I would like to conclude_with those ~hildren who are both physically an~ mentally hand1c~pped. This group is very difficult to work with and may require a combination of the above mentioned techniques. Extreme cases need to be looked at on an individual basis and programs need to be tailored to meet these needs. This may even require professional assistance to make_the program _work. In any case, we should do all that we possibly can to bnng everyone to Christ and to bring Christ to everyone. In a future article I will deal with the need to train the "normal" children to work with and accept the handicapped. Fr. George pastors churches in Monessen and Brownsville PA. I Jurassic Park: A Movie Review by John Daly, age 10 Bergenfield, N.J. The following review by John Daly is an effort to allow you to express your views of contemporary cinema. John gives us his view of "Jurassic Park" and raises a serious moral issue. J.L.B. On June 11, 1993 my family and I went to see the movie Jurassic Park. My brother and my father had already read the book Jurassic Park and were anxious to see the film. I was in the middle of reading it when we went to see the movie. I expected it to be a terrific film because it was based on a best selling novel and because movie reviewers were saying that it was excellent. The movie was better than I thought it would be! Jurassic Park had great special effects, a great story, and terrific acting, but it was as a movie picture that I liked it best. It was just great fun to watch. It was more than a great movie because it raised some very important issues such as those raised by the character Ian Malcolm. Malcolm said that the scientists at Jurassic Park were too concerned about if they could replicate dinosaurs rather than if they should do it. Scientists today should look before they leap because they could create a disaster. Stephen Spielberg limited the amount of gore and violence in this movie. Which proves that it is possible to make a good action film and still limit the amount of gore. I believe that children younger than nine should not see the movie. I would give this movie four "dinostars"! How About Advent! An Advent Calendar for the Orthodox Christian Family By Father-Kurt Speier and Deacon John Finley Edited by Dr. John Boojamra . Price: $9.00, (+ 10% postage and handling) Published by the Orthodox Christian Education Commission Order from: PO Box 69 Colvin Station • Syracuse New York 13205 T~tw Abo_u~~dv~nt! i~ desig~ed to guide the Orthodox ~a~ily from the beginning of Advent through the Feast of the Nativity, December 25 . • I s ,~atehnahis unique m that it has several levels of act1v1t1esthat allow a family to make decisions as to the depth of involvement. The f irst eve 1s t e eart of the program· it is a simple a ctb • f s · · accompanied by a brief commentary on that passage. The read• f h f h d . . • . . n ne cnpture reading 0 mo or eac o t e ays 1stied together to build a picture of the coming feast of the Nativity of Ch • t The second level of How About Advent' II f • •. ns • ·ict· d h . • a ows am, 1y-centered act1v1t1essuch as makin°O and usinoO an eight candle Advent Wreathor b u1 mg an a vent c am The activities make use of • t" Ch h S h Department of Christian Education, Antiochian Orth ex1s ,~g- urc . chool materi_als such as the Bf~gest Birthday Party, from t e describe th . f h N . . odox Chnstian Archdiocese. The third level uses familiar Church hymns whose words e meaning o t e at1v1tyFeast. This Advent program will meet a variety of yo f ·1 , d s· •o Advent How About Advent' p ·ct t h. ur am, Y s nee s. mce many parishes do not have additional church services dunno The authors have attem. t:~v1 es eac i~g material for the first day of A?vent, the Feast of the Presentation, St. Nicholas Day, etc... source materials and project/ to make this program as complete as possible, yet simple to use. An appendix is included for add1t1onal How About Advent! is the best available progra and plan now for your family's participation in Advent 20 f or o rt hOd ox C · t· d 1·1 hnS ian families by Orthodox authors. Order your copy today, rea THE WORD/SEPTEMBER 1993 throughout the central region of the Russian Federation. Pensioners and other needy people will benefit from the program, as will residents of orphanages, hospitals, old-age homes and other social service institutions; it is estimated that more than 400,000 people will receive assistance in this program. . . This is the first maJor grant awarded directly to IOCC. Last year, working in collaboration with Brother's Brother Foundation and the Russian Orthodox Church, IOCC supervised the distribution of approximately 12,000 metric tons of food commodities, through 450 Russian organizations and institutions. Alex Rondos, IOCC's Executive Director, stated, "Orthodox Christians of North America are grateful for the opportunity to reach so many people in need in Russia and to be able to fulfill our mission to the poor. The Russian Orthodox Church, collaborating ecumenically with other groups in Russia, is particularly well-suited to identify those who are most in need in circumstances prevailing in Russia today. With this support the Church can also be a significant contributor to social stability and justice in post-communist Russia." In a statement from the Very Rev. Robert S. Kondratick, Chancellor of the Orthodox Church in America, he expressed that, "we are delighted with the news ... It again reinforces IOCC as a serious humanitarian aid agency that has won respect based on the work it has already accomplished. We appreciate our government's response to the needs of others in all lands where there is a crisis ... " IOCC is the international humanitarian assistance organization of Orthodox Christians in the United States and Canada. IOCC was created in March, 1992 by the Standing Conference of Canonical Orthodox Bishops in the Americas (SCOBA), which represents all major canonical Orthodox jurisdictions in the Americas with the support of lay leaders. His Eminence Archbishop Iakovos is the Chairman of SCOBA. OCAMPR Conference Workshops to Focus on Orthodox Personal, Professional Identity Bishop Kallistos Ware of Diokleia and Dr. Christos Yannaras of Panteion University in Athens will be the featured speakers for the Eighth Annual National Conference of the Orthodox Christian Association of Medicine Psychology and Religion (O.C.A.M.P.R.)'. November 3-7, at Hellenic CollegeHoly Cross School of Theology, in Brookline. This year's expanded fiveday National program will feature four pre-conference professional workshops focusing on "Personhood," addressing particular needs of physicians, psychologists and clergy: "Toward Developing an Orthodox Psychology," "Orthodox Identity and the Medical Health Professional " "The Identity of Orthodox Priests in Modern America," and "Clergy Sexual Misconduct." Orthodox Psychology The opening workshop "Toward Developing an Orthodox Psychology," designed for mental health professionals will be presented by John T. Chirban, Ph.D., Th.D., professor of psychology at Hellenic College/Holy Cross and an Advanced Fellow in behavioral medicine at Harvard Medical School at The Cambridge Hospital and J. Steven Muse, Ph.D., a psychologist and Senior Pastoral Counselor at the Pastoral Institute, a division of the nonprofit Bradley Center Psychiatric Hospital. This workshop will provide an opportunity for clinicians and theologians to discuss the needs, methodologies and content of the interface between Orthodox theology and modern psychology. The traditional approach of Orthodox anthropology will be juxtaposed to perspectives of modern psychology which may be adaptable to an "Orthodox Psychology". Specific case issues from pastoral counseling and clinical intervention will demonstrate the utility of this area. For more information, contact: Ms. Jennifer .Keohan, Orthodox Christian Association of Medicine, Psychology, and Religion, P.O. Box 958, Cambridge, MA 02238. Phone: (617) 8686 557 _ Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomeos I Visits Egypt, Syria and Lebanon Beirut, Lebanon - H.H. Patriarch Bartholomeos I visited Egypt yria and Lebanon between April 24 and May 4, 1993. Ordained prie t in 1969 he was elected unanimously Archbishop of ConstaI).tinople and Ecu- menical Patriarch in 1991. While in Egypt, he vi ited H.B. Patriarch Partheneo I of Alexandria and H.H. Pope henouda III of the Coptic Orthodox Church, a well a the Prime Minister of Egypt Mr. Atef idki. He also went to the Convent of t. Catherine in the inai. During a r c ption given by H.H. Pope henouda III the Ecumenical Patriarch empha iz d the wish of the Oriental and Ea t rn Orthodox Churche "to witne to th one faith and to over ome all that divides them in vie of fulfilling God's will that all be one." In Syria, the Ecumenical Patriarch was hosted at a reception given in hi honor by H.B. Patriarch Ignatius I . He also visited H.H. Patriarch Zacca I of the Syrian Orthodox Church a well as other head of churches in Syria. His time in Damascu wa crowned by the visit to President Hafez el-Assad who stressed that yria is "attached to the spiritual value that the religions have carried from our land to the end of the world." In an interview given to the pres Patriarch Bartholomeos I deplored fanaticism as "an obstacle to peace." He said "We spiritual leader can instruct and teach our faithful to avoid religions fanaticism . . . Thi i the fir t important step towards peace in the region." He also called for genuine cooperation between the world r ligious leaders in order to promote unity among divided Christian and all religions in order to create a better world of the 21st century. Under