lazarussaturday Archives • Coptic Orthodox Diocese of the Midlands, U.K.

“The Lord speaks about death and calls it sleep. Sleep indicates physical rest as it helps restore the energy of the body. Thus a person wakes up to start in a new day fully active and energetic. This is true as well in the case of the sleep of death; for a believer, when he goes to sleep, rises up into a new life armed with new potentials of a new world” – Fr Tadros Malaty . “Truly it is not said about saints that they are dead but rather they are laying down or resting” St Jerome . . #lazarussaturday #coptic #dailyreadings #orthodoxy #copticorthodox #resurrectionandlife #lifeinchrist #gloryofgod

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“When The Lord Jesus Christ raised him from death, they became sure that nothing is impossible.” – H.H. Pope Shenouda III #lazarus #lazarussaturday #dailyreadings #coptic orthodox

“When The Lord Jesus Christ raised him from death, they became sure that nothing is impossible.” – H.H. Pope Shenouda …

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