Fasting, as some people speculate, is not a bodily torture, martyrdom, or a cross, but it is a way to elevate the body to reach the level of cooperat…

- Pope Shenouda Iii Of Alexandria

The world sees in our conduct, in our behaviour, the proof that we are the real children of God.

- Pope Shenouda Iii Of Alexandria

The body and the soul join in doing the work of the soul, ie. praying, meditating, praising and coming in communion with God.

- Pope Shenouda Iii Of Alexandria

Yes, fasting is not merely a commandment from God but a godly gift, a grace and a blessing. God the creator of our body and soul knows of our need to…

- Pope Shenouda Iii Of Alexandria

But, did the Divinity [of Christ] suffer? [...] The holy fathers explained this point through the aforementioned clear example of the red-hot iron, i…

- Pope Shenouda Iii Of Alexandria

In the Lord's discourse on spiritual nourishment, we hear Him says: "Do not labor for the food which perishes, but for the food which endures to ever…

- Pope Shenouda Iii Of Alexandria

Civil disobedience is not accepted by religion and the state does not accept it and there are many verses in the Holy Book that talk of following the…

- Pope Shenouda Iii Of Alexandria

Homosexuality is against nature. Sexual expression is permitted only within marriage, between man and woman, male and female. Anything else is an a…

- Pope Shenouda Iii Of Alexandria

Fasting is not bodily hunger but bodily elevation and purity. It is not a body that hungers and longs for food, but a body that rids itself of the de…

- Pope Shenouda Iii Of Alexandria