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An excellent collection of texts from Father Athanasius. In my own Evangelical background, among the Plymouth Brethren, we still had no musical accompaniment to our worship until probably the late 70s when an organ was allowed. And there are still …
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I have just listened to two sermons by Father Moses Samaan and find them excellent and Orthodox. I also enjoy very much the sermons of Father Athanasius Iskander. I have also known Father Kyrillos Ibrahim for many years, before he was ordained, and …
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I have heard today that he has been able to take a very little food. His digestive system had gone into failure. I know that he is touched that people who do not know him are praying for him.
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I certainly don't think that the only music we should ever listen to is Orthodox chant. It seems to me that music, and the making of music, is something which is inherent in human nature, and satisfies a human need, just as food and drink does. But…
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If I were to produce some, how long do people like listening for? 15 minutes? 20 minutes?
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Dear friends, there is some slight improvement but many serious conditions. I know that Paul has been conscious enough to be touched by the thought that folk are praying for him. Do please continue in prayer as you recall his needs.
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I think you are mistaken in thinking that sermons which talk about moralising issues are the same as spirituality in any sense. They are surely not. This is what I have been saying all along. What is required is the preaching of the fulness of the…
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No, I am afraid I disagree. How can it be said that we have concentrated too much on the spiritual life if in fact what we are concerned about is the very lack of spiritual life? It would be a grave danger to suggest that the spiritual life and th…
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I'm not convinced the issue is education. Indeed to some extent I think that this is part of the problem. When there is a curriculum which is followed, such as is used in the Patriarchate of Alexandria, then simply following the course, and being pr…
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It is not entirely true that EO do not baptise people. Indeed the pastoral response to a person coming to Orthodoxy from Protestantism will vary from case to case, from bishop to bishop, from jurisdiction to jurisdiction. There are many EO who will …
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Do not think that I do not have many friends who are Protestants. And Protestantism comes in many different forms. But it is not possible to say that Protestantism is Christian unless we are willing to reduce Christianity to simply 'having some sort…
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The Orthodox Church of Alexandria does not rebaptise Protestants since it does not consider that they are able to offer the sacrament of baptism to anyone. In my own experience the sacramental of baptism was absolutely rejected, and the washing whi…
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There are many Mormon hymns and songs in which the words are not offensive in themselves, but does this mean that if youth want to start singing them, and threaten to leave the Church if they are not allowed to, then their wishes should be submitted…
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It is not for me to say whether any person belongs to Christ or not, but Protestantism is certainly not Christian in a formal sense, and is only Christian in loose and sociological sense. To say that Protestantism is Christian is to already have acc…
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If those who attend Protestant services are liable to be excommunicated then how can it be acceptable to sing those songs which are written and performed by Protestants? It would be like saying, if there is nothing wrong with the words of a Mormon …
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Comparative Theology http://tasbeha.org/content/hh_books/Comptheo/index.html Salvation in the Orthodox Concept http://patrologicaltheology.com/uploads/2/8/5/6/2856126/salvation_in_the_orthodox_concept.pdf The Heresy of Salvation in a Moment (Wh…
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You can download them online for free
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I would suggest that you read Pope Shenouda's books on Protestantism as a useful place to begin to understand the Orthodox view.
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It is possible to resist the illness. In the Orthodox London mission there will be no Protestantism. London doesn't need more Protestantism, it needs the Orthodox Faith. In my own congregation there is no Protestantism. The Medway Towns don't nee…
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I think the dove appeared as Christ was coming out of the waters. This is what is described in the Gospel of St John and implied in the Gospel of St Matthew.
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The Gospel of St Matthew seems to be speaking about the vision of the descent of the Holy Spirit from the point of view of Christ Himself. While the Gospel of St John is speaking from the point of view of St John the Baptist. I think that the excla…
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I agree that this is the current desired practice. But there are many things we do which are not always for the best and are not ancient. The canons also fix particular minimum ages for all the ranks of the diaconate and for choristers. Interest…
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The Canons of the Councils of Neo-Caesarea and Laodicea are universally accepted, and are accepted by the Orthodox Church of Alexandria. Canon XI of Neo-Caesarea says that a man should not be made a priest before he is 30 years of age. Canon XXII…
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We are surely governed by the universal canons of the Church. It seems to me to have been proved to be unhealthy when almost every males is allowed to wear the tonia and stole.
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I dont think is correct. And it is certainly not universal. The canons state that only a Deacon may where it, and by dispensation it has been allowed to the subdeacon but I consider it unfortunate that the dispensation becomes a complete overthrow o…
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As far as I know a Reader should not wear a padrashil. It should be worn by the subdeacon, and then by the deacon. I know that in some churches it is worn by readers, or even by choristers. We have just ordained a new reader, and I was a reader f…
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It is un-canonical to have such a young priest. The Church has provided rules which should be followed in the case of priests, deacons and subdeacons for the security of the Church. No-one at 18 is suitable to be a priest. I think that the canons r…
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I don't believe that the participation of the female laity in the congregational responses should be considered as females taking the place of males. I don't believe that Orthodoxy generally forbids women to participate as members of the congregatio…
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But the details are not made up. You would have to show that they have been. And this is not possible because they were not.
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As far as I can see there is a difference between the deacons responses to the priest, or in leading the congregation in prayer, and the 'deacons' leading the congregational responses and hymns. It is expected that there will be a deacon supporting…