The Blessed Visit of His Holiness Pope Shenouda III to the Diocese of Los Angeles
From August 21 through August 24, 2005 His Holiness Pope Shenouda III visited the Diocese of Los Angeles. On Sunday August 21, His Holiness visited St. Maurice Coptic Orthodox Church in Pomona, and prayed the Thanksgiving Prayer. Afterwards, His Holiness congratulated the church and spoke briefly about the life of mission, with the examples of St. Maurice, St. Mark, and other saints. Also attending with him were H.G. Bishop Serapion, H.G. Bishop Thomas, and H.G. – …
Statement From the Coptic Papal Residence Regarding the Pope's Health
October 25, 2006–His Holiness Pope Shenouda III had a successful spinal surgery at the Cleveland Clinic on Sunday, October 22, 2006. The surgery and immediate recovery have been excellent. His Holiness the Pope is currently receiving routine physical therapy, which is the natural follow-up to such surgery. Pope Shenouda is overseeing the daily affairs of the Coptic Orthodox Church from his hospital suite in Cleveland. On Monday, October 23, 2006, His Holiness the Pope called – …
His Holiness Pope Shenouda III’s Pastoral Visit to America and Mexico
STATEN ISLAND: His Holiness Pope Shenouda III will consecrate Archangel Michael and St. Mena Coptic Orthodox Church in Great Kills, New Yrok during a service on Sunday, Febuary 3, 2007. H.H. last visited the church in 1998. H.H. will also consecrate another St. Mary and St. George Church in Staten Island on Wednesday, February 7, 2007. PITTSBURG: His Holiness consecrated St. Mary Coptic Orthodox Church in Ambridge, the only church in the region of Pittsburg, – …
His Holiness Signs Common Declation with H.H. Patriarch Zakka I and H.H. Catholicos Aram I in Syria
From April 19-21, 2007, His Holiness Pope Shenouda III travelled to Syria for the tenth annual meeting of the Heads of the Oriental Orthodox Churches, with His Holiness Patriarch Zakka I of the Syrian Orthodox Church and His Holiness Catholicos Aram I of the Armenian Church-Holy See of Cilicia. This year’s meeting was held at at St. Ephrem Syrian Orthodox Monastery in Damascus, Syria came ten years after the foundational meeting in 1996. During their – …
Papal Letter for the Glorious Feast of the Resurrection 2008
Papal Message for the Feast of Resurrection 27 April 2008 His Holiness Pope Shenouda III Pope of Alexandria & Patriarch of the See of St. Mark My children and brethren in the lands of immigration, clergy and laity. My sincere greetings to you on the occasion of the Glorious Feast of Resurrection. May God make it a blessing to you all and a continual source of spiritual joy. The resurrection of the Lord Christ was – …
Papal Letter for the Feast of the Nativity 2008
My beloved children in the lands of immigration, Clergy and Laity, It gives me joy to congratulate you on the Glorious Feast of Nativity and with the start of the New Year. We pray that it is blessed and joyful in the life of each of us. The birth of the Lord is full of deep spiritual contemplations; we hope that they may be a lesson to us all, having its effects and results. Firstly, – …
Papal Letter for the Glorious Feast of the Resurrection 2005
My beloved children in the lands of emigration, clergy and congregations. It gives me pleasure to greet you all on the occasion of the feast of the Glorious Resurrection. I say to you, with the whole Church, “Christ is risen; indeed He is risen.” Khristos Anesti; Alithos Anesti. On this glorious occasion, I wish to speak to you of the humility of our Lord in His Resurrection. It is notable that our Lord allowed for – …
Papal Letter for the Feast of the Nativity 2005 (Arabic)
سلام ونعمة من الرب، راجياً لكم عيداً سعيداً، وعاماً مباركاً، وحياة مقدسة، ونجاحاً فى كل أعمالكم، وبعد : أهتم بالضعفاء والخطاة، ورفع معنويات العشار أكثر من الفريسى، وقال عن زكا العشار " اليوم حصل خلاص لأهل هذا البيت "، وأختار متى العشار وجعله واحداً من الاثنى عشر، ورفع من معنويات الخطاة. وقال " ما جئت لأدعو ابراراً بل خطاة إلى التوبة ". وغفر للمرأة الخاطئة ( لو7 ، يو8 ، لو 19 ،18 ). ورفع – …
Papal Letter for the Glorious Feast of the Resurrection 2004
My beloved children in the lands of immigration, Priests and Congregation. It gives me great pleasure to congratulate you on the Feast of the Resurrection of Christ, to whom is glory; and to rejoice with you in His resurrection, just as His saintly disciples rejoiced, and no one will take away their joy from them. (John 16:22) The crucifixion day was sorrowful and painful from the psychological side, even if it was a day of – …
Papal Letter for the Feast of the Nativity 2004
My beloved children in the lands of immigration, Peace to you from the Lord and grace, and a special blessing on the occasion of the New Year. May God make it a blessed and joyous year. I greet all of you during the Feast of the Glorious Nativity, with all that the Birth of Christ carries of deep meanings. The most important message that the Birth of Christ carries is the Good News of Salvation. – …
Papal Letter for the Glorious Feast of the Resurrection 2003
Dear beloved children and brethren in the lands of immigration, Clergy and congregation. It is my pleasure to congratulate you on the Glorious Feast of Resurrection, hoping that you have a joyful, holy and blessed life. Talking about the Resurrection is a joy for the ears, because it makes the heart full of joy and hope. Why? Because the Resurrection means that man has been restored to his first state and even better. God created – …
Papal Letter for the Feast of the Nativity 2003
My beloved children, clergy and congregation in the lands of immigration. I congratulate you on the Feast of the Nativity and the beginning of a new year, may God make it a blessed and happy year for you all. Put before yourselves at all times, the salvation of your souls and of all those around you, as the message of the birth of Christ is a message of salvation before anything. That is how the – …