Sanctify My Life – Part 3

If I fall, I will rise: Before the cunning of the demons, their guile and wicked slander, who will be able to stand? But my hope in Christ is steadfast. The deception of the wicked enemy surrounds me, the weak one, and I fall under the heavy yoke of evil thoughts.   I confess the weakness…

Sanctify My Life – Part 2

The Life of Holiness is Attractive and Elegant: When we read about the history of Christianity, how the Christians lived as saints, we greatly marvel. Most of the righteous martyrs were youth such as St. George, St. Mina, St. Mercurius, St. Theodore, St. Abanoub, St. Demiana, and Saints Barbara and Juliana. The enemy, the devil,…

Sanctify My Life – Part 1

+  “But as He who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct” (1 Peter 1:15).   +  “Do you not know that you are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you?” (1 Cor. 3:16).   +  “Holiness, without which no one will see the…

The Life of Repentance

A homily by Father Louka Sidarous of blessed memory at Saint Mercurius and Saint Abraam Coptic Orthodox Church on September 15, 2001. In the Name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit One God, Amen. The saying of Christ (to Whom be the glory) about John the Baptist, that he is the greatest…

Feast of the Resurrection – Christ’s Open Side

A homily by Father Luke Sidarous on the eve of the Feast of the Resurrection, April 2001. In the Name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit One God, Amen.   St. John the Beloved was standing near the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ until the last moment, him and the pure saint the Theotokos the Virgin Saint Mary. The…

The Kingdom of Heaven

A homily by Father Luke Sidarous. In the Name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit one God, Amen. In the teachings of Christ, to Him be the glory, He drew the attention of His children to the Kingdom of the Heavens. He made clear that the person who follows Christ will accept…

The Power of the Resurrection – 5th Sunday – Christ is the Way of Life

A homily by HG Bishop Mettaous, Abbot of Deyr El-Soryan (The Syrian Monastery), part of a series on the Sundays of the Holy Fifties In the Name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, one God, Amen. We will speak about the readings of the 5th Sunday of the Holy Fifty Days. The…

Anba Yousab El Abah

This is translated from an article published in St. Mark’s Magazine by the Monastery of St. Macarius in the Wilderness of Shiheet. His Birth: The child Yousef (Joseph) was born in the year 1735 AD in the village of Ankhela which is in the province of Assyut to parents that were righteous before God. His father…

The Motherhood of the Theotokos

A homily by Fr. Luke Sidarous on the Vespers of St. Mary’s Feast - August 21, 2019. In the Name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, one God, Amen. The pure, holy Virgin Saint Mary, grabbed the attention of all humanity for all these centuries. The mysteries of the Virgin remained higher than…

Be filled with the Holy Spirit

A homily by Fr. Luke Sidarous on the eve of St. Mina’s feast - June 21, 2019. In the Name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, one God, Amen. The words of Christ, to Him be the glory, to the righteous martyrs, when He informed them that they would be hated by the…