THE CHURCH AND IT’S THREE SPRINGS
Like a deer that longs for springs of water, so my soul longs for you, O God. Now just as those deer long for springs of water, so do our deer. Fleeing Egypt –...
Feast of Nayrouz
By: Fr Tadros Y. Malaty
Our celebration of the feast of Nayrouz is an active form of witnessing to the Holy Trinity, the Lover of Mankind, who works in and for us. We experience the sweetness of the...
The Feast of Nayrouz
By: His Holiness Pope Shenouda III
The Feast of Nayrouz means the feast of commemorating the martyrs and we do not commemorate the martyrs once a year, but it is as if we commemorate them every day....
SAYINGS OF THE CHURCH FATHERS ON OUR LADY THE VIRGIN MARY
“O sinner, be not discouraged, but have recourse to St. Mary in all you necessities. Call her to your assistance, for such is the divine Will that she...
Church Fathers on Mary as Ark of the New Covenant
St. Proclus (died 446 or 447)
“Let the woman haste hither, for the woman shows not the tree of death, but brings forth the tree of life: the virgins...the mothers also, for the...
Our need for Christ
The greatest experience which strongly drew my attention during my early Christian life is that whenever I felt my want of so many things in my dealings with the people, the Church...
I want nothing from the world
I want nothing from the world.., for the world has nothing to be desired. The desires of the world are only attractive to those who value them.
I want nothing of the world,...
Desert Fathers on Fasting
A leader of a community asked Abba Poemen: “How can I gain the fear of God?” Abba Poemen replied: “How indeed can we gain the fear of God when we have bellies full of...
Fasting is the champion of every virtue, the beginning of the struggle, the crown of the abstinent, the beauty of virginity and holiness, the resplendence of chastity, the commencement of the path of Christianity, the mother of...
CHRIST THE NEW MOSES
The Israelites witnessed marvels; you also will witness marvels, greater and more splendid than those which accompanied them on their departure from Egypt.
BAPTISM & THE RED SEA
You did not see Pharaoh drowned with his...
