Their days, freed from work, were spent in prayer and other spiritual labor, considered an invaluable resource for Christian communities. In exchange for their spiritual labor, Syrian monks received ...

That alms gifts could intercede on one’s behalf was well known ... In it, author Naveed Sheikh claims that “the Christian civilization emerges as the most violent and genocidal in the world history.” ...

Alms and almsgiving are also mentioned several ... In those countries whose population is majority Christian, the call to share is even more urgent, since their responsibility toward the many ...

Not every Christian tradition has continued this abstinence ... a regular basis were supposed to give the cost of that food as alms. Those who fasted further by abstaining from food till a ...