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Hi Mabsoota Feast of the Apostles is 13th July, Epip 5, which is 29th June on the Western Church calendars. There is quite a way still to go on the journey of this fast. :) Father Peter
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AFAIR many of the Fathers have noted that Pentecost is the reversal of God's judgement against mankind at Babel. At Babel man in his pride set himself up as the Lord of his own destiny, and God judged mankind by dividing men in their langauages so t…
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Mat 6:30-33 Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith? Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we d…
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Yes, I am running Vista and it streams here for me fine. Have you got Real Player installed? Father Peter
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Don't try and make up prayers for a while. Pray some of the Agpeya, and practice praying the Jesus Prayer. 'Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me'. It is more important to pray in the heart, that is to seek to find that place in your sou…
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Dear the_least, If you want to call me Abouna then go ahead. I have no problem with it at all, it is just in my own evangelistic work among British people it is easier to call myself Father Peter, than Abouna Peter because that adds an extra compl…
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May the Lord bless you and reward the study you have done. Father Peter
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Dear the_least I entirely agree with you that teenagers should be taught that it is not helpful or appropriate for them to be drinking alcohol. There are enough temptations for folk of that age that it is clear that they should not add even more. A…
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I should also add that in England for centuries almost the whole population drank beer every day. There were three strengths of beer made from several fermentations. There was the strong, men's beer which was drunk in the evenings. There was the wea…
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Dear the_least Just my opinion, but I don't think that drunkenness is any more common than in the distant past. Today, for instance, I have seen no drunken people. But when my ancestors all came from rural villagers they probably all headed to the …
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Assuming it is not a matter of falling into sin.. Php 2:5-11 Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God: But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him …
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I think that this topic is a little like the one on alcohol consumption. On the one hand it is clearly possible for there to be a chaste and holy friendship between a male and a female, but on the other hand it is also a situation that creates many…
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May the Lord have mercy on you and strengthen you by His grace. This thread has some useful ideas for dealing with a variety of sins... http://tasbeha.org/content/community/index.php?topic=7755.0 Father Peter
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Dear the_least I am not sure that we can say that people drank less in the past. In Roman times they even worshipped a God of drunkneness, and it seems to me that the Bible and the writings of the Fathers would not be full of injunctions not to bec…
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I think we also need to remember that the Gospels were written essentially to be read out in public in the gatherings of the Christians, and the Gospel of Luke, for instance, is written as a letter to Theophilus and therefore might be expected to ha…
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Dearest to Christ, It is difficult to disagree with bishops, especially ones so much loved as HGBY. But I would also expect, as you yourself have done, folk to disagree with me in a mutually respectful manner. I do know that there are other bishop…
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I do not mean this critically at all, since it is clear that you love God and are growing in him. But I think that if you do not know what is to be learned from reading the Gospels through, over and over, then you should do so until you do learn so…
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I think it means that you cannot expect the opinion of any person, whether bishop, priest or layman, to be infallible. You must compare my opinion with that of the Fathers of the Church, with the opinion of all the other Orthodox Churches, and of c…
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I do think you are wrong, in the sense that without a knowledge of the whole our knowledge of a part will be distorted, and aloso in the sense that the original poster asked his question, if someone is feeling very arid then it is often too much to …
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I am not sure that your suggestion works when someone is feeling very arid and spiritually dry. There is no requirement that we should meditate slowly on every single verse or passage. There is in fact great value in reading the whole Gospels throu…
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Dearest to Christ, may the Lord have mercy on you. Why not try reading one of the Gospels all the way through, more like a story book, start with St Matthew, read all the way through, then St Mark, then St Luke, and then St John. Don't stop to anal…
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I am not sure that makes sense if Christ never drank wine? St Cyril agrees that Christ occasionally allowed himself a 'luxurious' meal, which would allow those who had no insight into His holy heart to say he was a glutton. If he never drank any win…
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I am not at all sure that our Lord did not drink wine. Luke 7 describes Christ in relation to John the Baptist. Of John it is said.. John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine; and ye say, He hath a devil. and then Christ de…
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I think you are assuming that people who drink alcohol must get drunk. As far as I can see, there is no reason why the guests at the wedding feast in Cana should have all been so drunk that they were unable to tell the difference in the quality of …
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But if it was not alcoholic it would not have been wine. Wine is the fermented juice of a fruit. It seems to me to be clear that throughout much of Egyptian history people were drinking real alcoholic wine and it was certainly being used in the com…
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Dear Northstar, I see the book you mentioned is on Google Books so I am reading some of the early chapters there before getting the book. I think it is really important that books like this are available which put our Christian faith into a Jewish c…
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Thanks for the post and the book reference. I'll try and get hold of it. I am presently reading a very enjoyable scholarly work called Jesus and the Eyewitnesses - The Gospels as Eyewitness Testimony by Richard Bauckham, Professor of NT Studies at …
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It is not necessary for any Orthodox to engage in such linguistic studies to determine what is believed. We know from the very beginning that the Church has always confessed that Jesus Christ is the Word of God incarnate, the Son of God and one of …
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As people have said, there is a difference between the consecration of a permanent Church building including a permanent font, and the use of more temporary and provisional facilities. When congregations have to use a borrowed Church hall or a chap…
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Hi Mabsoota It stands for Mother of God. Mater Theou. Father Peter