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All the bitterness of the world is wiped away with the smallest drop of the sweetness of Christ – His Grace Bishop Angaelos . . #wedding #bridegroom #coptic #dailyreadings #pascha #holyweek #orthodoxy #orthodox #copticorthodox

All the bitterness of the world is wiped away with the smallest drop of the sweetness of Christ – His …

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“Let us also do likewise, and let us sing hymns, and give up our garments to them that bear Him. For what should we deserve, when some clothe the ass on which He was set, and others strew the garments even under her feet; but we, seeing him naked, and not being even commanded to strip ourselves, but to spend of what is laid by, not even so are liberal? And when they indeed attend upon Him before and behind, but we, when He comes unto us, send Him away, and thrust Him off and insult Him.” St John Chrysostom #PalmSunday #Hosanna #toTheSonofDavid #Hosannainthehighest #BlessedisHe #WhoComesintheNameofTheLord #HolyWeek #Pascha #dailyreadings #coptic #orthodox

“Let us also do likewise, and let us sing hymns, and give up our garments to them that bear Him. …

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“He tasted death for the sake of all; although by nature, He, Himself was the Life and resurrection. He surrounded His body with death, then by His mighty power, He treaded upon death to become the Firstfruit among the dead, and the Firstfruit of those who have fallen asleep. If the resurrection from the dead happens through man; and the Man we Know is the Word begotten by God; Through Him the power of death has been destroyed.” – St. Cyril the Great #brightsaturday #lightsaturday #hetrampleddowndeathbyhisdeath #pascha #holyweek #Christisrisen #khristosanesti #dailyreadings #coptic #orthodox

“He tasted death for the sake of all; although by nature, He, Himself was the Life and resurrection. He surrounded …

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If we wish to understand the power of Christ’s blood, we should go back to the ancient account of its prefiguration in Egypt. Sacrifice a lamb without blemish, commanded Moses, and sprinkle its blood on your doors. If we were to ask him what he meant, and how the blood of an irrational beast could possibly save men endowed with reason, his answer would be that the saving power lies not in the blood itself, but in the fact that it is a sign of the Lord’s blood. In those days, when the destroying angel saw the blood on the doors he did not dare to enter, so how much less will the devil approach now when he sees, not that figurative blood on the doors, but the true blood on the lips of believers, the doors of the temple of Christ. – St John Chrysostom . #HolyWeek #GoodFriday #Pascha #TheCross #ThePowerOfChristsBlood #CopticOrthodox #Orthodox #Coptic

If we wish to understand the power of Christ’s blood, we should go back to the ancient account of its …

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“Christ held Himself in His hands when He gave His Body to His disciples saying: ‘This is My Body.’ No one partakes of this Flesh before he has adored it. Recognise in this bread what hung on the cross, and in this chalice what flowed from His side.” St Augustine #TheLastSupper #ThursdayoftheCovenant #Pascha #HolyWeek #dailyreadings #coptic #orthodox

“Christ held Himself in His hands when He gave His Body to His disciples saying: ‘This is My Body.’ No …

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