tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7687886961771238263.comments2023-12-28T14:51:34.281-05:00Notes on Arab OrthodoxyUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1089125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7687886961771238263.post-41225649878053531832023-12-28T14:51:34.281-05:002023-12-28T14:51:34.281-05:00The Patriarch of Constantinople is clearly derange...The Patriarch of Constantinople is clearly deranged and out of his mind. Even worse than Meletios Metaxas, of thrice wretched memory. I think this is why they warn drug dealers not to get high on their own supply. As a Greek, I am incredibly ashamed and embarrassed by this egomaniac. Anaxios!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7687886961771238263.post-71964793231991169052023-12-27T09:14:50.485-05:002023-12-27T09:14:50.485-05:00We are happy to attend two parishes in jurisdictio...We are happy to attend two parishes in jurisdictions that maintain some form of Communion with this old fool and his cosplaying church. But if either broke Communion with Istanbul, the only loss would be to his flock of a few thousand Turkish citizens.Gregnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7687886961771238263.post-75551848356248303102023-12-26T17:11:49.322-05:002023-12-26T17:11:49.322-05:00Agreed. The consequences of this dogmatic error ...Agreed. The consequences of this dogmatic error of 'Constantinople' continue to wreak havoc for all.Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13270740184766230842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7687886961771238263.post-47589535488147870822023-07-07T22:47:09.065-04:002023-07-07T22:47:09.065-04:00The link to St Joseph's Life is brokenThe link to St Joseph's Life is broken Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7687886961771238263.post-38484993985441236462023-07-07T22:46:28.768-04:002023-07-07T22:46:28.768-04:00The link to St Joseph's Life is broken.The link to St Joseph's Life is broken.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7687886961771238263.post-38910515895359017152022-12-19T03:23:03.313-05:002022-12-19T03:23:03.313-05:00Yes, he speaks English well. It's not well-for...Yes, he speaks English well. It's not well-formatted (my apologies) but the CV above also lists the books that he's translated from English into Arabic.Samn!https://www.blogger.com/profile/14142811721903345946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7687886961771238263.post-2253184808738029222022-12-18T19:24:32.385-05:002022-12-18T19:24:32.385-05:00Do you know if he is competent in the English lang...Do you know if he is competent in the English language?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09670921114912369852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7687886961771238263.post-33520397515854988322022-11-06T19:32:35.076-05:002022-11-06T19:32:35.076-05:00Amen. Amen. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7687886961771238263.post-70261852951497362682022-11-03T10:51:17.619-04:002022-11-03T10:51:17.619-04:00Amen
Amen<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7687886961771238263.post-85751369102646526872022-10-25T10:26:53.088-04:002022-10-25T10:26:53.088-04:00Lord Jesus Christ the son of God have mercy on our...Lord Jesus Christ the son of God have mercy on our Bishops, Priest, and Monks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7687886961771238263.post-25526984606579250702022-04-13T14:43:36.768-04:002022-04-13T14:43:36.768-04:00Patriarch Kirill has not spoken out against this w...Patriarch Kirill has not spoken out against this wholesale slaughter of Orthodox Christians in Ukraine, their torture and execution at the hands of Russian troops; rather, he has supported and encouraged the leader of the Russian State in pursuing his invasion of and war against Syria. This stance is against all Christian values and morality and is shows no integrity, The Russian Orthodox Church has been brought into disrepute before the whole world because of their support for a war in which women and children are tortured, murdered and raped. The Russian orthodox Church has been very active in Lebanon recruiting the local orthodox to their view. The Orthodox of Lebanon, should stand above and outside of all politics, especially those played by actors external to their own land.Zacharyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00239691812215240154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7687886961771238263.post-44430804727171381752022-02-28T06:46:57.029-05:002022-02-28T06:46:57.029-05:00Ms Carol, your ecclessiological sophistry is impre...Ms Carol, your ecclessiological sophistry is impressive<br /><br />meanwhile, Ukraine is ravaged<br /><br />so at this moment in history<br /><br />either you are with the Ukrainian people or you are a coward<br /><br />it is that simpleElias Nasserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09338988113651276013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7687886961771238263.post-81564913584682358962021-12-01T03:38:08.794-05:002021-12-01T03:38:08.794-05:00Thanks. I can't always tell when I can access ...Thanks. I can't always tell when I can access something through an institution or not. Samn!https://www.blogger.com/profile/14142811721903345946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7687886961771238263.post-67481037935282249002021-11-30T09:58:00.894-05:002021-11-30T09:58:00.894-05:00I couldn't get to that article from there. I w...I couldn't get to that article from there. I was able to pull it from here though.