The great saint, Abba Takla Haymanot has a very prominent position in the Coptic Orthodox Church. The church celebrates an annual feast ...

This was the world at whose gate unhappy I lay in my boyhood; this the stage where I had feared more to commit a barbarism, than having ...

God the Father arranged the nuptials for God, His Son, when, in the womb of the Virgin, He united Him to humanity, when He willed that H...

When the angel revealed his message to the Virgin Mary, he gave her a sign to win her trust. He told her of the motherhood of an...

Mary carried Fire in her hands, and embraced Flame with her arms. To the Flame she gave her breasts to suck, to the Nourisher of all she ...

By St. Augustine Stretching out his hand over his disciples, the Lord Christ declared: Here are my mother and my brothers; anyone...

The book of Psalms heals the old wounds of the soul and gives relief to recent ones. It cures the illnesses and preserves the health of ...

Just as a father who loves his children makes his sons dine with him but when he sees they are conducting themselves carelessly wit...


Since St Paul feels that he is obligated to fulfil the "Mystery of Christ" through the grace, enduring all difficulties fo...

When the Lord told his disciples to go and teach all nations and baptise them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy S...

Yesterday I was crucified with Him;  Today I am glorified with Him;  Yesterday I died with Him;  Today I am quickened with ...

By - H.H. Pope Shenouda III How do we enjoy the most spiritual week of the year? 1. Our behavior inside and outside churc...

The word of God is a spring of light. The light therefore fills, and the light shines, and illumines the senses of the faithful. F...

The devil approaches the God-man with temptations. Who among men is free of them? He who goes according to the will of the evil one does...

The history of Jonah contains a great mystery. For it seems that the fish signifies Time, ‎which never stands still, but is always...

You are the God who works wonders; you have made known your might among the peoples. You with your arm redeemed your people, the childre...

St. Ephrem the Syrian writes, “The Lord of David and Son of David hid His glory in swaddling clothes. His swaddling clothe...

A Prayer of Praise to Virgin Mary O pure and immaculate and likewise blessed Virgin, who art the sinless Mother of thy Son, the migh...

For what profit is it to know the truth in words,  and to pollute the flesh and perform the works of evil?  Or what profit can pu...

Great-martyr Mercurius (224 – 250) was a Christian saint and martyr. Born Philopateer in the city of Rome, his original name mean...