the sign of love unity and peace the Ecumenical Patriarch arri d in Lebanon on the econd tag of hi, visit to the Church of Antioch. Th r he was received by and met with all Lebanese church and Mu lim lead r . At the Mona tery and ni er ity f Balamand, welcoming p ch r delivered by Bi hop G. Abou Zakham and by the univer ity pr id nt Dr. Ghas an Tueini ho rev al d that an institute of I lamic-Chri tian tudi , will be established in Balamand with the aim of "promoting a gr at r knowledge of our plural cultur ." H remarked, 'It i not forbidd n to h p to contribute to the er ati tion of the oth r dial gu on will depend th future of our - and ho know - the futur the Mediterranean orld." The Patriarch al o met with Lebane Pre ident Elia Hra ui wh in hi 21 THE WORD/SEPTEMBER 1993 �word of welcome emphasized that 'coexistence is the challenge to all Lebanese. It is the model which leads us to seek a world which is called to safeguard all rights through peaceful relations." President Hraoui added: "We seek to rehabilitate the human being who should become the image of God." While receiving the Ecumenical Patriarch in his cathedral at Antelias, Lebanon, H.H. Catholicose Karekin II said in his words of welcome: "Your visit to us in Lebanon in these decisive days is a great contribution for the enhancement of the spirit of attachment to our beloved country which is touched by the feet of our Lord." During his visit to Lebanon, the Ecumenical Patriarch was the guest of Metropolitan Elias Audeh who organized in his honor a special reception, a liturgical celebration at St. George Cathedral and a luncheon attended by President and Mrs. Hraoui, the Apostolic Nuncio, the heads of churches including Patriarch N. Sfeir of the Maronite Church and other prominent political and religious personalities. In one of his many speeches, the Ecumenical Patriarch underlined that "Christian unity is directed against no other religion or doctrine. It constitutes a step towards dialogue with other religions in view of reaching human harmony in a world in need of peace ... " (MECC) Arab Orthodox Executive Committee Statement Deploring Israeli Closure of Occupied Territories Jerusalem, 2 April 1993 - The Executive Committee of the Arab Orthodox Community condemns and denounces the decision of the occupation authorities to impose a siege on our people detaining them and isolating the city of Jerusalem, the cradle of the three monotheistic religions, from the other occupied territories. These arbitrary and unjust actions are creating great damage and constitute new obstacles on the road to peace. The continuation of the isolation of the 1.8 million Palestinians will result in the depletion of their food and medical supp lies as well as needed raw material. It will prevent our people from reaching the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem to join 22 the prayers at the end of Holy Week in preparation for the celebration of Easter. We consider these actions as direct violations of basic human rights and call for their cessation, for the immediate lifting of the siege and for the full commitment of the Israeli authorities to the resolution of the present conflict through total withdrawal from the occupied territories. On the basis of our commitment to the humanity of the human being we appeal to all states and international organizations to intervene to protect people and enable them to enjoy their basic human rights provided to them by all the international conventions and charters. The Executive Committee of the Arab Orthodox Community in Occupied Palestine (translated by MECC News Report from the original Arabic text.) Declaration on "Christians in the Holy Land" The following declaration on "Christians in the Holy Land" was unanimously adopted by an international s,eminar in Windsor, UK, over Pentecost weekend (28[30 May). Attending was an eighteen-member delegation from Jerusalem, including representatives of the Greek Orthodox, Armenian and Latin Catholic patriarchates and the Anglican Church, as well as church leaders and academics from the Middle East Council of Churches, International Christian Committee of Israel, the Lutheran Church and the Society of Friends. Among the forty participants from outside the Holy Land were representatives of the Council of Churches for Britain and Ireland, Christian Aid, the Conference of European Churches and the European Ecumenical Commission for Church and Society. Papers read at the seminar will be published later this year. . ~e are conscious of the privilege of hvmg, and keeping alive the Christian faith where the church was born. The Christian community in the land of Jesus has witnessed to our Lord in th~ ~idst of all the changing social, rehg10us and political conditions over a period of two millennia. We reaffirm our responsibility and constant determination on behalf of the checkpoint, people were emotionally moved and spiritually stirred at its sight. As usual, they st~rted to sing. This displeased the soldiers. One soldier grabbed the candle of the Holy Light from t~e han_d of a boy scout and extinguished 1t on the ground with his foot. Other soldiers were trying to confiscate all the lanterns from the hands of the crowd preventing the Holy Light from being carried to Ramallah where more than 12 thousand worshippers were awaiting its arrival. Orthodox Christians fervently revere Holy Light and its sanctimonious connotation because it symbolizes the Resurrection of Jesus Christ. This belief is also shared by other Christian denominations. We, Clergy of Ramallah, who consider Jerusalem the heart of our religion, as do Muslims: 1. Repudiate the closure of Jerusalem to Palestinian Muslim and Christians, and demand that the Holy City be kept open for all those who believe in God. 2. Condemn the desecration of the Holy Light by Israeli soldiers. This act is against all principles of reconciliation, justice and peace that the church advocates. 3. Request all people of good will to raise up their voices to stop the violation of human rights of the Palestinian people by closing Jerusalem to Christian and Muslim worshippers, and obstructing our right to worship. (MECC) Ramallah, 21 April 1993 Christians throughout the world to safeguard our sacred heritage, alon with that of Muslims and Jews. g While we, in the main, are an Arab Palestinian Christian community w treasure in our midst the presen~e 0~ members of our churches from a great variety of nations. We _are sadde1:e~ by the ongoing reduction of the md1genous Christians in the land of Jesus, which requires urgent attention. We deplore the lack of access for Palestinians from the Occupied Territories to the Holy City of Jerusalem and urge that free access to it be guar~ anteed for all peoples at all times. We urge our Christian Palestinian sisters and brothers to stand firm in their ancestral home in the land of Jesus. We expect all Palestinians who have emigrated, or were forced to leave, to come back. We request all relevant bodies to assist in their return. We have always welcomed the constant flow of Christian pilgrims to the Holy Land from all over the world and we encourage them to meet and pray with the Living Stones. As the church, living in a broadly Arab and Muslim culture in the Middle East, we witness to our Christian faith in dialogue with our sisters and brothers of the Muslim and Jewish faiths. We share the aspirations of the Palestinian people for an end to occupation and for national independence. We therefore advocate and support a just and lasting peace in the region. We call on the international community to respect and protect the unique historic nature of the Holy City of Jerusalem, and all the Holy Land, as being sacred to Jews, Christians and Muslims. IEPS} Signatures: Archimandrite Dionysios Greek Orthodox Convent Marwan E. Toubassi Arab Orthodox Conference Father Louis Favra Holy Family Roman Catholic Church Rev. Salem Darwaji St. Andrew Evangelical Church Rev. Audeh Rantisi Evangelical Home for Boys Rev. Nicola Akel Ein Greek Orthodox Church Father Nazih Hayek Greek Catholic Church Rev. Munib A. Younan Evangelical Lutheran Church of Hope Rev. George Makhlouf Greek Orthodox Church Statement by the Clergy ofRamallah On Holy Saturday (Easter Eve) every year, Orthodox Christians in Jerusalem deliver the Holy Light to every church in Palestine and to many churches abroad via the airport. The Holy Light is traditionally received from the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. This year, contrary to the usual tradition, the clergy of Ramallah_ wer~ compelled to receive the Holy Lighta_ the checkpoint installed by the Israeli Authorities to separate the two occupied cities of Ramallah and Jerusalem. After the arrival of the Holy Light at THE WORD/SEPTEMBER 1993 JII....... THEWORD/SEPTEMBER 1993 Humanitarian Efforts Cross Lines in Yugoslavia May 25, 1993 (Baltimore) - The growing crisis in those areas of Yugoslavia and Bosnia-Herzegovina, accessible from Serbia is now exacerbated by tighter sanctions. Despite adverse conditions and continued resistance Baltimore-based International Ortho~ dox Christian Charities (IOCC) is expanding operations to provide humanitarian assistance to people of all ethnic and religious groups displaced or besieged by this civil war. IOCC, one of the very few private international relief organizations working through Belgrade, has provided food and medical assistance worth over $2 million to these areas affected by the conflict since December 1992. "Relief supplies and commitments are falling dangerously short of needs, and with the impact of sanctions, we can anticipate a severe humanitarian crisis in those areas of the former