You are here: Main » priest

priest

In the priesthood

Introduction: We publish below, “lessons” that the monks of Deir al-Harf received in the year 1962 from the mouth of Father Andre Scrima, in the French language.

Chapter Seventeen - Reunification

Before Christ's sacrifice on the cross, He offered up a fervent prayer for all who would believe in His name, asking His Father to preserve them in divine unity. These words of Christ are not a call to external unity, but to absolute internal unity, similar to the unity of the three persons in the Holy Trinity, that is, to the unity that man lost because of the fall. They are based on the three persons and are represented by them, and signify man's salvation and perfection.

Chapter One: Lost Biblical Thought

يُفترض بكهنة المسيح ألا يبشِّروا، من منبر الوعظ على الأقل، بأفكارهم الخاصة لأن الأيدي تُوضع عليهم في الكنيسة للتبشير بكلمة الله. فيُسلَّم إليهم إنجيل يسوع المسيح وتُودع عندهم الرسالة الخالدة والفريدة. لذلك يُنتظر منهم نشر “الإيمان الذي أُعطي للقديسين” وحفظه.

No Icon

Saint Anthony, the martyr

This saint’s name was “Ruh” before he was converted to the Christian faith. He was one of the nobles of the city of Damascus, and he lived near a monastery

Scroll to Top