On Repentance - Two Letters by Saint Ambrose, Bishop of Milan
Introduction God…the friend of sinners Your thirst for a friend Man as a social creature, fears loneliness and dreads isolation and stillness, longs to satisfy his heart, no
Explanation of the first chapter of the Gospel of Mark
A – Messianic Beginnings 1:1-13 The Messiah’s Precursor: “The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God” (Mark 1:1). The passage (1:1-8) constitutes
Renewal among Baptists
Baptists do not believe in the teaching of the Church regarding the renewal of believers through the sacraments (1), especially the sacrament of baptism. Therefore they wrote a strange teaching that does not take,
The nature of the church
The Church was founded by Christ. The first thing that appears in the New Testament is the Evangelist Matthew, when the Apostle Peter promises that...
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.”
Chapter Nineteen - Repentance in our lives
المعمودية تُدخل الإنسان حلبة روحية، فيُدعى إلى الجهاد ضد قوى الشر التي تهاجمه من الخارج بواسطة حواسه التي تولِّد الأهواء. فلا بدّ له إذاً من أن يطرح جانباً كل ما يبعده عن محبة الله، وكل ما يقوده إلى المظاهر الأنانية التي تشوِّه محبة الله والإخوة، حتى يبقى منتصراً في معركته ضد الأهواء والميول الأنانية.
Saint Macarius, Bishop of Corinth
He was born in Corinth in 1731 AD. He tended to liturgical services and acts of piety since his youth. His father used to assign him to collect rents from...
Martinianus the Palestinian, the righteous saint
On the thirteenth of February, the Holy Church commemorates Saint Martinian of Palestine, who was a model of repentance. His biography teaches us
Maryam the Egyptian
Saint Mary was born in the Egyptian countryside in the early fourth century AD, and when she was twelve years old she went secretly
Sisui the Great, Saint Monk
Saint Sissoye was born in Egypt around the year 339 AD. He felt an urge to follow the path of Saint Anthony, so he left the world
Sermons for the Triodi time
أحد الفريسي والعشار: اللهم أعطنا نعمة الواضع الفرّيسي من هو؟ هو ذاك الذي إذا قيس بغيره من اليهود تميّز بمعرفته كتابه
Christodoulos of Katunaki
He is one of the most prominent faces who shined in holy asceticism and jihad. He asceticized for nearly 60 years in the Katonaki rites. It was a hotbed