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I believe that the Orthodox Study arranges the books in accordance with the Orthodox tradition rather than the Protestant one. It would be a good idea for all members of a Church Bible Study to be encouraged to use the Orthodox Study Bible, or othe…
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In different jurisdictions the responsibility of a Metropolitan bishop (they are still just bishops), was to be the bishop of the senior city in a region with a local Synod of bishops. A Metropolitan bishop would still usually be part of the local P…
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Why is it not realistic? Why are the priests not afraid of upsetting people? The role of the deacons according to the Church traditions IS to keep order among the people. I agree that if necessary the local bishop should provide instruction for all…
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It should be the job of deacons (proper deacons not choristers) to keep order among the laity. If people want to bear grudges then that is an issue to be dealt with in their own spiritual life in confession. The Church should not just allow all mann…
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There is a difference between a medical support group with spiritual aspects, and a spiritual support group with practical aspects. Spiritual care must alwaty be under the supervision of the priest. Practical and medical care is different, that is p…
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I would agree with you that people need to be able to speak about their problems, but i guess that to some extent I am concerned that pastoral care should not be divorced from the spiritual fatherhood of the priest and from the sacrament of confessi…
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Thank you imikhail. We were counselled early on by a wise Canadian Coptic priest to not try to do more than was possible, but thank God, that which is possible increases each year.
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We follow the same rites for everything except our Liturgy is that of St James. That doesn't mean my small mission can support every prayer service but we are slowly increasing what we are able to do each year.
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There do seem to be regular changes. What is the substance of this particular revision? Father Peter
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That's what I thought, but the times are ambiguous on the pdf.
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What are the times of the Saturday and Sunday services on this pdf? It is a bit confusing. It looks like you are starting the Sunday liturgy at 9pm on Sunday evening????
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I have not been able to get an email address for him. Is anyone in contact with him and can PM me his details?
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It looks like you do need to register to access the media. I have just sent a registration request. Father Peter
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I guess I have some doubts about forming groups predicated on those sins. I am not sure it would be wise to have a group for those who beat their wives, though I know it is an issue. It would create problems for wives and children as well as the hus…
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I am in several minds about this, and I would guess it depended on the size of the congregation as well. I think that it would be useful for me as a priest to: i. Study the teachings of the Fathers and Scriptures with great attention to addictive…
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Do you not take subject based qualifications in the US at this age? In England at 16 we take Ordinary Level exams in up to about 10 subjects and get graded A-F, and then at 18 we take Advanced Level qualifications in 3 or 4 subjects which will usual…
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I will pray for all those taking exams at this time, but what is ACT?
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I agree entirely with imikhail. The altar and the iconostasis and indeed the church itself are consecrated and become and remain holy at all times. They are not made holy at some times and not at others. If a building were to be turned to some other…
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He is forbidden to serve the liturgy as he is under discipline. He is still a priest in the sense that he would not be reordained if he was reconciled. But a priest can only serve with the authority of his bishop, apart from that he does not have an…
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I think it is completely wrong to suggest that the spiritual tradition of the Church is the same as language. It manifestly isn't. It is clearly possible to be Orthodox and not use Coptic. The vast majority of Orthodox do not use Coptic. But it is …
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What I would dispute is that those who advocate Coptic as THE language of worship are truly multilingual since they are not native speakers of Coptic and their relation to Coptic is the same as my relation to French and Finnish. I can communicate in…
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If people from Egypt choose to come and live in the West then at some point their Egyptian-ness must be modified by their becoming British, American, Canadian etc. This is a necessary process if people want to emigrate to the West. It is also a fact…
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Well unless I hear what you mean I can only go by the words you type which don't give an unambiguous idea.
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That is a good question, and a reasonable one. I think that we should consider that although Adam was in a most blessed state in the Garden of Eden, he was not yer perfected according to God's will. I mean that just as a child may be perfectly form…
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That's how it is pronounced in England.
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The pronounciation of Worcester as Wuster is the correct pronounciation. It is how the town is pronounced in England. I wonder to what degree pronounciation variants are based on ignorance and making the best out of the written words? I wonder what …
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Well I guess you will do as you wish. I bake the breads for the Liturgy by hand when I make them. If you have so many people it would surely be better to have four churches doing evangelism over a much wider area?
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Well I guess people will do whatever they want. But we will not be having projectors in any Church I ever serve in. Nor will I easily ever install a sound system. Nor will I ever countenance the routine recording of the Holy Mysteries. There are m…
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Vietnam, Korea, Somalia, Cuba, Afghanistan, Iraq.
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I think it is rather an important topic. Indeed I think that anything which changes the nature of our experience of worship and prayer is very important and should not lightly be adopted. Maybe it does matter if we use a sound system or not, or pro…