Blogspot - araborthodoxy.blogspot.com - Notes on Arab Orthodoxy
General Information:
Latest News:
Fr Georges Massouh on the Attacks on Copts in Egypt 21 Aug 2013 | 09:07 pm
Arabic original here. Tertullian of Carthage (d. 240), one of the great apologists for Christianity, described that condition of oppressed Christians under the Roman Empire before it recognized their...
Carol Saba on Arab Democracy 20 Aug 2013 | 04:54 pm
Originally published in an-Nahar August 13, 2013. Arabic original available here. Is There a Coming Arab Renaissance? "Our wars over heaven have caused us to lose the earth!" This visionary statemen...
Patriarch John X's Sermon for the Feast of the Dormition 20 Aug 2013 | 03:03 am
This translation is unofficial, but I have not come across any official translation. Arabic original here. Brothers and loved ones, The Virgin, whose assumption into heaven we celebrate today, never...
Fr Georges Massouh on Church Authority 19 Aug 2013 | 08:41 pm
Arabic original here. The Church and Church Authority Church history shows us that the leaders of the Church-- patriarchs and bishops throughout the inhabited world-- have on many occasions unanimou...
as-Safir on the Kidnapped Bishops 14 Aug 2013 | 09:25 am
Arabic original here. Thanks to a reader for passing this article along to me. Naturally, the information should be taken with a serious grain of salt, but the political analysis is good. Two disappe...
Fr Georges Massouh on the Transfiguration 8 Aug 2013 | 10:46 pm
Arabic original here. The Divine Transfiguration "Christ is the light of the world" is an expression summarizing the whole of the divine purpose behind the event of the Transfiguration which Christi...
Downloadable Dissertation on Ottoman Relations with the Arab Orthodox Patriarchates 5 Aug 2013 | 04:19 am
Relations between the Ottoman central administration and the Greek Orthodox Patriarchates of Antioch, Jerusalem, and Alexandria: 16th-18th centuries Çolak, Hasan (2013) Ph.D. thesis, University of Bi...
Fr Georges Massouh on the Nature of Tradition 4 Aug 2013 | 01:24 am
Arabic original here. Between Tradition and Reasoned Interpretation There are those who believe that the venerable tradition of the Church is transmitted by the faithful from generation to generatio...
Fr Georges Massouh: Love Never Fails 27 Jul 2013 | 12:23 am
Arabic original here. Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE AR-SA Love Never Fails Christianity is based on the imitation of Christ and love is the pinnacle of that imitation. If we wanted...
The Kidnapped Bishops: Three Months and No Word 24 Jul 2013 | 08:37 pm
Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE AR-SA French original here. Three months after their abduction, hopes of finding the two Syrian bishops alive diminish by Claire Lesegretain In the ....
