Thursday :   9- 11 AM (Ascension Feast)

Sunday : 8 to 11:30 AM

• Services during this week : May 21 to May 27

 Wednesday : 9-11 AM 

 Thursday:  9 - 11 AM Feast of the Ascension

Sunday : 8 to 11: 30 AM

• Family sponsorship program : Our church is commited to support 125 families in Egypt .We encourage you to take the blessings of this service.Please contact Essam Farag or Hany Guirguis for more information.
• We are privileged to have Dr. Nabil Baky from California to come to Ottawa from May 25th – 27th to discuss topics on marriage, parenting and family life.  Friday 25 at 7 PM for youth and grads .               Saturday 26 9 Am to 7 Pm for couples and parents     Sunday 12 to 2 for parents
• Hymns and coptic classes for Grade 3 to 6 ( Boys and girls) from 8 to 9 PM. There will be a coptic quiz in 2 months with valuable prizes for the winners.

• We have 3 conventions during this summer :
• 1. Senior Youth Convention : (grade 12 & up ) : May25-27 at NAVCanada.Cost:$140 . Contact : Myna Moharib
• 2.Junior Youth Convention : (grade 4-6 )         : June 23-25 .  Cost: $ 70 . Please register by Sunday , May 20 with your Sunday school servant. There are limited spots available .Please contact David Sawires
• 3.High School Convention : (grade 7-11 )        : August 3-5 . in Kemptville .More Info will be posted.
• If anyone is interested in helping with the summer camp for our Sunday school kids , please speak with Abouna Mikhail or Abouna George.
• The summer camp for up to grade 6 takes place on Mondays & Wednesdays 8 AM to 4 PM . + one trip every other Thursday . And for grades 7 & up on Tuesday & Thursdays 6 to 10 PM

• Activity/sports night for Grades 7 -10 (Boys & Girls ) will take place every Friday from 7:30 to 10:00 PM . Please encourage your kids to come and participate .Contact persons: Mina Riad or David Salem
• Soccer for Grade 3 to grade 6 every Sunday . For more information : please contact David Salem

•  Every Saturday at 6:00 PM : there will be a choir practise for boys and girls. (KG to Youth ) They will be divided into 3 groups according to their age
• Coptic lessons will resume on Sundays 12:30 in the chapel. ( Introductory level)
• Hymns lessons Saturday after the vespers for boys and girls ( all age groups)
• Deacons : if your name is missing on the list of deacons on the website or in the deacon ‘s room: Please speak to Shady Hanna

Arabic meeting : every Thursday at 7:30 PM ( Studying the Book of Exodus)

Graduate meeting : every Friday at 8:30 PM

Youth meeting : every Friday at 8:30 PM

* During the Sunday Liturgy , the baptism room is open for parents with infants on strollers.

The Quiet room is for parents with older kids who cannot stay quiet during the liturgy.

Click May_Table_2012 for schedule

I am your father and teacher. All of you my children, listen to my commandments.

• I ask you my beloved children; preserve and look after the faith of the Holy Trinity.
• I ask you my beloved children; love one another with a true love.
• I ask you my beloved children, do good with all humanity.
• I ask you my beloved children; do not let the world deceive you.
• I ask you my beloved children; do not fall short or “be not eager” in the service of the Lord.
• I pray for you my beloved children; pray without ceasing fervently.
• I pray for you my beloved children; preserve your tongues from causing any division.
• I pray for you my beloved children; preserve the Holy Baptism that was granted to you.
• I pray for you my beloved children; preserve your body pure for the Lord.
• I pray for you my beloved children; do not ever let your lamp weaken without light.
• I pray for you my beloved children; preserve the commandments that God gave to you.
• I pray for you my beloved children, that the fear of God be within you.

God is witness, my beloved children, that I did not keep any of God’s words away from you…that I never ever rested my children, and be blamed by any one of you.

If you preserve and keep what I have said to you, you will crush the head of the serpent.
If you preserve and keep what I have said to you, you will eat of the goodness of the earth.
If you preserve and keep what I have said to you, the shining Cherubim will guard you.
If you preserve and keep what I have said to you, you will never lack of the Heavenly gifts.

I ask of you my beloved children, to ask of Christ for my soul, that it may have comfort before him, and do not count my shortfalls, unknowingly and unwillingly.

To the clergy, bishops and priests:

I ask for your love and I plead to your reverence, to absolve me, each and everyone of you. And now, I am far from you and have left you, and I cannot see your faces. And now I ask you all that you exhaust yourselves in prayers for me and remembrance in the Holy Liturgies, that my Master may accept me to Him, and forgive me.

