It is not fitting for us, who are inclined toward piety in God, to be armed with swords but rather to be patient. Even though some people want to persecute us, we must reproach them to be good. We must be patient but never silent, as we must refer to Him who judges rightly. — St. Cyril of Alexandria, Glaphyra on Genesis 5.4, 5.

It is not fitting for us, who are inclined toward piety in God, to be armed with swords but rather to be patient. Even though some people want to persecute us, we must reproach them to be good. We must be patient but never silent, as we must refer to Him who judges rightly. — St. Cyril of Alexandria, Glaphyra on Genesis 5.4, 5.

The most basic task of the Church leader is to discern the spiritual gifts of all those under his authority, and to encourage those gifts to be used to the full for the benefit of all. Only a person who can discern the gifts of others and can humbly rejoice at the flowering of those gifts is fit to lead the Church. — St. John Chrysostom on Leadership in the Church

It was said of Abba John the Short that he withdrew and lived in the desert at Scetis with an old man of Thebes. His abba, taking a piece of dry wood, planted it and said to him, "Water it every day with a bottle of water, until it bears fruit." Now the water was so far away that he had to leave in the evening and return the following morning. At the end of three...

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On December 12, 2006, His Holiness Pope Shenouda III and His Beatitude Pope Theodorus II have signed a common declaration against the ordination of the rivel Max Michel.  I want you to read the words of this agreement carefully.  The...

The 9th annual North American Coptic Clergy Seminar commenced on Monday, August 28, with H.H. Pope Shenouda III raising the NAACCS flag and releasing balloons.

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The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has approved a new translation in the English Catholic mass to be prayed by parishioners in the United States.  The changes in translation are intended to make the mass closer to the original Latin translation.  Several of the changes would, in fact, bring the translation closer to the wording in Orthodox Church...

As reported by Ramez Rizkallah in our forums, the Reverend Father Matta El Maskeen has departed this world.

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