by Phoebe Farag Mikhail “Look for the faithful,” Traci Rhoades writes in her new book, Shaky Ground. When I read her words about who to look to in times of crisis, these words stuck, because I recognized that over the... Read More
By Phoebe Farag Mikhail “The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.” Mark 1:1 Every time I read this verse I get chills up my spine. I imagine and wonder what St. Mark must have felt... Read More
by Phoebe Farag Mikhail My family and I have rearranged our lives in such a way to make it possible for us to participate in every Holy Week service. We did so in part because we knew how exhausting it... Read More
by Phoebe Farag Mikhail In the Coptic Orthodox Church, we don’t have an Ash Wednesday to kick off the Lent the way the Catholics and some Protestant churches do, or a Forgiveness Sunday rite the way the Eastern Orthodox Churches... Read More
By Phoebe Farag Mikhail The Great Lent is almost here, and with it the opportunity to spend more time on growing our spiritual lives. Lent is for making room for more prayer, more Scripture reading, and more spiritual reading. Whatever... Read More
Still, living in the Northeast, one cannot help but witness fall’s indiscriminate beauty. Autumn here is admittedly spectacular, no matter where you go. As long as there are trees, there is beauty unhad at any other time of the year.... Read More
This past Saturday, the Coptic Orthodox Church celebrated the Feast of the Nayrouz—Coptic New Year. The Coptic calendar is based on one of the oldest calendars in civilization. My dear friend Maria Andrawis, who has worked with refugees and IDPs... Read More
by Phoebe Farag Mikhail At this point, Lent has begun for every Christian tradition, and spiritual reading is underway! Last week I shared my children’s picture book guide to the Great Lent; this week I’m excited to share my reading... Read More
by Phoebe Farag Mikhail The Great Lent is the “springtime of spirituality,” but for those with younger children, figuring out how to engage them in the season can be a challenge, especially when they are too young to fast from... Read More
Some of my readers may not have been aware of the attack on Armenia in the Summer of 2020 by Azerbaijan, and the subsequent violence in the Fall over Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabkh), a section of land surrounded by Azerbaijan but historically... Read More