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What Is More Pleasing Than A Psalm?
Although the whole of Scripture breathes God’s grace upon us, this is especially true of that delightful book, the book of the psalms. Moses,...
5 Things you need to know about Psalm 119
1- Psalm 119 is the longest psalm in the Bible we pray it every day in the first service of the midnight prayer.
2- It...
The Work Of The Holy Spirit
Because of the importance of the Holy Spirit's work with us, the Lord said to His disciples, the saints: "Nevertheless, I tell you the...
On The Holy Spirit
Who can listen to the Spirit’s titles and not be lifted up in his soul? Whose thoughts would not be raised to contemplate the...
Monasticism In The Libyan Desert
After the period of martyrdom came the period of monasticism in Libya. There were remote monastic communities in the mountains and desert that survived...
Monasticism And Its Interior Make Up
Monasticism is grounded on celibacy, voluntary poverty, chastity and obedience. These monastic vows are distinguished in the monastic life from their superficial appearance to...
On the Power of the Cross
The Cross abolished idolatrous adulation, enlightened the whole universe, gathered all the nations into one Church and united them with love. The Cross is...
Theodore of Cyrene
Another Libyan confessor who appears in the Russian Synaxary is Hieromartyr St Theodore (also known as Theuderius). Before his becoming bishop of Cyrene, he...
The Anchorite’s View of the Cell
In current speech, the word "cell" immediately evokes a room where, in a prison, a criminal is locked up, isolated and cut off from...
Return to your cell
A brother in the Cells had put some palm tree leaves to soak and, as he sat down to plait them, his mind told...
