Venerable Chariton the Confessor, Abbot of Palestine September 28th Tortured relentlessly for his faith by the Romans, St. Chariton the Confessor refused to denounce Jesus Christ – and then went on to found the series of monasteries that made this monk a legendary figure among the early saints of the Holy Church. His dramatic story [...]
September 26th The Repose of the Apostle and Evangelist John The Theologian He was a humble Palestinian fisherman who earned a living by casting his nets daily into mighty Lake Gennesareth (also known as the Sea of Galilee). And it was here, on the shores of the windblown lake, that St. John the Theologian – [...]
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عيد رفع الصليب بعض أعيادنا جاءت بها أحداث تاريخية. واحد منها هذا العيد المؤسس على حدثين، اولهما اكتشاف القديسة هيلانة ام القديس قسطنطين الكبير خشبة الصليب في اورشليم. اذ ذاك قام الأسقف مكاريوس ورفعه بيديه وبارك الشعب به0 والحدث الثاني ان ملك الفرس (ايران) خسرو غزا اورشليم السنة الـ 614 (قبل دخول العرب) واستولى على [...]
AN ORTHODOX UNDERSTANDING OF ACTS OF MERCY Fr. Thomas Hopko Christ commanded his disciples to give alms. To "give alms" means literally "to do" or "to make merciful deeds" or "acts of mercy." According to the Scriptures the Lord is compassionate and merciful, longsuffering, full of mercy, faithful and true. He is the one who [...]
8 ايلول عيد ميلاد والدة الاله ان ولادة مريم المباركة والدة الاله الدائمة البتولية ، كانت في بلدة نائية مغمورة تدعى الناصرة ، من اعمال الجليل في الارض المقدسة ، وذلك الحدث المقدس هو خطوة مهمة على الطريق الطويل الذي ادى الى ولادة يسوع المسيح ابن الله ومخلص العالم . ان اسم مسقط رأس مريم [...]
September 8th The Feast of the Nativity of the Theotokos The birth of the Blessed Theotokos and Ever Virgin Mary took place in the remote and obscure little town ofNazareth, in the Galilee region of theHoly Land. That hallowed event would be an important step on the long road that led to the birth of [...]
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A prayer for Children A Prayer For ChildrenO All-plenteous Lord Jesus Christ, who wast once even Thyself a child and who used to love and bless children, have mercy upon the children of our time and save them--so that unbaptized children may be baptized, and so that baptized children may be strengthened in their faith [...]
The Church is One by Alexei Khomiakov The Unity of the Church follows of necessity from the unity of God; for the Church is not a multitude of persons in their separate individuality, but a unity of the grace of God, living in a multitude of rational creatures, submitting themselves willingly to grace. Grace, indeed, is [...]