The Coptic Faith The Coptic Church Feasts
Thomas's Sunday - April 11, 2010Thomas the Apostle, also called Doubting Thomas. In the Coptic Church he is remembered each year on Saint Thomas Sunday which falls on the Sunday after Easter. He is best known for disbelieving Jesus's resurrection when first told of it. The Annunciation Feast - April 7, 2010This feast celebrates the revelation of archangel Gabriel to our holy mother the Virgin Mary that she will conceive a child to be born the Son of God. Christ is Risen Truly He is Risen"I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will live, even though he dies; and whoever lives and believes in me will never die." (John 11:25-26) Good Friday - April 2, 2010This is the Friday of Holy week. It commemorates the crucifixion of our Lord Jesus Christ and his death at Golgotha. Covenant Thursday - April 1, 2010This is the Thursday of the Holy week. In it we commemorate the establishment of the Sacrament of Eucharist by our Lord Jesus, when He offered His Body and Blood as the living and effective sacrifice, capable of sanctifying our hearts, granting us the victorious and eternal life. The Holy Pascha - March 29 - April 3, 2010The Church remembers the journey of our Lord Jesus Christ through his passion to crucifixion. Palm Sunday - March 28, 2010Palm Sunday is the Sunday before Easter. The Church commemorates the entrance of our Lord Jesus Christ into our inward Jerusalem, to establish his kingdom in us. Lazarus Saturday - March 27, 2010The liturgy of Lazarus Saturday glorifies Christ as the Resurrection and the Life who, by raising Lazarus, has confirmed the universal resurrection of mankind. Presentation of the Lord into the Temple - February 15, 2010In the Gospel of Luke 2:22-35, Mary and Joseph took the infant Christ to the Temple in Jerusalem. He was received in the arms of the elder Simeon, who then prayed, "Now let Thy servant depart in peace... for I have seen Thy salvation." The Holy Great Fast - February 8 - March 26, 2010The Holy Great Fast is considered a time of spiritual renewal. The 55 days of the Holy Great Fast are the most Holy days of fasting of the Coptic Church. Fifty-five days include the forty days, which were fasted by the Lord Himself, the Passion Week, and the first initial week to prepare us spiritually before this great season of renewal. Jonah's Feast - January 28, 2010Now the word of the Lord came unto Jonah the son of Amittai, saying "Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before me." Jonah 1:1-2 Jonah's Fast - January 25 - 27, 2010This is a 3 days fast in which the church placed 2 weeks prior to the great lent. The church wants to prepare us for this fast. It also wants us to learn from the Ninevites to ask for God's forgiveness. During the Great and Holy fast we ask to be worthy of salvation, when Jesus died on the Cross to save us, and free us from the slavery of sin. |
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