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Golgotha is an ancient coptic hymn that dates back to pharonic times. The melody is said to have been the same melody used when pharohs were being buried. At the foot of the cross when Joseph and Nicodemus went to get the body of Christ for burial, they saw and heard angels singing, . . . → Read More: The “Golgotha” Hymn 
The Week of Fragrance The events of the Pascha Week are charged with the emotions of the ultimate love of God to us. It is also filled with the Lord’s broken heart and sad soul, sad to death. These infinite feelings of love of our Lord toward man are beyond . . . → Read More: The Journey from Jerusalem to Golgotha 
“Thy Body and Thy Blood are for the forgiveness of our sins, and for the New Testament that Thou gave to Thy disciples. We are made worthy to eat of the Tree of Life which is the Body of God and His true Blood.” (Gospel Response, Liturgy of the Eucharist) . . . → Read More: Covenant Thursday: The ‘Spirit’ that Gave Us Life 
The Holy Pascha is a week filled with Holy memories of the most crucial stage of salvation and redemption in Christian history. Everyone benefits from the sharing of the Lord Jesus Christ’s suffering during this time. Orthodox Church icons, pillars, and lecterns are covered in black to create a sober atmosphere conducive to . . . → Read More: Thine is the Power! 
Today we celebrate the feast of Palm Sunday, or the Triumphant Entry of our Lord into Jerusalem. It is one of the seven major feasts of our Church and one that we celebrate with great joy and excitement. We take great pleasure in decorating the Church with palm branches, the tune of the . . . → Read More: Feast of the Lord’s Entry into Jerusalem (Palm Sunday) 
Below is the church service schedule from Palm Sunday to Easter Monday … Please join us and invite other too. Click here to download this schedule as a pdf file. Palm Sunday – April 17th, 2011 THE HOLY LITURGY 7:00am The Morning Offering of Incense 9:45am The Gospel 12:30pm The completion of . . . → Read More: Holy Pascha Week Service Schedule 2011 
The feast of the Annunciation comes every year on the 29th of Baramhat. There is between it and the Feast of the Nativity which comes on the 29th of Kiahk, a period of nine months that constitutes the peiod of the holy pregnancy with the Lord Christ. Thus the feast of . . . → Read More: The Feast of Annunciation – by Pope Shenouda III 
On the eve of Baramhat 24 of the year 1684 A.M. which coincide with Tuesday, April 2nd, 1968 A.D., during the papacy of Pope Kyrellos VI, the hundred sixteenth Pope of Alexandria, our Lady and the pride of our faith started to transfigure in luminous spiritual forms in and around the domes . . . → Read More: The Apparition of Virgin Mary in Zeitoun 
A unique man, words can not describe him. His saintly dedication to Christ is unparalleled. Others spent a life time enjoying the blessings of this saint. One who knew him well is His Holiness Pope Shenouda III, the present patriarch and a great teacher of our generation. He was so moved by the . . . → Read More: The Life of Hegumen Fr. Mikhail Ibrahim (1899-1975) 
He was born Samy Kamel in Sirrs-Alliaan, Menoufia, Egypt, in 1931. Raised in Damanhour Egypt, by two God-fearing parents, he received an early education for his age. He attended the school of Sciences, Alexandria University, and graduated with Honours in his ‘Bachelor of Science’ degree in 1951. While working as a . . . → Read More: The Life of Hegumen Fr. Pishoy Kamel (1931-1979) |
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