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How to purposely celebrate Coptic New Year

Diary of a Coptic Family, Resources For The Orthodox FamilySeptember 8, 20230Likes 0Comments

Coptic New Year is upon us. I wish you and your loved ones a blessed New Coptic Year! This year, let us purposely celebrate this new spiritual beginning. The January 1st New Year comes with its set of traditions, and different ways of celebrating it depending on the cultural background, whether influenced…

Angel John and Nano on vacation

Book News, Diary of a Coptic Family, Resources For The Orthodox FamilyJuly 13, 20230Likes 0Comments

By the grace of God, the second volume in the Guardian Angels series: Angel John and Nano on vacation is NOW available on Amazon and in the St-Mary and St-Moses Abbey Press store and is perfectly timed for summer vacation reading! Join Nano on her first beach vacation where she gets a glimpse of…

Cover of Volume 2 of The Super Secret TreeHouse Bible Club Zerubbabel

It is a “Material World” but Zerubbabel can help!

Book News, Resources For The Orthodox FamilyMay 7, 20230Likes 0Comments

Introducing Zerubbael Zerubbabel? Who is Zerubbabel? You don’t know? Neither did I until I started praying and researching an Old Testament figure for volume 2 of the Super Secret TreeHouse Bible Club. The purpose of this series is to make our youth, and sometimes ourselves, more familiar with Old Testament figures that are not…

Books and products coming in 2023!

Book News, Resources For The Orthodox FamilyMarch 20, 20230Likes 0Comments

Dear readers, Some of you are new friends to my books and some have been with me since day 1. I can't thank you enough for your support, encouragement, kindness, and prayers. I have the privilege of connecting with your children through the books and with you through the articles and resources on my site.…

5 simple rules to maintain harmony at home

Resources For The Orthodox FamilyJanuary 27, 20230Likes 0Comments

How to put an end to the bickering before it begins? It will not be easy- but we can do it if we follow these 5 simple rules to maintain harmony at home and if we promise to catch ourselves when we break one rule. I don’t need to remind you or myself that…

The books that enthralled me in 2022

Diary of a Coptic Family, Resources For The Orthodox FamilyDecember 30, 20220Likes 0Comments

The books that gave me joy in 2022 As we bid farewell to 2022 and usher in 2023, I want to wish you a year full of blessings, health, joy, and peace of mind. I also want to share a list of the books that I read in 2022 and that have provided…

How to start setting healthy boundaries

Diary of a Coptic Family, Resources For The Orthodox FamilyAugust 20, 20220Likes 0Comments

Greetings friends, Don't judge me, I love fairytales. I realize I am no longer in the age group to indulge in fairy tales, but I seem to remember an inordinate amount of fairy tales. I also seem to be very fond of those compiled by the Brother's Grimm. They are the ones to whom we…

Coptic and Proud – Celebrating Coptic Talent on Global Coptic Day

Activities, Games, Resources, Resources For The Orthodox FamilyMay 29, 20220Likes 0Comments

The Story of the Copts How do you explain the word "Copt" to a child in a clear, joyful, prideful manner without focusing too heavily on terms such as persecution, ancient, and 2000 years old? Try this exercise, and you will find, as I did, that it is not so easy! Try explaining…

Holy Week activities for Orthodox families with young children

Activities, Games, Resources, Resources For The Orthodox FamilyApril 15, 20220Likes 0Comments

Only a few more days till Holy Week begins! I can't believe how Lent just flew by like that. We will soon celebrate Palm Sunday and then observing Holy Week. Holy Week has been my favourite time of year for a very long time, but that was not always the case! There was a…

Do your children know Micaiah? They should; he could change their lives!

Book News, Resources For The Orthodox FamilyApril 9, 20220Likes 0Comments

Micaiah the prophet could change our children’s lives once they learn about him! Pop Quiz: Who was Micaiah the prophet? No, not Mica- Micaiah. Can you find his story in the Bible? Which book is it in? If you said 1 Kings 22, you would be correct. You…

Pictures from the performances of Because I Said So and Falafel Hut!

Book News, Resources For The Orthodox FamilyMarch 29, 20220Likes 0Comments

Sharing the lovely pictures I have been sent by various churches who have performed the two plays that I wrote: Because I Said So and Falafel Hut . These plays were written to celebrate the feast of Saint Abanoub. In Christ, Mireille Other articles…

Why was the Samaritan woman drawing water at noon?

Resources For The Orthodox Family, Spiritual Meditations & ReflectionsMarch 26, 20220Likes 0Comments

Because of me! Why was the Samaritan woman drawing water at noon? Because of ME. The Samaritan woman’s encounter with Jesus was ground-breaking. It was such a monumental event that the Church selected this Gospel reading as one of the 7 Sunday readings during Lent; we will be listening to her story this…