Saint Mark Coptic Orthodox Church : Los Angeles, CA

The Comforter Spirit

If we just endure to walk in the narrow path. If we just cross the valley of tears, carrying the cross, despite of the world's prosecution, then the Holy Spirit is our salvation, the intercession of our endeavor and our the only support for our comfort. Whoever experienced the Holy Spirit amid hardship, then the can challenge the pains and will not care about hardship, "In the multitude of my anxieties within me, Your comforts delight my soul." (Ps. 94:19). P Isaiah the prophet: He pictured for us the embracing of the Holy Spirit of the human soul, like a nursing mother carrying he suckling in her arms. She coddles her child on her knees and nurses him from her comforting breast. The Spirit was over flowing from the hearts of the martyrs, so they forgot their sufferings. Their hearts were full of morality, so they rejected all earthly comfort… One of the fathe... Read more...

The Feast of the Pentecost

Because of the importance of the Holy Spirit’s work with us, the Lord said to His disciples, the saints: "Nevertheless I tell you the truth. It is to your advantage that I go away; for if I do not go away, the Helper will not come to you; but if I depart, I will send Him to you” (Jn 16:7)… And told them about Him “that He may abide with you forever… and ...

5th Sunday of the Holy Fifty days - The Way, the Truth & the Life

This is the dialog the Lord had with His disciples during the Sunday directly preceding the Ascension. This is how the church acknowledged - that the Lord has completed everything on the cross. He paid off the debt; He buried death with His death and revealed the resurrection from the dead with His resurrection. He presented Himself, living and rising from the dead. He gave us Himself ...

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Curriculum for Preparation of Sunday School Servants

Beloved of our Lord Jesus Christ: May the grace and peace of our Lord be with you.It is with great joy that we announce the publication of a new book “Curriculum For Preparation of Sunday School Servants”.This book includes so many useful features that we believe will help Sunday School s...

Sunday Contemplations

5th Sunday of the Holy Fifty days - The Way, the Truth & the Life

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Feasts

The Comforter Spirit

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Spirituality

How to Benefit Spiritually from Holy Pascha Week

1. Our Behavior Inside and Outside of Church It is very noticeable that many people during Pascha Week are one thing inside church and completely different outside. In side church, black curtains, somber hymns, solemn readings, and concentrating on the suffering of Christ. Outside of church, we often laugh, joke around, socialize, think and talk about many worldly issues. We lose al...

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Saints and Martyrs

Our Saints: The Reverend Apostles

First, we should mention that those reverend Apostles had been called for their mission by Jesus Christ himself. He is the One who said to them:" You did not choose Me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain, that whatever you ask the Father in My name He may give you" (Jn15:16) And Jesus Christ also said to them...

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Church Worship

Kiahk Praises explained

The praise of Kiahk (also known as "7 and 4") on the Eve of Sunday is the praise of every eve of Sunday all year, since Sunday is the day of the Resurrection when the Church stays awake until daybreak. Eventually, it contacts the dawn of eternity, whose sun never leaves, because the Lord Jesus, the true Light, the Sun of Righteousness, will be its light. This article will explain t...

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How do I benefit from the Holy Liturgy?

Fasts and Holy Pascha

"Those with which I was wounded in the house of My friends..." (Zech. 13:6)

Thisprophecy was fulfilled in the life of our Lord Jesus. For the sake of savingmankind from eternal perdition, the only begotten Son, God the Logos wasincarnated. Since death was in the way of our salvation, He yearned to gothrough it, because of His love to us. His life on earth was a chain ofsufferings, from His childhood till He went to the cross to suffer the judgmentof our sins. We are those...

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Wisdom of the Fathers

“Also in another place it shows that the angels are the ministers of the saints. For when Elijah was on the mountain and foreigners were rising up against him, his servant said, 'Many are coming against us and we are all alone.' Then Elijah answered, 'Do you not see the armies and multitudes of angels with us surrounding us to aid us?' (2 Kg. 6:15). You see how the Master and the multitude of angels are standing by the side of their servants.”

St. Macarios the Great, Fifty Spiritual Homilies.