Apostolic Orthodox Church (AOC)

Holy Synod of Saint Athanasius Congregation

In America & The Middle East

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Jan 17, 2024

Why Do I Follow Jesus?

Living beings on earth cannot have acquired life and existence on their own, as evidenced by the fact that they cannot retain this life and lose it in destruction and decay. There must be a source of life, which is alive in Himself, and He is the one who provi...

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Jan 17, 2024

The Gift Of The New Testament

People have been convinced that the Old and New Testaments were one book from the Age of the Apostles. The truth is that they were first gathered into one book in the year 1455 in the Gothenburg press in Germany and named the Holy Bible. They are two different...

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Jan 17, 2024

God’s Creation of Man

Remarkably, the Book of Genesis tells us about the creation of nature and all beings that they were issued by the word of command from God (Let it be)  "Then God said, “Let there be light……., Let the earth bring forth grass&hellip...

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Jan 17, 2024

The Cross of Victory & The Power of Resurrection

Did Christ die on the cross for us, to pay our debt to Father God, or to free us from the law of sin and death, and to tear up the requirements of the law on man? The answer to this question is in the epistle to the Romans,  “ For the law of the ...

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Jan 15, 2024

The Origin of Love and Its True Image

The relationship between God the Father and man, whether before his creation or after his creation, was based on God’s special and sincere love to him. And that He loved him with the same love for His Son Jesus Christ. God the Father called us out of now...

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Jan 15, 2024

What Is the Meaning of Purity in Christianity ?

When we read the Old Testament, we see that the meaning of purity was simply the washing of the body externally, refraining from eating some kinds of food, avoiding touching certain things, etc. All these rules in the old were for personal hygiene, and they we...

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Jan 15, 2024

Lucifer Deceives Humanity

The human being in the old world in general, and in the east specifically, suffered from intellectual oppression and religious dictatorship on the one hand and authoritarian political regimes and confiscation of freedoms on the other. Therefore, benefits, posi...

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Jan 15, 2024

The Gift of The Gospel

The main characteristic that distinguishes a Christian is his acceptance and receipt of Christ in the Holy Spirit. The irrefutable sign of our acceptance of Christ is the change of our sinful nature and the receipt of the new nature that seeks love and rejects...

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Jan 02, 2024

WHY IS THE INCARNATION OF THE SON OF GOD?

 The Incarnation of the Son of God, Jesus Christ, is the mystery, which was in God’s Plan before the ages. It was the central act in this Divine Plan for mankind to become holy and made immortal through communion with the Incarnate Word of God, Jesu...

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Jan 02, 2024

The Forgiveness of Sins

  The theology of the Old Testament is based on the law and it sees everything from the perspective of the law. Therefore, sin was considered an act against the law and encroachment on it. So sin was punished according to what was determined by law. ...

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Jan 01, 2024

LIFE & LIGHT OR DEATH & DARKNESS

The great among the prophets, Moses, explained the fall of man in the Book of Genesis, chapter three, in a simplified pictorial story that suits all minds. By the guidance of the Holy Spirit, He gave it a symbol of paradise and the tree from which it is forbid...

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Jan 01, 2024

The New Testament and Christianity

 History has failed at different stages and in many places worldwide to present the Gospel of Christ for what it is. In contrast, religious people and some clergymen have shown faint images of a God who does nothing for human beings. They deny the re...

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Jan 01, 2024

IS GOD PREPARING A HELL BARBECUE FOR SINNERS?!

In the Gospel, Christ used the language, expressions, and sayings that people circulated in His time and  His Jewish community, such as the phrase “hell of fire.” But when we read the Gospel, we do not find that the fire He’s talking abo...

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Jan 01, 2024

THE PURPOSE OF THE GOSPEL & CHRISTIANITY

When Jesus Christ says in the Gospel of John, chapter fourteen, verse six, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me”, does He talk about our faith and belief in God the Father, or He is talking about us co...

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Apr 03, 2023

How To Be an Effective Witness for Christ?

Witnessing is much more than just telling others about Christ. That is definitely part of it, but more than that it is "being" a witness for Him. The best way to teach others about Christ and to make them desire to have Jesus in their own lives is to l...