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في العنصـــرة

1-   أيها الأحبّاء لقد منحنا الله المحبّ البشر اليوم عطايا تتخطّى كلَّ منطق بشريّ. لذلك لنفرح كلّنا معاً ولنرقص بفرح مسبّحين ربّنا. لأن اليوم هو عيدنا واحتفالنا. كما أن عصراً يخلف الآخر ودورة شمس تخلف أخرى هكذا وفي الكنيسة عيدٌ يخلف آخر فتتوالى الاحتفالات الكنسيّة الواحد تلو الآخر.   قبل أيّام احتفلنا بالصليب بالآلام وبالقيامة. [...]

الحياة الرهبانية الأرثوذكسية

القديس غريغوريوس النزينزي كان أبي رجلاً نبيلاً بكل المقاييس، رجلاً كبير السن، بسيطاً في الإسلوب، مثالاً يُحتذى به، حقاً بطريركاً ثانياً كإبراهيم. لم يكن فقط يبدو نبيلاً مثل أغلبية الناس في الوقت الحاضر، بل كان بالحقيقة كذلك. بالفعل، ضلَّ في يوم من الأيام، إلا أنه صار صديقاً للمسيح بعد ذلك، ثم فيما بعد قساً، بل [...]

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More on Fasting

More on Fasting by St. John Chrysostom St. John was the Archbishop of Constantinople during the fourth century. He was fearless when denouncing sin in high places, and was a prolific writer, and bold preacher, unafraid to hit the topical issues of the day squarely between the eyes with all the subtlety of a ball [...]

By |2021-10-19T19:06:27-07:00April 18th, 2011|Great Lent, Liturgical, The Fathers Speak|Comments Off on More on Fasting

On The Lord’s Prayer

by St. Cyril of JerusalemOur father among the saints Cyril of Jerusalem (315-3as a distinguished theologian and archbishop of Jerusalem in the early Church. His famous 23 catechetical lectures, which he delivered while still a presbyter in 347 or 348, contain instructions on the principal topics of Christian faith and practise, in a popular rather [...]

By |2021-10-27T18:13:41-07:00April 8th, 2011|Prayers and Practice, Spirituality, The Fathers Speak|Comments Off on On The Lord’s Prayer

PERSONAL TESTIMONY

Word Magazine January 1989 Page 9-10 PERSONAL TESTIMONY by Esta Lee Belisle Like most people in North America, I became a Christian as a child. Each Sunday morning my mother scrubbed me clean, dressed me in my prettiest dress, and gently deposited me at the Sunday School door. As a class we sang “Jesus loves [...]

By |2021-10-21T18:22:47-07:00April 6th, 2011|Spirituality, The Fathers Speak|Comments Off on PERSONAL TESTIMONY

The Nativity Fast

The Nativity Fast Sayings of the FathersAmma Theodora said that neither asceticism, nor vigils nor any kind of suffering are able to save, only true humility can do that. There was an anchorite who was able to banish the demons; and he asked them, "What makes you go away? Is it fasting?" They replied, "We [...]

By |2021-10-27T17:11:58-07:00April 4th, 2011|Christmas, Feasts & Seasons, Liturgical, The Fathers Speak|Comments Off on The Nativity Fast
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