Have you ever looked around your classroom or your workplace and noticed that only a small percentage of the people seem to be doing all the work? Have you ever noticed that an even smaller percentage of the people do a lot of work and never get credit or acknowledgement? Have you also noticed that it is the tiniest percentage …
The Seven Major Feasts of our Lord
Why do we celebrate so many wonderful feasts in our church? To celebrate and re-live the occasion, to truly appreciate the joy of our Orthodox church & also to know what the main feasts are in our Orthodox Church as the verse says, “Rejoice in the Lord and again I will say rejoice” (Philippians 4:4). One of the main characteristics …
Preparing to Fast for the Great Lent
The power of fasting as it relates to prayer is the spiritual atomic bomb that our Lord has given us to destroy the strongholds of evil and usher in a great revival and spiritual harvest around the world. One of the first things we consider when planning a trip is where we are going — our destination. Great Lent is …
فضيلة التطلع للسماء
كلمة قداسة البابا فى قداس عيد اليلاد ٢٠۱٧ بسم الآب و الابن و الروح القدوس ، الإله الواحد آمين ، تحل علينا نعمته وبركته من الآن وإلى الأبد آمين. أهنئكم أيها الأحباء بعيد الميلاد المجيد والعام الجديد ٢٠۱٧ . أودّ أن أرسل التحية لكل الشهداء الذين سالت دماؤهم لتصير الكنيسة البطرسية كنيسة الشهداء وبشفاعتهم نعيش ونخدم ، ونصلي من أجل …
خواطر روحية – مذكرات خادم
خادم : ما ھذا الطلب الغريب الذي تطلبه مني، انا لست كأي أحد . من، أنا من شعب ﷲ شعبك !!!؟ من ھم ھؤلاء حتي أذھب لأتكلم معھم عنك !! الله: . … حب كل خليقتي ٌ حبني ؛ ست ٌ إن كنت ت . ما صنعت يداي ٌكل والأھم ستسمع لكلامي خادم : لا …. ھناك سوء فھم يا …
في السجن ليلة عيد الميلاد
أختيار :ھنـــد نــــيروز ذھبت لأعظ ( محكوم عليھم بالأشغال الشاقة المؤبدة لجرائم قتل، في ٦٧) سجينا من بينھم ً سجن ” ميتشيجان ” بأمريكا، وھناك ألقيت عظة وبكيت كثيرا ﱠ ثم ﱠھت توج إلى ھؤلاء التعساء وكنت أمسك بيد الواحد بعد الآخر ﱢي وأصل لأجله، وبعد أن أنتھت الخدمة قال لي مأمور السجن: أتذكر أخر ً رجل؟ لا، أتريد أن تعرف …
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 …
All You Need Is Love
The phrase “I love you” has been known to be thrown around a lot! For example, your friend buys you something, “Omg I love you!”. Or when someone does something you want you would usually use the phrase “I love you” to thank them and to show your gratitude. But we usually don’t say it because we actually love them, …
The Liturgy of the Faithful
In the last articles we discovered the first two parts of the Holy Liturgy: Offering of the Lamb The Liturgy of the Word The Liturgy of the Faithful Today with the Grace of God we will talk about the Liturgy of the Faithful, which starts right after the Liturgy of the Word. Only believers are allowed to attend the Liturgy …
Virtue aspiration of the sky
In the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, one God, Amen, replace us his grace and blessing now and forever, Amen . I congratulate you on the Christmas and New Year ‘s beloved 2017 . I wish to send greetings for all the martyrs who shed their blood to become the Petrine ministry of the …