Yugoslavia that are under Serbian control," reports Alexander Rondos, IOCC Executive Director, who recently returned from an assessment trip to Belgrade. Rondos added that, "We also offer IOCC as an agency that may be able to gain access through the Serbian lines, now obstructing relief to primarily Muslim communities besieged in Bosnia: an offer that we have held out as an Orthodox Christian agency that is appalled by the plight of so many that are trapped in Bosnia." To date, IOCC proposals to the U.S. Government to support such initiatives have received no response. The U.S. Government and other governments are the principle suppliers of assistance and, "It is saddening and unusual that the traditional role of a private humanitarian organization has been neglected in this instance," said Rondos. Over half a million people are displaced and accessible only from Serbia and their conditions worsen as sanctions tear apart the underpinnings of the Serbian economy. Populations in the newly designated protected areas in Bosnia also have to pass through Bosnian Serb military lines. However, relief supplies committed through Serbia have dwindled. The United Nations appeals have not been met and fears have been expressed about need for the econd half of 1993. IOCC has provided its a i tan e through the Serbian Orthodox Church and is expanding to support r li f efforts to elderly urban population orphanages and has committed a regular supply of food to the ou p kitchen run by the Mu lim Mufti of Belgrade. IOCC is the international humanitarian organization of Orthodox Chri tians in the United tates and Canada created by the Standing Conference of Canonical Orthodox Bishop of the Americas (SCOBA). 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THE WORD 358 ountain Road Englewood J 0 631 �LIFESTYLESX He Keeps Going and Going RECENT EVENTS AT THE ARCHDIOCESE by Father Edward Pehanich ike the rabbit in the television commercial for Energizer batteries it seems that scarcely a week ooes by without Dr. Jack Kevorkian ;iding another person in committing suicide. Since 1980 eight women and 1 man have committed suicide with his help. Even though the state of Michigan recently passed a law making assisted suicide a felony, Kevorkian has promised to ignore it. According to his attorney Geoffrey Fieger, "Dr. Kevorkian told me that he is held to a higher standard." While criticism of Dr. Kevorkian is heard in all segments of society, he also has a strong base of support which is steadily growing. To see this, one needs only to consider that last year voters in Washington nearly approved Initiative 119 which would have legalized physician assisted suicide. Further evidence of his support is seen in a recent Boston Globe/ Harvard School of Public Health poll showing strong support for physician assisted suicide. While many condemn the actions of a man often referred to as a "madman," hardly anyone is asking why it is that he has struck an obvious nerve among a large segment of the general public. Something is wrong with our health care system and the way people die in North America that causes people to think that only a radical escape from the process will bring peace. Proponents of euthanasia and physician assisted suicide see the options available to the ill and the dying as being clear cut: stay in the system and have a merciless death or end it yourself and have a merciful, peaceful death. What's Wrong With Our System? Part of the problem fueling this attitude equating the system with a merciless end is found in what should he considered one of the strengths of our society: a health care system that is advanced, highly technical and efficient, and also expensive. Our system of medicine is very good at maintaining life but sometimes with little regard for the expense involved or for the psychological, emotional, and spir- L The Spring meeting of the Archdiocese Board of Trustees was held in New Jersey on May 21 and 22, 1993. The above photo shows only one of four tables of Trustees who came together with the Metropolitan Primate to resolve Archdiocesan matters. His Eminence, Metropolitan PHILIP hosted the Trustees at a dinner at his home in Englewood. Honored guests included His Excellency, Khalil Makkawi, Ambassador of Lebanon to the UN The Honorable and Mrs. Antoine Chedid, Counsel General Lebanon in New York, and The Honorable and Mrs. Clovis Maksood, former ambassador of the Arab League. His Eminence, Metropolitan PHILIP hosted a luncheon for His Beatitude, Metropolitan THEODOSIUS, Primate of the Orthodox Church in America, on June 23, 1993 at the Archdiocesan Headquarters, at which time, mutual concerns were discussed. Als~ in ~ttendance were Archpriest George S. Corey, Vicar of the Ant1och1an Archdiocese, and Archpriest Robert Kondratick Chancellor of the Orthodox Church in America. ' Construction of the new headquarters at the Archdiocese has been completed. The additions include the bishop's apartment at the far left, the secretary's office at the far right, the Metropolitan's new office next to it, and the new library and sitting room in front of the Metropolitan's office. The new additions are in the rear of the main house. Funding for this construction came from the reserve funds of the Archdiocese. of Archpriest John Hamatie of St. George Church in Orlando, Florida presented an original portrait to His Eminenc_e, Metropolitan PHILIP at the Archdiocese Convention 1fl Pittsburgh, during the General Assembly. 24 THE WORD/SEPTEMBER l993 THE WORD/SEPTEMBER 1993 itual needs of the patient and family. legislation- hut we can see to it that the Our system attracts the attention and sick, the lderly, and the dying in our praise of all for its expertise and life- communities are surrounded with the saving skills in aiding those who are same kind of loving attention. Every acutely ill but it is less than outstandparish could have some kind of a ing in the care of those with long "Caring Committee" which reaches out term, chronic, progressive illnesses: to those who are sick, alone, or d ing people who must live for years with with friendly visits, giving transportaillnesses that debilitate them, people tion to doctor's offices and shopping, who need assistance in a dignified and providing respite time for the manner with the activities of daily liv- often stressed families. Sometimes it is ing, people who need aggressive pain simply the presence of a truly caring management. Kevorkian often finds friend which can giv a sick person support in our society because of the the will to go on living. Meaning in Suffering mistaken but common notion that Another of the needs of the chronimost serious illnesses such as cancer always cause tremendous pain and cally and terminally ill is the need to find meaning in their suffering. nee that there is nothing that can he done a person is receiving appropriate pain to ease that pain. Meanwhile because of the high cost of medical care, the and symptom control, has the necessubtle message reaching many chroni- sary medical equipment, and has the cally and terminally ill people is "get support of a loving family and friends out of the way," "don't be a burden to the fact remains that he is still facing a your family," "do the right thing" and certain degree of debilitation and suffering. It is almost everyone who end your life. Thankfully within our health care sometimes in the midst of illness or suffering cries out "Why?" "Why am T system hospice programs have suffering so?" Unless we help the sick emerged to answer many of these problems for the terminally ill. But it is and suffering find a higher purpose beyond the scope or intent of this arti- and meaning to their suffering they cle to attempt to find solutions for our will have little desire or reason to go health care system. Certainly if our on living and will fine.Ithe likes of Dr. Kevorkian very attractive. Advocates President and Congress are having problems finding answers, how can of euthanasia and physician assisted our small Orthodox Church he in any suicide find no higher meaning or position to do the same? But what we purpose in suffering, hence for them the most merciful way to aid those can and must do is address the needs of the chronically and terminally ill incurably ill is to dispose of the sufferwhich lead them to feel that death is er. It is our Faith though, that teach,.., the only solution. us that while the devil is the source of Harold Kushner, author of When pain and suffering, Goe.I turn'> thi"> Bad Things Happen to Good hack on him and can use it for our People described the terminal illness good. It is a symbol of pain and sufof his teenage son which hecame so fering - a cross that is the n~ry symsevere that he sometimes had to sleep in a near standing position in order to bol of this Faith . .'pace does not p 'rprevent his lungs from filling w'.th mit hut I could write paragraph"> on fluid. Despite the severity of the ill- people who have told me how they ness, Kushner reported that his son have been blessed through suffering-.. could not wait to get up in the morn- and difficulties of all kind'>. It c ·rtainly ing and looked forward to each ~lay is not easy to belie e thi">while in the midst of pain, such vision U">uall h ·because of the love, care and attenuon comes clear only with hind..,ight hut he was surrounded with from his fampeople ha,·e des -rihed a ne,-. intimaq ily and friends. As a Church we may not be ahle to help change health care among famil member">, appreciation �for the simple things in life, conversion of life, a new closeness and reliance on God all as a result of their experience of problems and suffering. While people often think that problems