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This month issue is about a great Saint of the Church, Hope you enjoy it.
God Bless you all,
Bishop Anba Daniel
Bishop and Abbot of St Shenouda Monastery
Sydney, Australia
Articles:
St Basil the Great - The Love of God as the fulfilment of all the commandments
Fr Anthony St Shenouda - St Basil the Great
Coptic Synaxarium - Miracles Of St Basil
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This month issue is about the monastic Spirituality of the Syrian Church, we hope you enjoy it. This issue was inspired by Met Malki’s (The Metrepolitan of the Syrian Orthodox Church) Visit to the monastery last December. Bishop Anba Daniel and the fathers of the monastery thank H.E. Met Malki very much for his visit. H.E. has promised to make this a yearly event. Go to our website to download the talk by H.E.
God Bless you all,
Bishop Anba Daniel
Bishop and Abbot of St Shenouda Monastery
Sydney, Australia
Articles:
H.H. Mor Ignatius Yacoub III - The Syrian Orthodox Church: Its contributions to the ascetic life
St Isaac the Syrian - On How the Beauty of Monastic Life Is Preserved and On How It Can Be a Means for God to Be Glorified
Patrik Hagman - Fasting as the Beginning of All Virtues
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First of all, we wish all our readers a Happy New Year and a Merry Christmas. May the blessing of these festive days be renewed and multiplied in us every year.
This month issue deals with some of the questions or misunderstandings that the Protestants have towards monasticism. We have also attached the prayer program for the upcoming festive season.
Click here to download the prayer program
God Bless you all,
Bishop Anba Daniel
Bishop and Abbot of St Shenouda Monastery
Sydney, Australia
Articles:
St Mark the Monk - Concerning Those Who Imagine That they are Justified by Works
Fr Anthony St Shenouda - Why Monasticism?
John Wortley - What did the Desert Fathers meant by “being saved”
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During the last month we had the pleasure of having a bishop and a group of youth from the Indian Orthodox Church, a sister church that shares an apostolic origins. In this issue we will explore the history and saints of this apostolic sister church.
We also have attached a letter of congratulation to H.H. Pope Shenouda III for his 40th anniversary as a Pope and Patriarch of the Coptic Orthodox Church and the Sea of St Mark.
In the month of December we will have a special youth event. We will have the pleasure of having H.E. Mar Malatius Malki the bishop of the Syrian Orthodox Church, another sister Church, visit our monastery accompanied by a group of youth from the Syrian Orthodox Church. See Attachment for details.
Download invite to the youth event
We apologise for sending this month edition late.
God Bless you all,
Bishop Anba Daniel
Bishop and Abbot of St Shenouda Monastery
Sydney, Australia
Articles:
Paulos Mar Gregorius - The Malankara Orthodox Church: A Historical Perspective
Article from the Internet - Saint Gregorios.
T. Paul Verghese - The Monk and the World.
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This month issue is a about our feeling of abandonment by God, the times in our lives when we feel that God is so far away from us. In this issue we answer some of the questions behind this spiritual condition through the writings of three of our great church fathers, Evagrius of Ponticus, Isaac the Syrian, and Pope Shenouda III. We hope you like it.
Also attached is an invitation to a Coptic night at Macquarie University on the 26th of October. See attachment for detail.
For those interested in enrolling in the online Masters of Art in Coptic Studies, for next year (starting in March 2012) this is a good time to do so. Also make sure you checkout all the other study option.
For more information about the MA, contact the monastery or Contact Dr Malcolm Choats
God Bless you all,
Bishop Anba Daniel
Bishop and Abbot of St Shenouda Monastery
Sydney, Australia
Articles:
H.H. Pope Shenouda - I sought Him, but I did not find Him
Jeremy Driscoll, OSB - Causes for the abandonment by God
Met Hilarion Alfeyev - Experience of abandonment
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During the month of September we celebrate the Coptic New Year which is associated with the Martyrs. The life of martyrdom is not as we often think a thing of the past, as we hear daily of people dying for their Orthodox faith in Egypt and many other countries around the world. In this issue we will briefly present a few examples of martyrs who chose to die rather than defile their bodies. Then we will shed light on who is the martyr and how can we share in the lives of martyrs. Finally we will discuss how the early monks viewed the monastic life as a spiritual martyrdom.
For this occasion, we have also posted two lives of saints who were martyred in the third century A.D.
God Bless you all,
Bishop Anba Daniel
Bishop and Abbot of St Shenouda Monastery
Sydney, Australia
Articles:
Bishop Youanis - Martyrs for the sake of Chastity
Fr Anthony St Shenouda - Who is a Martyr ?
Edward Malone O.S.B - Monastic Life as Spiritual Martyrdom
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This month’s issue is about reading the Bible which is the lifeline of our Christian life. We have previously published many articles about this topic yet we have by no means covered all it aspects.
God Bless you all,
Bishop Anba Daniel
Bishop and Abbot of St Shenouda Monastery
Sydney, Australia
Articles:
St Basil the Great - The Study of Scripture is an Instruction for Life
Youth Article - Obstacles to reading the Bible
Bishop Kallistos Ware - How to Read the Bible
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On the 14th of July the church celebrates the feast of our beloved saint, Saint Shenouda the Archimandrite. To allow more people to celebrate with us the feast we are doing the celebrations on the weekend of the Sat 16th – Sun 17th of July. For more info please read inside this issue or check our website.
We have also dedicated this edition of the Pimonakhos to our beloved saint.
God Bless you all,
Bishop Anba Daniel
Bishop and Abbot of St Shenouda Monastery
Sydney, Australia
Articles:
St Wissa - The King asks for a blessing from Abba Shenouda
Youth Article - St Shenouda’s Leadership
Stephen Emmel - St shenouda’s Life and Times
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Our hearts and our prayers are with the churches and families that have been affected by the recent barbaric acts to the Christians in Egypt. Celebrating the feast of the entry of the Holy Family into Egypt (on the 1st of June) reminds us of the special blessings that the word of God has given to the land of Egypt “Blessed be Egypt my People.” We hold fast to this promise and renew it during this great feast.
This month issue is about one of the monastic saints of Egypt who is venerated by all Christians around the world we hope you enjoy this edition.
Also for those who are interested in learning the Coptic language in 4 days please read this issue for details.
God Bless you all,
Bishop Anba Daniel
Bishop and Abbot of St Shenouda Monastery
Sydney, Australia
Articles:
St Macarius the Great - Putting on Christ
Youth Article - St Macarius the Great
Tim Vivian - St Macarius the Spiritbearer
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Christ is Risen
Indeed He is Risen
We would like to wish you all a glorious feast of resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ. May we enjoy the power of resurrection of our Lord in our daily lives.
This month issue is about an important monastic virtue. It is actually one of the three vows that a monk takes at his consecration. This virtue is equally important for laity and deviating from it often causes much strive between family members.
We hope you enjoy this issue
God Bless you all,
Bishop Anba Daniel
Bishop and Abbot of St Shenouda Monastery
Sydney, Australia
Articles:
H.H. Pope Shenouda III - A Spiritual Person is an Obedient Person
Fr Anthony St Shenouda - Obedience to Gods Command
St Silouan the Athonite - Concerning Obedience
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