This beautiful phrase is the beginning of Psalm 45 which we pray at the third hour of the daily Agpeya prayers. This Psalm is filled with confidence in God's love, His power, and care, regardless of the dangers surrounding us, or how severe the hardships are.

The children of God believe in several key facts:

Witnessing to the truth is a core believe for the children of God who know Christ and are united with Him, for He is the way, the truth, and the life (John 6:14)

Many thoughts are running through my mind regarding the recent events: 

After last week’s article, I couldn’t get myself to quickly write about and analyze the horrific terrorist act that took place on New Year’s Eve, and extract the important facts that were revealed thorough it. Rather, I would like to first convey to you some of the overwhelming emotions and the thoughts that linger on my mind.

“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our tribulation that we may be able to comfort those who are in any trouble, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.  For as the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our consolation also abounds through Christ.”

Saint Mary and Saint Elizabeth both are great examples of humility and this was revealed when they met each other. Thus, we discovered the secret of their greatness, and the reason for one to deserve being the mother of the incarnate God, while the other being the mother of the greatest one born of women.

The annunciation of Archangel Gabriel to St. Mary for the birth of our Savior was a clear transition in the history of humanity. Through it, the divine incarnation started, and blessings has outpoured on mankind.  Therefore, the Church counts the Annunciation feast as the first major feast of the Lord, as it is indeed the first among all feasts.

This article will conclude some of the great teachings and spiritual experiences of the Russian Orthodox father, Seraphim of Sarov.

By the grace of the Lord, we will continue presenting some of the delightful teachings of father Seraphim, the Russian monk, who lived nearly two hundred years ago and was a great model for the fiery work of the Holy Spirit in the life of mankind.

Throughout the week I have been reading from a book about the life and sayings of Father Seraphim of Sarov, one of the monks of the Russian Orthodox Church in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century (1759-1833 AD). In fact, there is a great collection of spiritual experiences and teachings in his biography and sayings.  I thought of sharing the delight of these teachings with as many readers as possible. Therefore, I selected some excerpts of this book to present it in this article:

A happy marriage is the longing of every married couple. It is also a great focus of the church as a mother who embraces everyone and always prays that the houses of her children to be houses of prayer, houses of purity, houses of blessing, and houses that are filled with Love, Joy, and peace.