Stockholm, Sweden – The Swedish parliament passed on Thursday a historic resolution recognizing the 1915 mass killings of 2,5 million Armenians, Pontian Greeks and Arameans (Syriacs) as genocide. Sweden is the first and only nation that has officially accepted the Aramean genocide.
This recog ...More
“O God, do not be far from me; O my God, make haste to help me!” (Ps. 71: 12)
Prayer rising in a man’s heart will open up the doors of heaven. (St. Ephrem
the Syrian)
يا الله لا تبتعد عني. يا الهي الي معونتي اسرع. مز71: 12
الصلاة التي ترتفع في قلب إنسان تفتح ابواب السماء.ا ...More
This coming Sunday is daylight savings time, the time to \'spring forward\' by turning clocks ahead one hour. That means the time will shift from 2 a.m. to 3 a.m.
While most cell phones will shift automatically, you\'ll likely have to manually adjust clocks and other electronics.
Don\'t fo ...More
“When You said, "Seek My face," My heart said to You, "Your face, Lord, I will seek." Psalm 27:8
Time is the price you must pay for intimacy with God.
One of the most valuable things that a person could possibly have is an intimate relationship with God. That same God who is big enough and powerful enough to create the whole universe is also small enough and caring enough to desire a personal relationship with any person--a relation ...More
Mid-Lent
Veneration the Holy Cross
King Abgar Day
Syriac Martyrs Day
Symbol of Salvation
14 And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up,
15 that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life. )John 3:14-15 (________________________________________
Let us focus on most important verses of the whole Holy Bible, which show the main reason of the incarnation of God the ...More
"And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life." John 3:14-15 ...More
“So teach us to number our days, That we may gain a heart of wisdom.” Psalm 90:12
SUPPLICATION
O Lord, accept our worship and have mercy upon us.
Grant us compassion, mercy and forgiveness from your holy treasury.
O Lord, our deeds make You angry; but you never desire to be angry. Yo ...More
Heavenly Versus Demonic Wisdom
“Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show by good conduct that his works are done in the meekness of wisdom. But if you have bitter envy and self-seeking in your hearts, do not boast and lie against the truth. This wisdom does not descend from above, but is earthly, sensual, demonic. For where envy and self-seeking exist, confusion and every evil thing are there. But the wisdom that is fro ...More
We are entering the fourth week of the Holy Great Lent of this year. In today’s reading we come across a Canaanite woman who came to our Lord with her request to save her daughter who was severely demon-possessed.
We know that from the scripture that Jesus was sent (as Messiah) to His own people the Jews only. The biblical intent was that the Nation of Israel would accept the Messiah, receive the Holy Spirit, and turn-around and ...More
اللحن: الرابع
القراءات:
قراءة من سفر الخروج (32: 1ـ 6)
قراءة من سفر اشعيا النبي (29: 13ـ 24)
قراءة من سفر أعمال الرسل (13: 1ـ 12)
من رسالة مار بولس الرسول إلى أهل تسالونيكي (5: 12ـ 28)
الإنجيل المقدس بحسب البشير مرقس (7: 24ـ 37)
الإنجيل المقدس بحسب الرسول متى (15: 21ـ 31)
عن البطريركية ــ
بقلم: قداسة سيدنا البطريرك المعظم مار إغناطيوس زكا الأول عيواص الكلي الطوبى
«حينئذ أجاب يسوع وقال لها: يا امرأة ...More
"I will walk among you and be your God, and you will be my people" (Leviticus 26:12)
Because of Christ\'s death, you can be adopted by the Father you rejected, forgiven by the Husband you cheated on, and embraced by the Friend you betrayed.
Throughout the Old and New Testaments, the authors of Scripture use the images of a father and his child, a husband and his wife, and a friend and his companion to describe the relationship betwee ...More
For God is not unjust to forget your work and labor of love which you have shown toward His name, in that you have ministered to the saints, and do minister. (Heb. 6: 10)
You should see, how God, in every occasion, takes notice of works of compassion. These are points credited to the wrongdoers.(St. John Chrysostom)
لأن الله ليس بظالم حتي ينسي عملكم وتعب المحبة التي اظهرتموها نحو اسمه اذ قد خدمتم القديسين وتخدمونهم. عب6: 10
أ ...More