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Fast of the Pure Apostles (June 8 - July 12)

The Fast of the Apostles follows the Great Feast of Pentecost and precedes the Feast of the Apostles, which commemorates the martyrdom of Sts. Peter and Paul on Abib 5 (July 12.)(More)

I am writing to all the churches and am insisting to everyone that I die for God of my own free will--unless you hinder me... I do not give you orders like Peter and Paul; they were apostles, I am a convict; they were free, but I am even now still a slave.

— St. Ignatius' Letter to the Romans
Diocese Announces Third Annual Patristics Conference
Monday, June 22, 2009

June 22, 2009 – St. Athanasius and St. Cyril Theological Library joyfully announces its Third Annual Patristics Conference on Saturday July 11, 2009 at St. Maurice Coptic Orthodox Church. As with previous conferences, this year’s event will feature lectures from His Grace Bishop...

Information and Registration for Diocese Premarital Counseling and Marital Enrichment Retreats
Saturday, June 6, 2009

Wedding at Cana of GalileeThrough the blessings and prayers of our beloved father H.G. Bishop Serapion, the Coptic Orthodox Diocese of Los Angeles joyfully announces two retreats aimed at counseling those who are...

Youth Spiritual Competition 2009 Information and Curriculum
Thursday, June 4, 2009

With great joy and enthusiasm, the Diocese announces the availability of the curriculum for all levels (junior high, high school, and college) participating in this year’s Youth Spiritual Competition on August 29, 2009 at Holy Virgin Mary Coptic Orthodox Church in Los Angeles.

The YSC started in the...

Welcome to the new LACopts.org Beta
Tuesday, May 26, 2009

With great joy and enthusiasm, we welcome you to a beta version of the new LACopts.org.

The aim of this new site is to offer visitors a rich, multimedia experience of the Coptic Orthodox Church and the Diocese of Los Angeles under the guidance and close supervision of His Grace Bishop Serapion while building upon the excellent...

Diocese Announces Third Annual Patristics Conference
Information and Registration for Diocese Premarital Counseling and Marital Enrichment Retreats
Youth Spiritual Competition 2009 Information and Curriculum
Welcome to the new LACopts.org Beta
 

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Pastoral Messages

Paschal Letter of H.G. Bishop Serapion for the Feast of the Resurrection 2009

"Rejoicing in Hope" (Romans 12:12)

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His Grace Bishop Serapion

My Beloved, the Blessed Children of the Holy Church,

Christ is Risen! Truly He is Risen!

Today, we rejoice in hope as we celebrate the Glorious Feast of the Resurrection of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. In the midst of today’s culture of despair, which is prevalent throughout the world, we as Christians nonetheless rejoice in hope. The Feast of the Resurrection is a source of everlasting joy and hope in the midst of an economic recession, unemployment, financial and social instability, and fear.

One of the great teachers of the Church, St. Gregory the Theologian, guides our reflections and meditations on the message of joy and hope in this, the Feast of feasts and the Festival of festivals. We celebrate the Lord’s Resurrection itself, not as an event still hoped for, but as one that has already occurred, uniting the world to itself.(More)

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