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

“For faith indeed and hope, when the good things believed and hoped for have come, cease….How then is love the greater? In that those pass away. If now so great is the virtue of love, with good reason does St Paul add and say, Follow after love.” -St John Chrysostom #ChristIsRisen #TrulyHeIsRisen #HolyFifty #HolyPentecost #FaithHopeLove #LovrIsTheGreatest #GodIsLove #Coptic #Orthodox #DailyReadings #ChurchFathers

“For faith indeed and hope, when the good things believed and hoped for have come, cease….How then is love the …

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“and while the disciples were smarting with the anxieties of fear He bids them take to themselves the terrible power of faith. For thus are we safe, and not otherwise, according surely to the song of the Psalmist: The Lord is my illumination and my saviour; whom shall I fear? The Lord is the shield of my life; of whom shall I be afraid? For if the all-powerful God fights for us and shields us, who could ever have power to harm us?” St Cyril of Alexandria #Donotfear #Believe #Faith #JesusChrist #TheSonofGod #HolyFifty #ChristisRisen #TrulyHeisRisen #dailyreadings #coptic #orthodox

“and while the disciples were smarting with the anxieties of fear He bids them take to themselves the terrible power …

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“There are then three means whereby we shall reach the Divine courts that are above and enter the Church of the firstborn; namely, by practice in virtue of every kind, by faith in rightness of doctrine, and by hope of life to come. Is there any one else than our Lord Jesus the Christ, who could ever be a leader, a helper, or a means for granting us success in such matters as these? Surely not: do not think it.” – St Cyril of Alexandria #ChristIsRisen #TrulyHeIsRisen #HolyFifty #IAmTheWay #IAmTheTruth #IAmTheLife #GodIsLove #Coptic #Orthodox #DailyReadings #ChurchFathers

“There are then three means whereby we shall reach the Divine courts that are above and enter the Church of …

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“In the house of God, in the Church of Christ, men dwell with one mind, and continue in concord and simplicity.” St Cyprian of Carthage #Unity #OneinChrist #Onechurch #EnthronementofStPopeKyrillos #HolyFifty #ChristisRisen #TrulyHeisRisen #coptic #orthodox #dailyreadings

“In the house of God, in the Church of Christ, men dwell with one mind, and continue in concord and …

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“For the soul that is privileged to be in communion with the Spirit of His light, and is irradiated by the beauty of the unspeakable glory of Him who has prepared her to be a seat and a dwelling for Himself, becomes all light, all face, all eye; and there is no part of her that is not full of the spiritual eyes of light.” St Macarius the Great #JesusChrist #Lightoftheworld #abideinHim #HolyFifty #ChristisRisen #TrulyHeisRisen #dailyreadings #coptic #orthodox

“For the soul that is privileged to be in communion with the Spirit of His light, and is irradiated by …

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