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I Am He: St. Mary Vesper or Revival : St. Mary Vesper or Revival I announced that we will pray Vespers of St. Mary, later I was asked by a person when is the Revival of St. Ma...

St. Mary Vesper or Revival I announced that we will pray Vespers of St. Mary, later I was asked by a person when is the Revival of St. Mary so I answered the Vespers will be in the time I mentioned. My answer was not satisfactory. It triggers me to analyse what is our expectation about the period of the fast asking the intercession of St. Mary. What components are there in the expectation of the people for the revival of St. Mary. Is the Vesper prayer recognised as a deep liturgical prayers, not only in st. Mary but the rest of the year? Revival : Is it only the case during some periods of time during the year? or is it what we should do everyday? Expectation:  Is our expectation about st. Mary period to be: Glorification ( in which many songs found its place, lacking a deep theological meaning, connecting st. Mary to the mystery of Incarnation,like the Theotokia of every day) and sermons? Would it be still fine if we prayed the Vesper followed by the Theotokia of the day, a

Our Children During the Summer I am so sorry that I delayed writing this blog to this time, as we are half way through the summer, but I felt that I need to address this issue as soon. What do our children plan for the summer? The first answer, will be for vacation, watching, hanging out, gym and sports. How about we plan for the summer, by creating agenda, I will suggest some topics to be discussed with your children. A weekly agenda can include: Daily Bible Reading, Daily Book Reading, Daily Prayer, writing psalms in order to learn it  Writing verses in order to learn it   (one of many sites) https://www.daniellesplace.com/html/psalm233sample.html  attending liturgies, vespers, Mid Night Psalmody, learning parts in Agypia, Bible, Hymns, Coptic teaching http://www.copticplace.com/coptic_languge/coptic.html , http://www.stmarkdc.org/ctresources , stories from the Old Testament ( not the ordinary known ones like Joseph, David) Could be the story of