Apocalpse 3rd Hoos Evlogite - Mina Ayad & Abanoub Halim

Fr. Mina gives the sermon on being pure of heart. He explains the gospel of the day, which is when our Lord Jesus Christ performed a miracle to pay taxes. He explains that St. Peter and Our Lord paying the same amount of tax may have led the disciples to believe that He was choosing St. Peter as his second in command. Thus, our Lord explains that to enter the Kingdom of Heaven, we must be like little children.   

The Purity of Heart - Fr. Mina Dimitri

St Mary’s Revival Praise 2025 

St Mary and St Mina Coptic Orthodox Church Sydney, Australia.

Shere Theotoke + Agios Istin + The Sunday Theotokia

En Shere Theotoke - Piscataway Chorus | لحن إن شيري ثيؤطوكي الكبير

In this powerful sermon, Fr. Elijah reflects on the life and witness of St. John the Baptist, the voice crying out in the wilderness, whose countercultural life still convicts the world today. He challenges us with a piercing question: Would others know that I am a Christian, not by my words or posts, but by the life that I live?
Drawing on the teaching of the Church Fathers, Fr. Elijah reminds us that repentance is not for tomorrow but for today, that each Christian has a responsibility to live as a saint, and that the testimony of a holy life speaks louder than a thousand sermons. Our sins affect not only ourselves but the entire Body of Christ, while our holiness strengthens and inspires others.
Whether you feel far from God, burdened by sin, or tempted to believe that your life doesn’t matter, this message reminds you: you are not too far gone, you belong here, and Christ calls you to become holy by His Spirit.
May we, like St. John the Baptist, live as bold witnesses in a world that desperately needs light, truth, and love.

One Saint Can Change a City

n this powerful sermon, Fr. Paul Girguis unpacks the story of Zacchaeus, the chief tax collector, and challenges us to reflect on the “tree” we must climb to see Jesus. Zacchaeus reached the end of himself—his wealth, power, and sinful pleasures left him empty—so he humbled himself and climbed a tree to encounter Christ.
Fr. Paul reminds us that there are always two trees before us:
The Cross of Christ – the place of love, forgiveness, and transformation.
Our own cross – the hardships and trials God allows to purify us and draw us closer to Him.
Will the Cross of Christ be enough for you, or will you need to be brought to your own tree of suffering before you surrender to Him? This message invites us to humility, repentance, and a deeper love for the Savior who says, “Today salvation has come to this house.”

Zacchaeus and the Two Trees - Choosing the Cross of Christ

“Judge not, that you be not judged. For with what judgment you judge, you will be judged; and with the measure you use, it will be measured back to you. And why do you look at the speck in your brother’s eye, but do not consider the plank in your own eye? Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Let me remove the speck from your eye’; and look, a plank is in your own eye? Hypocrite! First remove the plank from your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.

+ Saint Matthew 7:1-5 +

i also fell + Bishop Karas of El-Mahalla +

The prayer You O Lord Alone from Dialogue with the Divine by HH Pope Shenouda III of Thrice-Blessed Memory

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You O Lord Alone - Prayer by HH Pope Shenouda III

In this heartfelt message, Fr. Paul reminds us that the Church is not a place for judgment but a house of mercy. When Jesus healed the blind and demon-possessed, the Pharisees judged Him — yet Christ revealed that true holiness is found in compassion.

The Church was never meant to be a museum of saints but a hospital for sinners — a house of mercy where darkness is cast out, not people. Abouna calls us to reject judgment, welcome the broken, love radically, and become the hands of healing that Christ desires His Church to be.

📖 “If I cast out demons by the Spirit of God, surely the kingdom of God has come upon you.” (Matthew 12:28)

🙏 Let us make our churches places where every sinner feels safe to encounter Jesus, and every heart learns to love as He loved.

The Church That Heals

Fr. Paul opens a deep Bible journey through the life of Moses and shows how God forms a soul over a lifetime. Scripture is not background noise. It is how we hear Christ, grow, and find direction. This talk walks through Exodus 1–3 and invites you to cooperate with grace in every season.

What you will learn
 • Why the Word of God must be daily if you want to know Christ
 • How Moses’ story becomes a pattern for your soul from birth to calling
 • The faith of Moses’ parents and the providence of God over the Nile
 • Why hidden years in Midian are not wasted years but God’s classroom
 • What “take off your sandals” means for real repentance and readiness
 • How God reveals His heart before He gives any assignment
 • The meaning of “I AM WHO I AM” for identity and trust
 • How excuses fade when God says, “I will be with you”

Life Of Moses - Part 1: The God Who Sees, Forms, and Sends Out

Moses returns from the burning bush to face Pharaoh, and we discover that this is our story too. Drawing on St. Gregory of Nyssa’s Life of Moses, we follow the soul’s ascent to God, the inner Pharaoh that resists freedom, and the purifying path that leads from bondage to the Promised Land. The plagues are not random punishments. They reveal the passions that enslave us and the grace that heals us when we turn to Christ.
We walk through Moses’ five excuses at the bush, God’s patient answers, and the gift of an “Aaron” in our lives for support and discernment. Then we look at each plague as a mirror for the heart. Water to blood shows truth distorted. Frogs expose impulses that leap out of an unguarded heart. Flies, boils, hail, and locusts uncover thoughts, guilt, rage, and greed. Darkness reveals how a heart can live in light yet only see night. The death of Egypt’s firstborn teaches us to kill the first stirrings of sin before they grow.
The same sun that melts wax hardens clay. God does not force grace. He invites. When the soul yields, Egypt gives way to Exodus, darkness to light, and the tyrant loses his grip. Christ’s cross is the cure that turns fire into light and pain into healing.

Life Of Moses - Part 2: When the Soul Meets its Pharaoh

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