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9th hour of Monday Eve Peter did not say “you are a Christ” or “a son of God” but “the Christ the Son of God”. And in calling Him the Son of the Living God Peter indicates that Christ Himself is Life and death has no authority over Him.” – St. Cyril of Alexandria

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11th Hour of the Day of Palm Sunday “There is a servant who has no class yet his service is far deeper; all who meet him take from him the love of God and their hearts become ablaze by the words of grace that proceed from his mouth. Every day he adds new members to the Church who had never entered the Church before.” – H.H. Pope Shenouda III #coptic #orthodox #pascha #holyweek #holypashca #palmsunday #service #serve

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Palm Sunday “Palm Sunday is the Day where the Kingdom of the Earth with its Palms the Kingdom of Animals with the Donkey and the Kingdom of Men with their hymns and procession are all United in Christ welcoming him into Jerusalem” – H.H. Pope Tawadros II #coptic #orthodox #palmsunday #blessed #hosanna #holypashca

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Lazarus Saturday I pray to you the miracle with regards to its inner meaning. For if our mind be dead like Lazarus it behoves our material flesh and our nobler soul like Martha and Mary to approach Christ with a confession of faith and to entreat His help. Then He will stand by us and command the hardness that lies upon our memory to be taken away and cry with the loud voice of the Evangelic trumpet: “Come forth from the distractions of the world” and loose the cords of our sins; so that we ma

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The Last Friday of The Great Lent And yet He loved even those who hated Him and wept over the unbelieving and blessed those who slandered Him and prayed for those who were enmity against Him. – St. Clement Of Rome He admonished them by the holy prophets. He would have had them under his wings that is under the protection of his power but they lost the valuable blessings by being disposed to evil ungrateful and scornful. – St. Cyril of Alexandria #coptic #orthodox #lastfridayoflent #fasting #

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