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

You have released us, O Lord, from the fear of death. You have made the end of life here on earth a beginning of true life for us – Saint Macrina . . #lifeinchrist #heiseternallife #heaven #eternity #dailyreadings #copticorthodox #coptic #orthodox #holy50 #holy50days

You have released us, O Lord, from the fear of death. You have made the end of life here on …

This is the grace of the Lord, and these are the Lord’s means of restoration for the children of men. For He suffered to prepare freedom from suffering for those who suffer in Him; He descended that He might raise us up; He took on Him the trial of being born that we might love Him who is uncreated; He went down to corruption, that corruption might put on immortality. He became weak for us, may we might rise with power; He descended to death, that He may bestow on us immortality, and give life to the dead. Finally, He became Man, that we who die as men might live again, and that death should no more reign over us – St Athanasius . . #lifeinchrist #resurrection #holy50 #grace #coptic #orthodoxy #copticorthodox #dailyreadings

This is the grace of the Lord, and these are the Lord’s means of restoration for the children of men. …

“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

“The Lord speaks about death and calls it sleep. Sleep indicates physical rest as it helps restore the energy of …

When you pluck a flower, it keeps its smell; and when it is crushed or cut in pieces, it smells even more. In the same manner, when the Lord Jesus was hung on the Cross, He did not fail when bruised nor weaken when being torn. When pierced with the spear, He became more handsome with the Blood that shed from Him and carried a new beauty. He cannot die spiritually, but grants the dead the gift of eternal life- St Ambrose . . #lifeinChrist #coptic #dailyreadings #orthodoxy #copticorthodox

When you pluck a flower, it keeps its smell; and when it is crushed or cut in pieces, it smells …

“He who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life.” 1 John 5:12 . “A heart that has received the heavenly seed is changed in its speech, changed in its thinking, changed in its way of life, changed in its senses. In all that pertains to him such a man is different from the rest of men, and he is like a man who slumbered and has risen from sleep.” St Isaac the Syrian #lifeinChrist #dailyreadings #Holy50 #coptic #orthodox #ChristisRisen

“He who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life.” …