Chapter One: Introduction
Introduction Judaism preceded Christianity in existence. It is attributed to Abraham, his son Isaac, and his grandson Jacob, the father of the twelve tribes. However, she did not […]
Chapter Twenty-Eight - The Ritual Year
The life of the saints is the life of Christ himself, continuing throughout the ages. We are united to them on the basis of the human nature that Christ reformed through his incarnation, death and resurrection. In the divine liturgy, and especially the Eucharist, we participate in the life of Christ and its events and in the life of the saints, because we are all one body, Christ, the saints and ourselves, and we are all “one in Christ Jesus.”
John the Baptist, the glorious forerunner
Saint John the Baptist is the only figure after the Mother of God, Saint Mary, to whom the Church devotes several feasts a year: The Conception
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Gregory I - the Logos - Pope of Rome
The Mass known as “Pre-sanctified” is attributed to him, which is held during the days of Great Lent, except for Saturdays and Sundays. He is called Saint
Chapter Five: Liturgy, prayer, and our personal life
The life of prayer is our personal, conscious life in God, because everything, our being and our movement, enters into it. All of our lives and relationships are with God
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Chapter Three: Belonging to the Church through rituals
1- The importance of rituals, their principle, and their nature in the church. We belong to the church by rituals in general, that is, by a set of symbols and movements (from candles, incense, and cycles).
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In order to better understand the Divine Liturgy
Introduction These pages are not a new translation of the Divine Liturgy service written by Saint John Chrysostom. Nor is it a study for this service
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Theophanes the Recluse, the righteous saint
The Russian Church canonized him in 1988 AD on the occasion of the millennium feast of the Baptism of the Russian people. He is rightly considered one of the most prominent makers of the spiritual renaissance
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Introduction to preaching
A. Definition: The subject of homiletics is the scientific study of the methodology and approaches of Christian preaching. It studies the history of preaching and its references as well as its development.
Benedict the Great
The basic reference for the biography of Saint Benedict (in Arabic, Mubarak), whom the Church celebrates on the fourteenth of March, was prepared by the writer.
Basil the Great
His life Saint Basil was born in Caesarea, Cappadocia[1] in the year 330 AD. From a prominent aristocratic family. His paternal grandfather was called Basilius. He left everything