Phoebe Farag Mikhail
@pkfarag.bsky.social
Writer, educator, activist. Author, Putting Joy into Practice and Hunger for Righteousness. Words in Insider, Plough, Faithfully, Sojourners, CT & more. https://beingincommunity.com/phoebefaragmikhail
Justinian convinced the emperor to change Rome's laws so he could marry Theodora--it was otherwise illegal for him marry an actress. That wasn't the only rule she would change when she became empress. Learn more on today's "Saints Who Love the Poor." phoebefaragmikhail.substack.com/p/season-2-e...
Season 2, Episode 2: St. Theodora, Empress of Byzantium
Using power to uplift the powerless
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February 24, 2026 at 6:28 PM
Justinian convinced the emperor to change Rome's laws so he could marry Theodora--it was otherwise illegal for him marry an actress. That wasn't the only rule she would change when she became empress. Learn more on today's "Saints Who Love the Poor." phoebefaragmikhail.substack.com/p/season-2-e...
Lent began last Monday for most Oriental Orthodox Churches, last Wednesday for Catholics, Anglicans and Protestants, and today for Eastern Orthodox. Here is why Christians fast during Lent - and it's not what you think:
www.christianitytoday.com/2025/03/why-...
www.christianitytoday.com/2025/03/why-...
Why Christians Fast During Lent - Christianity Today
An excerpt on generosity and solidarity from “Hunger for Righteousness: A Lenten Journey Towards Intimacy with God and Loving our Neighbor.”
www.christianitytoday.com
February 23, 2026 at 11:16 PM
Lent began last Monday for most Oriental Orthodox Churches, last Wednesday for Catholics, Anglicans and Protestants, and today for Eastern Orthodox. Here is why Christians fast during Lent - and it's not what you think:
www.christianitytoday.com/2025/03/why-...
www.christianitytoday.com/2025/03/why-...
When the Epstein Files come up in Sunday School: Four opportunities for a conversation of faith
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When the Epstein Files come up in Sunday School
Four opportunities for a conversation of faith
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February 7, 2026 at 3:02 PM
When the Epstein Files come up in Sunday School: Four opportunities for a conversation of faith
phoebefaragmikhail.substack.com/p/when-the-e...
phoebefaragmikhail.substack.com/p/when-the-e...
”John’s call to repentance is this same call to ready our hearts – cleaning them out, setting them in order, adorning them with beauty in eager expectation for the coming of the Bridegroom. What more joyous cry can there be than “Christ is coming”?”
Read more:
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Read more:
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A Joyful Epiphany - Being In Community
By Phoebe Farag Mikhail I had an epiphany recently at a mom’s fellowship meeting at my church. We were reading Luke 1 together, a joyful chapter in a joyful Gospel, exciting reading for someone who ha...
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January 18, 2026 at 1:28 PM
”John’s call to repentance is this same call to ready our hearts – cleaning them out, setting them in order, adorning them with beauty in eager expectation for the coming of the Bridegroom. What more joyous cry can there be than “Christ is coming”?”
Read more:
beingincommunity.com/a-joyful-epi...
Read more:
beingincommunity.com/a-joyful-epi...
I will be honest, this wasn’t my first try- the first word I got was “melancholic” but I make my own rules.
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January 1, 2026 at 9:22 PM
I will be honest, this wasn’t my first try- the first word I got was “melancholic” but I make my own rules.
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Take a screenshot of this GIF, and whichever new word you land on is YOUR word for 2026.
Let's. Go.
Let's. Go.
January 1, 2026 at 3:16 PM
Take a screenshot of this GIF, and whichever new word you land on is YOUR word for 2026.
Let's. Go.
Let's. Go.
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Greetings and salutations to everyone who cracked open that brand new planner today!
January 1, 2026 at 8:35 PM
Greetings and salutations to everyone who cracked open that brand new planner today!
Excited to share my new Picture Book Guide to Advent with everyone! This guide takes the Advent lectionary of the Coptic Orthodox Church and matches its themes with wonderful picture books to inspire discussion and build connection: beingincommunity.com/a-picture-bo...
A Picture Book Guide to Advent - Being In Community
by Phoebe Farag Mikhail Parents, Sunday school teachers, and anyone with children in their lives, rejoice! Today I present my new Picture Book Guide to Advent, a resource providing opportunities for m...
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December 12, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Excited to share my new Picture Book Guide to Advent with everyone! This guide takes the Advent lectionary of the Coptic Orthodox Church and matches its themes with wonderful picture books to inspire discussion and build connection: beingincommunity.com/a-picture-bo...
I would love it if @ruthgraham.bsky.social and the @nytimes.com would read my response to Graham's recent article on the Orthodox Church in the U.S. In it, I point out a flaw in the statistics on which Graham builds her story. I invite her to revisit.
