The Feast of the Cross http://st-takla.org/books/en/church/synaxarium/01-toot/17-tout-cross.html Memorization questions: When, and who discovered the place of Jesus’ cross? The Cross was uncovered by the lover of God, Queen Helena, mother of Emperor Constantine, from under pile garbage in Golgotha. It was discovered onthe tenth of Baramhat. If the cross was uncovered on the tenth of Baramhat, why […]
Read MoreAbba Shenouda was the abbot of the hite Monastery of Atribe in the desert of Thebes for more than 65 years. He ruled over 2200 monks and 1800 nuns. He is called Archimandrite because he used to practice the hermetic (isolated) life from time to time, and he also used to encourage some of his […]
Read MoreUnder the regime of the Turkish ruler Mohammed Ali, and the reign of Pope Butros Al-Gawly (Pope 109), there lived a holy bishop called Abba Serapamon. At birth he was called Salib ( cross). He was born in one of the villages in the Nile delta. His parents were devout Christians. When he was about […]
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