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The late Pope Kyrillos VI of triple blessedness, wrote this moving message to his children that had emigrated to other countries on the occasion of holy Lent. It was written shortly before his departure: Peace to you from the Lord and grace and blessing. Our Good and Compassionate . . . → Read More: Fasting – by Pope Kyrillos VI 
Saint Mina’s Coptic Orthodox Church invites you to join us in prayers accompanied by metanias (prostrations) as part of our personal prayer at home on the morning of every day of the Holy Great Lent for the year 2014: O my Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God, Who fasted . . . → Read More: Prostrations & Readings for the Holy Great Lent 2014 
Great Lent is considered the holiest fast since our Lord Jesus Christ Himself had fasted it. Therefore, during Great Lent we follow the example set by our Lord Jesus Christ, Who fasted on our behalf forty days and forty nights (Matthew 4:2). Also during Holy Week, which comes after the . . . → Read More: Meaning of Great Lent – by Bishop Serapion 
The Life of Saint Paul the First Hermit was written by St. Jerome in the year 374 or 375 during Jerome’s stay in the desert of Syria, and was dedicated to Paulus of Concordia. 1. It has been a subject of wide-spread and frequent discussion what monk was the first to . . . → Read More: Saint Paul the First Hermit – by St. Jerome 
Saint Anthony was the first Christian to live a life of consecrated solitude. As a hermit in the desert he lived a long and saintly life that influenced countless people both in his time and for generations thereafter, even to this day. His life had a tremendous impact on the history . . . → Read More: Saint Anthony – Father of the Monks 
“Purify our bodies; wash us from our iniquities; make us worthy of the dwelling of Your Holy Spirit in our souls. Enlighten our minds that we may behold Your praiseworthiness. Purify our thoughts and mingle us with Your Glory…” (Fraction to the Son) On the eleventh of Tobe, two weeks . . . → Read More: Baptism: Crowning Back into the Original Glory 
Click here to download the Papal Christmas Message in PDF (Arabic – English).
I congratulate all of you for this glorious Feast of the Nativity and the new year of 2014. I wish upon all of you the blessings that come with the birth of the One Who was . . . → Read More: Papal Christmas Message 2014 
“I will now turn aside and see this great sight” (Exodus 3:3) In the month of Kiahk, the whole church lives in a state of preparedness so that she may receive the Incarnate Son of God. The most prominent sign of Divine Incarnation in the Old Testament was that splendid appearance . . . → Read More: The Hymns of Kiahk 
“Keep Psalms in your Mind, so the Psalms will keep you safe” — Pope Shenouda III “My son, give me your heart, and let your eyes observe My ways” (Proverbs 23:26) “Remember now your Creator in the days of your youth” (Ecclesiastes12:1) The church would like to invite you to . . . → Read More: Sunday School Carnival – December 2013 
Saint Mina’s Coptic Orthodox Church of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada congratulates her beloved Fr. Metias Said Ibrahim on his 30th Anniversary of Priesthood. Fr. Metias was ordained to the Holy Priesthood on November 25th, 1983 by His Grace the late Bishop Youannes (John) of the Gharbia (Western) Diocese in . . . → Read More: The 30th Anniversary of Priesthood of Fr. Metias Ibrahim |
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