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I always find this a great help for many applications.. http://www.copticchurch.net/classes/getLectionary.php In Christ Father Peter
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I think that this occurs when a person slowly ceases to approach Christ in prayer, and begins to look only to miracles from one or two saints, and becomes rather obsessed with them. If a person is rooted in the Agpeya and in the worship of the Churc…
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I guess you mean asking for the intercessions of the saints? I have always taken the view that if a person when alive on earth was filled with love and prayers for people, I mean such as a protestant pastor for instance, then it would be very odd t…
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Dear George Yes, confession is much more than merely listing sins. Indeed the usefulness of the sacrament is barely reached by simply doing that. One could imagine a confession that had no list of sins at all, just a narrative description of how a …
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I would counsel against allowing anything in our past to dominate our present and future. If we have repented then the past is done with. We must concentrate on what God calls us to today and look to the future He is leading us into. I am sure th…
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I think that we must be careful not to be so quick to judge one another. To hug or even kiss someone might well be sin, and such relationships should always be brought before the persons father of confession. But we must not accuse people of adult…
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I had always read the passage about the rejection of Cain's sacrifice and thought that it was to do with his attitude, not the content of his offering. Genesis 4:6-7 And the LORD said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance fall…
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It's not necessarily any sin at all. But it is wise and profitable to tell your father of confession about such questions and about such relationships so that he can give you advice and counsel which will help you avoid sin. He is best placed to gui…
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We called our children - Hannah, Eleanor, Katherine and Callum. They are all named after saints - Anna, Helena, Katherine and Columba. When I was growing up I always wanted to be called James, and I considered myself lucky that my parents didn't st…
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Humans are omnivores, which means that we can and do eat a variety of foodstuffs, and can therefore be vegetarian. If a human attempted to eat only meat it would not be very healthy, and a vegan has to be careful. Humans tend to be healthy eating le…
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Dear QT I am far from being able to answer most of the questions you might ask. I am still a work in progress, but perhaps God has chosen to use me in this priestly and pastoral ministry, which is so much more blessed than I deserve, because I have…
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Dear QT No part of Jesus existed before the incarnation. The humanity of Christ was created by the Holy Spirit from the flesh of the Virgin Mary. But the Word of God has always existed and it is He who has united to Himself this humanity in the ver…
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These are all good suggestions. It is also useful and powerful to remember that we can do nothing in our own strength at all. We will only exhaust ourselves and fall into greater sin, either despair if we are unable to control ourselves or pride if…
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I think that it is necessary that we submit to the teaching of our bishops, who for their part as spiritual fathers will also respond kindly and sensitively to the questions and concerns of their flocks. I mean that if my bishop says 'This is how I …
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I have to say that St Severus says that no person can be held guilty of the sin of Adam and Eve. I can understand the benefit of meditating on the sin of Adam and Eve and of considering that Eve fell first, but I am not sure that we should apply the…
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The Olive Tree app is free.. http://www.olivetree.com/smartphone/blackberry/ I used the Symbian version on my Nokia. In Christ Father Peter
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It is not possible for a Coptic Orthodox to marry someone from a different religion, such as Jewish, Muslim or Hindu, because the other person cannot participate in the Orthodox marriage service. Though a Coptic Orthodox person could marry in a civi…
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Genesis says... Genesis 1:30 And to all the beasts of the earth and all the birds of the air and all the creatures that move on the ground-- everything that has the breath of life in it-- I give every green plant for food." And it was so. In Ch…
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Perfect love cast out fear. We should not live simply in a fear of judgement, that is not the most fruitful means of living the Christian life. We must desire God and His glory, an entirely positive outlook. We should seek to receive the sacraments …
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When Adam and Eve fell into sin in the Garden of Eden they lost the grace of the indwelling Spirit. They were no longer a fitting place for God to dwell. Falling under the power of the disordered desires to which they had submitted they found that n…
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The difference is between the LXX and the Masoretic textual traditions. The difference was known to the Fathers of the Church who just accepted it. Both three and forty days have meaning in the context of the life of our Lord Jesus Christ. In Chris…
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There is always a danger that our practice of the Orthodox faith becomes mistaken for having spiritual life itself, which is the indwelling of Christ by His Holy Spirit. Whereas it is good to fast, to pray the Agpeya, to attend liturgies etc etc. T…
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What good advice this is. In my own life growing up as an evangelical we had no experience of fasting at all, although we did spend most of Sunday, and many evenings in Church. So I had a habit of being in Church which has remained with me, but I ha…
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Do people memorise the hours? I have found it really helpful in my own spiritual life to memorise almost all of prime and vespers. It means that I can pray morning and evening whatever I am doing. It's only taken me 45 years to get to a place where…
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Hiya You might try the British Orthodox edition in liturgical English. http://www.lulu.com/content/3894048 There are lots of others but some are in pretty awful English. Deacon Peter
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I've been trying to find patristic commentaries for this verse. Caesarius of Arles has three days. Origen has three days. Chrysostom has three days. It would be interesting to see which Christian writers first use the Hebrew text and have forty …
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My bad. I misread your post. The LXX is not always the same as the Hebrew. There are some very good introductory essays in the online copies of the NETS LXX that suggest where and how differences arose. http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/nets/edition/ In…
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The Greek LXX manuscript tradition has three and the later Hebrew texts have forty. I am surprised that the OSB would use forty if the LXX uses three as it is supposed to be a rendering of the LXX. I personally use the NETS LXX edition. In their tr…
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Is that on an Egyptian, US, Canadian or UK passport - or any other one of course. My example was of what I guess is the case for UK nationals. In Christ Deacon Peter
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http://www.watan.com/en/culture/328-copt-threatens-suit-over-divorce-film-in-egypt.html Copt threatens suit over divorce film in Egypt Written by Administrator Tuesday, 03 February 2009 00:40 A controversial movie still in production about a Copt…