and suffering in life are signs of God's vengeance and punishment, many of the sainted Fathers of our Church teach just the opposite: problems and sufferings in life are a sign of God's love and concern. It is through these difficulties that God is working in our lives to perfect us, to bring us into union with Him, and to bring about what is most important to Him - the salvation of our souls. If our goal in life as Orthodox Christians is salvation and union with God (theosis) how can this be possible unless we imitate the life of Jesus and suffer as He did? Jesus Himself instructs us: If any man would come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross and follow me. (Matt. 16:24). St. Theophan the Recluse, a 19th century Russian bishop, in commenting on this passage wrote: One cannot go after the Lord, the Cross-bearer, without a cross: and all who go after Him, without fail go with a cross ... Such a cross is so united with a Christian that where a Christian is there also is this cross, but where' this cross is not, there also a Christian is not . . . But rejoice, feeling upon yourself the cross, /or that is the sign that you are.following the Lord on the path of salvation to Paradise. Endure a little. Just ahead lies the end and the crown. Echoing these words, another 19th century Russian bishop, St. Ignatius Brianchaninov, agrees that problems and suffering are really a sign of God's DID YOU KNOW ... that the main feast days in September are The Beginning of the Ecclesiastical Year and Environmental Day (1st); The Birth of the Theotokos (8th); The Elevation of the Cross and a strict fast day (14th); The Conception of the Prophet and Baptist John (23rd); The Repose of St. John the Theologian (26th). . . . that the Church of Cyprus is tenth in rank, after the Churches of Constantinople, Alexandria, Antioch, Jerusalem, Russia, Georgia, Serbia, Romania and Bulgaria. Orthodox Christianity was introduced there by St. Barnabas the Apostle in 46 A.D. In 325 A.D. at the First Ecumenical Council, it was placed under the jurisdiction of the Church of Jerusalem. In 413 A.D., it became autocephalous, and has remained such since that time. It is presently headed by His Beatitude, Archbishop CHRYSOSTOM,whose official title is "Archbishop of New Justiniana and All Cyprus." The seat of the Church is in Nicosia. Unfortunately the island is now divided, which places a great strain on the Church and the people. The Church of Cyprus has no jurisdiction in North America nor the West in general. . . . that the Serbian Orthodox Patriarch and Synod of Bishops within the former Yugoslavia have openly taken a stand against the Serbian government and military and the various Serbian militias, and the Church of Serbia has declared its 26 Re/View love and concern: A sorrowless earthly life is a true sign that the Lord has turned His Jace from a man, and that he is displeasing to God, even though outwardly he may seem reverent and virtuous. Dr. Kevorkian has a growing base of support in our land but it would be foolish for us to condemn his actions without determining w_hy so many people are attracted to his message. It is our duty, as the Body of Christ in this world to offer not only our comforting presence and help to the sick and suffering but to bring to them this vision that God is truly working with them while they feel at their lowest point. Father Edward Pehanich is a priest in the Carpatho-Russian Diocese and Spiritual Director of Orthodox Christians for Life. ? opposition to "ethnic cleansing." The Church is presently giving aid and comfort to ALL the people of the country: Orthodox, Roman Catholics, Protestants, Jews, Muslims, and unbelievers as well. ... that Orthodox Pascha (Easter) will be very late in 1994. It falls on Sunday, May 1. Western Easter is April 3, 1994. ... that on September 14, we celebrate the ELEVATION OF THE CROSS. This feast is connected with the historical event of Emperor Heracleios' recovering the Cross of Christ from the Persians into whose hands it had fallen in 614 A.D. The Cross was raised in the Church of the Resurrection in Jerusalem to be venerated by the people. Since 628 when it was finally recovered, a special liturgy and procession has taken place in all Orthodox churches. The day has been specified as a fasting day of the magnitude of the days of Holy Week. And since, according to the narrative, St. Helena discovered the Cross buried in a spot on which the herb basil had grown, sprigs of blessed basil are distributed to the faithful by the priest after they bow and venerate the Cross. (Source: N. Patrinacos). . . . that Orthodoxy in North America will be 200 years old in 1994, and the Antiochian Archdiocese will be 100 years old in 1995. We are planning a grand celebration of these events! THE WORD/SEPTEMBER 1993 _ One Tasty Corner of Our Melting Pot by Albert B. Southwick a/Worcester Magazine Emigration From Syria and the place? Possibly because of Protestant Syrian-Lebanese Community of missionaries in the Near East. Christian Worcester, MA Syrians had long felt oppressed by the By Najib E. Saliba (Antakya Press) Muslim Turks, and they may have lisIn our city of ethnic groups, some tened with interest to accounts about a ethnic groups are more equal than nation across the sea where Christians others. predominated. We know quite a lot about the Irish, Once the first Syrians arrived here, the Swedes, the French-Canadians, the they probably sent back word that Italians and the Jews who emigrated to Worcester was a place of opportunity. Worcester. We don't EMIGRATIONFROM SYRIA Like other immigrant know as much about AND THE SYRIAN-LEBANESECOMMUNITY groups, they arrived, OF WORCFSTER,tv1A the Armenians, Asa d apte d , su ff ere d syrians, Finns, Poles, hardships and, in the Lithuanians, Scots, main, prospered. Norwegians and Many of them beGreeks. came peddlers, first And most of us with hand carts, later know little at all with horses and wagabout the Arabic peoons, finally with their ple who began arrivown stores. Some ing here 100 years who were trained as ago. If it were not for tanners went to work the El Morocco Resfor Graton and taurant, most WorKnight, just down the cester people would hill from the main be astonished to learn Syrian settlement that Worcester has a along Wall Street, thriving SyrianNorfolk Street and Orient Street. Others Lebanese community that had become the worked in various fifth largest in the Najib E. Saliba Worcester plants. nation by 1930. They were upwardProfessor Najib Saliba, who teaches ly mobile, noted for their ability to history at Worcester State College, has acquire property and for their entrefilled a large gap with this too-brief ac- preneurial talents. One example was count of the Syrian emigration to Wor- Mitchell Maykel, who started out in th e cester from 1890 on. The first Syrians 1890s with a dry-goods st0 re a nd that he can identify were three who eventually established the Maykel lived at 94 Bloomingdale Rd., named Automobile Company, one of the firSt ehmon, Salim and Salim Gyz. car dealerships in the city. By 1905, one observer estimated that Although the different ethnic groups there were 350 foreign-born Syrians in shared similar experiences in WorWorcester. By 1930, Prof. Saliba esti- cester, no two were identical. The mates that the Worcester Syrians num- Syrians were unusual i_n th ~t th ~y bered 2,000. Census figures from early arrived with no st rong national identity years are tricky, as Syrians were some- or loyalty. As oppressed subjects dof the h times listed as Turks. (Although Wor- Ottoman Empire, Syrians assume t at cester people of Syrian descent some- government - any government times prefer to be called Lebanese, was bad news. It meant taxes oppresProf. Saliba points out that Lebanon sion, military impressment a nd graf~. did not become a separate entity until It took the Syrians here generation the 1920s. Ethnically, Syrians and to learn that America was differe~t. Lebanese are identical). Wl)en they did, they responded_ ~1th Why did they come here in the first an exaggerated patrioti m enli tmg THE WORD/SEPTEMBER 1993 eagerly iri the .. arm d forces in both World Wars. The Syrians also had a complex religious background di ided at least three ways. Many of them were O11hodox, but in the 1920s the 'yrian Orthodox Church in America was divided on whether it owed fealty to the Russian Orthodox patriarch or the Greek patriarch at Antioch. After a bruising controversy in which Worcester Syrians played an important part, the majority of Orthodox went with Antioch. The other two , yrian churches here are the Melkites and the Maronites, both of which ar in communion with Rome, but with their o,vn liturgies. The Melkite church, Our Lady of Perpetual Help, is on Hamilton , treet. The Maronite Church is on Mulberry Street. St. George Orthodox Cathedral, originally on Wall Street, relocated to its elegant new edifice on Anna ,'treet in 1970. Although the Orthodox and the Melkites often cooperate on various projects, the members of the Maronite Church seem to have little interaction with other Lebanese in orcester, according to Prof. ,'aliba. From the standpoint of th Greater Worcester community the El Morocco Restaurant is the most prominent Syrian-Lebanese undertaking in the city. It is also a prim example of th_e conflict between old and new traditions. Run for many years as a friendly family business by the late Paul Aboody, it no faces a test a., to whether his eight children can continue it successfully in his patriar ·hal style, or whether new managem ·nt techniques are called for. Prof. aliha horn in Lebanon and with college degree: from th .. Cniversity of Miami and the