Wrapping up Mental Health Awareness month in May, below are resources that were shared!
 

• A Christian Perspective on Psychology - click here to view
   

• Effects of toxic childhood stress - click here to view
   

• Childhood development / autism - click he...

On Friday, May 18, Father Luke Istafanous gave a talk at St. Mary and St. Mark Coptic Orthodox Church for Mental Health Awareness Month entitled, "Hope in the Darkness: On Depression & Suicide". 

Below are links to the resources Fr. Luke shared with us:

• Hope in the D...

This book presents a fasting and prayer program for the Holy Great Fast in 2017.

Click here to download: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B3YoY1qGv9YqekdZR0FZYzVYSzg/view?usp=sharing

Click here to download "Focus on the Coptic Family" by Fr. Mikhail E. Mikhail.

Click here to download Abouna Gregory's letter to the congregation from the 2016 Gala. 

"One of the most fundamental aspects of our Christian faith, is in having a close, personal & intimate relationship with our God. And never was man so close to God, as when the Word...

Click here to download a full version of the Coptic Synaxarium published by St. George Coptic Orthodox Church in Chicago.

"Patrology is the door through which we can enter into the church and attain her spirit, which affects our inner life, conduct and behavior." This is a collection of lectures given by Father Tadros Malaty on the Fathers.

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In this work, Father Tadros Malaty explains the Coptic Orthodox conception of "tradition" through the holy Bible, patristic thought and practical church life.

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It's been said that "On the Incarnation" by St. Athanasius is required reading for any Christian. 

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An amazing explanation of the Liturgy from Fr. Paul Girgis.