Father Peter

A British priest of the Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria, living and serving in the UK

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In my final message before we begin all the services of Holy Week, I have in mind a verse from Joshua in the Old Testament.

Choose today whom you will serve. Choose the gods whom your ancestors served ... But my family and I will serve the Lord.

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Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins. 1 Peter 4:8

How many different ways can we reflect on these words. Love covers a multitude of sins.

Remember what God has done in his love for us to cover the our sins.

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If we focus on knowing God and removing everything that stands in the way of knowing him better, then we will discover God’s own power and presence making the difference that our own efforts on their own never can.

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Why does he desire all of us? It is because every part of our life that is not touched by his love and by love of him remains in the dark, and is cold and hard, and has not risen to new life in him.

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What is Orthodox Christianity ep 01

Welcome to this first episode in a series of short presentations about different aspects of the life, teachings, history and practice of the Coptic Orthodox Church, of which I am a priest.

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What is required to make the most of the season of Holy Week. Not the practical details of which services to attend, but the spiritual preparation that turns us again to the death and the resurrection of God made man for our salvation, Jesus Christ.

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Everything we say and do, for good and for ill, is said and done to Christ in the Church. Our words and actions, our thoughts about other Christians, these are all what we think and say and do to Christ.

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Are we standing in the way of our children and youth coming to Christ, or do we lead them to him, who says, "Let the children come to me!"

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In this second message, especially for our new Sunday School servants, but entirely relevant to us all, we reflect on the words of St Paul in Ephesians, "Do not use harmful words, but only helpful words."

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Becoming a servant means following the example of Christ.

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Orthodox Spirituality in 2 Minutes https://t.co/bB9QqrUpDH

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2 Minute Student Message #108 by Father Peter Farrington.

To see God at work in our lives, even in a little way, confirms and strengthens us on the journey of becoming the children of God, acting in his love and light.

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IT IS NOT A MATTER OF RULES!

2 Minute Student Message #107 by Father Peter Farrington of St Mary and St Cyril Coptic Orthodox Church.

At its heart, Orthodoxy is not a matter of rules and regulations, but of a way back to God, and life lived with God.

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2 Minute Student Message #106 by Father Peter Farrington of St Mary and St Cyril Coptic Orthodox Church, Liverpool.

Becoming more Orthodox, becoming more Christian.

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@ukmidcopts Through Eve man found his grave, through Mary he was called to heaven… also from St Ephraim the Syrian.

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REAL LIFE, ABUNDANT LIFE, ONLY IN CHRIST 2 Minute Student Message #105 by Father Peter Farrington of St Mary and St Cyril Coptic Orthodox Church, Liverpool.
Choosing the Best in Life - Part 7

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CHOOSE REAL LIFE!!

2 Minute Student Message #104 by Father Peter Farrington of St Mary and St Cyril Coptic Orthodox Church, Liverpool.

Choosing the Best in Life - Part 6

...all people are made to be connected with God...

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@His_Grace But is it? The Church does not have branches, and it is not clear what the Church of England believes, however much we might appreciate friendship with Anglicans. It is not clear that Reformed theology and practice is the same as that of the Catholic and Apostolic Church at all.

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If we wake up every morning and ask that God will show us his will for the day and give us grace to do it, how can we fail to bear some small fruit each day.

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To be at the liturgy is to be fully alive because in the liturgy we receive Christ who us our life.