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The Family altar (1) (25)

The Family altar (1) (25) Introduction The family altar is the first and the most important wall against Satan’s forces for individuals and families, but unfortunately, we are not used to hearing this term neither in our homes nor in our churches. Frankly, if the Church and Christian families don’t pay attention to the […]

How to pray- The prayer response secret (2) (15)

How to pray- The prayer response secret (2) (15) Introduction Why do some people’s prayers answered, while others don’t!! as if they don’t pray or pray to another God who doesn’t respond?! There is a secret in response to prayer: First: Expectation. Second: Patience. Third: Perseverance. Perseverance is the practical translation of a true […]

How do I work with God? The principles of work (2) (12)

How do I work with God? The principles of work (2) (12) By: House of God’s Love * We have a hope in Christ that this series reach the hand of every Christian youth at the lowest cost. * You can share us in this hope by gifting it to your friends and […]

Peace of Responsibility (1/3) (6)

Peace of Responsibility (1/3) (6) Prepared by God’s Love House Book name: series of principles in spiritual life (6) How to obtain inner peace (1- peace of responsibility). Prepared by: servant of God’s Love House for expatriate student Edition: first edition 2014 *We have a hope in Messiah that this series will reach every Christian […]

A Saint, Not A Sinner – Features of a Christian (3)

A Saint, Not A Sinner – Features of a Christian (3) By: House of God’s Love Translated by: Youstina Naguib · We hope in Christ that this series will reach the hand of every Christian youth for the least cost. · You could share in this hope by giving this series to your friends, loved […]

Coptic art in the Coptic museum

Coptic art in the Coptic museum Coptic art began to emerge in Egypt around 300 A.D. In form, style, and content it was quite different from the art of Pharaonic Egypt. How’ did this come about? Broadly speaking, there were two causes. The first is that indigenous Egyptian art had been in contact with the […]

Monks and Scholars in the Panopolite Nome: The Epigraphic Evidence

Monks and Scholars in the Panopolite Nome: The Epigraphic Evidence DURING THE CONFERENCE “Perspectives on Panopolis,” which took place in Leyden in 1998, Lucia Criscuolo discussed the evidence of the Greek inscriptions, including Christian ones, from the Panopolite nome, the present-day Sohag-Akhmim area. Already in the beginning of her paper, she observed that it would […]

Liturgy in the White Monastery

Liturgy in the White Monastery Liturgy is an essential part of the life of a monastery, and we can hardly feel an interest for the White Monastery without being interested in its liturgical life as well.[1] Unfortunately we still know little about this subject, as recently stated by Heinzgerd Brakmann, a most distinguished scholar in […]

The Triconch Sanctuaries of Sohag

The Triconch Sanctuaries of Sohag “Le probleme de I’abside treflee, de son origine, de son developpement, I’histoire enfin de ce type de structure, a ete dans ces dernieres annees 1’argument de bien de travaux; mais, malgre cela, je crois que l’etude peut donner encore quelque resultat si on voudra profiter d’une documentation bien precise et […]

John of Lykopolis

John of Lykopolis As Sebastien Lenain de Tillemont observed over three centuries ago, among all the solitary saints in Egypt “there is after St. Antony no one whose renown is greater than that of St.John of Lycopolis” (Tillemont 1732, vol. 10:9). Tillemont also observed that,besides the principal accounts of john of Lykopolis found in the […]