A Coptic Orthodox Parish in San DIego, CA
Our beloved father, the thrice-blessed Pope Shenouda III of blessed memory, was fond of repeating a simple, yet powerful phrase: “God exists.” What does this phrase mean in the context of our Lord’s Resurrection? In his First Epistle to the Corinthians, St. Paul addressed those people who deny the Resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ and told […]
A few weeks ago, we celebrated the Feast of our Lord Jesus Christ’s Resurrection, a Feast that many of you know simply as Easter. The celebration of Easter is not over, however. In the Orthodox Church, we spend fifty days, or almost 14% of our year, celebrating the Resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ. The reason […]
Every year, the Church proclaims through the glorious Feast of the Resurrection that, two thousand years ago, the world was changed forever by a single event. The myrrh-bearing women came early in the morning to the burial site of their Teacher and saw that the tomb was empty. Christ triumphed over the power of death by […]
