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A timely and pointed talk on the challenges of growing as a Church in western culture from a Coptic Orthodox perspective:

"Some people say 'We just speak about spiritual subjects'. But actually there is no difference between spiritual subjects and theological subjects... We ought not to be deceived by all the calls for unity. All of us would like to be one, but on which basis?" - H.E. Metropolitan Serapion of...

HG Bishop Youssef of the Southern U.S. diocese of the Coptic Orthodox Church greets HH Moran Mor Baselios Marthoma Matthews III, patriarch of the Malankara Orthodox Church, on HH's first visit to the United States at St. Thomas Indian Orthodox Cathedral in Houston, TX., September 20, 2022:

Sad news from Egypt as reported by the organization Press Without Borders, originally in Arabic (automated translation courtesy of FB): Egypt - Urgent directive from President Sisi regarding church fire in Giza President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi said he is closely following the developments of the...

The Twentieth Day of the Blessed Coptic Month of Paope, may God make it always received, year after year, with reassurance and tranquility, while our sins are forgiven by the tender mercies of our God my fathers and brothers, Amen. Departure of Saint John the Short On this day was the departure...

I just saw on the Syriac solidarity FB group that I'm a member of that H.E. Anba Hedra, Metropolitan of Aswan, has departed. May he be remembered for all time in the sanctifying embrace of the Church, and accept our prayers for intercession before the heavenly throne.

In case you're ever told that we OO exist for ethnic chauvinism reasons... :D See also: Ethiopian Orthodox prayer in the monastery of St. Bishoy, Wadi El Natrun, Egypt HH Ignatius Aphrem II of the Syriac Orthodox Church attends and prays at Holy Etchmiadzin, the mother Church of Armenia...

Well, since it's Father's Day today in the USA where I am... :) In English: O my fathers of the wilderness, I wish I could live the way you lived (x2) It was a life of prayers, vigil, and tears A life of prayers, vigil, and tears for the Lord Jesus Father of the Monks* Abba Antonios and his...

An interesting take on the struggle of praying at home and relationships in the home and how they cultivate our virtues in the 'domestic monastery' that our homes ought to be.

(c. 7th century icon on the walls of the Red Monastery, near Sohag, est. 4th century) Abba Shenouda ("the Great", "the Archmandrite", "of Atripe", "of the White Monastery") is one of the greatest saints of all time, and certainly one of the greatest of the Coptic Orthodox Church who I suspect...

Glorious Feast of the Holy Resurrection @ St Mary & St Moses Abbey, TX 04/19/2020

Same information regarding celebrants and location as the other thread from earlier today. For me personally, these services are among the most special of the holy week. The entire holy book of Revelation is read aloud (hence "Apocalypse Night", or in Arab-Greek, Abu Ghalimses), which does not...

His Grace Bishop Youssef: Great Friday Holy Pascha ~ Great Friday: 3rd, 6th, 9th, 11th, 12th Hours St. Mary St. Moses Abbey Coptic Orthodox Abbey, Sandia [Corpus Christi], TX 04/17/2020

I know it's out of season since it's sung for Pentecost (June 7) and the Apostles' fast (June 8-July 11), but I just found it today and want to post it before it falls down the memory hole, so here's the Greek-Coptic hymn "Asomen to Kyrio" (Let us praise the Lord), sung in Coptic, Greek, Arabic...

CHRIST IS BORN! First from Lalibela, Ethiopia, the Beza Kulu celebration (I'm not sure exactly what this is, but it is apparently connected to Ethiopian nativity, since it comes up in searches when you organize by date), because it is live right now as I am posting this, and very impressive...

From the Coptic synaxarium entry for today, December 7 (Coptic calendar: Hator 27), we commemorate St. James the Persian, also known as St. James the Mangled (Sawn): 1. The Martyrdom of St. James the Mangled (Sawn). On this day, St. James the mangled, was martyred. He was one of the soldiers of...

Never thought I'd see Fairuz singing a Coptic Orthodox song...though I know she's done Syriac hymns in the past (Shubho L'Haw Qolo; she also did it in Arabic as Subhan El Kalimat), some people say that's because her father was Syriac originally from Mardin (Syriac region in Turkey). As far as I...

A good sermon from HH Pope Shenouda III of thrice-blessed memory on living life with God. I tried to post it in another thread only to have that thread deleted as I was posting in it, so I figured it could have its own thread here. I hope anyone who sees this finds it edifying and...

Related to the recent thread on mixed marriages where one spouse wants to convert and the other might not, but different enough to warrant its own thread, I think. I sort of agree with one of the comments on the original YouTube page that says the way that this material is presented seems a...