Elements – Volume I: The Transfiguration of Elijah – Earth & Water- Paperback Follow Elijah on his epic journey through the four elements. In volume one, discover how Elijah must first become Earth and then Water in order to begin his road to achieving his full potential in Christ. Elijah rediscovers his roots, learns about [...]
Elements – Volume II: The Transfiguration of Elijah – Fire & Wind Paperback Follow Elijah on his epic journey through the four elements. In volume two, discover how Elijah is called to become both Fire and Wind. Love takes over his heart and he seeks to become completely aligned to his Beloved. 334 pages
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The Way of a Pilgrim + 50-knot Prayer Rope Bundle This enduring work of Russian spirituality has charmed countless people with its tale of a nineteenth-century peasant’s quest for the secret of prayer. Readers follow this anonymous pilgrim as he treks over the Steppes in search of the answer to the one compelling question: How [...]
This book reflects upon various dimensions and implications of the astounding fact that Christ shows us what it is to be God by the way he dies as a human being and, in so doing, simultaneously shows us what it is to be a human being. Connecting the end – “It is finished” – with [...]
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Heaven is the aid of all mankind. Our hearts long to attain it. We fervently hope to possess it. We struggle to reach it and be blessed by it. Contemplation on the glories of heaven and what awaits its saints gives those who struggle for it a spiritual push forward and makes them forget all [...]
Whoever divorces his wife… It was said of old… but I say to you… I desire mercy and not sacrifice. Blasphemy against the Spirit Throw not the children’s bread to the dogs. I was not sent except to the House of Israel. I did not come to bring peace but a sword. He who has [...]
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By: Fr. Athanasius Iskander THE SECOND COMING OF CHRIST Students of early church history often disagree, but there is one thing they all agree upon: the early church was consumed by earnest expectation of the imminent “Parousia” (the Lord’s second coming). Some even say that this expectation was the driving force behind the fervor that [...]
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By: Dr. Youssef Tawfik In a world that is taking us away from God, to a state of numbness of feelings and stagnation of virtues. While we are busy living in the limited and the visible, there is a completely different world around us, the world of the unlimited and the invisible. A world lived [...]
St. Paul was the first to really define love. St. John Chrysostom unpacks it. One of the most important passages in the Scriptures, First Corinthians 13 is often read and rarely followed. Medieval theologian, John Chrysostom, was called the “golden-mouthed” one, for the eloquence of his preaching. His reputation extended from his native East to [...]
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Monastic Treasures for All of Us gathers together a collection of homilies and lectures given by the Thrice-Bless Pope Shenouda III of blessed memory, the 117th Pope of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria. Although these homilies were delivered to monastic communities, the spiritually nourishing teachings reflect on biblical teachings that are applicable to all [...]
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Youssef Habib was born in Cairo, Egypt in 1909. He was fluent in the Coptic Language and dedicated the latter part of his life as a consecrated servant devoting his life, time, and efforts to the study and writing of saints’ biographies. Searching through various manuscripts in the monasteries, he discovered many unknown saints and [...]
The lesson of love can never be taught simply by words . . . Rather, it is taught by truly giving yourself and communicating the love and longing for Christ to those you serve. . . . How awesome and dignified is Christian service! And how good is the trustworthy and loyal servant who can [...]