A - Messianic Beginnings 1:1-13 The forerunner of the Messiah: “The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God,” (Mark 1:1). The passage (1:1-8) constitutes […]
Explanation of the first chapter of the Gospel of Mark Continue reading »
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 Church was founded by Christ. The first thing that appears in the New Testament is the Evangelist Matthew, when the Apostle Peter promises that...
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.”
Baptism introduces man into a spiritual arena, calling him to struggle against the forces of evil that attack him from without through his senses that generate passions. He must therefore cast aside everything that distances him from the love of God, and everything that leads him to selfish manifestations that distort the love of God and his brothers, in order to remain victorious in his battle against passions and selfish tendencies.
Chapter Nineteen - Repentance in our lives Continue reading »
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...
On the thirteenth of February, the Holy Church commemorates Saint Martinian of Palestine, who was a model of repentance. His biography teaches us
Martinianus the Palestinian, the righteous saint Continue reading »
Saint Mary was born in the Egyptian countryside in the early fourth century AD, and when she was twelve years old she went secretly
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
Section Three: Sermons for the Time of the Triodi His Beatitude Patriarch Ignatius IV (Hazeem) (*) One of the Pharisees and the tax collector, O God, give us the grace of the Pharisee humbler from
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
On Holy Thursday we followed Jesus into the upper room. Today, on Good Friday (49), we will follow him to Calvary. We will not follow him
