Marriage

7th Annual Marital Enrichment Seminar

Fr. Moses Samaan
| Saturday, November 5, 2011 | No comments.

Through the blessing of our beloved father, His Grace Bishop Serapion, the Diocese proudly announces the 7th Annual Marital Enrichment Seminar.

Please see the attached flyer for details.

Sixth Annual Marital Enrichment Seminar for Newlyweds and Married Couples

Fr. Moses Samaan
| Saturday, November 27, 2010 | No comments.

Through the blessings and prayers of our beloved father, His Grace Bishop Serapion, the Coptic Orthodox Diocese of Los Angeles joyfully announces its 6th Annual Marital Enrichment Seminar on December 10-11, 2010 at St. Marina Coptic Orthodox Church in Irvine.

This retreat is designed specifically for married couples that seek guidance to improve their marriage in the context of the Orthodox Christian faith.

The suggested (but not mandatory) donation cost of this seminar is $10.00 per person, which includes meals, materials, and even babysitting during lecture times.

For complete information and registration, please see here.

If you are planning to attend, but have not registered yet, please notify at the following email address so that we may make the necessary arrangements: father.kyrillos@gmail.com.

To Husbands, on Maintaining Peace towards their Wives

Patrologia Græca, Vol. LI, cols. 363-372

Saint John Chrysostom
| Tuesday, April 13, 2010 | No comments.

1. I am very grateful to you for the eagerness with which you welcomed my words on prayer, because you have made me happy. Happy is he that speaketh in the ears of those who hearken (Ecclesiasticus 25:9). I am convinced of this, not only by the applause and praise that I received, but also by what I saw you doing. For, as I was exhorting you not to pray against your enemies and telling you that we irritate God by so doing, and legislate in opposition to Him (for, He Himself said, Pray for your enemies [cf. St. Matthew 5:44], and when we pray against our enemies, we demand that He abolish His own law); as, therefore, I was saying these things and the like, I saw many among you striking their faces and breasts, groaning bitterly and stretching their hands out to Heaven, asking forgiveness for having uttered such prayers. Then I, too, lifting up my eyes to Heaven, gave thanks to God that the word of my teaching had borne fruit for us so quickly.

The Essence of A Christian Marriage

Inas Michael
| Wednesday, September 6, 2006 | No comments.

This article presents the Christian understanding of marriage, based on St. John Chrysostom’s homilies. Although he lived in the 4th and early 5th centuries, yet his teachings are pertinent to every generation and present the best understanding of what a Christian marriage should be like.

The general Orthodox Christian view is that God created humanity in His own image and likeness as male and female with the intent that they should live together in harmony. God created Adam as the origin of all mankind, since Eve came forth from Adam. In His great Providence, God planned for the union of man and woman and has spoken of the two as one, making it impossible for either to be self-sufficient. Therefore, there is no relationship between human beings so close as that of husband and wife if they are united and live in harmony as God intended them to be. There is no influence more powerful than the bond of love, and when harmony prevails, the children are raised well.