niver-,ity of Michigan has taught at or e<,ter, tate College ince 19 1. Thi. hook is a valuable addition to the growing literatur • about orcester immigrants. Order from: ntiochian rchdio ·e..,e, 358 Mountain Road, Engle\.vood, J 0 631 9.r plus 10% for postage c handling (2 % for anada J, Foreign) 1 �THE ORDER OF ST. IGNATIUS OF ANTIOCH A New Approach many new publications, programs and conferences have been planned - each because the Order continues to work you can do two things: first, watch for future written and audio-visual information, and by Father Joseph Allen) chaplain This Chaplain's Corner marks the "overseers" of the Church. The truth is ers, teach our musicians? And what of beginning of a new approach which that we can do things - practice our our parish councils, our missiona1y efthe Order of St. Ignatius will be tak- ministry - at that Archdiocesan level forts, our future plans? To get the ing. It will alternate with other month- which simply cannot be clone as effec- "finest" in these efforts it takes not only hiring quality personnel, but also ly articles on the work and minist1y of tively on a regional or local level. financing quality technology. Does Think of some of these efforts: helpthe Order. our Church deserve less? Without the The question which precipitates this ing hurricane victims, feeding starving new approach is this: What is the people in places such as Ethiopia and Order of St. Ignatius, our efforts at Somalia, taking a leading role in the providing the finest are greatly diminOrder? What is it not? Said in another ished - if they would exist at all! International Orthodox Christian way: if the Order is the philanthropic But as was pr viously mentioned, at arm of the Antiochian Archdiocese, as Charities, helping the Moscow Patriarchate after the fall of the Iron Cur- this time in th history of the Order, it does its work for the Orthodox there is a need to Church, what part focus our commudoes the Order ni ca ti on more on actually play? the local level These questions where effective and others like dialogue and disthem - have been cussion can be constantly raised to held. As a result of me as I have been such "living room" meeting with discussion groups meetings in held in various places such as parishes of our Montreal, PittsArchdiocese. They burgh, Detroit, also have been disew Jersey, Los cussed at meetings Angeles, San Diego at the regional - we have discovParish Life Conered the strangest At the Living Room Meeting at West Coast chancery, Los Angeles ferences. The new thing: despite all approach, therefore, in order to ad- tain, helping to sponsor seminars our efforts to communicate by the dress such issues will include commuand publishing books and pamphlets printed word, some of our own memnication, structural changes and hon- as a result - on the Christian re- bers still do not realize the great work esty. The aforementioned parish dis- sponse to Bosnia and the Middle East. that we are doing. And if they do not cussion groups - a type of "living And much more! Truly, could our realize this, what could be the impresroom" meeting (see photos) - as well Church realize such humanitarian sion of those who are not members? as the recent national survey, can cer- goals if the Order failed to responJ to Our great st challenge will be at tainly give us some direction for the the call of our Hierarchy? Our commitchanging this condition. future. ment to the Order is at once a comThrough these various local, parish To begin with, it is clear that the mitment to help our Archdiocese be meetings, it was realized that not "new frontier" of communication in the Church that it should be. everybody relates best to the written the (?rder is found at the local, parish That can lead us to a second focus. word; some respond better to verbal level. The Order has now crossed the If we are to be the Church, how can presentations, some to visual commu1200 mark! This means that we are no that be clone effectively in today's nication, some to person-to-person longer a few hundred isolated individ- w?rlcl? Can we be satisfied with any- conversation. And so, we shall be takuals, but a true army of Orthodox thing less than the finest administraing a more comprehensive approach Christians. As such, we are dedicated tion, the finest education, the finest to our communication efforts. These not only to our home parishes, but to c_onferences, the finest library, the will include not only monthly those activities and goals that can only fmest treatment for our clergy? But Archdiocese-wide articles through be realized when as a national how do we get the "finest"? How do 1HE WORD and the Order Quarterly, group, we stand shoulder to shoulder we educate our children, train our as well as regional letters and local with the efforts of our Hierarchy, the seminarians, prepare future lay leadnotes, but also dialogue will continue 28 criticisms, and plan variou local a ti ities for their group. The e meeting can be planned by peaking to your pastor, the regional chairp r on or the regional spiritual advi or. In turn, they will contact our office directly. Above all, however, our pari h meetings have shown that wh n the eyes and minds of our memb r ar opened, they can then invite fellow Orthodox Christians to join th Ord r of St. Ignatius, and thus to work id chaplain with Father James Barkett and parish representative Tom Nassief, meeting at the home of Taisir and Rose Hanna, San Diego parish. through our "living room" meetings and audio-visual programs. Furthermore, through these same gatherings held in our parishes, we shall endeavor to close the gap between the local chapters of the Order and the national governing council. And so, if you have been asking, "What is the Order doing? Where are our funds going?" Or if you ask more specific questions: Exactly how many new missions have started, how many children have gone to camp, how secondly, begin to plan a livingroom meeting for the members of your local chapter. We have seen through this past year that such dialogues have opened up the Chaplain with Father Joseph Antypas at the home of Walid and eyes and minds Cheryl Khalife, Detroit parish. of members who freely ask questions, by side with them in the work to make suggestions and constructive which Our Lord has called us. Grow in Wisdom and Grace Here. re you ready to make a deeper commitment to your Lord and your Orthodox Church? Holy Cross is the place for you. We are an accredited graduate School of Theology dedicated to men ~~~-fM:.,!,,::,,-,;.~~, 1 and women seeking advanced learning and spiritual growth opportunities. On our beautiful 52 acre campus overlooking historic Boston, you can earn one of four Masters degrees in a stimulating academic and spiritual environment. You may also qualify for a full or partial tuition scholarship. For Free catalog ... Just fill in and return the attached coupon, or call the Office of Admissions, (617) 731-3500, Ext. 260. r---------------------------------- -- ------- ] YES, please send me a free Holy Cro Catalog. ] Include financial aid information. ] Please call me to arrange a campu vi it. My phone number i : ( ) (please print) Name _________________ HOLYCROSS GREEK ORTHODOX SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY 50 Goddard A venue Brookline, Massachusetts 02146 _ Address _______________ City State ____________ _ Zip ____ _ 2 THE WORD/SEPTEMBER 1993 THEWORD/SEPTEMBER 1993 �INTRODUCING . . . D AJLYDEVOTJONS by Archeriest George Alberts October, 1993 icholas Papas is an Orthodox Christian and a liturgical artist who makes his home in Western Pennsylvania. While a student at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Nicholas began this unique and ancient career by studying with Reverend John Osacky (now Bishop Job). After receiving his B.A. in painting, he further pursued iconography under Nicholas and Basil Lepoura of Athens, Greece. This post-graduate study has been coupled with eleven years of professional experience. These years of experience have allowed Mr. Papas the joy of creating icons of all types and sizes from miniatures to expansive murals. His work can be found throughout the United States and in the churches of many jurisdictions. His icons are marked by a recognizably Paschal joy, portrayed through vivid yet sophisticated, not raw or gaudy, colors. The themes, style and technique of these works are firmly rooted in an extensive knowledge of the variety and diversity of expression that is found in the Holy, Universal, Orthodox Church. Drawing from this cornucopia of rich imagery that is the Iconographic Tradition of the Orthodox Faith, Nicholas' work takes on a character historically grounded, yet possessing a feel and freshness that speaks to the twentieth century American viewer's heart. And through an interaction with these icons, that hopefully "sing to the Lord a new song" (Ps. 33:3, Rev. 14:3), viewers can be taught, aided in worship and guided in the path of salvation. In a more specific or technical sense, Nicholas' work may be described as attempting to combine the bold and regal elegance of Greek, Bulgarian and Yugoslavian icons, the lyrical linearity and dynamic flowing composition and movement of Russian icons, and the abstraction, naivete and unpretentiousness of Coptic, Celtic and Sinai icons. In addition to all this, Nick keeps an ongoing and sustained interest in the potential incorporation of any other truly Orthodox prototypes. Jesus calls the eye "the light of the body" (Mt. 6:22). Nicholas' aspiration is to be guided by Christ in providing "light" for the eyes of God's people. Nicholas Papas can be reached at: 557 North Main Street • Greensburg, PA 15601 • (412) 832-5693 l. HEBREWS 9:1-17; LUKE 10:38-42; 11:27-28 Protection of the Theotokos; SS.Ananias the Apostle and Romanus the Melodist (FAST) z. 1 CORINTHIANS 14:20-25; LUKE 5:17-26 Martyrs Cyprian and Justina; St. Andrew the foolfor-ChriSt IGON8Ra>t~ ~ lt6 RaJ~~ 3. 