When I set out to write the book “Faces of Light”, in which I narrated testimonies about great brethren living in our midst (published by An-Nour Orthodox Coop, in 2005), I first related the draft of its first pages to Metropolitan George Khodr who dwells in a house that is invaded by light both inside ...
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Struggle of the Saints
The true believer is he who lives in the struggle of the Saints: he finds God, and he keeps looking for Him. This is the yearning of the soul to eternity.
Read moreA Learned From Experience
His love for God caught my eye ever since I came to this area in which I serve. He is not a member of our Church. Our encounters are made by coincidences or duties. A few days ago, I had the opportunity to visit him in his office. During the visit, a secret in him ...
Read moreOur Light to the Feast
In our preparation for the Savior’s Nativity, the Church seems to be telling us this constant thing: “he who emulates the Saints reaches the feast”. This is our heritage that the world, with its fakery and sham splendor..., is pushing us to deviate from. At a time when our country is seized by scarcity and ...
Read moreThe Scope of the Saints
“Apply your heart to my knowledge”. With these words, in which the writer of the Book of Proverbs urged his readers to accept the words of the wise (22:17), the Church prompts us one by one to a conscious adherence to the experience of the brethren whom the Spirit of God had raised for Himself, ...
Read moreNathanael
You remember Nathanael the Apostle. We have read about him on the first Sunday of Great Lent (John 1:43-51). What is unique in the account of his call is that it differs from the call of the other apostles in that he alone is called by Jesus, through his friend Philip’s word. John the Evangelist ...
Read moreThe Story of Mary of Egypt
She was named Mary. There is a Mary from Nazareth whom the universe desires to emulate. However, this one, who is from Egypt, has transgressed her name. She lived her youth in debauchery. Then one day, some of her people organized a trip to Palestine in order to worship the Cross. She joined the voyage ...
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