“When we have attained some degree of holiness we should always repeat to ourselves the words of the Apostle: “Yet not I, but the g...

The soul cannot know peace unless she prays for her enemies. The soul that has learned of God’s grace to pray, feels love and comp...

Our Lord Jesus Christ, gave a sign to His servants, who do fear him, to escape from the face of the bows Ⲁⲡⲉⲛⲟⲥ̅ Ⲓⲏⲥⲟⲩⲥ Ⲡⲓⲭⲣⲓⲥⲧⲟⲥ : ϯⲛ̀ⲟ...

The souls of the righteous become heavenly light, the Lord Himself told the apostles, when He said, Ye are the light of the world.. You ...

THE FIRST MONTH 2 Toot (Tout, Thout, Tut) (Coptic Synaxarium) = Meskerem 02 (Ethiopian Synaxarium) IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER AND THE SON...

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...