September 7, 2010

Mahragan Al Keraza Competition 2010 Results

On Sat­ur­day, August 28, many chil­dren from almost every parish in the Dio­cese par­tic­i­pated in the Mahra­gan Al Ker­aza Spir­i­tual Com­pe­ti­tion for chil­dren in grades 1–5. The com­pe­ti­tion took place at St. Mary and St. Athana­sius Church in North­ridge, Calif…

Liturgies Every Day from September 4–12, 2010

Fr. Moses at St. Mary Ezbet El Nakhl

The church joy­fully announces the cel­e­bra­tion of Divine Litur­gies every day from Sep­tem­ber 4–12, 2010 to coin­cide with the end of the Cop­tic year as well as the start of a new Cop­tic year, a new school year, and a new ser­vice year in our Sun­day School classes. Our sched­ule will be as fol­lows. Sat­ur­day, Sep­tem­ber 4 Divine Liturgy […]

Homily on the Transfiguration of our Lord Jesus Christ

Ver­ily, ver­ily, I say unto you, There are some of them that stand here, which shall not taste of death, until they see the Son of Man com­ing in His king­dom.” Thus, inas­much as He had dis­coursed much of dan­gers and death, and of His own pas…

On the Duties of Clergy

Hap­pi­ness in life is to be gained by liv­ing vir­tu­ously, inas­much as thus a Chris­t­ian, whilst despis­ing glory and the favour of men, desires to please God alone in what he does. 1. In the first book we spoke of the duties which we thought befitted …

On the Different Methods of the Devil’s Warfare: The First Method

On the Dif­fer­ent Meth­ods of the Devil’s War­fare Against Those Who Jour­ney on the Nar­row Way That Tran­scends the World On the First Method OUR ADVERSARY, the devil, has the long-standing habit of art­fully choos­ing modes of war­fare against t…