{"id":27260,"date":"2015-04-06T16:18:38","date_gmt":"2015-04-06T14:18:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/site\/?p=27260"},"modified":"2018-12-12T15:07:50","modified_gmt":"2018-12-12T13:07:50","slug":"%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%ac%d9%85%d8%b9%d8%a9-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b9%d8%b8%d9%8a%d9%85%d8%a9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/en\/%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%ac%d9%85%d8%b9%d8%a9-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b9%d8%b8%d9%8a%d9%85%d8%a9\/","title":{"rendered":"The Great Friday(Arabic)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: 'andale mono', times;\">Among the series of the Coptic Orthodox Cultural Center Book issues<\/span><\/h2>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: 'andale mono', times;\">Recently issued: <span style=\"color: #800000;\">The Great Friday book<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: 'andale mono', times;\">By: His Holiness Pope Theophilus, the 23<sup>rd<\/sup> Patriarch of Alexandria<\/span><\/h2>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: 'andale mono', times;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800000; font-family: 'andale mono', times;\">Foreword<\/span><\/h2>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: 'andale mono', times;\">\u201cBut He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities; the chastisement for our peace was upon Him, and by His stripes we are healed\u201d (Isaiah 53:5)<\/span><\/h2>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: 'andale mono', times;\">The journey of the cross, about which Prophet Isaiah had prophesized more than seven centuries before the Nativity, is the journey of the divine love that God presented to humankind, \u201cFor God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life\u201d (John 3:16). Thus, humankind walked towards heaven through this great Salvation through the Cross.<\/span><\/h2>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: 'andale mono', times;\">Fathers have presented to us much contemplation on the Great Friday; among which is this booklet by Pope Theophilus, the 23rd Patriarch of Alexandria. It contains profound contemplations on the cross, the accomplishment of the Salvation and the love and forgiveness of Lord Christ.<\/span><\/h2>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: 'andale mono', times;\">We present this booklet, asking the Lord to make it a reason of blessing to all who read it, as we express thanks to Mr. Botros Karam Sadeq for his efforts in translating the book, as well as the Reverend Father Priest Louka Youssef Rezq, the priest of St. Mina\u2019s Church in Al Warraq and the researcher at the Coptic Orthodox Cultural Center for revising the translation, through the prayers of our Lady, St. Virgin Mary, the theotokos, St. Mark the Apostle, the preacher of Egyptian homes, Saint Pope Theophilus and through the prayers of His Holiness Great Pope Tawadros II, the Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of St. Mark.<\/span><\/h2>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #800000; font-family: 'andale mono', times;\"> 25<sup>th<\/sup> of March, 2018 AD\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 16th of Baramhat, 1731 AM<\/span><\/h2>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #800000; font-family: 'andale mono', times;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 The departure of the 46th Pope, Kha\u2019il<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'andale mono', times;\">Bishop Ermia<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: 'andale mono', times;\">The General Bishop<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: 'andale mono', times;\">Head of the Coptic Orthodox Cultural Center<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/10422974_465975946908480_2411902199930332421_n2.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img alt='10422974_465975946908480_2411902199930332421_n2-4596362' class=\"wp-image-27263\" src='https:\/\/copticocc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/10422974_465975946908480_2411902199930332421_n2-4596362.jpg' alt=\"\u0643\u062a\u0627\u0628 \u0627\u0644\u062c\u0645\u0639\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0639\u0638\u064a\u0645\u0629\" width=\"538\" height=\"776\" \/><\/a><\/h2>\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Among the series of the Coptic Orthodox Cultural Center Book issues Recently issued: The Great Friday book By: His Holiness Pope Theophilus, the 23rd Patriarch of Alexandria \u00a0 Foreword \u201cBut He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities; the chastisement for our peace was upon Him, and by His stripes we [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":27261,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3515],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27260","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-books"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27260"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27260"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27260\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":63684,"href":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27260\/revisions\/63684"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27261"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27260"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27260"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27260"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}