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The NYT wrote about the Orthodox Church
Its conclusions are based on faulty research.
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November 20, 2025 at 7:37 PM
I would love it if @ruthgraham.bsky.social and the @nytimes.com would read my response to Graham's recent article on the Orthodox Church in the U.S. In it, I point out a flaw in the statistics on which Graham builds her story. I invite her to revisit.
phoebefaragmikhail.substack.com/p/the-nyt-wr...
phoebefaragmikhail.substack.com/p/the-nyt-wr...
*Imaging oneself in another’s shoes can be a profound act of empathy and solidarity. Consistently and historically walking in a particular group’s shoes, however, without letting them speak for themselves, leaves that community shoeless.” Read more in my newsletter:
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My unfiltered thoughts on Benedict's “Daughter of Egypt”
Along with a treasure trove of Egyptian women authors and Egyptologists Benedict neglected to consult
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November 13, 2025 at 11:49 PM
*Imaging oneself in another’s shoes can be a profound act of empathy and solidarity. Consistently and historically walking in a particular group’s shoes, however, without letting them speak for themselves, leaves that community shoeless.” Read more in my newsletter:
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The Lord's Prayer is more radical than we think. Learn more in my latest piece for Faithfully Magazine.
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The Power of the Lord’s Prayer
Most Christians know the Lord’s Prayer and likely can recite it without thinking, but few recognize its radical power.
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May 21, 2025 at 9:37 PM
The Lord's Prayer is more radical than we think. Learn more in my latest piece for Faithfully Magazine.
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faithfullymagazine.com/the-power-of...
Check out this excerpt in Sojourners from my latest book!
"Unlike the mountaintops we can reach by car, ski lift, or gondola, these spiritual mountains are the ones we must climb ourselves, like it or not."
Jesus Never Said, ‘Blessed Are the Righteous’
Lenten lessons from a Mount Sinai sunrise.
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March 10, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Check out this excerpt in Sojourners from my latest book!
"In choosing to abstain from certain foods for over a month and a half and giving what we would have fed ourselves to others, our almsgiving is less a charity than it is empathy and solidarity."
Why do Christians fast during Lent? An excerpt in @christianitytoday.com from my new book, Hunger for Righteousness: A Lenten Journey Towards Intimacy with God and Loving Our Neighbor:
www.christianitytoday.com/2025/03/why-...
www.christianitytoday.com/2025/03/why-...
Why Christians Fast During Lent - Christianity Today
An excerpt on generosity and solidarity from “Hunger for Righteousness: A Lenten Journey Towards Intimacy with God and Loving our Neighbor.”
www.christianitytoday.com
March 5, 2025 at 1:04 PM
"In choosing to abstain from certain foods for over a month and a half and giving what we would have fed ourselves to others, our almsgiving is less a charity than it is empathy and solidarity."
Why do Christians fast during Lent? An excerpt in @christianitytoday.com from my new book, Hunger for Righteousness: A Lenten Journey Towards Intimacy with God and Loving Our Neighbor:
www.christianitytoday.com/2025/03/why-...
www.christianitytoday.com/2025/03/why-...
Why Christians Fast During Lent - Christianity Today
An excerpt on generosity and solidarity from “Hunger for Righteousness: A Lenten Journey Towards Intimacy with God and Loving our Neighbor.”
www.christianitytoday.com
March 3, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Why do Christians fast during Lent? An excerpt in @christianitytoday.com from my new book, Hunger for Righteousness: A Lenten Journey Towards Intimacy with God and Loving Our Neighbor:
www.christianitytoday.com/2025/03/why-...
www.christianitytoday.com/2025/03/why-...
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Coptic Summer Schools this summer. Online + week in Rome: www.copticsummerschool.org
Coptic Summer School
Online Sessions May-June 2025
In presence in Italy (Rome) July 21–25, 2025
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February 18, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Coptic Summer Schools this summer. Online + week in Rome: www.copticsummerschool.org
Almost everything I wear comes from this business!
We are a small business based out of Virginia. We make STEAM themed clothing and are size inclusive. Our dresses are perfect for busy professional women and kids who love Science! Our dresses have pockets!! #dresswithoockets #svahausa
February 18, 2025 at 4:33 AM
Almost everything I wear comes from this business!
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I found a good comparison of this exact spot from 2012 that really shows the transformation
February 15, 2025 at 7:23 PM
I found a good comparison of this exact spot from 2012 that really shows the transformation
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Ah, the 1930s Germany frame.
But in the post-reconstruction era, America had Jim Crow, the resegregation of the federal workforce, and deadly pogroms against black people in the South.
We’ve been here before. It’s just it didn’t happen to white people.
Where do yall think Germany learned from?
But in the post-reconstruction era, America had Jim Crow, the resegregation of the federal workforce, and deadly pogroms against black people in the South.
