I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me, even if he dies, will live.
Sermons for the Triodi time
Section Three: Sermons for the Time of the Triodi His Beatitude Patriarch Ignatius IV (Hazeem) (*) One of the Pharisees and the tax collector, O God, give us the grace of the Pharisee humbler from
The vitality of tradition
The reality is that the Church, from the beginning, did not preserve its apostolic tradition as a rigid heritage, but rather used it not only as a basis for faith and for interpreting the Holy Bible.
Responding to those who say that there are two natures and two actions in man, it is necessary to say that there are three in Christ
How is man in two natures: Yes, man is, in everything, a compound of two natures, which are the soul and the body, and they are not in him.
Prayer at the beginning of the day for the fathers of the Optino wilderness
Help me, Lord, to face everything that this present day will bring for me in peace. I mean to surrender myself completely to your holy will. in every
From the teachings of the fathers, the elders of the wilderness - Part Six
Question: “Tell me, Father, how a person monitors his heart, how he fights against Satan, and whether he should block the entrance to speech.”
Abba Ayoub, Abba Pimin, their brothers, and Abba Barsanuphius
It was said that they were seven brothers from the same family. All of them became Scetis monks. When the Berbers came and destroyed the Sqit in the first batch,
Chapter Three: On lust
The Lord, to whom be glory, says: “...For whoever looks at a woman with lust for her has committed adultery with her in his heart” (Matthew 5:28). Jesus does not make
The danger of individualism in the Baptist community
Baptists believe that every human soul has “competence (or responsibility) in matters of religion.” In their opinion, every individual “enjoys the freedom to self-test
Preaching in the liturgical role
Introduction: Preaching Elements in the Prayers of the Early Church Perhaps many of the first prayers, and in thanksgiving itself, were sermons, and carried