Our relationship with the saints makes heaven close to earth, and we say everyday in the synxarion: “we celebrate on this day the life of this or that saint”, therefore today we will be talking about the saintly life and so we don’t think that the saintly life is only for particular individuals but for …
Spring of Spiritual Life Spiritual life is just like physical life, it passes through the four seasons throughout the persons lifespan. This fasting period has many names, for instance we say Holy fast because all its days are precious or we call it the Big fast due to being the longest fast of the year …
THE DEPENDENCE OF THE CREATION ON THE CHILD OF SWADDLING CLOTHES O wise man, come, see the babe in the swaddling clothes, recognize in Him how the whole creation depends on His bidding. Again wonder at Him, while placed in the manger in Ephrathah He was governing the sea and the land together with His …
The Beauty of the Night By: Pope Shenouda III “I Sought Him, But I Did Not Find Him” Song of Solomon 3:1 By night on my bed I sought the one I love; I sought him, but I did not find him. Our spiritual life is not all about the pleasures that we experience in …
A NEW SONG Sing to the Lord a new song; his praise is in the assembly of the saints (Psalm 149:1). We are urged to sing a new song to the Lord, as new men who have learned a new song. A song is a thing of joy; more profoundly, it is a thing of …
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 – that is, fleeing worldly things – they have killed Pharaoh and drowned all his army …
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 Father's love who awaits our coming, the grace of the Only Begotten Son who …
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. If those among you read the Synaxarium you will find that every day it …
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 should help in every kind of necessity.” - St. Basil the Great “Him whom the heavens cannot …
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 Virgin Mother has amended the tree of disobedience by the tree of life. The female …
