Today marks the Feast of the Wedding of Cana. Recorded by St. John in John 2:1-12, when Jesus was at a wedding in Cana of Galilee with St. Mary and His disciples. When the wine ran out at this wedding, Jesus instructed the servants to fill up six waterpots of stone with water, and once…

On the Feast of Theophany, we reflect on the humility of Christ not in contradiction to His divinity, but as its clearest expression. As St John Chrysostom explains, Christ comes to be baptized, not because He needs cleansing, but because His glory is revealed most fully through humility. If we accept the greatest mystery, that…

The CircumcisionExcerpted from St Cyril of Alexandria’s Commentary on Luke For on the eighth day Christ arose from the dead, and gave us the spiritual circumcision. For He commanded the holy Apostles: “Having gone, make disciples of all nations, baptizing them into the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy…

Today, we celebrate the blessed feast of the Nativity, the Birth of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Today, Love took the form of a human being and dwelt among us. Fr. Matthew the Poor implores us to meditate on this Virginal Birth, saying, “What do we see in Bethlehem today besides a divine presence…

The Celebration of Our Weapon17th-19th of Tout (September 27th-29th, 2025) The foundation of our faith as Coptic Orthodox Christians is the cross. Through His grueling suffering on the Cross, Christ granted us eternal life; opened up a path for our salvation; provided us with a weapon against any pain or struggle; redeemed our corrupt nature;…

The Feast of TransfigurationMesore 13, 1741 A.M. (August 19th, 2025) Today, we celebrate the Feast of the Transfiguration of our Lord Jesus Christ on Mount Tabor. Christ’s transfiguration on Mount Tabor required a ‘transfiguration’ on the part of the disciples who were with Him. Not a transfiguration of the body, but of the spirit. In…

The Entry of our Lord into Egypt“Out of Egypt I called my Son”Pashons 24, 1741 – June 1st, 2025 On the 24th day of the Coptic Month of Pashons (June 1), the Church commemorates the entry of our Lord into Egypt. Fittingly, on this day, we read Matthew 2:13-23. In this passage from St. Matthew,…

In Jewish tradition, a mother of a newborn must go to the temple and offer an animal for a burnt offering and a sin offering 40 days after a boy is born or 80 days after having a girl (Leviticus 12). We commemorate the birth of Christ on the 29th of Kiahk, January 7. 40…