The Online Treasury of the Divine Riches of the Oriental Orthodox Church.

'Snapshots of the Divine Life'
Short Lessons from the Lives and Sayings of the Fathers and Saints
Update #1: Pope St Matthew I on Animals

25/01/10 

The hyena: a repulsive and fearsome beast that most of us would think the world better off without. But what does the encounter of the Saintly Pope Matthew I of Alexandria (15th C) with such a creature teach us about the proper Christian conception of, and attitude to animals and their place in the Orthodox Christian worldview?

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'A Syrian Monk as Educator'
By Fr. Peter Farrington
24/01/10 

Social service has had a longstanding position within the monastic tradition of the Oriental Orthodox Church. Fr. Peter Farrington has kindly prepared a brief overview of the life and mission of Abbot Simeon, a 6th century Syriac Ascetic who dedicated himself to a rather unique kind of social service: children's education.

Timline of Orthodox Church History: Update #5

01/12/09 

An entry on the introduction of Egypt's first public institution for female education in 1854 under the initiative and impetus of Pope Cyril IV of Alexandria.

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Timline of Orthodox Church History: Update #4

29/11/09 

They thought they could destroy the Church of Egypt by murdering her founder and inspiration, but St Mark's blood only watered the words he had sown in the hearts of the 1st century Coptic Christian community. They thought they could undermine the Feast of the Resurrection by disrupting the festal service and seizing the celebrant, but they only promoted the Feast of Feasts in granting St Mark a royal path to the promise of the Resurrection. 

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'Snapshots of the Divine Life'
Short Lessons from the Lives and Sayings of the Fathers and Saints

26/11/09 

We launch off this segment with two entries: St Abba Sisoes (on 'Vengeance') and St Anba Yusab (on 'Fasting').