Sophia Summer 2020

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In This Issue

Let the Light Shine Out of the Darkness	3
Memorials	4
A Blessing and Honor for the Melkite Church	5
Eparchial Attorney Named Associate Justice in MA	8
A Tribute to Father Damon Geiger	10
A Look at the Development of the Parish Advisory Council	11
Summer Feast Days	13
Eden to Eden: The Maccabean Bridge	14
UNESCO Recognizes Byzantine Chant as Treasured Heritage	16
The Scripture in the Divine Liturgy	18
‘We Need to Do Something’ in Syria	19
10 Biblical Destinations in Jordan	22
How Can We Smell Our Sheep?	23
The Theology of the Crowning Mystery (Arabic)	24
Who is Saint Corona?	29
Twenty Questions about the Letter to the Romans	30
You Think You’re Bored at Home?	32
“Zooming” Around the Eparchy	33
Byzi-Kids I Spy in My Little Icon	40
Memory Eternal: Rev. David White	41
Memory Eternal: Brother Samaha and Father Azrak	42
Around the Eparchy	43
NAMW	44
Visit One of Our Melkite Communites this Summer	45
Navigating the Eparchy	47