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Why Do The Monks Wear Black? - St Shenouda Monastery Pimonakhos Articles

Why Do the Monks wear Black? It has been recorded in the monastic literature such as the (Historia Monachorum) that the community of monks that gathered around abba Apollo looked like an “army of angels, drawn up in perfect order, robed in white.” It also says about abba Or that the monks lived with him …

Why Do We Address The Bishop As 'My Lord'? - St Shenouda Monastery Pimonakhos Articles

Why do we address Bishops as Rabbi “My lord”? While we have one Lord God. Who said: "But you, do not be called 'Rabbi'; for One is your Teacher, the Christ, and you are all brethren”. (Mat 23:8) The Lord Jesus uttered these words to criticise the pride of the pharisees and the scribes. (Mat …

Singing The Psalms - St Shenouda Monastery Pimonakhos Articles

The brethren said, “By what means did the Fathers sing the Psalms of the Holy Spirit without wandering of mind?” The old man said, “First of all they accustomed themselves whenever they stood up to sing the service in their cells to labor with great care to collect their minds from wandering, and to understand …

Relaxation During Pentecost - St Shenouda Monastery Pimonakhos Articles

How can one practice relaxation of fast during the Pentecost and still keep his spiritual life intact? St John Cassian answers this question in his Conferences as follows: The celebration of the aforesaid days is to be observed in such a way, that the relaxation which has been conceded helps rather than hinders the well …

How do I convince my family and friend about my monastic calling? - St Shenouda Monastery Pimonakhos Articles

How do I convince my family and friend about my monastic calling? When Moses asked Pharaoh to let the children of Israel go to the wilderness to worship their God, Pharaoh refused and even gave orders to his workers, “You shall no longer give the people straw to make brick as before. Let them go …

St Shenouda In The Western World - St Shenouda Monastery Pimonakhos Articles

Unfortunately St Shenouda , such a great saint and prolific author is still relatively unexamined by western historians of Christianity for several reasons. First, St. Shenouda remains unmentioned in Greek and Latin writings about Egyptian monasticism. Second, St. Shenouda has been depicted in historiography as a man more violent and less intellectually sophisticated than his …

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