By the time of St. Athanasius (295-373) the concept of spiritual martyrdom had become fairly uniform and definite. From the...
The Forgotten Medicine
Go show yourselves to the priests Luke 17:14 The holy sacrament of confession can rightly be called “the Forgotten Medicine.”...
Sit In Your Cell And It Will Teach You All Things
The cell was regarded in the apophthegms as a specific space where one lived and followed a particular praxis that...
Monks and the Fear of God
The Coptic monk is one who, above all, abides in the presence of God. Whereas, it may happen that a...
Praying The Psalms
Why did the church choose the Psalms of David the Prophet and organise them into an Agbia? I do not...
Incarnation is a Revealing of the Essence of Love
If the aim of man’s creation is for this unique creature to enjoy a life of sacred unity with God,...
It is Christ the Saviour
This is the first experience in our encounter with the Lord; He was born in Bethlehem in order to give...
St Shenouda the Author
The act of writing held an almost sacred place in early Christianity. In putting word to parchment or papyrus, the...
The Blessed Woman Thais
And now I desire to narrate to you the excellent history and the great repentance of the blessed woman, Thais....
Extracts from Canon 8
Let us look at an extract from the beginning of the first sermon: “So listen, O you who have friendship...