2 CORINTHIANS 6:16-7:1; LUKE 6:31-36 SS. Dionysius the Areopagite, Dionysius the Recluse and John Chozebite NICll~asP. PcPaS 4. EPHESIANS 4:25-32; LUKE 6:24-30 SS. Hierotheus 5. EPHESIANS 5:20-26; LUKE 6:37-45 SS. Peter, Alexis, Jonah, Philip, Hermogenes and Chari tine 6. EPHESIANS 5:25-33; LUKE 6:46-7:1 Apostle Thomas; St. Innocent; Martyr Heroteida (FAST) 7. EPHESIANS 5:33-6:9; LUKE 7:17-30 Martyrs Sergius, Bacchus and Polychronius 8. EPHESIANS 6:18-24; LUKE 7:31-35 SS. Pelagia the Penitent, Pelagia of Antioch and Ignatius of Bulgaria (FAST) 9. 1 CORINTHIANS 15:39-45; LUKE 5:27-32 Apostle James son of Alphaeus; St. Andronicus 10. 2 CORINTHIANS 9:6-11; LUKE 7:11-16 Martyrs Eulampas and Eulampia; 26 Martyrs of Zograph 11. PHILIPPIANS 1:1-7; LUKE 7:36-50 SS. Philip the Deacon, Theophanes Confessor and Euthymius PROFESSIONAL HONORS AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS Charter member of St. John of Damascus Society of Iconographers, Iconologists and Architects. "Resurrection" icon featured on cover of The Messenger, April 1991 "Prodigal Son" icon featured on cover of The Word, February 1990 Featured iconographer in the Sacred Art journal, December 1988 Guest on_ To Teach as Christ cable television program with Bishop Anthony Bosco of Greensburg, PA, 1988 Guest artist at annual Christian Art exhibit, Calvary Lutheran Church, Murrysville, PA, 1988 Selected exhibitor at the premiere of St. Nicholas Cathedral Fine Arts Program, Pittsburgh, PA, 1987 Interviewee on Real to ReelWTAE-TV, 1985 Subsequent interview and release by national Real to Reel, 1985 13. PHILIPPIANS 1:15-20; LUKE 8:22-25 Martyrs Carpus, Papylus, Agathodorus and Agathonice (FAST) 14. PHILIPPIANS 1:20-27; LUKE 9:7-11 Martyrs Nazarius, Gervase, Protasius, Celsus and Parasceve on this page have a gift to offer, such as iconography and sacred art. lS. PHILIPPIANS 1:27-2:4; LUKE 9:12-18 Martyr Lucian of Antioch, SS. Euthymius and John of Suzdal (FAST) If you wish to be listed on this page, send a description of your work to: THE EDITOR 52 78th Street Brooklyn, NY 11209 l6. THE WORD/SEPTEMBER the 12. PHILIPPIANS 1:8-14; LUKE 8:1-3 Martyrs Probus, Tarachus and Andronicus; St. Cosmas THE WORD offers this page as a service to our churches. Tbose who appear 30 of Athens and Stephan Stiljanovic 1993 1 CORINTHIANS 15:58-16:3; LUKE 6:1-10 Martyr Longinus the Centurion; SS. Malus and Eupraxia THEWORD/SEPTEMBER 1993 17. 2 CORINTHIANS 11:31-12:9; LUKE 8:5-15 Prophet Hosea; St. Andrew of Crete 18. PHILIPPIANS 2:12-16; LUKE 9: 18-22 Apostle and Evangelist Luke; Martyr lata; t. Peter Cetinje 19. PHILIPPIANS 2:17-23; LUKE 9:23-27 Prophet Joel; SS. Prochor Pcinja and John of Rila 20. PHILIPPIANS 2:24-30; LUKE 9:44-50 Martyr Artemius; SS. Gerasimus the ew and Matrona (FAST) 21. PHILIPPIANS 3: 1-8; LUKE 9:49-56 SS. Hilarion the Great and Bessarion Saraj 22. PHILIPPIANS 3:8-19; LUKE 10:1-5 St. Abercius Equal-to-the-Apostles; of Ephesus (FAST) 23. even Youth 2 CORINTHIANS 1:8-11; LUKE 7:2-10 Apostle James, Brother of the Lord; t. Ignatiu of Constantinople; Demetrius Soul aturday 24. GALATIANS1:11-19; LUKE 16:19-31 Martyrs Arethas (al-Harith) and his Companion and Valentine 25. PHILIPPIANS 4:10-23; LUKE 10:22-24 Martyrs Marcian and Martyrius; St. Tabitha 26. 2 TIMOTHY 2:1-10; JOHN 15:17-16:2 Great Martyr Demetrius the Myrrh- xuding 27. COLOSSIANS 1:18-23; LUKE 11:9-13 Martyr Nestor of Salonica; S. estor th Chronicler and Demetriu Basar (FA T) 28. COLOSSIANS 1:24-29; LUKE 11:14-23 Martyrs Terence, eonila and Para cev • t. Arsenius of Srem 29. COLOSSIANS 2:1-7; LUKE 11:23-26 Martyr Anastasia; St. Abramiu th H rmit and his niece, Mary (FAST) 30. 2 CORI THIANS 3:12-18· L KE :16-21 Martyrs Zenobiu and Z nobia· t. t phan Milutin 31. GALATIANS2:16-20· L KE :26-39 SS. Stachus, Apell Amplia rbanu arcis us and 31 �~--------------------------==-:--==--=~------------- THE PEOPLE SPEAK THE WHITE HOUSE WA HI GTO June 10 1993 The Honorable Philip Saliba Primate Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of orth America 358 Mountain Road Englewood, ew Jersey 07631 es and dioceses in traditional Orthodox countries? Rome believes that all Christians must accept papal primacy and infallibility. We are not prepared to do that. It is contrary to Orthodox ecclesiology. Dear Editor: I enjoy 1HE WORD and especially the provocative views of Fr. Corey and Fr. Keiser in the June issue. Both Dear Archbishop Saliba: Fr. Corey and Fr. Keiser sited the Thank you so much for your message. I've been touched by the many extremist forms of the fundamental view and how it kills. In fact Fr. Corey expressions of support and encournoted: the fundamental extremist agement from people who care deepview, which was the norm for the ly about my Presidency and about the times were those that crucified Christ. future of our country and the world. The dangerous fundamentalist is I will do everything I can to live up one who gets into a law or tradition to your high expectations and to meet the crucial challenges that await us all and makes that his religion. The definition of a true fundamentalist is one in the next four years. Sincerely, that builds on the fundamental truths of God, therefore upon a "sure foundation." The basic faith of the Church of Jesus Christ is to believe in the essenDear Editor, tial truth that the church was built I wa disheartened by the editorial re ponse to the piece "Vatican admits upon. The belief is not in the church Galileo was right, after 350 years," but in the truth which is "the way, the which read "Well, so much for papal truth, and the life." infallibility!" This misrepresentation of The danger is that the twentieth Roman Catholic doctrine does a dis- century Orthodox Faith has become service to your readers. As I am sure fundamental believers in the walls of the editor knows (but many readers tradition that the church has become may not), the RC dogma of papal rather than the truth that the blocks infallibility specifically applies only to are laid upon and represent. That is ex cathedra statements made by the similar to reverencing the icon and Pope, which most certainly was not forgetting the person which that icon the case in Galileo's difficulties with reflects. Rome. The editorial response was a Christ is truth. As soon as truth is cheap shot aimed at making Rome perceived and interpreted by man's look bad at a time when it is trying to pe\spective, it becomes a traditional correct past mi takes. The Ecumenical viewpoint. In these congregations Patriarch and the bishop of Rome where this danger hibernates you behave made great strides the last three gin to hear ringing, "we don't do it decades to bring East and West closer that way here" or, "we've been doing together. Rather than slander our it that way all my life." Catholic brothers and sisters we Twentieth century Orthodoxy is terOrthodox need to support them ~hen ribly guilty of sectarian separatist they correct past errors and when views especially evident among the their doctrine moves in directions that ethnic clans. Who can accurately dismight help to bring about the unity of cern the truth from the traditional faith. viewJ?oint in our congregations today? Sincerely, I believe that all congregations have Thomas S. Buchanan, Ph.D. become mixed with both. Chicago, IL The walls of the Orthodox citadel of Editorial Response: faith_ have become so thick from preI Rome "moving in a direction that serving the faith mixed with traditional might help to bring about the unity of views that the treasure of faith has bethe faith ' when it establishes Eastern come a protected treasure room Rite and Western Rite Catholic church- locked within the confines of the /'f.M~ 32 ere indeed moving. wfor some time we've all been anxiously awaiting the Orthodox Study Bible. I'll confess that I have only been mildly enthused about the pro. ct However, at the meeting each ie . . . participant received a gift of one of the Bibles. This new Bible is excellent, far beyond my greatest expectations. The annotations, articles, and other aids are exceptional. It will be a great help to any Orthodox Christian who reads the Scriptures to any degree. I want to personally thank you and to commend you for your support of each of the project/programs. Both willprove invaluable in spreading the Gospel and following the commands of our Lord. Your son in Christ, Rev. Fr. Troy Mashburn, Jr. Memphis, TN citadel. The Orthodox faithful seem t have their faith and pass it on to the~ children (maybe their grandchildren) by some hope of osmosis from having them present in church on Sunday and holy days. It worked for the Jews in passing on tradition only if mixed with the kosher life at home. The problem is that Sunday morning alone in the Orthodox Church cannot withstand the onslaught of the influence of nintendo the T. V., and peer pressure of th~ nineties. The faith preserved in the citadel will not be available enough to the children and people of the 90's unless it becomes a relevant and dynamic personal faith alive and working in their lives 24 hours per day. Stop preserving the faith in the pickle jar. Take it out and see if it is real food, good to eat, relevant and filling. Dr. Carol Bartholomew Ocala, Fla. Your Eminence: Kindly grant your blessing! Matushka and I wish to take this occasion to express our great appreciation for the gift you gave to the Orthodox Church in Ghana from the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Arch- Your