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Dear Emad, I am not sure if you are addressing this to me... Please dont underestimate the hard work that went into this project by making radical assumptions and demeaning words on your threads. If so then I am a little confused because I have tr…
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This is why we should use an Orthodox Bible, and not random ones that have been influenced by various other agendas. And I am not meaning to criticise the intentions of many translators. In fact there are not any great differences in any of the smal…
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Today I have completed the memorisation of Chapter 1 of the Gospel of St Mark. I shall need to spend a few days making sure it is all safely gathered in to the storehouse of my heart. The first individually described miracle in the Gospel is the …
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Lord have mercy
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I don't really know the details of Coptic culture so you'd be best asking your own priest. I imagine that Coptic tradition allows for the replacement of rings since they could be lost or stolen. Father Peter
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I guess the short answer is that when texts are copied there is the possibility of variance being introduced. And at some point there became two textual strands in this passage of Jonah. St Cyril in his commentary chooses not to mention this diver…
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I would suggest that you only speak about those things you feel confident you understand and can explain. It would be better to try and say less and say it well than say too much and get confused. Father Peter
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If we visited any of the Kings and Queens, or Emperors and Empresses of olden times we would never turn our back on them, and would be likely to be executed if we did. It would be a gross mark of dishonour. Since everyone should be avoiding turning…
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Make sure that it is not a Protestant one. What do you mean by Bible Study site? God bless Father Peter
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It seems to me (as my personal opinion) that the rules about priests and full deacons having jobs is suited for the settled condition of a Church, but it does not always suit a Church which is either in a missionary situation or has been disrupted d…
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Do you mean you want a poem on this subject, or you want someone to write you a poem? I guess the most famous is The Journey of the Magi by T.S. Eliot. http://www.poetryarchive.org/poetryarchive/singlePoem.do?poemId=7070 Is this what you meant? …
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I would also suggest that we clear out the member list. We have grown 30,000 over the last few months and 99.9% of these are all spam accounts which can start posting at any time. I'd much rather know who is actually a member here. Why not remove a…
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If we can't stop spammers joining automatically it might be better if all requests to join were presently reviewed by a moderator and manually approved. Whenever I look at who is online there seem to be at least 5 bots in the process of creating an …
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I am sure you can all come up with better suggestions than I. But I agree entirely with ILSM. It begins with episcopal discipline, and then priestly discipline. It continues with our own self-discipline. And an overwhelming sense of the holiness of…
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I am afraid I can't agree with you George. John of Damascus certainly did condemn Peter the Fuller, and had he wanted he would have been able to find the clear evidence that the Trisagion was originally a Syrian Christological hymn. He says that P…
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Dear Aidan I have decided to use the NKJV, and so that is what I am sticking to. It is not easy to remove myself from the family circle in my small house! But there seems always enough opportunity for attention if I look for it and use it wisely. …
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I think that the words of the Gospel have a deep and powerful spiritual effect on us. Much more than giving you knowledge about Christ, as you meditate on this words by treasuring them in your heart you will discover that Christ is born in you, even…
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Lol! I think that you are well ahead of me and to be greatly commended. I need to press on and catch up with you!!!! How have you found the experience of learning the first chapter? From a spiritual point of view I mean? Father Peter
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I'd make participation in humble service in the Church one of the key defining characteristics of a person who might be wortht of the diaconate. Indeed this defines the diaconate more than anything else. Father Peter
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The Septuagint IS the Greek translation of the Old Testament. The difference in texts in Jonah in this one small point was noticed long ago by the Fathers. Personally I don't see it matters at all. I think St Jerome writes about it. Father Peter
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Update I have memorised verses 1-31 of the first chapter of the Gospel of St Mark. It seems to be going OK. So if I can manage it then I am sure that you younger folk could do so much more easily. My Dad tells me that when he was a young man his…
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It is difficult to answer comprehensively in a brief post. But I generally agree with H.E. brief paper. I would not want to consider that I disagreed with him on the basis of something that is probably not an exhaustive account of his own thinking.…
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You could create spiritual pictures in needlework and cross-stitch. If you are still what you consider a beginner then you could create traditional samplers with scripture verses, passages from the prayers of the Church, and saying of the Fathers.…
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I can't see a charity listing on the IRS website. It is still not clear to me what the aim of the site is? How does it achieve more than any of the US sites like lacopts or suscopts? Father Peter
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Well the youngest young boys were 7 years old, and were blessed to be servers. With other grown men deacons of various ranks it was possible to train them in service rather than just keep them occupied. And I guess that I don't want to be entirely …
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Hi ophadece, what saddened you about what I said? Personally I am not convinced that very young boys should be admitted to service in the altar, certainly not if there are a lot of them. It seems to me to detract from the proper nature of the litur…
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I think that perhaps we need to understand that service in the Church does not require any special ordination. It is the responsibility of us all. We cannot say, 'Well I'd love to go and visit the elderly in the parish, but I am only a young woman, …
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And more... Assistant Deaconness The consecrated person may be promoted to an Assistant Deaconess after at least five years from the date of the Rite of her consecration. Her good manners, obedience, dedication, service and experience are consider…
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This is what Bishop Mettaous says about Deaconesses... DEACONNESSES IN THE CHURCH In the early church there were deaconesses helping the Apostles, and later they served with the bishops and priests in various services. Initially, the service was o…
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ilovesaintmark, How few of us are worthy to serve in the temple? We should at least be aware of the great honour and responsibility of having any position and name in the Church. But what are these names that we sometimes become so proud of? 'Serva…