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“Hypocrisy, because it is a counterfeit of the good, possesses nothing vital of the good it simulates, but is only its dead bones, so to speak …. If we listen with wisdom to what the present passage wants to tell us, we will understand that every simulated righteousness is a dead righteousness, hence no righteousness at all. Just as a dead man can still have the appearance of a man, even though he is in fact no longer a man, so also a dead chastity is no chastity. For any virtue is dead when it is not practiced for God but feigned on account of men. He who feigns righteousness can give the appearance of being righteous even though what he has is not righteousness at all but only a figment of righteousness, much like impersonators who can take on the appearance of another individual without thereby actually becoming the other person.” Origen of Alexandria #bewareofhypocrisy #dailyreadings #coptic #orthodox

“Hypocrisy, because it is a counterfeit of the good, possesses nothing vital of the good it simulates, but is only …

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Oh God, teach me how to seek You above all, and not anything else but You, because He who seeks You finds everything in You – St Ephrem the Syrian . . #coptic #orthodox #dailyreadings #thereisnonebesidesYou #everygoodnessisinHim #everythinginHim

Oh God, teach me how to seek You above all, and not anything else but You, because He who seeks …

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The man who is perpetually absorbed in this present life, and yet not with eternity, or with death, or with what comes after death, can easily be oblivious of the soul. The rich fool didn’t think of death but thought of a long lifetime ahead of him… the man who walks in the leisure and love of the world sets before his eyes many years ahead, but he who dwells on the salvation of his soul sets continually before his eyes death and the day of judgement. Death reminds us of the account that we shall give, and reminds us that we shall stand before the throne of the just God. – H.H Pope Shenouda . . #coptic #orthodox #dailyreadings #eternity #watchandpray #justjudge

The man who is perpetually absorbed in this present life, and yet not with eternity, or with death, or with …

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“We have a new world through the coming of our Saviour, in whom all things became new for us.” – St. Cyril the Great . #NewYear #CopticNewYear #Nayrouz #CopticOrthodox #Coptic #Orthodox #DailyReadings

“We have a new world through the coming of our Saviour, in whom all things became new for us.” – …

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“In love did God bring the world into existence; in love is God going to bring it to that wondrous transformed state, and in love will the world be swallowed up in the great mystery of the one who has preformed all these things; in love will the whole course of the governance of creation be finally comprised.” St Isaac the Syrian #endofcopticyear #Nayrouz #endoftheworld #secondcoming #dailyreadings #coptic #orthodox

“In love did God bring the world into existence; in love is God going to bring it to that wondrous …

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