By Fr. Matthew the Poor (+2006) – Former Abbot of St Macarius Monastery The various kinds of asceticism, such as fasting, silence, and constant vigilance, are vital for a life of prayer. They mortify the lust of the Adamic life and the will to sin, which are embedded within our members. We have already gained... Continue Reading →
By an Anonymous Coptic Orthodox Christian When we contemplate our relationship with God or Christianity in general, we often tend to focus on the blessings we receive when we believe in and follow our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. We think about the peace, love, joy, heavenly glory, and all the other truths of faith... Continue Reading →
By an Anonymous Coptic Orthodox Christian Some of our Protestant brothers and sisters, object to the reception of the Holy Spirit in the Mystery of Chrismation. They do not believe we receive the Holy Spirit, through the laying on of hands of the Priesthood. They believe the Holy Spirit is received simply through faith. While... Continue Reading →
Question: Why am I not allowed to believe in the Big Bang Theory?Question: Why am I not allowed to believe in Evolution?Question: What is my stance supposed to be on dark matter? There are too many questions of this kind that I cannot encapsulate them all other than the [insert theory here]. Response: Well, the... Continue Reading →
By Fr. Peter Farrington – St. George Ministry – Coptic Mission Communities in the UK. The Oriental Orthodox communion has been regularly and routinely accused of following the teaching of Eutyches, the controversial archimandrite of Constantinople. Historical sources, such as the Catholic Encyclopaedia, conflate the teaching of Eutyches with monophysitism, and then insist that all those... Continue Reading →
By Fr. Peter Farrington – St. George Ministry – Coptic Mission Communities in the UK. If God is Love, why Hell, “Purgatory”, Judgement, Eternal Punishment, Darkness and the Lake of Fire? I want to speak very much more briefly on a second topic, which is how we reconcile the idea of a God of love with... Continue Reading →
By Fr. Peter Farrington – St. George Ministry – Coptic Mission Communities in the UK. Of the three thousand or more letters which we know that St Severus wrote during his very active ministry, we have several hundred persevered to our own times. Letter LXV, has the title: From the Letter of the same Holy Severus to... Continue Reading →
By Fr. Peter Farrington – St. George Ministry – Coptic Mission Communities in the UK. Our Lord Jesus famously spoke about the new birth when he addressed Nicodemus, one of the Pharisees, who had come to Jesus in the night. In John 3:3-7 he says… “Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born... Continue Reading →
By Fr. Peter Farrington – St. George Ministry – Coptic Mission Communities in the UK. I have been a member of the Coptic Orthodox Church for over 24 years, and I was seeking to learn about and become Orthodox for some years before that. I was active on the internet before it was the world... Continue Reading →
For over fifteen hundred years the Eastern (Byzantine) Orthodox churches and the Oriental Orthodox churches have remained separated. Only thirty years ago they came together for the first of four unofficial theological consultations : Aarhus (1964), Bristol (1967), Geneva (1970) and Addis Ababa (1971). These were followed by the establishment of a Joint Commission of the... Continue Reading →
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