وَدُعِيَ التَّلاَمِيذُ «مَسِيحِيِّينَ» فِي أَنْطَاكِيَةَ أَوَّلًا.
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The nature of the church
The Church was founded by Christ. The first thing that appears in the New Testament is the Evangelist Matthew, when the Apostle Peter promises that...
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Lenten Sunday saints
They are three saints. The first of them is Saint Gregory Palamas, Bishop of Thessalonica, whom we celebrate on the second Sunday. The second of them is Saint John
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Theodorus of Tarsus, Bishop of Canterbury
We celebrate him and the Latin Church on September 19. Theodoros was born in the year 602 in Tarsus (Cilicia), which is the city of Saint Paul the Apostle.
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08:40-56 – The healing of the woman with the issue of blood and the raising of Jairus’ daughter
40 And when Jesus returned, the crowd received him, because they were all waiting for him. 41 And behold, a man named Jairus came, and he was the ruler of the synagogue,
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From the sayings of the spiritual father known as the Sheikh, “Education for Beginners” - Part Four
A brother asked an old man: “O father, I desire to protect my heart.” The sheikh said to him: “How can you guard your heart and your mouth, which...
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Continuation of the eighteenth sermon: The Epistle to the Romans - Chapter Eleven: 1-6
As St. Paul did in previous issues, he points out paradoxes in relation to the law and in relation to the people who were facing condemnation.
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Chapter Two - Knowing the Truth
أ – معرفة الله لا نقصد بمعرفة الله، إدراكه بالمنطق، بل اللقاء الشخصي معه. فعندما يستسلم المرء بكليته لله ويرغب
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Chapter Twenty-Two - The Saints of Our Church
A - The lives of the saints are an image of the life of Christ. The Lord Jesus said: “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not wander in darkness, but
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Mitrofan, the new martyr, Archbishop of Astrakhan
Archbishop Mitrofan was distinguished as a venerable preacher, an able administrator, an active worker in the church vineyard, and a man of prayer. His name was in the world