To support my previous post, this is an extract taken from H.H. Pope Shenouda III's book "Diabolic Wars", P.14-15:
[glow=red,2,300]"[/glow]We start spiritual work, and he begins resistance. He is not comfortable as long as we have any relation with…
Dear brethren,
devils CAN enter the church. Although the church is a holy place, and during the liturgy we have God himself on the altar, people through their sins and worng deeds inside the church bring the devils in. PopeKyrillos made an excellen…
Psalm 55:22
Cast your cares on the LORD and he will sustain you; he will never let the righteous fall.
Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you.
1 Peter 5:7
I was under the impression that this saint was a deacon, i never heard that he was a priest. his full story:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidhom_Bishay
thank you perfectsinner, i will try and get Pope Shenouda's wisdom from his book here:
Types of Judging others that are wrong
Judging by the mind
This is the slightest type of judgement, because it is confined to oneself, but it is dangerous, as i…
well ive read in H.G. Bishop Antonious Markos' book "Come to Africa and help us", the first of the three books on his life an work in Ethiopia that teenagers and even adults, up till old age did not receive communion, because it was this "age of sin…
thanks CertifiedOrthodox, an intriguing question. Its not a sin to discern within yourself that what they have done is wrong, but I think that judging them is wrong because you are not in any postition of authority to judge, and you don't have any i…
Right Guys, here goes:
Judging is simply is passing a judgement on something, e.g. in a court of law, a judge passes judgement on the convicted, or I judge in my mind that someone is good or bad at something. Judging in some instances is wrong, and…
It's ok lost, but you must confess soon- it is vital for you spiritually and psychologically. Remeber all the advice and add this verse
1 Corinthians 9:27
But I discipline my body and bring it into subjection, lest, when I have preached to others, …
In our church we divide the intercession of the saints into 2 categories. We say in the hymn Hiten Niepresvia:
epresvia - this means intercession and is exclusively reserved for St.Mary and the heavenly hosts, and St.John the Baptist. These are the…
No, your question is worded fine, I know exactly what you mean. There are no official rules about what saints you ask for intercession in different circumstances, it is all down to personal discretion. For example my grandma in Egypt always ask the …
Judgement is the act of examining another's deeds and then commenting on them or passing a sentence of some kind, which evaluates what they are doing and blames them, or offers destructive criticism.
ok soldier for scetis, here are some points on j…
Just because the Pope is the same priesthood rank as a bishop, doesn't make him a bishop- he is still the pope - that is his title. His full title is:
[glow=red,2,300]117th Pope of Alexandria and the Patriarch of All Africa on the Holy Apostolic Se…
my fave psalm has got to be psalm 27:
Psalm 27
A Psalm of David.
1 The LORD is my light and my salvation;
Whom shall I fear?
The LORD is the strength of my life;
Of whom shall I be afraid?
2 When the wicked came agai…