Chapter 36-40
Chapter Thirty-Six: Prophecies about the greatness of Christ and about [the flight] to Egypt...etc. 1 - But what king ever reigned and conquered […]
A sermon on the birth of the Lord by Saint Gregory of Nyssa
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
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On the Birth of the Lord, a sermon by Saint Jerome (Jerome)
“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
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Star of the East - Two Sermons on the Magi by Saint John Chrysostom
First Sermon (*) “And when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of King Herod, behold, wise men from the east came
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Saint Theodosius, head of monasteries
Theodosius was born in a village in Cappadocia called Mogarisos to pious parents, where his mother became a monk in her old age, and her son Theodosius became her father.
02:13_23 – Escape to Egypt and return to Nazareth
Text:13 And after they had departed, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream, saying, “Arise, take the child and his mother, and flee to Egypt, and remain there.”
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02:11 - Gifts of the Magi - gold, frankincense and myrrh
Text:11 And they came to the house and saw the child with Mary his mother. So they fell down and worshiped him. Then they opened their treasures and presented him with gifts: gold and frankincense.
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The Fatimid state
The Fatimids and the Church 843-1025 Shiites: The Shiites of Ali still demanded the caliphate for him and his descendants and considered themselves more deserving of it. The Abbasid caliphs warned them.
Romanos of Homsi, the chanter
We do not know much about Saint Romanos, but we know that he was born in the city of Homs and became a deacon of the Church of Beirut, then moved to