3:7 - Corrections to phenomena in our church life
1. Theologians and non-theologians One of the common mistakes in our church life is determining the identity of the theologian first. Secondly, as a result, people were separated […]
2:4 – The beginning of the spiritual life
“Behold, I stand at the door and knock. Whoever hears my voice and opens the door; I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me” (Revelation 3:20)
Part Two - 2 - Two treatises on virginity
In 1752 AD, Wetstein discovered in the library of “The Remonstrants” in Amsterdam a text in Syriac by Syric Peschitta of two letters addressed to the celibate.
Chapter Twenty-Nine - Orthodox Virtues
Man’s true nature and true life do not emanate from earthly data, but from the Triune God Himself, because man is the image of God. If we want to seek man’s true life, we must draw near to God and savor His life. Only life close to God is “natural,” that is, life that corresponds to man’s true nature. As for distance from God, it is “unnatural.”
Our father Sheikh Yacoub, head of the Monastery of David the Righteous
1- The Sheikh’s lineage and his childhood years. Asia Minor, which gave birth to many saints in our church, is the homeland of Father Jacob. He was born in
John the Fast, Patriarch of Constantinople
John was born in the sixth century and grew up in Constantinople. He practiced sculpture like his father, and he loved God from an early age. He knew about it
Hilarion the new righteous saint
He lived in the eighth century, became a monk when he was young, and worked very hard in the paths of asceticism and continuous prayer. Purified from every passion by the grace of God.
Mark the Hermit, the righteous saint
We do not know much about the life of Saint Mark, who lived in the fifth century AD. Intimidation near Ankara, Asia
The righteous Maria of Bithynia
She is the only daughter of a man named Avgalius, from Bithynia, one of the provinces of Asia Minor. He was powerful, had wealth, prestige, and virtue. His wife left him
Cosmas of Jerusalem, the founder, Bishop of Mayuma
Cosmas was born in Jerusalem, but he was orphaned early, so the father of Saint John of Damascus, Sergius, took him to him, perhaps because of their kinship. Long live Cosmas and John
Saint Flacius, Bishop of Sebastia
This saint was a doctor, and due to his piety and strong faith, he was ordained a priest and then bishop of the city of Sebastia in the country of Armenia. after
Gregory Palamas the Wonderworker
The life of our righteous father in Saints Gregory Palamas, the miraculous and brilliant archbishop of Thessaloniki in the fourteenth century. He wrote a biography