St Anastasia was from a noble family in the city of Constantinople. She was very beautiful and polite. Emperor Justin wanted to marry her as a second wife. She refused and told his wife. The empress sent her to Alexandria on a private ship, and built her convent outside the city and named it after her. When the emperor found …
St. Demiana
It’s not always easy to tell you friends in school that you’re Christian and that you are different. Jesus himself said that it will not be easy but he is always with us. Many of our Coptic saints’ story tell of how Jesus always strengthens his children. St Demiana was borne in a Christian family. Her dad built her a …
Christmas is almost here
When Archangel Gabriel told St. Mary that she is pregnant and that she is going to be the mother of Jesus, he also informed her that her cousin St. Elizabeth is also pregnant. Soon after, St. Mary decided to go see her cousin and help her out. St. Mary did not stop for a moment and think about herself and …
Running the Race
On August 1st (25th of Abib) we remember the departure of St. Thecla. She was from the city of Nicomedia; when St. Paul arrived in that city from Antioch, he stayed in Sefaros’ house. When she heard St Paul’s teaching, she looked out from the window to hear more of it because she loved it. Her parents got mad at …
Feast of the apostles
Our Church celebrates the memory of the martyrdom of St Peter and St Paul on the 5th of Abib which is the 12th of July. We honor these two apostles on the same day even though they are very different. St Peter was among the first to be chosen by Jesus to follow Him, but St Paul was chosen after …
Be Humble
In the Gospel, Jesus tells the story about two men praying in the temple. One of them was a Pharisee, always looked like he loved God, but on the inside he really only loved himself. The other man was a tax collector. The people in those days hated tax collectors because they took too much money and worked for their …
He is Risen
This month we are celebrating the greatest feast day in the year! Jesus has come back to life! Jesus died on the cross on Good Friday to take away our sons. But he didn’t just die, He came back to life again so that we could come back to life one day too. Jesus rose to raise us with Him …
The Great Lent
We have many fasts in our church: the Christmas fast called Advent, the great lent, the Apostles’ fast, The Virgin Mary’s fast, Jonah’s fast and every Wednesday and Friday of the week. The oldest of these fasts is the great lent! This fast is for 55 days = 1 preparation week + 40 days as our Lord Jesus fasted for …
Going to church
Suppose your parents tell you: “tomorrow we are going to visit a king in his palace!” what would you do? You are going to be excited, wear very nice and fancy clothing. You are probably also going to want to come early to get a good seat in the palace and you will behave very properly in the presence of …
It’s Time to get Ready for Christmas!
The Nativity fast started a while back and it will be Christmas very soon! It’s time to get ready! Our beautiful church helps us get ready in many different ways. First, we have the fast, where we give up something earthly to get ready to celebrate Jesus’ birth for us. Then we have the Kiahk Praises which happen every Saturday …