Last Thursday, we celebrated the feast of Ascension of Our Lord Jesus Christ to the heavens. It is one of the major feasts of the Lord according to the rite of the Coptic Orthodox Church.

As we live the period of the Holy Fifties, we would like to briefly talk about the sacrament of Baptism which is death and resurrection with Christ, and through it, we acquired new life.

Today, we commemorate the departure of the great Patriarch, Saint Athanasius the apostolic, the 20th pope of the see of Saint Mark the evangelist.

Today, we celebrate the commemoration of our great evangelist St Mark to whom we owe our knowledge of Christ, and we are honored that we are his sons in the faith.

On this day, we celebrate the Martyrdom of St. George, the Prince of the Martyrs. This feast usually falls every year during the Holy Fifty days in which we live the joys of Resurrection and triumph over death which are given to us through Christ Jesus.

Christian faith is not merely information or theories about God, but it is focused on the living personal relationship with Jesus Christ. This relationship is not only based on faith and love, but also on entering, in complete freedom, into a fellowship and unison with Him. More precisely, it is to enter into a New Covenant with Him. This is what Christians do in Baptism, which is to die to the old life and obtain the power of resurrection and new life.  Here, knowledge becomes a living experience, and a relationship of steadfastness, unity, and delight from which the power of resurrection radiates.

It was evident that the lord Jesus entered into Jerusalem as a King, even though His personal character, and the manner by which He entered, were much different from worldly Kings.  He is a simple and humble King, a meek and peaceful King, a spiritual King who is sojourner to this world. Nonetheless, He is a great and strong King, a just and victorious King (Zechariah 9:9), a fearful, but at the same time, loving King.

The story of healing the man who was born blind sheds some light on the Visitations of God. This story is similar to many encounter of the Lord Jesus with the sick, the sinners, or the needy, all of which had visitations from God to His people in a personal way, one soul at a time because He loves every soul and seeks the salvation of every soul, and He is keen on giving a special gift to everyone.

In this article, I would like to present some of the quotes of the Church fathers on chastity. This is the fruit of their experience and strife towards Holiness, without which no one will see the Lord (Hebrews 12:14). Thus we are encouraged to walk like them in the path of holiness.

We will continue our discussion about the virtue of humility. After we learned about humility and how to come near to it, it is important for us to know :

Since we are in the journey of lent, I would like to talk about an important virtue, rather it is the virtue that encompasses all virtues, the virtue of humility.  The church fathers said that it is the fertile ground in which all other virtues can grow, and without it none will grow. Indeed, humility is a virtue-bearing ground.

This verse from the book of Psalms is used in the prayer of the third hour, Psalm 33 in the book of Agpeya starting with “I will bless the Lord at all times; His praise shall continually be in my mouth…” When we meditate up on this verse, we can extract many important meanings to our spiritual life: