Best wishes for a Holy Christmas and a Happy New Year from the Oasis International Foundation

Last update: 2022-12-23 16:37:40

Mosaic adorning the forecourt of St Mary’s Coptic Orthodox church in Cairo (better known as the “Hanging Church”), [photo Oasis]

 

In this day in which
the Rich became poor for our sakes,
let the rich man make the poor man
share with him at his table […]
Today Godhead sealed itself
upon Manhood,
that so with the Godhead’s stamp
Manhood might be adorned.



Ephrem the Syrian, Hymn 1 on the Nativity, taken form Ephrem the Syrian, Hymns on the nativity, translated by Philip Schaff. Philadelphia (PA): Dalcassian Publishing Company, 2019.

 

In the picture: Mosaic adorning the forecourt of St Mary’s Coptic Orthodox church in Cairo (better known as the “Hanging Church”), [photo Oasis]