We’ve been here before. It’s just it didn’t happen to white people.
Where do yall think Germany learned from?
Interesting question: if you were living in Germany in the ‘30s in which year would you call it and emigrate?
February 16, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Ah, the 1930s Germany frame.
But in the post-reconstruction era, America had Jim Crow, the resegregation of the federal workforce, and deadly pogroms against black people in the South.
We’ve been here before. It’s just it didn’t happen to white people.
Where do yall think Germany learned from?
But in the post-reconstruction era, America had Jim Crow, the resegregation of the federal workforce, and deadly pogroms against black people in the South.
We’ve been here before. It’s just it didn’t happen to white people.
Where do yall think Germany learned from?
I just figured out how to make QR codes and I am inordinately pleased with myself about this.
February 17, 2025 at 3:36 AM
I just figured out how to make QR codes and I am inordinately pleased with myself about this.
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View the new short film about The 21 Coptic Martyrs for free until February 17th by clicking here:
www.the21film.com
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The 21: Neo-Coptic Short Film | Team of 70+ Artists
The 21 - a powerful short film shaped by Neo-Coptic iconography, a moving tribute to bravery, sacrifice, and faith. Created by over 70 Artists worldwide.
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February 15, 2025 at 1:30 PM
View the new short film about The 21 Coptic Martyrs for free until February 17th by clicking here:
www.the21film.com
www.the21film.com
View the new short film about The 21 Coptic Martyrs for free until February 17th by clicking here:
www.the21film.com
www.the21film.com
The 21: Neo-Coptic Short Film | Team of 70+ Artists
The 21 - a powerful short film shaped by Neo-Coptic iconography, a moving tribute to bravery, sacrifice, and faith. Created by over 70 Artists worldwide.
www.the21film.com
February 15, 2025 at 1:30 PM
View the new short film about The 21 Coptic Martyrs for free until February 17th by clicking here:
www.the21film.com
www.the21film.com
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Here is a sneak peek (and a feast for the eyes) for Podcast Episode 2 with Photographer Mary Jasmin Yostos. She's not yet on BlueSky but you can follow her on IG at www.instagram.com/stories/trek...
To watch the whole episode click here (you will need to subscribe) open.substack.com/pub/phoebefa...
To watch the whole episode click here (you will need to subscribe) open.substack.com/pub/phoebefa...
February 13, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Here is a sneak peek (and a feast for the eyes) for Podcast Episode 2 with Photographer Mary Jasmin Yostos. She's not yet on BlueSky but you can follow her on IG at www.instagram.com/stories/trek...
To watch the whole episode click here (you will need to subscribe) open.substack.com/pub/phoebefa...
To watch the whole episode click here (you will need to subscribe) open.substack.com/pub/phoebefa...
Here is a sneak peek (and a feast for the eyes) for Podcast Episode 2 with Photographer Mary Jasmin Yostos. She's not yet on BlueSky but you can follow her on IG at www.instagram.com/stories/trek...
To watch the whole episode click here (you will need to subscribe) open.substack.com/pub/phoebefa...
To watch the whole episode click here (you will need to subscribe) open.substack.com/pub/phoebefa...
February 13, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Here is a sneak peek (and a feast for the eyes) for Podcast Episode 2 with Photographer Mary Jasmin Yostos. She's not yet on BlueSky but you can follow her on IG at www.instagram.com/stories/trek...
To watch the whole episode click here (you will need to subscribe) open.substack.com/pub/phoebefa...
To watch the whole episode click here (you will need to subscribe) open.substack.com/pub/phoebefa...
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My friendship with Phoebe is a treasure to me. Her new book is my Lent read in 2025.
I just started a podcast series linked to my new book, Hunger for Righteousness! The first episode was a lovely conversation about Lent w/ @tracesoffaith.bsky.social
Check out the sneak peek & click below for the whole thing!
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Check out the sneak peek & click below for the whole thing!
open.substack.com/pub/phoebefa...
February 13, 2025 at 12:17 PM
My friendship with Phoebe is a treasure to me. Her new book is my Lent read in 2025.
I just started a podcast series linked to my new book, Hunger for Righteousness! The first episode was a lovely conversation about Lent w/ @tracesoffaith.bsky.social
Check out the sneak peek & click below for the whole thing!
open.substack.com/pub/phoebefa...
Check out the sneak peek & click below for the whole thing!
open.substack.com/pub/phoebefa...
February 13, 2025 at 3:54 AM
I just started a podcast series linked to my new book, Hunger for Righteousness! The first episode was a lovely conversation about Lent w/ @tracesoffaith.bsky.social
Check out the sneak peek & click below for the whole thing!
open.substack.com/pub/phoebefa...
Check out the sneak peek & click below for the whole thing!
open.substack.com/pub/phoebefa...