Jihad of the believing soul
Self-commitment to vigilance 38. We must always be alert and watchful, because the Word of God leaps like a gazelle or an elk (Song of Songs 2:9) […]
Selections from the articles of Saint Aphrahat, 14-22
The Fourteenth Article Convincing Proofs The Sins of the Princes! [The princes rose up among our people, and forsook the law and boasted in iniquity. They acquired good things, but covetousness overcame them.
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Part Three: Chapter Four: The Covenant
We mean by it the covenant that God made with His people in Sinai, which is the stage of the beginning of the fulfillment of God’s promise in a covenant associated with Him.
Sermon Sixteen: The Epistle to the Romans - Chapter Eight: 28-39
“And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God” (Romans 8:28). 1 It seems to me that he is speaking
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Sermon fifteen: The Epistle to the Romans - Chapter Eight: 12-27
“So then, brothers, we are not debtors to the flesh, to live according to the flesh. For if you live according to the flesh, you will die. But if you live according to the flesh, you will die.
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January the Martyr, our venerable father among the saints and his companions
Saint January was born in Naples, Italy. This is according to the claim of one group, while others return him to Benevento, where he later became bishop
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James the Confessor, Bishop of Catania
Jacob committed to the ascetic life from an early age. He became a monk in the Studio Monastery in Constantinople and became a student of Saint Theodoros, who revived him in
Agathangelos, the new sailor in Martyrs
He was born in Enos to Christian parents. At his baptism, he took the name Athanasius. His parents died and the family lived in poverty, which led to...
Hippolytus the Martyr, Bishop of Rome
We know only a little information about the life of Saint Hippolytus of Rome, who was martyred around the year 235. We cannot determine a date.
Mama, the holy martyr
Saint Mama was born in Asia Minor (Türkiye) in the year 275 AD. His parents were a devout Christian couple, so the governors arrested them and imprisoned them
Chapter Nine - The Person of God-Man
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 nine holy martyrs martyred in Kyzikos
They are Theognetus, Rufus, Antipatros, Theosticus, Artamon, Magnus, Theodotus, Thomasius, and Philemon. They came from different places and their ages varied. Their positions in society varied
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