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Fr. Tadros Yacoub Malaty · Catechism · 1075

Faith Q&A › Catechism › 15. The Coptic Church Calendar and Joyful Daily Life in the Lord

What is the benefit of the annual Church calendar?

The answer

There is a line from which we must not deviate, neither to the right nor to the left. The Savior clearly declared: “I am the way, the truth, and the life” (John 14:6), and He had previously warned His people in the Old Testament not to deviate from the way to the right or to the left (Deut. 5:32). In every celebration of a Church occasion, if the heart of the believer is not inflamed with love for God and for his brothers and sisters, and with longing for the heavenly life, his celebration cannot be considered as ecclesiastical, scriptural, spiritual, or acceptable to God.

Fr. Tadros Yacoub Malaty

Fr. Tadros Yacoub Malaty, Catechism of the Coptic Orthodox Church, Volumes 1 and 2, Books 1–7. First English Edition, 2023. Published by St. George Coptic Orthodox Church, Sporting, Alexandria, and Queen St. Mary & Prince Tadros Coptic Orthodox Church, South Brunswick, NJ. Copyright © 2023. Translation and Editing: Youth of the Coptic Orthodox Church in the USA, Canada, Europe, Australia, Arabian Gulf, and Egypt.