St. Demiana Coptic Orthodox Church
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I also always entreat you, and do not cease entreating you, not only to pay attention here to what I say, but also when you are at home, to persevere continually in reading the divine Scriptures. When I have been with each of you in private, I have not stopped giving you the same advice. Do not let […]
With great joy, we announce the pastoral visit of our beloved father, His Grace Bishop Serapion, to our parish this weekend from Friday, December 9 to Sunday, December 11. God willing, our schedule of services with His Grace will be as follows. Friday, December 9 Board of Deacons Meeting from 7:00–9:00 p.m. Saturday, December 10 Divine Liturgy in […]
Why are childhood impressions so important? Why is it essential to fill a child’s mind and soul with light and goodness, starting from the very earliest stages of its life? In childhood we find a natural gift for faith, simplicity, gentleness, a capacity for tenderness, compassion, imagination, an absence of cruelty and hardness. Now this is precisely the […]
Who can comprehend and acknowledge that we are saved by grace — that we are saved by God’s grace, and not by our merits and works? Who can comprehend and acknowledge that? Only he who has comprehended and seen the bottomless pit of death and corruption in which man is engulfed by sin, and has […]
I have read with compassion and sympathy the list of your spiritual tribulations, and have suffered with you. And yet, I believe in the fundamental goodness of your soul. The fact is, it is very difficult to live according to conscience, and it is very easy to live in the same way as everybody else, just […]
This week, we celebrated the Commemoration of the Feasts of the Annunciation, Nativity, and Resurrection, which takes place on the 29th of every Coptic month with the exception of two months, Tuba and Meshir. When we think about these three great feasts–the Annunciation, Nativity, and Resurrection–we see in them God’s divine plan for our salvation. In […]