Repentance and Confession

Pastoral Message of H.G. Bishop Serapion for the Third Sunday of the Great Lent

His Grace Bishop Serapion
| Sunday, February 21, 2010 | No comments.

On February 28, 2010, (21 Meshir 1726 A.M.) the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria observes the Third Sunday of the Great Lent, in which we remember the Father embracing and kissing the neck of the Prodigal Son who returned to him in sincere repentance.

Repentance

His Holiness Pope Shenouda III
| Sunday, June 1, 2008 | No comments.

As sin is separation from God, repentance then is returning to God. God says: "Return to me, and I will return to you" (Malachi 3:7). When the prodigal son repented, he returned to his father (Luke 15:18-20). True repentance is a human longing to return to the origin from which it was taken.

Pastoral Message for the Third Sunday of the Great Lent

The pastoral message of our beloved father, His Grace Bishop Serapion, for the Third Sunday of the Great Lent, the "Sunday of the Prodigal Son."


10:05 minutes (9.24 MB)

Confession: Do I have to?

His Grace Bishop Serapion delivered this homily at the ASK Youth Meeting at St. Demiana Coptic Orthodox Church in San Diego on Friday, December 11, 2009


61:08 minutes (32.08 MB)