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Speak to your FOC. Only he is properly placed to help you otherwise all you have here is the best wishes of people who are not your spiritual father and don't really know you or your situation. Speak to your FOC. In Christ Deacon Peter
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Hiya I don't see what you mean in John 18:8? John 18:4 Jesus, knowing all that was going to happen to him, went out and asked them, "Who is it you want?" 5 "Jesus of Nazareth," they replied. "I am he," Jesus said. (And Judas the traitor was stand…
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Hi QT In the US I know that many Ethiopians go to EO churches and make that their home, without ceasing to be Ethiopian Orthodox. But it depends on the local circumstances. There is an official agreement between the Greek Church of Alexandria and …
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Hi QT I am not sure that you have any rights. Indeed none of us have rights in approaching the most Holy Mysteries. If our own priests considered that we should not receive then they can refuse us. We cannot demand. In the case of any EO church it…
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Hi Mabsoota I guess it would be best to ask ahead just so that the priest and bishop aren't put on the spot. Do you have a link to where the Romanian Church says it has ratified the Agreement. That is great news. ROCOR stands for Russian Orthodox…
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QT, the EO are not monolithic just as the OO are not monolithic. There is no one answer for either the question can EO commune in the OO Churches or can OO commune in the EO Churches. It depends. Just as everything depends on the bishop and the prie…
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Hi QT I'm not sure what you want me to say? Clearly there are some EO who do not allow us to have communion and consider us heretics. But there are many other who do not consider us heretics, and other bishops and priests who allow OO communion. …
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Indeed you only have to look at the list of EO bishops, theologians and laity who signed the Agreed Statements between the EO and OO to find many well known figures who do not think the OO are heretics. That is not to disagree with your main point …
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Hi QT Lots of EO don't think we are heretics. It is not always clear whether those who do are a noisy minority or not. I am in touch with many EO clergy and laity, and have spoken with EO bishops, who do not think we are heretics at all. In Ch…
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EO stands for Eastern Orthodox - those Orthodox who belong to churches such as the Greek, Russian, Bulgarian, Romanian etc. OO stands for Oriental Orthodox - those Orthodox who belong to the Coptic, Armenian, Indian, Syrian, Ethiopian and Eritrean …
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There is no problem with the E.P. Bartholomew. My bishop, Abba Seraphim, has been a private guest of his several times when he has visited Patriarch Mesrob II of the Armenians in Istanbul. Indeed when I was blessed to be at the enthronement of Patri…
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There is no reason for us to use the word Jehovah. It is a Western attempt at a pronounciation of the Divine name. It is pretty much associated with the Protestant Reformation. As someone who grew up in an Evangelical church in the West, we never r…
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The trouble is that many in Government, the Media and authority in social organisations are anti-Christian. Most of the ordinary people I work with are fairly conservative in a live and let live sort of way, but many of those who have power are lib…
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He is a saint who is venerated by all of the Church, our own, the Eastern Orthodox and the Roman Catholics. He seems to have died in aboiut 346 which was at a time when all of our Churches were united. In Christ Deacon Peter
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Welcome indeed. And we all be blessed by your participation.
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He seems to me a man who is constantly wrestling with God and we should pray for him that he finds the one he is trying so hard, too hard, to deny. I think that all of Dawkins writings and speeches are an effort by him to convince himself of a trut…
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Surely the aim in our life should not be to try and make it to heaven. That makes our lives into some sort of economic arrangement. Shouldn't we just seek to love God and be transformed by His Holy Spirit and whatever God grants us is more than we …
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I do find it hard to fit my Orthodox Christianity with full on evolution. I do believe that Adam and Eve are not, and cannot be, just mythic characters. That said, I could imagine that it could be possible that God granted self-awareness in some se…
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Yes I could easily imagine that it would work like that in Egypt where there is a long tradition of dealing with the Coptic Orthodox Church. But here in the UK in the 18th century for instance, the Anglican priest would just be known as Mr Smith, n…
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I was on another Coptic Forum a while back where some of the people I knew accepted evolution. I have always taken the view that the world looks like it has an age just as Adam looked like he was 21 or whatever. How could it be possible to create a…
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Yes, that is what I mean. As far as the state is concerned a bishop is just a person with the names which are on his birth certificate. And so that is what I guess, 99.9999%, is on his passport. I can belong to a religious cult and call myself Mick…
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Have faith and hope. God is greater than all our circumstances. Don't allow what might happen to diminish what God is already doing in your life. Jeremiah 29:11 For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and…
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I guess that my own bishop has his civil, registered names which are on his birth certificate on his UK passport. I know what they are and occasionally someone outside the Church will use them, but it always sounds strange. I don't think the UK woul…
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Here is the material from St Mark's website.. We, the undersigned, support the Coptic Christian Community in the UK, in petitioning the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, the Rt. Hon. Ed Balls, MP to consider the placement of 3 …
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I don't disagree with your sentiments, but I do think that it is wrong to say that texting between a boy and a girl is the same as fornication. And I do think that the judgement in all such matters should be given in a particular circumstance only b…
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It does seem rather a complex story and not quite so clear cut. I understand that the children are with a Muslim foster parent who is not supportive of their Christian background. I also understand that the Coptic family are not able to care for th…
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Why must love only be planted once in the heart? I love many people, indeed we are called to love all people. Love is not a quality which diminishes by being shared, indeed it increases in strength if it is honest and true. There is nothing wrong …
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I hope that this will make a difference. Unfortunately I am not sure that the government agencies take any notice of any petitions of any size. The church has already made many reasonable suggestions about the children being fostered by a Coptic fam…
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For me the main issue is that non-stem cell research is advancing quickly and seems to be showing the same potential as embryonic stem cells. So why use embyronic stem cells. It seems to me very wrong that governments are pushing the use of embryon…
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I don't think that QT can be accused of diminishing the holy union of marriage by using the word sex, since in English that is a word to describe that union. We should not be afraid of words, there are plenty of young people and other mixed up folk…