The Christmas hymn (*), 1 - Christ was born and they glorified him. Christ came from the heavens and they received him. Christ came to earth and they glorified him. “Praise the Lord […]
On Theophany or the Birth of Christ - a sermon by Saint Gregory the Theologian Continue reading »
David the Prophet says, “Blow the trumpet at the beginning of the month for our joyful feast day” (1). The commandments concerning God-inspired teaching (David
A sermon on the birth of the Lord by Saint Gregory of Nyssa Continue reading »
“She laid him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn” (Luke 2:7). “His mother laid him in a manger.” Joseph did not dare
On the Birth of the Lord, a sermon by Saint Jerome (Jerome) Continue reading »
His life: He was born as Valentin Feliksovich on April 27, 1877 in Kirish (eastern Crimea) and his family members were employees.
Luke the Confessor, Saint and Russian physician, Bishop of Simferopol Continue reading »
The life of the saints is the life of Christ himself, continuing throughout the ages. We are united to them on the basis of the human nature that Christ reformed through his incarnation, death and resurrection. In the divine liturgy, and especially the Eucharist, we participate in the life of Christ and its events and in the life of the saints, because we are all one body, Christ, the saints and ourselves, and we are all “one in Christ Jesus.”
After Emperor Decius (249-251 AD) assumed power, he ordered the persecution of Christians throughout the Roman Empire. So Antipater, governor of Achaia, took advantage
المسيح إله تام وإنسان تام، وحّد في شخصه جوهر الألوهة وجوهر الطبيعة الإنسانية التي اتّخذها كلها، جسداً ونفساً ناطقة، أخذها كلها لكي يقدسها. والحقيقة انه كان كاملاً، أي حائزاً الطبيعة الإلهية كلها، واتخذني بكلّيتي، أي اتخذ الطبيعة الإنسانية كلها. فوحّد الكل بالكل لكي يمنح الخلاص للكل، أي للطبيعة كلها، لأن ما لا يُتّخذ لا يشفى.
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.
Novel events: A monk named Silas from the Opus Dei association kills the director of the Louvre Museum, Jacques Saunière, who is the head of a secret association whose mission is...
The birthday of Christ as a human being is the head of the feasts, according to what Saint John Chrysostom says. All other feasts of the Lord - Apparition,
{magictabs} In Antioch:: His birth and childhood: He saw the light in Antioch between the years 345 and 349, but Dr. Asad Rustam is more likely and says
