A Self Account: Proper confession accompanied with repentance and regret needs preparation; which is called self account. Be strict and...
The Forgotten Medicine
Go show yourselves to the priests Luke 17:14 The holy sacrament of confession can rightly be called “the Forgotten Medicine.”...
Discipleship is the Secret of Strength in Monasticism
One of the fathers said: “The secret of the strength and flourishing of monasticism in the early centuries was the...
Is It Syami? (Fasting)
“The true fast is that in which sins, anger, tongue, and instincts are under control” – St Basil the Great...
Fasting And The Imitation of Christ
In His forty days experience of absolute fasting, Christ laid down for us the basis of our dealings with our...
Fasting- A Period of Love
We consider fasting a period of love. It is a period to test our love for God, and the love...
The Second Monastic Encyclical
My pious sons and daughters, Monks and nuns of our Coptic Orthodox monasteries on our land Egypt and the various...
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...
Struggling With Prayer
Matanias, agpia prayers, the Jesus prayer, and contemplations on psalms…these are prayers and supplications made to God by all monks,...
The Human Will And The Devil
When we began to speak we said, “See how God honoured you; He glorified and exalted you. You also honour...