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February 2, 2011

Departure of Abba Paul, the First Hermit

On this day of the year 341 A.D., the great saint Anba Paul, the first hermit, departed. This Saint was from the city of Alexandria, and had a brother whose name was Peter.After the departure of their father, they divided the inheritance between them. When his brother took the greater share, Paul’s feelings were hurt, by his brother’s action. He said to his brother, “Why don’t you give me my rightful share of the inheritance – …

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January 27, 2011

The Departure of Abba Antony the Great

On this day, of the year 355 A.D., St. Anthony the Great, the star of the wilderness, and the father of all monks, departed. This righteous man was born in the year 251 A.D. in the city of Qimn El-Arouse, to rich parents who loved the church and the poor. They raised him up in fear of the Lord. When he was twenty years old, his parents departed, and he had to take care of – …

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January 21, 2011

Feast of the Miracle at the Wedding of Cana of Galilee

The feast of the Wedding of Cana of Galilee is celebrated on the 13th day of the month of Tobe, and it is one of the Seven Minor Feasts of our Lord. At this wedding, water was transformed into unsweetened wine. This was the first miracle of our Lord Christ in His great ministry, as stated in the gospel of St. John: “Jesus did this, the first of his signs, in Cana of Galilee, and – …

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January 19, 2011

Feast of the Theophany

The Feast of the Theophany is one of the Seven Major Feasts of our Lord in the Coptic Orthodox Church. It is celebrated on the 11th of the Coptic month of Tobe. The word "epiphany" in the sense of this Feast means "divine appearance" (from the Greek epiphaneia). This Feast is also known as the Feast of the Theophany, which means "manifestation of God," because, on this day, when our Lord Jesus Christ was baptized – …

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January 13, 2011

Feast of the Circumcision of our Lord

On Friday, January 14, 2011 (Tuba 6), the Coptic Orthodox Church commemorates the Feast of the Circumcision of our Lord Jesus Christ. This is one of the seven minor feasts of our Lord in which we remember that the Word of God Who gave us the Law subjected Himself to the same Law in order to fulfill it in a spiritual manner. On the eighth day after His Nativity, our Lord Jesus Christ was circumcised – …

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January 10, 2011

The Glorious Feast of the Nativity

The Coptic Orthodox Diocese of Los Angeles wishes you a blessed and joyful Feast of our Lord’s Nativity Quote: “[T]he Word of the Father is the one true Lord, the Lord even of death. For this reason was He both born and manifested as Man, for this He died and rose, in order that, eclipsing by His works all other human deeds, He might recall man from all the paths of error to know the – …

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