I have had some helpful comments from folk and I'll be re-recording this video of the next few days.
In particular, in case anyone else thought of these comments, I'll be moving the camera back a bit, and sitting down, and having the camera next t…
That doesn't mean it is correct though.
I can point to quite a few modern academic works, all references Coptic manuscripts which show clearly that the canon o St Athanasius has nothing to do with the pre-sanctified liturgy and that a pre-sanctifie…
It would be very helpful if people could see whether a link to my Orthodox Mission blog could be added to their Church website. The address is..
http://orthodox-mission.blogspot.com/
At present I am ranked 11th on google.co.uk for the search term …
My understandiing of the development is that there are several different aspects of eucharistic practice which must be understood separately.
i. The laity for the first centuries were allowed to take the eucharistic Body home with them and would co…
The problem is that almost all the books I have which are translated into English are also usually full of very elementary spelling mistakes. I picked up one recent volume of the rites for Holy Week and just opening it at random saw that the word co…
pm me the username or email address and I'll fast track it.
The problem is that there are literally hundreds of spam accounts created automatically every day, and there are thousands of accounts to be checked and generally deleted. Whenever I visit…
No, I don't think you are wrong to link them. In the sense that both are generally harmful to the bodies we have been gifted by God, and both can be evidence of unhealthy habits.
It is not a sin to smoke a single cigarette or to eat a single burge…
AnnaSimone, thanks for the news about OrthodoxSermons.
When I visited it and read the latest news it was dated March 24th, 2010 and the comments pages were filled with loads and loads of spam so it just looked like it wasn't being kept live anymore…
My priest has functionally retired. He is very physically weak and unable even to stand. He is still a priest, and my priest, but cannot be expected to have the care of the congregation.
That does suggest that a certain humility is required in studying and learning Coptic and the tradition of hymns. I don't mean that as a criticism of anyone, just an observation as someone who has hesitated to really bother with learning Coptic beca…
What is sin though? It is not a list of things that must not be done, that is Judaism or Islam. To sin is to seek our own self-will rather than that of God. Many things are permissible but are not God's will for us and are therefore sin for the one …
Don't forget to keep visiting my Coptic Orthodox Mission blog to see what I have added. There are new posts every day or so.
God bless
http://orthodox-mission.blogspot.com/
DeaconTube doesn't seem to have any sermons or lectures, and GodTube seems filled with Protestant videos. OrthodoxSermons seems to have died a death, likewise CopticHymns. So hosting my talks myself seems the only option.
Just because there are lots of things on Youtube doesn't mean that it is wise to add to the list.
I am creating a website called Discovering Orthodoxy where people will be able to find out information about our Faith. I think that publishing things…
Well in the first place it is not a lecture for Protestants, and in the second place I believe that Youtube is an ocean of trivia in which those things of value are lost amidst grainy video of kids doing stupid things with skate boards.
The chance …
What has that example got to do with any of the cases mentioned on this thread?
We are talking about people who are non-Orthodox and marry a non-Orthodox and one of them becomes Orthodox later.
Why would she have to repent for marrying someone before being Orthodox?
She has nothing to repent of at all and is not liable to any excommunication.
I married my wife long before I became Orthodox. How could I be excommunicated before I was Orth…
I think that there are several aspects of the mystery...
i. Our Lord, the Word of God, has ALREADY become incarnate for our salvation and has humbled Himself more than we could possibly comprehend, not only in becoming weak as a man, but especiall…
Well I guess I mean that the way it happens is the way it happens and there is often/usually not a great deal of value in thinking about how things could be different - I don't mean in a moral or spiritual sense. Actually in the British Orthodox Chu…
I am not a priest who insists on teetotalism, but I would 'discourage' my own congregation from consuming alcohol of any sort during Lent. It is not fasting. The usual canons all require abstaining from wine, and certainly in my own understanding fo…
I mean that much of what we do is a matter of order. It is sort of like 'good manners' in the Church. It is possible for psalter to cense, for instance, since he only has to reach out his hand and take the censer but it is not the proper order of th…