Abba Moses the Ethiopian, a Captain of Thieves There was a certain man whose name was Moses, was by race an Ethiopian, and his skin was black. He was the slave of a man in high authority. Because of his evil deeds and thefts his master drove him out of his house. It is said …
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 …
A Notification From GodBy John-Paul Botros Every discerning Christian knows that they are to live ‘In this world, but not of this world’. “For God created man for immortality, and made him an image of his own eternity.” – Wisdom of Solomon 2:23 So how do we keep an ‘eternal perspective’ in this age of …
I Rejoice in My Chains- Experiences from Jail ‘I was aiming for a life like this, in which a person would live in total isolation and in continual connection with God. However, God did not allow this for me. When President Sadat allowed me to go and spend forty months in the monastery, I took …
By: Rodney Stark At the height of the second great epidemic, around 260, in his Easter letter, Dionysius Patriarch of Alexandria wrote a lengthy tribute to the heroic nursing efforts of local Christians, many of whom lost their lives while caring for others. Most of our brother Christians showed unbounded love and loyalty, never sparing …
We should understand, beloved, that the paschal mystery is at once old and new, transitory and eternal, corruptible and incorruptible, mortal and immortal. In terms of the Law it is old, in terms of the Word it is new. In its figure it is passing, in its grace it is eternal. It is corruptible in …
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 …
“Lord, in their trouble they have visited you. They poured out a prayer when your chastening was upon them” Is 26:16 It is as though Gods chastisement causes distress from outside, yet it results to continue growth in glory. The cause of strength is not in the distress, but in the hidden hand of God, …
Now, do you have another road that leads to repentance? If so, which one? The one that mourns the sin. Have you sinned? Mourn and you annul the sin. How toilsome is this? I do not require of you anything more than to mourn the sin. I am not telling you to cleave the oceans …
Suffering Job On both sides, beloved, reap the utmost gain, and avoid the imitation of Adam knowing how many ills are begotten of laziness and imitate the piety of Job, learning how many glorious things spring from earnestness. Consider him, the conqueror throughout, and you shall have much consolation in all pain and peril. For …
