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Let me add a little to this thread, and since it is necessary for us always to turn to the most exact and accurate Fathers, of whom none are more important than St Cyril and St Severus. St Cyril, in his Commentary on the Gospel of St Luke, writes ab…
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It is necessary for us to have some joined up thinking when it comes to theology. What we believe and confess to be true in one area of our faith will have consequences and implications for what we believe in some other area. Therefore we cannot co…
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Don't forget, If you live anywhere within driving distance of the Coptic Centre at Stevenage then do, do, do make sure that you speak to your priest and arrange as many people as possible to come for the day. If you can encourage your priest to c…
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I wish I was a good friend, but I have not met him yet. I hope that one day I can. He has been very kind and helpful to me ever since I became Orthodox 16 years ago. I have the very highest respect and regard for him. May the Lord bless his servi…
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Might I ask that if people are going to respond to this serious thread they do so by turning to the Fathers so that we are not (myself included) simply sharing our opinions. Many of the Fathers have spoken on these subjects and it will not be hard …
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Dear Hezekiel, I would expect all of the primates to be named in the liturgies, although that becomes slightly problematic when there are tensions and/or disputes within and between churches. I am not sure why all of the primates are not named. W…
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We are not drinking blood, we are drinking the blood of Christ under the form of wine. We receive Christ in the form of bread and wine so that we are able to consume his Body and Blood. If it were bloody flesh which we consume then we would not be…
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The Church in Britain in ancient times is mentioned by many Fathers including those of Alexandria, but as far as I am aware the Church of Alexandria never named the primates of the British Church in the liturgy. This did not mean that they were not …
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Yes, I did misunderstand. Forgive me. I agree entirely with the rule you wanted added, and understand that you were not disagreeing with it. Father Peter
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May the Lord have mercy on you and give you peace as you seek His will. May the Lord give you the grace you need to be obedient, and faithful. Psalms 27:14 Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on…
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Why does it annoy you? Why not just do what you are told? I don't mean that critically. But in the years I served my priest I just tried to do whatever he wanted in the way he wanted. It worked out a whole lot easier than getting bothered by being …
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Dear yousiegtennis, Christ is risen! I am here in my house with my children. My wife is working tonight and I am looking after the children, and I will try to tidy the house so that when my wife comes home she does not find a mess. Let me be hon…
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Dear ilovesaintmark, Christ is risen! What a good list. Thank you for composing it and posting it. There is hardly anything more important for the altar service of a priest than an attentive and serious deacon. May the Lord watch over all who h…
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This page should tell you... http://www.copticchurch.net/easter.html Father Peter
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But this saying of His Holiness, the first four days were not solar days is his opinion and not a dogma. There are Fathers who disagree, which suggests that the matter is one of opinion and caution, not one of certainty on either side. Father Pe…
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His Holiness' view is not a dogma. It is his opinion, based on his own prayerful consideration. But others both disagree and others agree. His view is not shared by all of the Fathers of the past, nor all of the Orthodox bishops, priests, theologia…
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May the Lord have mercy on those of you who have asked for prayer. I will remember you at the altar today. God bless you and have mercy on you. Father Peter
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Having been brought up as a committed evangelical Christian I do get a little frustrated when Orthodox folk lump everyone together and call them all evangelicals. It would be a bit like someone saying that Max Michel was a dangerous church leader a…
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Please do not make the mistake of categorising all protestants as holding the same beliefs. They do not. It is not helpful to confuse some of the more extreme groups found in the US with the historic protestant churches. There are a great many def…
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People have provided some very sensible replies to the question. In my own experience I would want to suggest that the only thing that matters is to seek to be the best example of whatever order you have been ordained to, and give no thought to any…
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I'm still here... so I am not sure who Watson.Shane is referrring to. Perhaps we could find out. Father Peter
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I'm not sure about the hangup with 'Easter'? It is the English word for Pascha. It's origins are irrelevant and usually made up by Bede and later, often Protestant, writers. We will have to get rid of Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, S…
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Dear Aidan I pray and will pray that you have a wonderful time. We are often led into situations where God wishes to bless us and teach us even without our being entirely sure what those lessons are. At the very least you will be an open-hearted …
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Hi Aidan I am not sure I agree, simply because there have been so many schisms in Church history, even those lasting hundreds of years, which have been resolved without any party being required to accept that it was not the Church, and generally al…
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Hi This is a good, short, non-argumentative paper, which explores the symbolism of leavened and unleavened bread in the Scriptures. http://www.prosphora.org/page27.html I think that it is a symbolic thing, and so the Armenians have used unleavene…
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Thank you for posting some useful comments. Although the relationship with the Catholic Church did rather grow cool after they signed an agreement with the Assyrian Church of the East, nevertheless it has continued and become more frutiful in recen…
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I have to admit that I am shocked, and see no real value in continuing with this discussion since you are confident to even dismiss the Armenian Apostolic Orthodox Church saying, Shall we put the Armenians above scriptures? Shall we put Pope Shenou…
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Scientists really have no idea what it means to be human, so it is always premature for them to say they are about to recreate the human brain in mechanical form. Firstly, the human brain is only aspect of our humanity. We are not our brains. We us…
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Personally, my opinion is that the world has an apparent age which is different to the absolute age which our Lord and God knows from his vantage point of being outside time. It is impossible to create something, or even to imagine creating somethi…