Sophia Summer 2016

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In This Issue

From the Editor: The Beauty of God’s Creation	3
From the Bishop: Joyful Stewards of Our 50-Year Jubilee	4
Writing Straight with Crooked Lines	6
Deacon Paul Ordained Fr Theophan	9
The Melkite Church at Second Vatican Counsel	10
Archbishop Jeanbart Pleads for Aleppo	15
Syrian Christians “Reckoned as Sheep for the Slaughter”	17
The Great Council of the Orthodox Church	18
The Origins of Byzantine Chant	20
The Church as Servant	23
A New Testament Gallery of Marian Images	24
Memory Eternal	25
Melkite Quiz Feast Days and Saints’ Days	26
NAMY Turns 35	28
Our Small Size Empowers Apostolic Life	29
Exarch Joseph Haggar Celebrates Golden Jubilee	30
Re ections on Vocations and Anniversaries	31
Around the Eparchy	33
NAMW	38
Navigating the Eparchy	39