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	<title>St. Demiana Coptic Orthodox Church &#187; Fr. Moses Samaan</title>
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		<title>Church to Celebrate Feast of the Dormition of the Theotokos on Monday, January 30</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 20:07:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On January 30, 2012, the Coptic Orthodox Church will celebrate the Feast of the Dormition of the Holy Theotokos Saint Mary in which we remember how the pure Mother of God reposed in the Lord after completing her strife on earth. God willing, we will celebrate this major Marian feast with the celebration of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ordination of a Fr. Cyril Gorgy for St. Mark Church in Los Angeles</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Jan 2012 06:47:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[With great joy, the Diocese announces the ordination of a new priest on Sunday, January 15, 2012 to serve in the Diocese at St. Mark Coptic Orthodox Church in Los&#160;Angeles.
Emad Gorgy was ordained as Deacon Cyril on Saturday, January 14, 2012 and o...]]></description>
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		<title>Bishop Serapion Attends Reception for Newly Elevated Antiochian Orthodox Archbishop Joseph</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 06:27:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fr. Moses Samaan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Sunday, January 8, His Grace Bishop Serapion attended a service and reception at St. Nicholas Cathedral honoring the Antiochian Orthodox Archbishop Joseph (Zehlaoui) who was elevated to the rank of Archbishop by His Beatitude Patriarch Ignatius IV o...]]></description>
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		<title>Renewal of our Faith</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 04:18:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Among all of the talents and abilities that God has given us, faith is the most precious, because faith gives us the proper outlook to understand God and our relationship with Him. Faith reveals to us the very purpose of our lives; it encourages us during tribulations and gladdens our heart; it moves our prayer [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Statement by the President on the Celebration of Coptic Christmas</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Jan 2012 03:43:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fr. Moses Samaan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Michelle and I wish Coptic Orthodox Christians in the United States and around the world a blessed and joyous Christmas. On this special day, we give thanks for the extraordinary contributions that Coptic Christians have made to the United States. I wa...]]></description>
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		<title>Festal Message for the Glorious Feast of the Nativity 2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2012 19:27:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fr. Moses Samaan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My Beloved, the Blessed Children of the Holy&#160;Church,
It is my pleasure to wish you a
Blessed Feast of the Nativity of our Lord, God, and Savior Jesus Christ and a
joyous New&#160;Year.
This past year was deeply tinted
with the blood of our martyrs...]]></description>
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		<title>New and Improved Ad-Free Live Services</title>
		<link>http://www.saintdemianachurch.org/2011/12/29/new-and-improved-ad-free-live-services/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Dec 2011 18:23:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fr. Moses Samaan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With great joy, we announce the availability of a new and improved Live Services feature through our website. We started broadcasting live services from our church almost one year ago. Since then, this service has been a great success with God’s grace. Today, we announce that our video is now ad-free and streams at a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Now Available: “More than Just Sports” DVD</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 17:38:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fr. Moses Samaan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Participating in sports activites is not only about physical gain. It&#8217;s about teaching our youth life lessons and mainly about building their psychological and spiritual strength and&#160;experience.
&#8220;More Than Just Sports&#8221; presents t...]]></description>
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		<title>Lecture 6 Material — Persecution in the Second Century</title>
		<link>http://www.saintdemianachurch.org/2011/12/18/lecture-6-supplementary-material-persecution-in-the-second-century/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 06:17:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fr. Moses Samaan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[St. Ignatius of Antioch In the year 107, this elderly bishop was condemned to death by the Roman authorities. Since the Romans at that time were celebrating their victories in war, they decided to transport St. Ignatius to the capital so that his execution might provide some entertainment for the Roman citizens. On his way [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Annunciation and the Virgin</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 04:55:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fr. Moses Samaan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On the second Sunday of Kiahk, we celebrate the Annunciation of the Birth of our Lord Jesus Christ to the Holy Virgin Mary. As we rejoice in the news of our Lord’s glorious Birth, we cannot underestimate the value and importance of the Holy Theotokos St. Mary. She was the person for whom all generations [...]]]></description>
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