{"id":28029,"date":"2015-05-04T12:11:58","date_gmt":"2015-05-04T09:11:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/site\/?p=28029"},"modified":"2017-04-06T11:37:49","modified_gmt":"2017-04-06T09:37:49","slug":"%d9%85%d9%82%d8%a7%d9%84-%d8%b9%d9%86-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%ad%d9%8a%d8%a7%d8%a9-75-%d9%86%d8%ba%d9%85%d8%a7%d8%aa-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b3%d9%84%d8%a7%d9%85-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%8a","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/en\/%d9%85%d9%82%d8%a7%d9%84-%d8%b9%d9%86-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%ad%d9%8a%d8%a7%d8%a9-75-%d9%86%d8%ba%d9%85%d8%a7%d8%aa-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b3%d9%84%d8%a7%d9%85-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%8a\/","title":{"rendered":"On Life 75 \u2013 The Song of Peace \u2013 May 4, 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\u00a0 \u00a0When I was invited to attend the conference of \u201cPromoting Peace in Muslim Societies\u201d<\/span>, I recalled what happened ages ago when man lost peace. Fear and envy entered the human heart, and the first crime was committed when a brother killed his own brother! Ever since, man has been seeking peace.<\/span><\/h2>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0World or societal peace is no luxury. It is the basis of civilizations. Peace leads to stability which, in turn, stirs man to build and develop. Thus, man\u2019s loftiest goal becomes refinement, not destruction. That is why Prophet David says, \u201cseek peace\u00a0and pursue it.\u201d<\/span> As such, man should not just seek peace or make it a sheer wish, but to strive for achieving it by all means.<\/span><\/h2>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0Seeking peace is one of man\u2019s crucial missions which cannot be accomplished by words or sloganeering, but by education and guidance which he presents through his behavior. Thus, he becomes a role model for others. The importance of striving for peace is reflected through man\u2019s circumstances. Gandhi says, \u201cIf we want to achieve true peace in the world, we should start by educating children.\u201d<\/span> This is true. Yet, education that does not develop into a behavior avails nothing.<\/span><\/h2>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0Achieving peace never emanates from violence. It is said, \u201cPeace is not the result of explosions. True peace is the result of enlightening, culturing, and educating people to behave in a holy, ethical manner.\u201d<\/span> Hence, ethics and principles stemming from sublime teachings are the bases of peace. Those who were deprived of peace, whether due to wars or problems, are the ones who do appreciate it. William Shakespeare writes, \u201cThe thorns of danger sprout the flowers of peace.\u201d<\/span> Whoever lives in danger knows what peace really means. He strives for it with all his potential.<\/span><\/h2>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0Peace is a life path. We should know that we cannot avoid treading it if we want to succeed and preserve our existence. Staying alive never depends on violence, for destruction leads to destruction and humans forgetting their humanity! Blessed, thus, are the peacemakers and whoever seeks and plays songs of peace.<\/span><\/h2>\n

General Bishop<\/span><\/h2>\n

Head of the Coptic Orthodox Cultural Center<\/span><\/h2>\n

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\u00a0 \u00a0When I was invited to attend the conference of \u201cPromoting Peace in Muslim Societies\u201d, I recalled what happened ages ago when man lost peace. Fear and envy entered the human heart, and the first crime was committed when a brother killed his own brother! Ever since, man has been seeking peace. \u00a0 \u00a0World or […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":10623,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[6804,8093,6385,675,170,1007,1824],"class_list":["post-28029","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-articles","tag-on-life","tag-the-song-of-peace","tag-youm7","tag-675","tag-170","tag-1007","tag-1824"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28029"}],"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=28029"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28029\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45315,"href":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28029\/revisions\/45315"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10623"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28029"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28029"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28029"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}