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Great Lent and our Children.

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(Copied from https://st-takla.org/Gallery/Jesus-Christ/34-Temptation-of-Christ/Damiana-Monast-ry-icon-Trial-2.html)  Great Lent and our Children.  Many are asking: what we as parents should do in order to train our children to fast? To answer this question, I would question firstly:  What is Fasting?  Fasting is the re-adjustment process where we can return back to being closer to God. How?  First, our children should know the aim behind fasting, not the how? the "how" will come later. But why do we fast comes first? Few answers are here,  1- We return to paradise when God was with Adam and Eve in the Garden filled with fasting food "fruits of the trees". So we return back to paradise.  2- I am re-organizing my mind to echo the word "NO" Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ said, "Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God." Matthew 4:4. So I am training my brain to say "No" to the wrongdoi

The real spiritual struggle is to spend time with God in your room.

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The real spiritual struggle is to spend time with God in your room. Pope Shenouda in front of his cave in the desert  His Holiness Pope Shenouda as we commemorate His Departure on March 17 th once said, the minute you want to sit with yourself to evaluate yourself, the Satan will not allow you to do so, as he knows the power which can come out of your sincere meeting with yourself. Tamav Erene while she is praying in one of the meeting with the people  Tamav Erene the abbess of St. Philopater Mercurius Convent for nuns in Old Cairo once said when she visited US. A day in my cell is better than all these beautiful views in the US. She found God in her very tight room, she made her room paradise. (This 3 minutes clip shows you the cell of Tamav Erene in which she counted it paradise  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Tw2HreKqbY  ) Fr. Bishoy Kamel  Fr. Bishoy Kamel once said, the true indicator of one ’ s true service for God is your holiness.

The New Martyr Catherine of Egypt who was martyred in Libya

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The celebration  Day of the new recent martyrs in Egypt in the Coptic Orthodox Church was set to be on  February 15th  every year, which is the expected day for the martyrdom  of 21 in Libya  The interview with the two sisters of the martyrs Catherine, Gamal and Sahar done by CTV Channel  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8sDMcMVKtsM Applying from Carol and Carla the sister of Catherine the martyr and the daughters of the martyrs Magdy and Sahar.                                                            Catherine the Martyr in Libya  Summary of the interview  The three daughters were in Libya, in their school they were the only Christians, Catherine were asked to wear the veil “Hijab” She refused and said I am Christian I can not wear it. The principle of the school was a friend of their father “Martyr Magdy” he used to alert him that many life threats were directed to him and his daughters, they moved from a place to a place, till finally they settled i

Attaining Victory in the World His Eminence Metropolitan Kyrillos of Milan

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Attaining Victory in the World His Eminence Metropolitan Kyrillos of Milan Delivered to the Youth of Austria December 5, 2015 Translated in Commemoration of the One Year Anniversary of His Departure August 14, 2018 In the Name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit – One God, Amen. Your Grace, thank you for allowing me to see these beautiful young men and women. I will speak to you today about how to be victorious in the world. In the world we face much warfare. The world has a prince, and this prince is Satan. Satan has an intricate system, like those of large companies. You are able to visit a company’s website, enter a product, and see whether it is carried by the company and at which location. You can visit Ikea’s website, search for a bed, and learn whether it is carried at the Ikea store here in Vienna, or in the store