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المرأة السامرية

المرأة السامرية من أجمل ما في العهد الجديد إنجيل السامرية الذي رواه يوحنا. يقول ان يسوع اتى الى مدينة في السامرة تدعى سوخار. وهي قائمة حتى اليوم قرب نابلس. ولا يزال فيها تلك البئر المذكورة في الإنجيل وبجوارها كنيسة أرثوذكسية، وقد رأيت بنفسي هذا المكان قبل ان تنشأ دولة إسرائيل. سكان هذه المنطقة السامريون انشقّوا [...]

By |2022-12-30T18:17:49-07:00December 30th, 2022|Uncategorized|Comments Off on المرأة السامرية

The Fathers Speak…

Prayer: Prayer, according to its quality, is communion and union of man with God, by its action it upholds the world. It is reconciliation with God. It is the mother, but also the daughter, of tears. It is the atonement of sins, a bridge over temptations, a wall against affliction, a crushing of conflicts, a [...]

By |2022-01-19T18:40:45-07:00January 19th, 2022|The Fathers Speak|Comments Off on The Fathers Speak…

Sermon 31 On the Feast of Epiphany

Sermon 31 On the Feast of Epiphanyby St. Leo the GreatOur father among the saints, Leo the Great was the bishop of Rome during difficult times. He was an eminent scholar of Scripture and rhetoric. During an invasion by Attila the Hun, St. Leo met him outside the gates of Rome. After some short words, to [...]

By |2022-01-12T17:52:24-07:00January 12th, 2022|Great Feasts, The Fathers Speak|Comments Off on Sermon 31 On the Feast of Epiphany

Sermon on the Presentation of the Lord

by St. Sophronius of JerusalemOur father among the saints, Sophronius, was the Patriarch of Jerusalem. An Arab by birth, he was a monk and theologian who was the chief protagonist for Orthodox teaching in the doctrinal controversy on the essential nature of Jesus and his volitional acts.Our lighted candles are a sign of the divine splendor [...]

By |2022-01-12T17:26:41-07:00December 21st, 2021|Great Feasts, The Fathers Speak|Comments Off on Sermon on the Presentation of the Lord

On The Annunciation

by St. Ambrose of Milan Our father among the saints Ambrose of Milan came to be bishop of Milan as the only competent candidate to succeed Auxentius, a bishop of Arian persuasion, in 374. A catechumentheology through intense study of subject as he was successively baptized and then consecrated as Bishop of Milan. He held to [...]

By |2021-12-21T20:24:56-07:00December 21st, 2021|Great Feasts, The Fathers Speak|Comments Off on On The Annunciation

St. Peter of Damascus On True Repentance

It is always possible to make a new start by means of repentance. ‘You fell,’ it is written, ‘now arise’ (Proverbs 24:16.) And if you fall again, then rise again, without despairing at all of your salvation, no matter what happens. So long as you do not surrender yourself willingly to the enemy, your patient [...]

By |2021-12-21T20:19:28-07:00December 21st, 2021|Spirituality, The Fathers Speak|Comments Off on St. Peter of Damascus On True Repentance

Homily on Pascha

by St. Gregory the TheologianI. It is the Day of the Resurrection, and my Beginning has good auspices. Let us then keep the Festival with splendor, and let us embrace one another. Let us say Brethren, even to those who hate us; much more to those who have done or suffered anything out of love for [...]

By |2021-12-21T20:14:02-07:00December 21st, 2021|Pascha, Sermons, The Fathers Speak|Comments Off on Homily on Pascha

The Miraculous Icon of the Theotokos “Of the Three Hands” And St. John of Damascus

St. John of Damascus" Synaxis of the Icon of our Most Holy Lady the Theotokos "Of the Three Hands." [Celebrated June 28th] "The great defender of the Orthodox Faith against the Iconoclasts, our righteous Father John of Damascus, was slandered to the Caliph of Damascus by the Iconoclast Emperor Leo the Isaurian (reigned 717-741). Saint John [...]

By |2021-12-18T20:10:33-07:00December 18th, 2021|Icons, Liturgical, Saints, Theotokos|Comments Off on The Miraculous Icon of the Theotokos “Of the Three Hands” And St. John of Damascus

On The Parable Of The Prodigal Son

by St. John MaximovitchOur father among the saints, John Maximovitch, was a diocesan bishop of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia (ROCOR) who served widely from China to France to the United States. Countless miracles have been attributed to this holy bishop, both during his lifetime and since his repose. During this year, we will [...]

By |2021-12-10T17:43:15-07:00December 10th, 2021|The Fathers Speak|Comments Off on On The Parable Of The Prodigal Son
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