Author: lazarus abboud
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“The Declaration of Failure”
The first Sunday after Pentecost is the Sunday of All Saints, which the Church placed after the Sunday of the Descent of the Holy Spirit, because the saints are proof that Pentecost is an ongoing event in history, and that the Holy Spirit is ever active in history, as Metropolitan Paul Yazigi says (1). The…
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“Behold, Everything Has Passed Away”
I write to you, my father, openly and publicly. Behold, the old things have passed away. The old has passed away, which you did not make and which we did not make, but everything you made will be made manifest. No one makes his own pains and asks for them; did Christ make His pains?…
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The Statement of the Three Patriarchs after the Earthquake in Syria and Turkey
The region was lacking nothing but the disasters of nature, for the earthquake disaster is a tremendous and historic humanitarian catastrophe in Syria and Turkey, and unfortunately it is a region of recurring earthquakes, and there is no doubt that it is a dreadful tragedy for the Syrians. Dr. Tarek Mitri says “a catastrophe after…
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The Sale of the Aid for Those Affected by the Syria Earthquake of 2023
The aid designated for them began to be sold from the very first moment: food, clothing, blankets, and baby formula. Our role today, all of us, is to say: (No, we will not buy these humanitarian aid items). They were stolen from the mouths of children and women who went hungry, and families slept in…
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Crookedness of Conduct
The Sunday of Orthodoxy (the first Sunday of Lent, 4 March 2023 ), is not a day of pride in ourselves and in what we were freely given, but a day to evaluate our work by it, that is, to carry out a process of evaluation and critique of our conduct as the Orthodox community according…
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A Comment on the Defrocking of the Metropolitan of Homs
He who speaks about human rights and their dignity and sanctity in the Sunday sermon must apply them in his institutions, in his decisions, and in his manner of dealing with cases. Yesterday’s statement of the Antiochian Synod does not observe the least of human rights and dignity, nor does it attain the lowest standards…
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On the Occasion of the New Case (the Diocese of Sweden):
I apologize first to you, faithful and worshippers, for the stumbling blocks that we, the priestly body, cause you, for not a month passes without stumbling blocks for you, and the distortion of the image of the Church before the foreign nations, because of some case and the manner of handling it. Grieve over us…
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My two elderly grandparents have fallen asleep, my friend.
The fortieth day since my grandfather’s repose is approaching, and my grandmother had preceded him by about eight months. She preceded him to prepare for him a place and a table in the house to which Jesus ascended to prepare for us with His Father in the heavens””In My Father’s house are many mansions… I…
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Why Did God Allow the Killing of the Children of Bethlehem?
Religious discourse, through its interpretation of Gospel and non-Gospel events, constitutes an important factor in the formation of individual behavior, and it is reflected in the way a person discusses, deals with, and analyzes the issues and events in his life. For example: after the birth of Jesus, Herod killed thousands of children in Bethlehem,…
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“The Acceptable Year of the Lord / 2024”
We look out upon the new year, carrying to it many tragedies, frustrations, despair, wars, and pains. We have lost the meaning of the Christianity to which we belong, so that all of time has come to mean nothing but the succession of numbers. Metropolitan Paul Yazigi says “the Christianity to which we belong is…