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I don't think it is wrong but a spiritual man would perhaps seek to learn the lesson of Abouna Youstos. It also matters a little whether the person has dependents or some ministry in the Church. So perhaps our prayers should be that of our Lord in s…
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Had I known that you were going to be there I would have made sure to have a long conversation with you. But you didn't say you were going. Father Peter
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Yes, I think it is true. He is speaking about the particular context of the sexual abuse scandal in the Catholic Church and he is saying that it is not enough for a priest, or some other abuser, to say sorry. There is a requirement that justice be …
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Zoxasi, I am not quite sure what you mean? The Romans have more or less always been dyophisite. Certainly from the time of Leo. In regard to heretical forms of monophysitism. There were some who held that the humanity and divinity were mixed in …
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Send me a link when you have uploaded them. Thanks
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There was a lot of video being taken at Stevenage. Does anyone have contacts at Stevenage among the people taking video so that we can get hold of some? Father Peter
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No I don't, but I am thinking I will send HG Bishop Angaelos a copy first. Father Peter
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And here is a photo of a large proportion of the congregation. PM me where you are Zoxasi.
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Here is a picture of the clergy at the Festival.... You should have interrupted me. And there was a long queue for the food. In the end I managed to reach the Indian table. I could hear everyrthing OK from where I was sitting. There are lots of…
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The Armenians have a new primate, and so the date of the festival was a surprise to him, and he was on his way back to New York on Saturday. He is still sorting out visas etc. He will be a great addition to our Orthodox Church here in the UK because…
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The pan-Orthodox liturgy and festival was a great blessing yesterday. There is a report and some photos here... http://britishorthodox.org/912/2010-oriental-orthodox-festival-at-stevenage/ Most of the Oriental Orthodox communities were represented…
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Let me remind everyone about this event. If you can possibly be there, then please make every effort to be there. It is very important that we support our Coptic Orthodox Church at this pan-Orthodox festival, but even more important that we develo…
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Without referring to any publications in particular I have wondered for a very long time while people who are translating into a language that is not their own do not ask for the help of people such as the British Orthodox Church, or second and thir…
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How can we eat divinity? As if it was some 'thing'. The Holy Trinity is not made of 'stuff'. It is beyond being and beyond knowing and beyond describing. As soon as we speak of 'eating the divinity' we are in error because the divinity has no bein…
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I just deleted one that had posted a generic greeting to everyone from the Philippines but was advertising a US Mercedes dealership!
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Hi Minagir, If you check the profiles you will see that thousands and thousands have links to various spam sites or are being used for spam links. I think that is the main reason they are being created. Father Peter
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And it would be necessary to do some research to determine what books are in the historic Coptic Biblical tradition, rather than just in the modern Orthodox Study Bible, they may not be exactly the same, or in the same order. Father Peter
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I do wonder myself whether there are not 20,000 such spam accounts among the 40,000+ members of the forum. I do try to kill any messages created by such users. But there are always new accounts in the middle of being created whenever I look at user…
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Don't forget that the center of the NKJV is not the same as the center of the Orthodox Bible. It would be interesting to find out what the center of an Orthodox Bible according to the various traiditions would be. Father Peter
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I am sorry to have been rather busy all week and not to have had time to do much online. There are some Protestant Churches in which Zionism is important, along with dispensationalism, the rapture etc. But this is not the case in the older protest…
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I can say that they are from a recent protestant background, have been interested in Orthodoxy for a while, had some mixed experiences, but seem to have felt at home as soon as they found the British Orthodox Church. They will need to share more of…
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All Copts should visit this website regularly... http://evangelismcopticorthodox.org/ and should become members of the Coptic Orthodox Evangelism Fellowship of North America even if they do not live in North America. Victor Beshir is one of the m…
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The baptisms and marriage went very well indeed. It was a great blessing. Many thanks for those who prayed. Father Peter
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He said, when I met him, that in the Armenian tradition a priest can be the primate, which I guess is the senior clergyman of a local national Church, but I believe he will be consecrated as a bishop this year. Father Peter
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Yes. He was for a while the Dean of St Nersses Seminary. We are very fortunate indeed to have him in our Orthodox community in the UK. Father Peter
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Bump. Let me keep banging on about this. I know that all of the bishops would want to see as many people at the Festival as possible. When we were last at Stevenage it was packed for the Festival. Father Peter
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There is a throne even in my small Church for my bishop, and no-one else sits on it, and it is a reminder of his episcopate. Doesn't every Church have a throne for the bishop when he visits? Father Peter
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Dear Aidan, I hope you are well and had a great time in Ethiopia The issue is entirely over whether the traisagion is a Christological or a Trinitarian hymn. Of course it can be, and always has been both. When the OO use it as a Christological hym…
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That doesn't really answer the question about why it looks, feels and tastes like bread and wine. Everyone agrees that it is truly the Body and Blood of our Lord, but all the Fathers are also agreed that it looks, feels and tastes like bread and win…
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Here is something short I wrote about the eucharist based on a couple of homilies by St Jacob of Serug. I hope it has a few things to say about the eucharist from the patristic perspective... Some Brief Thoughts on the Eucharist from St Jacob of Se…