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4 fun activities to help children become more grateful

Resources For The Orthodox FamilyNovember 7, 20190Likes 0Comments

Want your child to become more grateful? Try these 4 fun activities that will help children become more grateful We celebrated my mother’s birthday last weekend and other than being one of the persons I am most grateful to have in my life; she is also the person who taught me the most about…

How faithful are we to Christ? Introducing: Philo and the Faithfulness SuperHoly!

Book News, Resources For The Orthodox FamilyJune 25, 20190Likes 2Comments

Good day friends, I would like to introduce you to Philo and the Faithfulness SuperHoly. But before we get on with the introduction, I have a question, quite a few questions! The most important question is: How faithful are we to Christ? But here are a few more questions to help introduce Philo…

How can we maintain our spiritual zeal after Lent?

Religious Articles, Resources For The Orthodox Family, Spiritual Meditations & ReflectionsMay 16, 20190Likes 0Comments

I am doing God a favor, or so I thought... The Coptic Orthodox Church follows an annual calendar, culminating in Easter, celebrating the Resurrection of our Lord and our resulting salvation. While I dislike to play favorites, Lent (the 55 days preceding Easter) is my favorite time of year. Lent, especially the last 7 days…

Don’t search for Happiness; seek a joyful life instead!

Religious Articles, Resources For The Orthodox FamilyMarch 25, 20190Likes 0Comments

How is it that this industry keeps increasing and the rate of happiness keeps decreasing? Could it be that our search for happiness results in partial answers and guarantees only short-term solutions?

New Year’s List of Solutions not Resolutions

Resources For The Orthodox Family, Spiritual Meditations & ReflectionsDecember 31, 20180Likes 0Comments

This New Year, commit to a set of Solutions, not Resolutions There is something intimidating about New Year’s Day. While it is a blessing to have a new beginning, a clean slate, a blank canvas, it is also overwhelming. The possibilities are endless but also limited by our individual set of circumstances. For example: while…

How to avoid family conflict this Christmas!

Resources For The Orthodox FamilyDecember 11, 20180Likes 0Comments

Nowhere in this story do you read that the Three Wise Men were stressed because they could not get Amazon to deliver their gifts to the right address or that the Shepherds’ wives could not agree on who would be bringing the main dish for the potluck supper on Christmas day.

How do we use our talents?

Religious Articles, Resources For The Orthodox Family, Spiritual Meditations & ReflectionsNovember 22, 20180Likes 4Comments

He is a handsome man, charismatic and friendly. He has every requirement that would have made him a hugely successful recording artist, pop star, teen idol and/or movie star.

Sunday School lesson about providing hospitality

Lesson Plans, Resources For The Orthodox FamilyOctober 25, 20180Likes 2Comments

Do we practice hospitality only with our friends and family members or do we practice hospitality on a daily basis? How many times have we opened our homes to complete strangers? Let me rephrase this question (I realize that safety concerns may have led you to answer my question with a resounding “Never”.)

SuperHolies’ Summer Camp Fun

Book News, Resources For The Orthodox FamilyOctober 22, 20180Likes 0Comments

The SuperHolies went to Summer Camp! The weather is getting colder and the days are getting grayer; nothing like pictures of sweet angels enjoying the SuperHolies at summer camp to add some warmth and light to my Monday! This summer, Saint Paul's Coptic Orthodox Mission Church of Chicago, leveraged the SuperHolies during…

Because I said so: when you agree to write a play without prior experience!

Book News, Resources For The Orthodox FamilyJuly 30, 20180Likes 0Comments

Having had zero play writing experience, I was terrified of the responsibility but I was not about to turn down a request for a Saint on his Feast day!

Watching “Finding Dory” taught me to stop worrying

Diary of a Coptic Family, Resources For The Orthodox FamilyJuly 4, 20180Likes 1Comment

If you are a worrier, raise your hand! And read to find out how watching "Finding Dory" taught me to stop worrying. Once upon a time, there was a mother who claimed to have faith in God and in His will and mercy. And then, her only child started Summer Camp. For the first…

A hymn for the blessed fast of the Holy Virgin Saint Mary

Diary of a Coptic Family, Resources For The Orthodox Family, Spiritual Meditations & ReflectionsAugust 7, 20170Likes 0Comments

The Virgin Mary is celebrated and venerated by different denominations throughout the world. In Egypt, I used to love attending El Shahr El Maryami (the month of the Virgin Mary). We used to attend the nightly vigils at the Maronite Church in Cairo; an experience that was at once exotic (the Lebanese Arabic dialect differs…