<br /><br />https://www.academia.edu/49079802/Romano_Arabica_XX_Trends_and_Developments_in_Todays_ArabicByzantine, TXhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17845681957622343484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7687886961771238263.post-82203782823568611132021-07-25T20:19:10.419-04:002021-07-25T20:19:10.419-04:00Our hierarchs should not wear those demonic masks ...Our hierarchs should not wear those demonic masks over the Imago Dei. Humans were not created as biological weapons to each other.The Anti-Gnostichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04386593803225823789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7687886961771238263.post-13949829103050590052021-07-14T10:25:20.560-04:002021-07-14T10:25:20.560-04:00Thank you. Jad Ganem is the pseudonym of a Lebanes...Thank you. Jad Ganem is the pseudonym of a Lebanese churchman and advisor to the patriarch based in Europe whose secular day-job no longer allows him to to publish under his own name without case-by-case permission from his boss. He publishes a daily commentary on Facebook in Arabic here: https://www.facebook.com/%D9%83%D9%84%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D9%88%D8%AE%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B7%D8%B1-Kalimat-w-Khawater-640078093052440 and also occasionally writes things for Majallat al-Nour. Samn!https://www.blogger.com/profile/14142811721903345946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7687886961771238263.post-91135746044638224512021-07-14T10:15:27.862-04:002021-07-14T10:15:27.862-04:00For years, i have enjoyed your Arabic translations...For years, i have enjoyed your Arabic translations. Thank you for publishing them on your blog.<br />Forgive my ignorance. Who is Jad Ganem?ScottRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05342114656342497186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7687886961771238263.post-71947302442755296682021-06-07T15:56:23.150-04:002021-06-07T15:56:23.150-04:00it is strange! why do you forget them?
what do yo...it is strange! why do you forget them?<br /><br />what do your bishops & patriarch do? why do they neglect such an important thing? how do they spend most of their times? what about your liturgical books? your sacred tradition? and history of the patriarchate? the patriarchal list, the the bishop sees through the ages? so deceiving at all levels! why some use a fake name to write?<br /><br />of course the problem is spiritual, they care about politics about ecumenism &.....laziness! how do they understand being orthodox? a millet among others?<br /><br />good luckAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07967570811099356480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7687886961771238263.post-47132098346009405032021-05-30T02:52:55.137-04:002021-05-30T02:52:55.137-04:00Thank you so much Dr Noble for posting this webina...Thank you so much Dr Noble for posting this webinar on Arab Orthodoxy; it is a fascinating discussion especially the Russian involvement in the Levant (for antiochians)<br /><br />The introduction by Dr Haddad was poignant given the injustices/outrages in Jerusalem & Palestine generally<br /><br />PS: I put in an order for your new book :)Elias Nasserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09338988113651276013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7687886961771238263.post-1415562732609844142021-05-24T14:23:44.327-04:002021-05-24T14:23:44.327-04:00I am sorry for the plight of the Mother Church. I ...I am sorry for the plight of the Mother Church. I have no answers. For many decades the Christians have been not having children or emigrating. If you're not reproducing yourself in your pews you will eventually disappear. The AOANA is spread very thin across the US and lots of parishes struggle to pay their bills much less bail out a See that no longer exists geographically. Speaking of, since the Turkish government has inserted itself into the Holy Spirit's process of succession for the Ecumenical Patriarchate by requiring the nomination of an ethnic Greek, I'm not sure what to think of Istanbul's status.