For “Who Was St Maroun?” part I, see http://www.fryuhanna.com/2019/04/17/introducing-st-maroun/ for part III, see http://www.fryuhanna.com/2021/03/19/why-did-st-maroun-succeed/ St John Chrysostom’s Letter to Maroun (Letter 36) Part One St John Chrysostom (347-407), who was a […]
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Why did St Maroun succeed in his work of sanctification and evangelisation? I have already set out what Theodoret wrote about St Maroun in part I. http://www.fryuhanna.com/2019/04/17/introducing-st-maroun/ for part II, […]
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St Joseph, the Foster Father of the Lord, is one of the greatest saints of the entire Church. He is a model of fatherhood, of manhood, and of the virtues […]
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Jesus and Jonah: The Second Point of Contact (Calming the Storm) Goppelt says of the story of how Jesus calmed the storm that: “The similarity in the descriptions of the […]
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“A typology is a belief that objects, events, persons, and institutions exist and occur in relationship to other corresponding objects, events, persons, and institutions. For earthly things, when considered antitypes, […]
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The history of the Maronites under Islamic rule is a sober and often a sad one: because of the Miaphysite debate and the supervening Arab conquest, the seat of Antioch […]
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God created us in His image and likeness. He created the universe according to His wisdom, according to an order (Ecclesiasticus 16:27). That order is the pattern of heaven on […]
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Fr Badwi makes only brief remarks about this icon, writing: “Against the background of the previous icon, the haemorrhaging woman touches the fringe of Jesus’ cloak and she is healed. […]
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The Sunday of the Leper is the first full Sunday of Lent in the Maronite calendar. Fr Badwi states: “This icon of the Healing of the Leper, like the following […]
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God called us into being. He spoke, and we were. God is life. God is the fullness of life. He is perfect life; complete, endless, and good, He shares His […]
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