Chapter Three - Detailed Explanation of the Constitution: “And I Confess One Baptism” up to “Priesthood” - Church Secrets
26- He confessed one baptism... What is baptism? Baptism is, in brief: 1- Descent into the baptismal font to bury the old man.
Eight words about care - Bishop George Khader
هذه مواعظ ثمانٍ في الكهنوت والرعاية، ألقيت بمناسبات مختلفة، حسبت أنها مجموعة تكشف جوانب من الخدمة متعددة. الكلمات الأولى والثانية
In the priesthood
Introduction: We publish below, “lessons” that the monks of Deir al-Harf received in the year 1962 from the mouth of Father Andre Scrima, in the French language.
Amphilochios of Boschaevi, the god-bearer
Our venerable father among the saints, Amphilochios of Bochaevi, the God-bearer, is one of the hermit monks and spiritual warriors in the twentieth century. And he gave it
Chapter Seventeen - Reunification
Before Christ's sacrifice on the cross, He offered up a fervent prayer for all who would believe in His name, asking His Father to preserve them in divine unity. These words of Christ are not a call to external unity, but to absolute internal unity, similar to the unity of the three persons in the Holy Trinity, that is, to the unity that man lost because of the fall. They are based on the three persons and are represented by them, and signify man's salvation and perfection.
Gregory the Theologian, Patriarch of Constantinople
His life: Gregory’s family belonged to the large and rich royal families and lived in a town called “ARIANDOS – Ariandos” near the town.
Chapter One: Lost Biblical Thought
يُفترض بكهنة المسيح ألا يبشِّروا، من منبر الوعظ على الأقل، بأفكارهم الخاصة لأن الأيدي تُوضع عليهم في الكنيسة للتبشير بكلمة الله. فيُسلَّم إليهم إنجيل يسوع المسيح وتُودع عندهم الرسالة الخالدة والفريدة. لذلك يُنتظر منهم نشر “الإيمان الذي أُعطي للقديسين” وحفظه.
Barbaros, the martyr and former thief
He was mentioned in Slavic sources. It was said that he was a thief who lived in Greece and committed many crimes and thefts and practiced extortion. but
Section Three: Giving Oneself (a living sacrifice)
The inner life of the priest, which we discuss in this third section, revives his priesthood as a sacrament in God (the first section) and as a service in the Church.
Section Two: Church Service
A priest is a servant in the church. He is in the church and is ministering to the church. This is because the church is a service institution
Saint Anthony, the martyr
This saint’s name was “Ruh” before he was converted to the Christian faith. He was one of the nobles of the city of Damascus, and he lived near a monastery
14- Hebrews 13:17-21 - Obedience to priests and those in charge of the church
Text: 17 Obey those who guide you and be submissive, for they watch over your souls as if they were about to give an account, so that they may do this with joy, and not with groaning.