Tag Archives: Ethiopian Orthodox
Stretching of hands in prayer
Stretching of hands -Divine Liturgy
What is the Truth?
Pilate asked our Lord in His Passion to answer this question: ‘What is truth?’ Do we know how to answer this question, if it was posed to us today? Many of us would say that is easy for Christ is … Continue reading
Saint Porphyrios: “They have committed Every Sin of the Flesh, But I love them”
The Elder told me one day: “Boys and girls come to me sometimes. Those poor children, and what haven’t they done. They have committed every sin of the flesh, but I love them. The Elder did not justify the … Continue reading
God is the Judge
You are angry with your neighbor, your brother, and say of him: ” He is such and such—a miser, malicious, proud,” or that he has done this and that, and so on. What is that to you? He sins against God, and … Continue reading
Misfortune
Here on earth we frequently experience many misfortunes and hardships, but all of these are because we have not humbled ourselves. Elder Thaddeus At that time there were a lot of deaths on earth. People were snatched unexpectedly and abandoned … Continue reading
God’s Providence
In looking at life, we should accept all the things which come to us as God’s providence, knowing that they are intended to wake us up from our passions. We should pray to God to show us some God-pleasing thing … Continue reading
Gathered because of His Name
Call upon me says the Lord and I will be there in your midst. For where two or three are gathered together in My name, I am there in the midst of them. Matthew 18:20. Our brothers were gathered not … Continue reading
Body of Christ cries!!!
Christ is risen! Truly He is risen! If one part suffers, every part suffers with it; if one part is honored, every part rejoices with it. 1 Corinthians 12:26 Thirty of our brothers have been martyred on the shores of … Continue reading
Opening ourselves for the Bridegroom
Exposing & opening ourselves so the Bridegroom can heal us The Bridegroom is coming to buy His bride and to pay the price for her in order to acquire her to Himself according to Ephesians 5 where it says husbands … Continue reading
Semto Mechal 