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Hilana Said
Dec 17, 202410 min read
To Be Blessed Is To Suffer?
“What did I do to deserve this?” is a sentence commonly heard when someone experiences a particularly bad event in their life. These...


Jessica Ryder-Khalil
May 7, 202426 min read
Keeping the Feast: The Passover Transformed in Athanasius’ Festal Letters
While containing invaluable insights into the life of the patriarch and his dedication to his pastoral duties — insights that his more...


Mark Dawod
Apr 11, 202416 min read
The Motives of Monasticism
Since its earliest years, Christians have suffered nearly constant persecution — socially, financially, and physically — due to their...


Anthony Doss & Andrew Doss
Feb 28, 20237 min read
On Fasting - H.H. Pope Shenouda III
Fasting does not concern the relationship between ourselves and food — when and what to eat — it is rather, before all else...


Anthony Doss & Andrew Doss
Feb 13, 20238 min read
Let Thy Will Be Mine: Answered and Unanswered Prayers
An obstacle frequently encountered by those among the Christian faithful who seek to fulfill the necessary Biblical directive to “pray...


Stephen M. Meawad, Ph.D.
Nov 28, 202215 min read
Fasting Reconsidered: St. John Chrysostom and Modern Science on Fasting
Introduction With the existence of different fasting regulations among some Orthodox churches, both Eastern and Oriental, it is needful...
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