11/25/2025
📣 🎺✨ Hear the trumpet sound! The joyful season begins! ✨🎺
Today marks the beginning of the Fast of the Nativity (Advent) in the Coptic Orthodox Church—a sacred and joy-filled journey that leads us to the birth of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Jesus is truly the reason for the season!
According to the Coptic Synaxarium, the Church begins this fast with 40 days, symbolizing the fast of Moses the Prophet who waited on the mountain to receive the Word of God. In the same spirit, we fast as we await the coming of the true Word—our Lord Jesus Christ—born for our salvation.
To these 40 days, the Church adds 3 additional days, commemorating the Miracle of Moving the Mokattam Mountain during the time of Pope Abraham the Syrian in the 10th century—a powerful testimony of faith, prayer, and God’s mighty hand working among His people.
So today, we step into a season overflowing with:
✨ Expectation
✨ Joy
✨ Repentance
✨ Preparation
✨ Love for the One who first loved us
May this holy fast open our hearts to Christ, transform our spirits, and fill our homes with His peace.
Let us walk these blessed 43 days remembering that every act of fasting, prayer, and charity draws us closer to the Light who came into the world.
🌟 Blessed Fast of the Nativity!
🌟 May the joy of the Incarnation fill your heart from now until the glorious Feast!