And I ask Christ, the Great Shepherds of Shepherds, that he may raise for you a righteous shepherd according to His Will and Heart, that he may shepherd you and your matters and watch for the salvation of your souls

السيد المسيح لم يضيع وقته في مقاومة أخطاء زمنه..

لم ينفق فترة تجسده على الأرض صراعا مع المخطئين ومشاكل المجتمع والكنيسة، إنما اهتم بالبناء بإرساء مبادئ جديدة وإعداد أشخاص يؤمنون بها وينشرونها في كل مكان.

الشيطان مستعد أن يشغلك كل حين بالمشاكل وأن يقدم لك ما لا يحصى من الأخطاء لكي يلهيك بمقاومتها ومحاربتها عن العمل في بناء نفسك وبناء الملكوتإن الانهماك في خلع الزوان، فيه تبديد للطاقات..

وفى هذا الصراع يبدد وقتك وجهودك وأعصابك.

 وفى خلع الزوان أيضاً قد تفقد سلامك الداخلي وربما سلامك مع الناس أيضاً إذ تحيا في صراع.

وهكذا تفقد هدوءك وصفاءك وربما تفقد وداعتك أيضاً.  وقد تدخلك المشاكل في جو من الاضطراب ومن الخلافات التي لا تنتهى والتي تثيرك وتحيطك بالانفعال الدائم.

وكما تفقد وداعتك وهدوءك قد تفقد بشاشتك أيضا، ولا يراك الناس إلا متجهما لا ابتسامة لك، وربما يملكك الغضب ويملكك الحزن ولا تحاول أن تتخلص منها لأنك تحسبه غضباً وحزناً مقدساً لأجل الله..

وقد يوصلك كل هذا إلى قساوة القلب..

باستمرار تدين الناس المخطئين، ثائراً على ما فيهم من أخطاء بحجة خلع الزوان منهم، وباستمرار تكون في ضجيج وقد يرتفع صوتك على الناس وتنتهر وتوبخ وتنفث التهديدات وتكون متبرما بكل شيء..

وفى كل هذا قد تفقد محبتك للناس، وتفقد اتضاعك، وفيما تخلع الزوان من الناس تكون قد خلعت الحنطة التي فيك وينظر إليك الناس فيرونك مثل الزوان في كل شيء..

قليلون هم الذين يستطيعون أن يخلعوا الزوان وفي نفس الوقت يحتفظون بحنطتهم .  لذلك حسناً منع الرب أولاده من خلع الزوان لئلا يخلعوا معه الحنطة.

وحسنا قال الكتاب: “لا تقاوموا الشر“..

إن أحسن طريقة لخلع الزوان هى تقديم القدوة الصالحة التي تقتضى عليه، وكما قال الحكيم: “بدلاً من أن تلعنوا الظلام أضيئوا شمعة“..

Remember the loving kindness of the Lord bestowed on you and you will always lead a life of thanksgiving. Faith will grow in your heart as well as trust in God’s love and work. Your past experiences with God would encourage you in the life of faith.

Remember People’s love and their past good experiences with you. Should you doubt their sincerity or find out they have wronged you, Their old love will intercede and your anger will fade away.

Remember death, so all wordily temptations will disappear and you feel that, ” All is vanity and grasping for the wind.” (Eccl. 1:14.)

Remember that you are standing before God and He is looking at you, then you cannot sin because you see Him.

Remember God’s promises and you will be comforted in all your troubles. But if you forget them, say with David the Prophet, “Remember the word to Your servant, Upon which You have caused me to hope. This is my comfort in my affliction, For Your word has given me life.” (Ps 119:49-50)

Remember the Blood of Jesus which was shed for your sake and you will definitely know the value of your life; it becomes dear in your eyes, so you will not waste it with prodigal living, ” For you were bought at a price;”. 1 Cor 6:20

Remember the vows you made to God at the Baptistery with your parents undertook on your behalf to renounce the devil, all his evil deeds, all his thoughts and wiles, all his forces and power.

Remember always that you are a stranger on the earth and that you will return to your heavenly home. Then you will not put all your hopes in this world and its comforts.

Remember That the narrow gate leads to the kingdom of heaven. If you see the wide gate open before you, escape and keep away from it. As all those who went into it perished.

Remember your eternity and work for it at all times.

Remember that you are a child of God and ought to have His image. You walk as befits the Children of God, for they are apparent.

Remember that you are the temple of the Holy Spirit. Do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God in you and always be a holy temple.

HH Pope Shenouda III