I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me, even if he dies, will live.
Part Two: The Bible and human science
Chapter One: Defining the Problem We now move to a complex topic, which is defining the relationship between the Bible and the human sciences in their data
The eleventh meeting: with Father Shermon (1) - about perfection
1- A description of the city of Thennesus. When we were in the childhood of our faith, we lived in a monastery in Syria, and we had advanced spiritually to some extent.
In the cross and faith
Beings cannot be created by human thinking - faith is a general necessity - What is faith: “The word of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing. As for us
John Damascene
Mansour ibn Sarjun, the name of Saint John, was born around the year 655 AD in Damascus, the capital of the Umayyads at that time, from an ancient family.
1:3 - God’s transcendence and condescension - God’s exaltation and presence -
لعلّ أوّل ما تعنيه لنا كلمة “الله” هي “الرفعة” عن هذا العالم الذي ننعته بالفساد والتبدّل والفناء… تلك الأمور التي
The first article: Paradise
The beauty of paradise: “And the Lord God planted a garden in Eden in the east, and there he placed the man whom he had formed” (Genesis 2:8
The secret of holy oil
هو واحد من الأسرار الكنسية التي تتيح لجميع الناس أن يلتقوا الله كمخلِّص في كل مراحل حياتهم، وتعينهم ليحقّقوا في
A pastoral view of the church
لم يُطرح في التاريخ سؤال: ما هي الكنيسة ؟ ليجاب عنه بتحديد أو تعريف. ذلك لأن الكنيسة ليست حدثاً جامداً
Christmas fast
The major church fasts that the Holy Church has determined are four: the Easter fast (which is the most famous and practiced by the Christians of our country) and the Apostles’ fast.