erkohet.com - On the Oriental Orthodox Church

H/T: Ancient Christian Defender

Here's an interesting site on the Oriental Orthodox Church by Reader Andrew Youssef in Sydney, Australia.

http://www.erkohet.com/

Abba Lot went to see Abba Joseph and said to him, ‘Abba as far as I can, I say my little office, I fast a little, I pray and meditate, I live in peace and as far as I can, I purify my thoughts. What else can I do?’ then the old man stood up and stretched his hands towards heaven. His fingers became like ten lamps of fire and he said to him, ‘If you will, you can become all flame.’

- From the Apophthegmata

The domain name (also used in the tag line)—erkohet—is the Sahidic Coptic verb for “to become fire.” The term laconically sums up the goal of the Orthodox Christian life which this website seeks to promote through the various materials presented therein. For one “to become fire” is essentially for one’s entire being to be set ablaze by the Divine Grace of God—the uncreated fire of God’s Love that consumes all our sinful passions and fuels all our righteous passions—through personal communion and union with the Father, by the Son, and in the Holy Spirit; a union and communion most fully and intimately effected through participation in the Life of the divinely conceived Bride of Christ and Mother of the faithful—the Holy Orthodox Church.