How blessed and wonderful, beloved, are the gifts of God! Life in immortality, splendour in righteousness, truth in perfect confidence, faith in assurance, self-control in holiness! And all these fall under the cognizance of our understandings [now]; what then shall those things be which are prepared for such as wait for Him? St. Clement of… Continue reading Rewards of Faithfulness
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St. Athanasius The Apostolic
This Church Father was a great Christian theologian and patriarch of the Coptic church in the 4th century, as well as the chief defender of the Trinitarian faith. St.Athanasius is best known for defending the Faith against the Arian heresy at the council of Nicaea, and for his numerous theological literature and scholarly work. He… Continue reading St. Athanasius The Apostolic
St.Bishoy the Great Egyptian Father
This Saint was Chose by God from a very young age, as was St David the King. Aba Bishoy in his later life took vows to monastisism. St. Ephrem the Syrian visited him, Emperor Constantine and Jeremiah the prophet appeared to him in visions. St. Bishoy saw our Lord Jesus Christ on several occasions. On… Continue reading St.Bishoy the Great Egyptian Father
The Heavenly Journey
To fall in love with God is the greatest romance; to seek Him, the greatest adventure; to find Him, the greatest achievement. St Augustine of Hippo
St. John the Baptist
Today we celebrate with our Coptic and Ethiopian brethren New Year in the Church calendar. We remember the feast of St. John the Baptist, whom Herod witnessed flying into the air and crying out, saying, “It is not right for thee to take thy brother’s wife”; it is said that the head is at the… Continue reading St. John the Baptist
St. Takle Haymanot
Abba Takle Haymanot is a revered figure in the Tewahedo Church. he performed several miracles from a young age. He was hailed as a god, but he humbly redirected praise to the One True God. He dedicated his life to God and spent his entire time in prayer till he lost his leg, penance and… Continue reading St. Takle Haymanot
The Assumption of Saint Mary
Today we began the Feast of St.Mary. There was no relics of Marys to be venerated, and that an empty tomb stood on the edge of Jerusalem near the site of her death. This is so because “the Jews blocked their way to prevent them from burying the body, and decided to snatch and burn… Continue reading The Assumption of Saint Mary
The Beauty of Silence
"I have always something to repent for after having talked, but have never been sorry for having been silent" Saint Arsenius the Great
The Holy Trinity
The oriental orthodox uniquely depicts the Holy Trinity from Christ as the Ancient of Days in the Book of Daniel. For we praise the Holy Trinity with the Angels “day and night they do not cease to say, ‘HOLY, HOLY, HOLY is THE LORD GOD, THE ALMIGHTY, WHO WAS AND WHO IS AND WHO IS… Continue reading The Holy Trinity
Saint Yared the Aksumite
Saint Yared was born in Aksum in around 501 ad modern day Ethiopia. He composed various musical notions and authored multiple books on chants. “Almighty God wanted to establish sacred chants, as he was desirous of being praised upon earth, three Angels were sent from Paradise in the form of three birds to teach Yared… Continue reading Saint Yared the Aksumite
Fathers in Iconography 