I Am He

Thanks to the FB Page of "Those who love Anba Athanasius Metropolitan of Beni Suef and Bahnasa" ( Arabic Page for providing me with the Arabic wording for this hymn for this great teacher and scholar Metropolitan Athanasius  Tranlsation  Hymn “Through The Cross” [1] by  Late Metropolitan Athanasuis of Beni Suef. [2] Through the Cross my Lord Redeemed me … Through His Resurrection, He raised me and gave me life Through the Cross He restored to me my entity… He opened to me the door of the paradise Come let us see visibly… Our God in the human nature Loving, kind, maker of good… He broke from us the trap pf the Satan. He wore the nature of the sons of Adam… and became a sacrifice for the world He saved by his Cross all transgressions … he removed from us all verdicts Through the Cross we reconciled with the Father … And the Son opened before us the door After the hostility we became lovers… the reconciliation happened and the dividing wall was

Special Thanks to Donna Rizk  Moses, called the Robber or the Negro, was a released slave who lived as a robber in Nitria; late in life he became a monk and was trained by Isidore the Priest. He was ordained priest and became one of the great fathers of Scetis. On the advice of Macarius he retired to Petra; he was martyred with seven others by barbarian invaders. 1-       It happened that Abba Moses was struggling with the temptation of fornication. Unable to stay any longer in the cell, he went and told Abba Isidore. The old man exhorted him to return to his cell. But he refused, saying, 'Abba, I cannot.' Then Abba Isidore took Moses out onto the terrace and said to him, 'Look towards the west.' He looked and saw hordes of demons flying about and mak­ing a noise before launching an attack. Then Abba Isidore said to him, 'Look towards the east.' He turned and saw an innumerable multitude of holy angels shining with glory. Abba Isidore said, 'See, t