Entries by Hiwot M

Feast of Debre Qusquam

Qusquam in Arabic is the name of mountain in Upper Egypt on which the monastery and Holy Church of Al- Muharraka are still standing. The Monastery marks where the Holy Family is said to have dwelt during their exile in Egypt. The Homily of Theophilus compares the Holy Mountain in Egypt with the Holy mountain of Zion and Refers to Mary as “Mary of Zion.”

Prayer in Holy Church

Dear Children of God, Greetings to you! Glory to God as He kept as all in peace and unity till today!

Children! last time we have learned about the meaning of Prayer, Our Lord’s prayer and Saint Mary’s Prayer, Today, we will learn about Prayer in Church so follow us attentively!

Commemoration of Saint Mark, The Apostle and Evangelist

Saint Mark was born of Jewish parents three years after the birth of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Saint Mark was a native of the North Africa county of Libya. He was born in the city of Cyrene in Pentapolis, The western part of Libya, west of the border of Egypt….

Emmanuel: God with Us

Our Lord Jesus Christ was called Emmanuel in His birth; meaning GOD With us, a name that gives comfort and God’s love to us. To feel that Christ is God with us, God is among us, dwelling with us and within us. God in fact loves mankind very much. His “delight is with the sons of men.” (Proverbs 8: 31)

The Good Shepherd

He is the only Shepherd

who guides the lost ones

The mere savior of the strayed

The mender of the broken hearts

Alpha and Omega and Almighty God

God the creator of all, is the Alpha, Omega and Almighty. In scripted in the Holy bible, He says, “I am the first and I am the last, besides me there is no god.” God has many names and attributes. We primarily acknowledge His name in when He appeared to Abram and said, “I am God Almighty; walk before me and be blameless.” (Genesis 49:24, Genesis 17:1, Psalm 132:2-5) and “I am the Alpha and the Omega, says the Lord God, Who is, Who was, and Who is to come, the Almighty.” (Isaiah 44:6, Revelation 1:8)

Secular and Spiritual Knowledge

The word knowledge means to understand and comprehend something and to be able to do something. It is the ability to solve a certain problem. In Greek terms the word Gnostic represents Knowledge.  Gnosticism it a thought that has a tendency of considering knowledge as the key to everything and in Gnosticism, even eternal life would be attained through knowledge. On the other hand, those who were considered uneducated were called ignorant, or unenlightened one.

Commemoration of Archbishop Abba Demetrius

The  Holy  father,  the  pure  virgin,  the  fighter  of  lusts,  the vanquisher of natural appetites, Abba Demetrius the twelfth Archbishop of the city of Alexandria died on October 22.  This holy man was a man of the people (i.e., of lowly origin) and he knew not letters, and he used to work in a vineyard. His parents gave him a wife in his youth, and he lived with her until he was appointed archbishop forty eight years…

Children shall pray every day!

Greetings to you Dear Children and gratitude to Almighty God!

Our lesson today is about prayer. So, follow us attentively! Ok, Good!…