Eminence: We express to you and your faithful flock our heartfelt thanks for your generous gift which we recently received. To this young Church struggling to plant the good seed of Holy Orthodoxy in the West African nation of Ghana, your gift of US $2,000 and the promise of several boxes of Christian Education materials brought much encouragement. We will notify you when the latter arrive. The faithful of the Orthodox Church in Ghana thank you and pray that Christ our God would richly bless your generosity in return. Yours in Christ, Rev. Joseph Kwame Ayete Labi Secretary-General Orthodox Church, Ghana diocese of North America. It is a satisfaction to us that a call for assistance through our son Andrew should reach to you and issue in such a generous gift. From all the stories Andrew has told us, they both need and highly deserve help from sister churches everywhere. Please accept our thanks to you and pray for us. Your humble servant, Priest John W. Anderson South Canaan, PA St. Tikhon's Seminary Your Eminence, Bless, Master! With great joy and thanksgiving we have received the news of your most generous gifts to the Orthodox Church in Ghana. All of us here at St. Tikhon's who know of Andrew Anderson's work there are deeply grateful for your magnanimous response to his letter detailing some of the needs of our fellow Christians there. We also rejoice in the ordination to the holy diaconate of Dn. Alexander (Fred) Younes, one of our finest students here at St. Tikhon's, which you performed recent! in Tor nto anada. We are all confid nt that' h., i indeed "axio ' for a fruitful mini try in the Antiochian Archdio e. May our Lord gr atl bl • ou and the whole Antiochian r hdio your genera ity to th Chu r Ghana. Your Da t. Tikhon' Your Eminence, The Worce ter Area Interfaith oalition for the Hom le grat full acknowledges your contributi n in the amount of 2000 from th "Food f r Hungry People Program" f our Archdiocese. Thi money will b u ·ed in our mini try with the home! s: in the Worcester area with Oa i Hou • Youville House and in conjunction with Worcester Common Ground (helping to provide affordabl hou. ing for homeless familie ). May God' ble ing abid ith ou and your congregation . Mo t re p ctfully. Donna E. Enberg Trea. urer orce. ter, . CUSTOM MADE T'OYIA~_,.JIJJ.C... ....;\1Jl VI\OT'l'o Thank You Letter from the Metropolitan in Kuwait for the Needy in His Country- t CASSOCKS Traditional Orthodoxcassocks in Russianand Greekstylesare available from the Sisters at St. BarbaraMonastery. Each cassockis tailor madeto your measurements, specifications and choiceof fabric.They are sewnwith care,with all seamsreinforcedand with goodquality material. Satisfactionis guaranteed. OPTIONS Sinceeachcassockis custommade,you may choosefrom a varietyof options: • type of fabric • location,numberand style of pockets • buttons,snapor velcroclosures • sleevewidth • other personalchoices PRICES ~ J' c.[1Lsl CJ½ L.:,., ~Ls-II Q)~ u~ ~',..,1" 1v:,v - - • r • ·o_;fl ~L- \ o.,,__ __,J,_, ( . \ • I SI ,J. <Jy '--:;:."" ' ~ I . - L ~ U' ....... ., - rl_;j 1 o.,Lll o_,_d - _..:::., ytJ \..JJ ~~y'I J:?' .p1 Your Eminence, Greetings in the name of our Lord! We had our semi-annual AEOM meeting at the beginning of May and it was very good. I wanted to take an opportunity to comment on two excellent reports that were made. Rev. Fr. Duane Pederson gave an update on the prison ministry ~e's overseeing. Everyone was truly 1_mpressed and inspired. His compassion and enthusiasm are contagious. The letters he read from various prisoners [/ [; <+--:-" ~ .::_;j;, I <: - - ' ~.)' • ✓ r I a)w, ' d_yl y-~ ~L, __JC r.) ~ IS~' - eL) J, • <i.J-;~ 0 1,• ,/>_ l, /y\ • • ~ .,C- L- I..) 1 ~~ c0::~,.,I ~l:'.J I ,.d, J _,;.)!vu-WUI .\~ ~'[/1 c_kl c/ (j--.f ~u')z.LI THE WORD/SEPTEMBER 1993_,_,,_ THE WORD/SEPTEMBER 1993 1 tf,.s.L_f( v_l g_)J\.::,IJ~-' - We stockcotton/polyester blendsin 3 differentweights(samplessent with order form). The pricesquotedhereare for thesefabrics.Forspecial orders(eg., wool,denim, I 00% cotton)the price may be higher Russianstyle: $165 podryassnikunlined $225 ryassalined Greek style: $150 exo-ryasson,sleevesonly lined $200 exo-ryassonlined Colorsother than blackmay be ordered. Foran orderform, contact: St. BarbaraMonastery P.O. Box91122 Santa Barbara,CA 93190-1 122 (805) 963-1313 �COMMUNITIES IN ACTION Congressman's Father Dies . Joe Rahall, beloved father of Congressman ick Joe Rahall II of West Virginia, died on April 1, 1993 at his winter home in Deerfield, Florida. Born in Beckley, WV to the late Nicholas and Daley Facuri Rahall, Mr. Rahall went on to study at Washington and Lee University and later attended Duke University where he earned a degree in 1935. He was commissioned in the U.S. aval Reserve in April 1942, and was a member of the Reerve Officers Association of the U.S. and W.V., the Veterans of Foreign Wars, and the Retired Officers Association. Mr. Rahall was also active in a number of organizations and associations including the First Advisory Council of BARH, Small Business Administrations, ational Association of Broadcasters, and the Raleigh County Mental Health Association. He was a member of the Beckley Lions Club, was instrumental in the organization of the Beckley Junior Chamber of Commerce in 1937, headed the movement to organize the Beckley Better Business Bureau and served as its second president. Survivors include his wife, Mary Alice Rahall; two sons, Nick Joe Rahall II and Edward George Rahall; two daughters, Victoria Lynn Hassler and Tanya Alice Tabet; two brothers, Farris E. Rahall and Sam G. Rahall, one sister, Julienne ewey, whose husband Sam is an honorary member of the Archdiocese Board of Trustees; and eight grandchildren. Honorary pallbearers included U.S. Senators Robert C. Byrd, John D. Rockefeller IV, Hulett C. Smith, Lewis . McManus, Dallas Peters, Bob Turner, James A. Joseph and Ogden R. Davies. May his soul rest in eternal peace! Antonian Silver Medal Awarded Khoureeye Diane Shaheen of St. icholas Church of Montreal was awarded the Antonian Silver Medal of Merit on May 30, 1993 at a lovely banquet in her honor. Over 400 people attended. Following are the remarks of Mabel ilva: The older you are the more you 34 have an unconscious drive to set the record straight and act according to your convictions and feelings. Let the record show that during her 24 years as Khoureeye of this parish, Diane Shaheen has attended over 800 christenings, 420 marriages and 450 burials, give or take a few. Like it or not, the emotional consequences are a wesome. This unassuming woman would be embarrassed to hear these words. However, within our group there is a small number of individuals endowed with an indefinable mark of outstanding decency, caring, civility, understanding, devotion and competence. Diane Shaheen is one of this select Vice Chairman of the Archdiocese Board Saykaly, presents award to Diane Shaheen. group. And it is for this reason that we are holding this tribute to Diane, our Khoureeye and friend. She has been an active member of the Ladies Auxiliary and the Choir since she arr,ived in August of 1968. In 1982 she was elected President of the Antiochian Christian Women for the CanAm Region and, has, continuously been a member of its Executive Board in one capacity or another. In 1985 she was elected to the National Board of the Antiochian Women, which covers the United States and Canada and is responsible for the projects and programs undertaken by the Women in our Archdiocese. She was instrumental in coordinating the first ever Women's Pan Orthodox Meeting in Montreal in 1992, which was held at St. Nicholas Church, and brought together over 100 Orthodox Christian Women of all ethnic backgrounds in this Region. However, it is through her association with the Cedar's Cancer Institute at the Royal Victoria Hospital which has made her invaluable to many who have passed through its doors. With a caring touch for others, who are either in anguish or despair, she has shown an inborn ability to provide counselling and practical advice. Because of her rare sense of human needs and values, she has often been approached to help newcomers from Lebanon, who are hospitalized and who have no family or money. In order to raise monies for them she quietly canvassed many of her friends and associates for the financial aid to meet their needs. She was so successful that with the money that was left over, she founded the Charities Mission of St. Nicholas, and as its president, has helped many families who are indebted to her compassion and understanding. Because of her outstanding achievements in both profess io na l and humanitarian pursuits, we her friends do her honour, and wish her all the satisfaction of a life of Trustees, Ernest that has been of great usefulness to her community with her independent devotion to Christian ideals and service. St. George Church Lowell, MA Have you ever heard the expression "Don't complain about getting old 1 not everyone has that privilege"? Well, we at St. George Church in Lowell, Massachusetts are far from complaining as we get ready to celebrate our church's seventy-fifth anniversary on the weekend of October 29, 30 and 31. As a matter of fact, we're not only announcing it, we're proclaiming it and would shout it from the roof-tops if we could. Why? _Because it promises to be an exceptionally memorable weekend for us and for all who would join us. You remember St. George in Lowell, Massachusetts! We're that little church which was dubbed by Sayedna Philip THE WORD/SEPTEMBER l9 93 "The mouse that roared", after we as nsored the highly successful 1985 spo . . B Archdiocese Convention m oston. Now, marshalling all the forces and