{"id":8299,"date":"2014-08-18T17:57:18","date_gmt":"2014-08-18T15:57:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/site\/?p=8299"},"modified":"2014-08-20T08:50:19","modified_gmt":"2014-08-20T06:50:19","slug":"%d9%82%d8%af%d8%a7%d8%b3%d8%a9-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%a8%d8%a7%d8%a8%d8%a7-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%a3%d9%86%d8%a8%d8%a7-%d8%aa%d9%88%d8%a7%d8%b6%d8%b1%d9%88%d8%b3-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%ab%d8%a7%d9%86%d9%8a-%d9%8a%d8%aa-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/en\/%d9%82%d8%af%d8%a7%d8%b3%d8%a9-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%a8%d8%a7%d8%a8%d8%a7-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%a3%d9%86%d8%a8%d8%a7-%d8%aa%d9%88%d8%a7%d8%b6%d8%b1%d9%88%d8%b3-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%ab%d8%a7%d9%86%d9%8a-%d9%8a%d8%aa-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Pope Tawadros heads Vespers Prayers of the Transfiguration Feast at St. Mary&#8217;s Church in Alexandria"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino;\">His Holiness Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and\u00a0Patriarch of the See of St. Mark, headed on Monday evening the Vespers prayer of the &#8220;Transfiguration feast&#8221; at the St. Mary&#8217;s Church in Cleopatra, Alexandria, delivering a spiritual homily entitled &#8220;Heaven on Earth&#8221;, meaning that we must lead a celestial life, with our feet planted firmly on the ground, through the following criteria:<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino;\">Heaven on Earth in tangible matters:<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul class=\"ul1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li class=\"li1\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino;\">The Church is a piece of heaven<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino;\">The Holy Bible is the directory of heaven<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino;\">Priesthood is a companion to heaven<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino;\">Monasticism is an image of heaven<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"p2\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino;\">Heaven on Earth in abstract matters:<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul class=\"ul1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li class=\"li1\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino;\">High Mass is a journey to heaven<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino;\">Praise and hymnals are the language of heaven<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino;\">Penitence is a step towards heaven<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino;\">Stewardship and the labor of love is a call to heaven<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"p2\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino;\">We must rejoice in a celestial life and lead it, during our sojourn on earth.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino;\">His holiness blessed all attendees following Vespers.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\" dir=\"rtl\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\" dir=\"rtl\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>His Holiness Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and\u00a0Patriarch of the See of St. Mark, headed on Monday evening the Vespers prayer of the &#8220;Transfiguration feast&#8221; 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