I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me, even if he dies, will live.
Clement the Martyr, Bishop of Ankara
Saint Clement is originally from Ankara in Galatia. He was born to a pagan father and a Christian mother, in the third century AD. When his parents died,
The holy icon, a historical and doctrinal overview
بداية استعمال الأيقونات: المؤرخ أفسابيوس يروي أنه شاهد تمثالاً للرب يسوع في بانياس جبل الشيخ، وأنه شاهد أيقونات حقيقية للرسل.
Church Fathers and the Old Testament
يعبّر القديس أوغسطين بشكل نموذجي عن الموقف الآبائي العام من الشريعة القديمة بقوله الشهير ” Novum Testamentum in Vetere latet.
11- 2 Timothy 3:10-17 - Persecutions are the way of life in Christ. Blessed are those who persevere to the end.
Text: 10 But you have followed my teaching, my conduct, my purpose, my faith, my patience, my love, my patience, 11 my persecutions, and my sufferings, just as I had done nv
Book Ten: In the Spirit of Boredom or Boredom
Resist boredom by working, not by running away! Saint John Cassian gives us a practical presentation on the problem of “boredom” that afflicts the monk in the afternoon.
Prostrating to icons
The origin of prostration for man is the presence of the image of God in him: - When some blamed us for prostrating to the images of the Savior and Our Lady the Virgin Mary and honoring them,
The marriage between depth and superficiality
من أعمق معاني الزواج، في المسيحيّة، هو العهد. والعهد التزام الآخر في كلّ تفاصيل حياته، والتزامه دائماً في نور الله
Chapter Three - Detailed Explanation of the Constitution: “And by the Holy Spirit”
20- And with the Holy Spirit, the letter “waw” and “waw” are the conjunctions. “The Holy Spirit” is connected to what came before it, meaning: “I believe in one God, the Father, and one Lord.”
Icon of Christ Almighty
Applying modern critical approaches to the art of icon painting is not sufficient, in itself, to understand these church images in all their dimensions. this