St Shenouda Monastery

25th Jan 10

Thu, 24 Dec 2009 10:30:00 +2000

A Homily of our father Saint Abba Shenouda the Archimandrite, may his holy blessings be with us all. Amen.

There are two things I will tell you. All those for whom the heavens rejoiced because they repented while they were still on earth, will never have any passion or trouble in this place. Those for whom the heavens did not rejoice over because they did not repent while they were on earth will never have any joy or comfort in this place. Therefore till when are you going to remain to be lazy? I plead with you to lament over yourself as long as these lamentations will be accepted. If you have committed something that deserves lamenting, you have to lament it on your own and all the Saints will lament with you for your salvation. Blessed is he who laments over himself here on earth, for they will be rescued from the continuous gnashing of teeth and eternal weeping and will rejoice and enjoy a heavenly happiness.

Let us wake up, my beloved, before the door is closed and it is too late to repent, when we start pleading in front of the door, only to hear âdo not know youâ. All this and worse we will hear it if we keep on sinning.

Let us conclude the homily of our father Saint abba Shenouda the Archimandrite, who has enlightened our minds and the eyes of our hearts, in the name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit, one God, Amen.

(The above homily comes from the Wednesday prophesies of Holy Week)

The Ethiopian Servant of Christ

Mon, 31 Aug 2009 10:20:00 +2000

Fr Abd el-Mesih el-Habashi is one of the twentieth centuryâs great ascetics who lived in the Egyptian desert. He life is a witness to the continuity of the desertÂ spirituality of the 4th century. He was man who was not concerned about anything or for anyone. His only concern was for the One.

13 August 09

Mon, 15 Jun 2009 13:30:00 +2000

The Enthronement ceremony of HG Bishop Daniel

On the evening of Saturday the 8th of August 2009, St Shenouda Monastery has celebrated the enthronement of H.G. Bishop Daniel, as the first Bishop over St Shenouda Coptic Orthodox Monastery, Putty, NSW.

The Enthronement of Bishop Daniel took place during vesper prayers which started with the procession of Bishop Daniel, led by the deacons, priests and bishops, then the prayers of thanks giving, litanies, and doxologies, which were mixed with many chants, and Gospel reading in the Coptic, English and Arabic languages.

After the Gospel reading, the enthronement ritual prayers took place, where Bishop Daniel was taken by the Papal Delegates on his Throne while the deacons singing the hymns of acclamation saying âworthy, worthy, worthy is Abba Daniel the Bishop.â The accompanying Bishops then read the document of Investiture, which is a letter from and signed by His Holiness Pope Shenouda III, outlining his new responsibilities. Then Bishop Daniel was handed the golden Crozier (the copper serpent staff), which is a symbol of his Chief Priesthood and Pastorship.

A number of speeches then followed by some of the Papal Delegates, Church Representatives and Government Officials who were present. H.G. Bishop Daniel then gave his speech where he extended his warm welcome and gratitude to all who were present, especially those who made the long trip to the Monastery to be part of this joyous ceremony. H.G. then gave out a memorial gift to all who were attending to commemorate this historic occasion.

The vesper prayer was then concluded with the Absolution, Blessing and Dismissal.

For More details about the event please read our Special Edition of our newsletter Pimonakhos

View Photos of HG Ordination

Pentacost Timetable

Mon, 25 May 2009 12:30:00 +2000

Welcome to our new website.

We hope that this website will serve you as a source of communication with the monastery.

The website will have news about the monastery where you can find out about prayer times in feasts times and so on. It will also show the progress of some of our new projects.

We will keep all our previous Pimonakhos newsletters for those who wish to download. We will also announce new publications published by the monastery. Please feel free to leave your comment under any of our publications that you have read.

Below is the time table for the Celebration of the feasts of Ascension, the feast of Pentecost, the Monastery.

Tafoos Project

Thu, 30 Apr 2009 12:20:00 +2000

The work in the Tafoos project has resumed after a short break. The dome was brought to the monastery in two pieces and was fixed on top of the tafoos building. A black membrane was then stuck on the wood to protect the wood from rain until the copper sheets are placed on top.

Bank: Westpac Bank
Acc Name: Coptic Orthodox St Shenouda Monastery
BSB: 032274 A/C: 264333

Your generous contribution is very much appreciated.

Click here to view photos of the tafoos

The Paradise of the Holy Fathers Vol 2

Thu, 30 Apr 2009 11:50:00 +2000

The Paradise of the Fathers is the classic compilation of the lives and teachings of the early monastic saints. It has been said that for a monastic to achieve perfection there are only two books needed: the Bible and the Paradise of the Fathers.

Volume 2 Issue 11

Fri, 16 Jan 2009 01:30:00 +2000

Coming Soon

Prayer Program for December

Wed, 14 Jan 2009 12:00:00 +2000

Kiahk Praises: Sat 13th Dec 2008
Vespers: 5pm â 6:30pm Sat 20th Dec 2008
Midnight Tasbeha: 11pm â 3:30am Sat 27nd Dec 2008
First Liturgy: 4am â 6am Sat 3rd Jan 2009
Second Liturgy: 10am â 12pm
New Year Eve: Wed 31st Dec 2008
Midnight Tasbeha 11pm â 3am
Holy Liturgy 4am â 6am
The Feast of Nativity Tue 6th Jan 2009
Paramoun Liturgy 9am â 12pm
Feast Liturgy 8pm â 12 am

Website Project

Tue, 13 Jan 2009 13:00:00 +2000

We have recently developed a website for the monastery and for the pimonakhos newsletter articles. All the articles are now available online to download.

Practical Spirituality

Tue, 13 Jan 2009 13:00:00 +2000

BORN AGAIN IN BAPTISM, we receive the Holy Spirit which dwells in us, and works in us so that we may reach spiritual perfection, although the Bible tells us what we need to do to reach such perfection and earn Eternal life, it does not tell us how.Â