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An introduction to the sayings, lives, stories, and spirituality of women in the postbiblical, early Christian movement. Despite the very substantial and continuing interest in women’s issues in Christianity and the ceaseless stream of publications for, by, and about Christian women, there has been astonishingly little about the early generations of female ascetics the Ammas [...]
This Orthodox Christian is derived froma series of sermons given by His Grace Bishop Youssef of the Coptic Orthodox Diocese of the Southern United States, where His Grace has been srving in his capacity since early 90s. THE SPISTLE OF ST. JAMES Practical Advice for Christian Living St. James wrote his epistle about very practical [...]
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The Liturgy brings God, humanity and the world together, it’s a mini incarnation, an incarnation of sound, smell, taste and touch. Salvation in the Orthodox church comes through union and intimacy with God, finding its greatest expression in the liturgy. The liturgy is the moment of unity between all of creation throughout all the ages [...]
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St Mercurius was born to Christian parents in a time of severe prosecution, an officer in the Mareusian army, the young soldier Mercurius defeated the whole army of the Barbarians with the sword entrusted to him by the angel of the Lord. Refusing to worship foreign Gods, Mercurius endured great trials for the sake of [...]
Bible Studies
Every year the church takes us on a great journey through Passion Week, with a vivid and sharp focus on our Lord Jesus Christ and His Passions on earth, from the victorious entry into Jerusalem to His climactic death on the Cross at Golgotha, and finally to His awesome and Glorious Resurrection. We are indeed [...]
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During Passion Week, countless prophecies, passages, and Psalms are read from the Bible with little explanation and you might be sitting in Church very confused as to how these readings fit together. This book takes you day by day and hour by hour of the whole week with explanations and comparisons of the passages. Along [...]
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Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy [...]
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Sojourners: Monastic Letters and Spiritual Teachings from the Desert (Desert Wisdom)
by Matthew the Poor (Author), Monks from St. Macarius Monastery (Translator), Samuel Rubenson (Preface)
Sojourners: Monastic Letters and Spiritual Teachings from the Desert (Desert Wisdom) The secrets of the journey stipulate certain rules. We should always feel that we are sojourners, pilgrims seeking their eternal homeland. This feeling should not disappear from our heart, mind, or body for a single moment. We should cherish it both inwardly and outwardly, [...]
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So Great a Salvation: Biblical Meditations of a Contemporary Desert Father
by Anba Epiphanius (Author), Samuel Kaldas (Translator), Ramza Bassilious (Translator), Wadid el Macari (Preface), Markos el Makari (Introduction), Tawadros II (Foreword)
So Great a Salvation: Biblical Meditations of a Contemporary Desert Father Let those who have been stung by sin and have had its deadly poison spread throughout their body lift their eyes to the One who died once for their sake, Who is now alive and the Life-giver. They shall feel the tremors of a [...]
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This book speaks about: Tamav Erene: An Eminent Spiritual Life 1) The first stop of the journey 2) The second stop of the journey 3) The third stop of the journey 4) The fourth stop of the journey 5) The fifth stop of the journey The Pure Virgin St. Mary, the joy of humanity 1) [...]