“A faithful friend is an elixir of life… A faithful friend is a sturdy shelter” (Ecc 6: 14,16). For what...
Christian Behaviour According to St. Pope Kyrollos VI
Christian Behaviour: according to the Saint Pope Kyrollos the Sixth, is a great little book that captures the spirituality of...
H.H. Pope Kyrillos VI – On The Divine Liturgy
In a letter to a monk ordained a priest, H.H Pope Kyrillos wrote, “Grace and peace from our Lord, God...
Monastic Poverty And Real Poverty
We may at times mix between ‘monastic poverty’ and ‘real poverty’ when we read the life of a saint or...
Tears in the Life of Saints
Saint Arsenius is one of the saints who became very famous for his weeping. It is said that his eyelashes...
On Poverty
You will be proclaimed charitable, not simply because you have refused to accept something from another person, but rather you...
Is Monasticism for me?
Monasticism is not like you see it in movies. It is not like you read of it in books. It...
St. Macarius The Great
Saint Macarius (which means blessed) the Great was born in the year 295, in a village named Shabsheer, to pious...
Abba Shenouda Taught Me
St. Shenouda the Archimandrite (348-466 A.D.) was the abbot of the White Monastery of Atribe in the desert of Thebes,...
Obstacles To Reading The Bible
“Ignorance of the Scriptures is ignorance of Christ” – St. Jerome We all know that the reading of the Bible is...