Youth Day Report Saturday the 30th May was another successful and blessed day with event of the year, Monastery World Youth Day. What an amazing day it was with Bishop Daniel, the bishop of St Shenouda's Monastery in Sydney NSW. His dedication and love for the church really shone throughout his talk, and it was …
World Teens Day ReportThank you to everyone who attended our very first World Teens’ Day! This event would not have been possible without you. We had 1500 registrations from around the world and over 550 participants on the day, not to mention those who were watching on YouTube. We loved the way you engaged with …
Communal Fasting & Worship During these difficult days, we are increasingly called upon to worship as a community in the unity of Spirit, in one voice. What is communal worship, and how does it differ from individual worship? What is the Biblical basis for communal worship in the body of the Church? The Differences between …
Last January Bishop Daniel of St Shenouda Monastery generously gave me his blessings to attend the IOTA conference. The IOTA Conference is the first ever conference that brought together all the academics in the Orthodox world in the spirit of Pan-Orthodox Unity and conciliarity. The conference keynote address was given by Metropolitan Kallistos Ware and …
It seems to be regular news these days to hear of church bombing especially in the Middle East that claim the lives of innocent people. It is becoming so regular that many western news channels don’t even bother reporting it. Those who do report it stop at the devastating effect of the bombing and the …
Fr Grigoris Balakian’s memoir Armenian Golgotha, for decades has been an important text of Armenian literature, belonging to this group of significant books that deal with crimes against humanity in the modem age. Fr Balakian, a priest and later a bishop in the Armenian Apostolic Church, was an esteemed clergyman and intellectual. On the night …
With the kind permission of Bishop Daniel I was honored to participate in the 8th symposium of the St Mark’s foundation for Coptic History (February 12-16, 2017). The symposium was held at the Papal residence “Logos Center” at St Bishoy’s monastery, Wadi al Natrun, Egypt. The theme for this symposium was "Christianity & Monasticism in …
Every new Priest straight after his ordination he seeks a Monastery (a very remote and quiet place) to go to and spend “ 40 days” there, for many benefits such as: To be away from every one; his family, relatives and his friends and be only with God, to know more about Him through meditations …
Two Decades in establishment of a Monastery are very important to notice, not in the growth of the buildings or the growth in number of Monks but in the kind of the proper Monastic life that had been achieved by the Monks. It is known very well that All of us as Servants of God …
In the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, One God Amen. May His grace and blessings be bestowed upon us, from now and forever, Amen. May you remain healthy this year of 2017 and every year, and during the Glorious feast of the Nativity on January 7th, according to the eastern calendar, …
