Our father Sheikh Yacoub, head of the Monastery of David the Righteous
1- The Sheikh’s lineage and his childhood years. Asia Minor, which gave birth to many saints in our church, is the homeland of Father Jacob. He was born in […]
Chapter Three: Belonging to the Church through rituals
1- The importance of rituals, their principle, and their nature in the church. We belong to the church by rituals in general, that is, by a set of symbols and movements (from candles, incense, and cycles).
Chapter One: The mystery or essence of the liturgy
Introduction We do not mean liturgy as a ritual, but rather the liturgy that is beyond the rituals. Rituals, as a group of different and diverse human movements, are a valuable heritage
Individual worship and group worship
Introduction In two different places in the Gospel of Matthew, two phrases about prayer appear that seem to contradict each other. In the Sermon on the Mount
The great sleep prayer
The Great Sleeping Prayer is recited during the days of Holy Lent every Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday evening until Great Tuesday evening. As recited
In neglecting church prayers
The question that worries the zealous in the church is: Why do most Orthodox people neglect collective prayers (especially Sunday Mass)? And who neglects?
The dawn prayer... also and again
In addition to our meeting in the church to receive the body and blood of the Lord in the sacrament of thanksgiving, we meet to hold other services of a praise nature.
Vespers
It is the first prayer in the order of daily praise services. We do not have any evidence that there was a special sunset service in the early church
Explanation of the magic prayer
The liturgical day in our church begins with Vespers the previous day. Prayers are distributed throughout the day and divided into seven