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St. Mary of Egypt

St. Mary of Egypt

Introduction The story of St. Mary of Egypt first circulated among the monastic communities of the Eastern Church in the early sixth century. Her story spread very quickly to the West, and by the end of the century she was well known throughout all... Read more...
Seventh Sunday in the Great Lent : : Palm Sunday

Seventh Sunday in the Great Lent : : Palm Sunday

Today is the seventh Sunday in the Great Lent and is known as “Hosanna Sunday&rdquo...
Six Sunday in the Great Lent :: Baptism Sunday

Six Sunday in the Great Lent :: Baptism Sunday

Today is the sixth Sunday in the Great Lent and is known as “Baptism Sunday” t...
Fifth Sunday of the Great Lent, The Paralyzed Man

Fifth Sunday of the Great Lent, The Paralyzed Man

TAKE YOUR BED AND WALK The passage of the holy gospel which speaks about the Pool of Silo...
Fifth Sunday of the Great Lent:The Lame Man

Fifth Sunday of the Great Lent:The Lame Man

Today is the fifth Sunday in the Great Lent and is known as The Lame Man Sunday with a mea...
 

إبراهيم

إبراهيم"إبراهيم خليلي" (إش 41: 8)مقدمة - إبراهيم وصداقة الله الجاذبة - إبراهيم وصداقة الله الصانع...

St. Mary of Egypt

St. Mary of Egypt Introduction The story of St. Mary of Egypt first circulated among the monastic communities of the Eastern Church in the early sixth century. Her story spread very quic...

Annunciation of John the Baptist to Zacharias

Annunciation of John the Baptist to Zacharias October 7, 2007 | Thoout 26, 1724 I would like first to make two important observations: First observation: These verses narrate the birth of John the Baptist. The Coptic...

Why did God become man?

Why did God become man? For if a king, having founded a house or city, if it be beset by bandits from the carelessness of its inmates, does not by any means neglect it, but avenges and reclaims ...
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Third Sunday : Samaritan Woman

Third Sunday : Samaritan Woman Today is the third Sunday of the Holy Fifty days.  The Liturgy Gospel reading is from the Gospel according to St John (4:1-42) This section of the Holy Gospel is rea...
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Saint Mark the Evangelist

Saint Mark the Evangelist On this day (Baramouda 30), which coincided with the 26th. of April 68 A.D., the great apostle St. Mark, the evangelist of the land of Egypt, was martyred. He was the fir...

 

How to Benefit from Holy Week

by H.H. Pope Shenouda III

 

Holy Week Treasure Map

 

Pascha Wednesday

“The Church Pours Ointment” :: Commentary on Matthew, p. 26 Many have met the Lord Jesus representatives of the catholic church, for He is the bridegroom. But this woman seems to me she has surpassed them all, after the Mother of God Saint Mary who has carried the Lord in the womb. She is the symbol of the church, and His Kingdom has been carried inside her, the mystery of the church’s life and its joy.”

 

Pascha Thursday Evening

The Jews, Judas, and Satan :: Commentary on Luke, Homily 140. Let us see the course of the devil’s spite and the result of his crafty plans against Christ.  The devil had implanted in the leasers of the Jewish synagogue envy against Christ, which even leads to murder.  This disorder always leads, so to speak, to the guilt of murder.  At least, this is the natural course of this vice.  It was the way with Cain and Abel, and it clearly was so in the case of Joseph and his brothers. The divine Paul also very clearly makes these sins neighbors and relatives of one another.  He spoke of some as full of envy and murder. [Rom. 1:29]

 

Pascha Thursday

Tractate 61 on John, NPNF, s. 1, v. 7 What he meant by saying “in His bosom,” he tells us a little further on, where he says, “on the breast of Jesus.” It was that very John whose Gospel is before us, as he afterwards expressly declares. For it was a custom with those who have supplied us with the sacred writings, that when any of them was relating the divine history, and came to something affecting himself, he spoke as if it were about another; and gave himself a place in the line of his narrative becoming one who was the recorder of public events, and not as one who made himself the subject of his preaching.