ergies we expended for the Con~~ntion, we are putting all our effort - to making our 75th year the most :~emorable in the life of our parish. How, you may ask? Well, for starters, we are going to be honored by the presence of His Err1:inence_, Metropolitan Philip, who ~111 be with us _for the weekend and will be celebrating Hierarchical Divine Liturgy on Sunday, October 31. Furthermore, we have completed the beautification of our church by installing the last of our new icons. We will ask Sayadna Philip to bless them at a special ceremony. First, though, on Friday evening, October 29, we will be treated to an Arabic Concert performed by Dr. Simon Shaheen's renowned Near Eastern Music Ensemble at the prestigious Durgin Hall at the University of Massachusetts/Lowell. Then, Saturday evening, October 30, we will dance and "dubkee" the night away at the Grand Hafle, again to the music of Simon Shaheen and his group. This will be at the Speare House along the Merrimack in Lowell. Following Sunday's Hierarchical Divine Liturgy, we will be meeting with Sayadna Philip at Brunch. A Program Book is being prepared and will be distributed as a souvenir of this historical event. We plan to keep all costs at a minimum: $20 for the Concert and $20 for the Saturday Hafle. More news about this exciting weekend will be forthcoming. Meanwhile, those who want advance information can contact The Rev. Fr. George Sayaf, our pastor, at 44 Bowers St., Lowell, MA 01854 [tel. (508) 452-4816]. Under any circumstances, keep the October 29-31 weekend open to be with us. We promise you won't be disappointed! -Andrew W. Ansara 1 This is on a sign in the hall of St. George Cathedral in Toledo Ohio. West Virginia Student Recipient of Oxford Scholarship Alaina Noel Stout, daughter of Sam Hourani-Stout of Vienna, WV, was awarded a full-paid scholarship to study at Oxford Uni- E. and Loraine THEWORD/SEPTEMBER 1993 versity in England this summer. A junior at Parkersburg Catholic High School, Alaina was selected from a large number of applicants from the United States and Canada, according to Dr. James Basker, director of the Oxford Academic Programs. He said the Committee chose to a ward the scholarship to Alaina based on her 4.3 grade point average, academic achievements and her wide-range extracurricular activities. Alaina joined over 300 outstanding high school students who attended Alaina Noell Stout Oxford from around the world including Czechoslovakia, Saudi Arabia and Mexico. The students chose areas of study which included: archaeology; international stage, screen and film studies· and medical science, which is Alaina;s field. The faculties' credits included Rhodes Scholars and Mellon Fellowships who are experts in their particular fields. Several of her pro~essors taught President Clinton dunng his Rhodes Scholar years at Oxford. Alaina's achievements include: 1993 Rhododendron Girls State Repre- sentative chosen by Junior League of Parkersburg; Junior High -ational Honor ociety; Chapter Pre:ident of ational Honor ociety ( ·he \\:ac., inducted as a ophomore); erox ational Humanitie Award; ·ational Council of Teachers' Award; tudent Council; tudent Acti itie Coordinator; We t Virginia Chamber of Commerce Essay Winner Award; 1992 and 1993 Grand Central Mall Teen Board representative and model; High Quiz Team· Hugh O Brian \var<l; Academic Excellence ward in French; Academic Excellence Av ard in English; advance placement in English, al-trig and chemistry; Knight of Columbus Superior Academic Recognition Awards - 1992 and 1993; representative for tate's Model Tnitecl ations in Roanoke, · school's news editor of an award winning newspaper (two of the award· \Vere for her own storie ); , chool' - representative to West Virginia Government Seminar for three day ; Teens for Teens retreat counselor; D.A.R.E. (anti-drug) Program; varsity tennis team; vacation Bible-school volunteer; hospital volunteer; yearbook staff; and she studies piano, modern dance and jazz. Alaina has received numerous writing awards and authored an economics primary reader for elementary students which her chool principal, upon the request of area elementary teachers, arranged for her to teach to local elementary school tudent . Alaina and her brother, am, a junior high honors student, are the grandchildren of Mr. and Mr . Eddy Hourani of St. George Church of Charleston, West irginia and lVi. Jean Stout and the late amuel E. , tout of Harrisville, WV. She i the niece of Mr. and 1r . Elli.., (Elaine alim) of Flu hing, 1ichigan, and Dr. and ML. Jameel (Judy) Hourani of Los Angele California. Thank you, Fathers! The members of The Metropolitan' p cial Commi , i n on HIV Infection and AIDS exp res their mo t inc r a ppr ciation to the clergy of the Archdioce e ho compl t and submitted the questionnaire sent to them by t~ C m~1 i n. The response of the clergy wa mo _thelpful m pr pann for the Commission's public forum which a h ld at th L±l·t Archdiocesan Convention in Pitt burgh thi pa t urnm r. ? �Second class postage paid at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania THE WORD 358 Mountain Road Englewood, J 07631 THE ORTHODOX Good Inter-Faith Relations Important, Says Bartholomeos I The importance of good relations among churches and between Christians and persons • of other faiths was emphasized by Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomeos I during his weeklong official visit to Egypt, Lebanon and Syria at the end of April and beginning of May. In Egypt, Bartholomeos met with Parthenios, patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa, and with Pope Shenouda of the Coptic Orthodox Church, and made a pilgrimage to the monastery of Mt. Sinai. In Syria he was the guest of Ignatius IV, patriarch of Antioch and All the East, and also met with Syrian Orthodox patriarch Ignatios Zakka. At the theological institute of the Greek Orthodox Church of Antioch and All the East in Balamand, Lebanon, Bartholomeos paid special tribute to Antiochian patriarch Ignatios IV Hazim for his support of higher education. It was announced during the visit that the university is creating a Higher Institute of Islamo-Christian Studies. Bartholomeos said he hoped that the seminary of the Ecumenical Patriarchate on the island of Halki near Istanbul, would reopen soon and that academic exchanges between the two institutions could resume. oting the ancient ties between the Antiochian Church and the Ecumenical Patriarchate, Bartholomeos praised Ignatios both for his representation of Orthodoxy in Lebanon and for his worldwide advocacy of the Lebanese people. He emphasized the importance of promoting Christian unity in both bilateral relations between 36 WORLD churches and through effective participation in the work of the World Council of Churches. When Bartholomeos, accompanied by Ignatios, went to the headquarters of the Armenian Apostolic catholicosate in Beirut, it was the first ever such visit, according to the address of welcome by Armenian Catholicos Karekin II. "We are so accustomed to remember history," Kare kin said. "Today I feel we are progressing in history. Your visit ... gives a new impetus to our growth in the depth of our Christian integrity through our common endeavors for the tangible expression of the unity and the witness of the church." Bartholomeos expressed hope for "positive and concrete results" from ongoing theological conversations between Eastern Orthodox and Oriental Orthodox churches. The Armenian church (along with Orthodox churches in Egypt, Ethiopia, Syria and India) is part of the Oriental Orthodox family. Divided since the fifty-century Council of Chalcedon, the two Orthodo.x groupings have been moving towards full communion since informal conversations between Eastern and Oriental Orthodox theologians began in the mid-1960s. During his visit to the Middle East the patriarch also met with the presidents of Syria and Lebanon, the prime minister of Egypt, and with leaders of several other religious communities, including the Maronite patriarch of Lebanon, Sfeir, and the heads of the Sunni and Shiite Muslim communities there. Praising what the Lebanese Orthodox community has contributed to the preservation of national unity, the Muslim leaders told the patriarch that they want to pursue a dialogue with Christians based on equality and solidarity as fellow citizens. [EPS] Religious Leaders Say Nagorno-Karabagh War "Appalling Blasphemy" The head of the Muslim community in Azerbaijan and the patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church declared at a May meeting in Moscow that the conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia is "an appalling blasphemy to be immediately stopped". Sheikh-ul-Islam Allahshukur Pashazade and Patriarch Alexy II insisted that the fighting over the disputed enclave of Nagorno-Karabagh, located in Azerbaijan but largely populated by Armenians, is not a Christian-Muslim confrontation. The two expressed regret that earlier joint appeals for a negotiated settlement by Armenian Christian and Azerbaijani Muslim religious leaders have so far gone unheeded. "Relying on the salutary help of one God the Creator," said their joint declaration "we believe that it is our first and for~most duty to take care of the preservation of the sacred gift of life and to seek to ensure peace and concord among people irrespective of their nationality or religious belief." Noting that there are sizeable minorities of Azerbaijanis in Russia and Russians in Azerbaijan, they underscored the need for dialogue and mutual support among Muslim~, Christians and adherents of other religions in the two countries. [EPS] MOVING? 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