Dear editors:

It was amazing for me to read the Fall 1998 issue of the St. Nina Quarterly. It was fascinating to learn there are so many women out there in the world using their gifts and talents to glorify God. I grew up in a very ethnocentric environment and getting all my news from Greek papers and Greek-American magazines. Thus, it was thrilling to know there are so many dedicated women that my daughter can now have as role models.

Leonie Liveris, a well known Greek Orthodox social historian, author, and public speaker from Perth, Australia, will speak on Friday, November 12 at 7:00p.m. at St. George Greek Orthodox Church, 7701 Bradley Blvd., Bethesda, Maryland, inaugurating the Women’s Orthodox Ministries and Education Network (WOMEN) annual meeting to be held the next day in Washington, DC.

That they may have life and have it abundantly.
—John 10:10

In these words the Lord speaks of what He desires for all of us; indeed of what He desires for the whole of His creation. What means has He given us to gain this life? He has given us the fruits of His own life, passion, death, and resurrection. But how do we make these our own? How do we enter into the mystery He holds out for us?...

One of the most inspiring experiences of my chaplaincy occurred when I met a young man of Greek descent with lupus, a potentially fatal disease that can attack multiple organs in the body.

In October of 1993, while making rounds through the hospital, I observed the name Papanickolas written across a piece of paper taped to the door of a family room reserved for the intensive care unit. When the young woman inside learned I was a Greek Orthodox chaplain

Today we give thanks to our Lord Jesus Christ for the holy icons that fill our churches with His beauty. But this is part of a larger celebration. In this feast we celebrate the triumph of Orthodoxy over all heresies. So let us consider why this is important. In a world where people believe so many different things, why does it matter what we believe?