<br /><br />I am equally sorry that the Syrians and Lebanese regard the emigre's and the parishes they founded as "diaspora" Churches, as if everyone's going to come back home to the <i>real</i> country one day. Had they understood themselves as missionaries rather than diaspora, it's possible global Orthodoxy would be on a much stronger footing.The Anti-Gnostichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04386593803225823789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7687886961771238263.post-704732589704419502021-05-20T17:38:00.504-04:002021-05-20T17:38:00.504-04:00Does anyone know where this icon be found to purch...Does anyone know where this icon be found to purchase?<br />awdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17774018412567628979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7687886961771238263.post-19536136669158153582021-05-18T22:17:44.781-04:002021-05-18T22:17:44.781-04:00Hello,
I have the book of psalms by his translati...Hello, <br />I have the book of psalms by his translation from Ottoman to Arabic. <br /><br />Email me if you know anything : moustafanazar@hotmail.com<br /><br />Thank you Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08021744166129215529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7687886961771238263.post-13515438392911095742021-03-17T10:16:27.242-04:002021-03-17T10:16:27.242-04:00Hi Sam! Excellent work as usual! I sent you an ema...Hi Sam! Excellent work as usual! I sent you an email to ur gmail... but not sure if it's an old account. Hope you are well. -Brad in TXAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13132817260169604984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7687886961771238263.post-26683670644903132272021-01-30T09:45:10.387-05:002021-01-30T09:45:10.387-05:00Thank you for this very useful article ! Glad to h...Thank you for this very useful article ! Glad to have found it, indeed ! <br />Al-Masih Qam !Albocicadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00198269589872974582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7687886961771238263.post-62151840332979821922021-01-23T23:50:36.748-05:002021-01-23T23:50:36.748-05:00I agree with most of what has been written in this...I agree with most of what has been written in this post. I disagree only with the statement that the Greek speaking Churches have "come to practically disavow Orthodox conciliarity." I certainly agree that the Greek bishops who have recognized the Ukrainian schismatics have disgraced themselves there are various contributing factors that have contributed to their errors. For example, political factors seem to be perhaps the most significant reason for the errors of the Greek Churches.<br />The US Government has a stranglehold on the formulation of Greek foreign policy and it seems the US has a very sinister influence over the Church of Greece. The Greek Church during the nineteenth century after the Greek War of Independence came under the influence of the British and the Germans. The present American influence over the Church of Greece has its precedents during that earlier era. <br />Furthermore, the Church of Constantinople has had a rather complex history and the Greek and non Greek views of the Patriarchate diverge. <br />I am of the opinion that many Greeks (clerics and laypeople alike) have blinded themselves to the destructive behavior of Patriarch Bartholomew because they see only a Patriarchate that has been badly persecuted by the Turks during the twentieth century. The Patriarchate's problems in Turkey are in no way shape or form an excuse for its deplorable and uncanonical actions in Ukraine but this history has blinded much of the Greek speaking world who refuse to see the damage that has been done to Orthodox unity as a result of the Patriarchate's aggression in Ukraine.<br />Getting back to the political factor. The Churches of Constantinople and Greece at present are not free. I would certainly agree that a Council needs to be held.<br />A council however cannot happen if two Churches (Constantinople. Greece) are not free to attend. <br />Constantinople's aspirations for power are a major factor here but those aspirations for universal authority have existed for some time and it should be remembered that Constantinople supported Moscow on the Ukrainian schism for twenty six years before reversing itself. <br />For the past two years, Patriarchs and primates of Churches, bishops and theologians, and others have analyzed and critiqued the errors of Constantinople and have called for the convocation of a synod. <br />It is time to address the American factor as the decisive cause of the crisis. The Patriarch of Constantinople is vulnerable to American pressure because it wants to survive in a hostile Turkish state. Without western political interests using a mixture of threats and diplomacy to pursue its anti Russian agenda, I am of the opinion that Constantinople would never have dared invade the canonical territory of the Russian Church in Ukraine.Theodoroshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17432526523555053596noreply@blogger.com