[quote author=ilovesaintmark link=topic=13124.msg154273#msg154273 date=1333668133]
I have just purchased over 24 dozen flowers and getting my working kit (ribbons, zip ties, twist ties, tape, pruning sheers, and scissors) together for weaving the pa…
[quote author=ilovesaintmark link=topic=13124.msg154206#msg154206 date=1333559611]
Rem,
Don't get up tight. I'm not talking about kids. I kind of like kids running around. I just don't adults weaving and running around.
If an adult is attentive …
[quote author=copticuser20 link=topic=13105.msg153975#msg153975 date=1333224258]
http://suscopts.org/press/2012/mar/30/the-church-rite-for-the-feast-of-annunciation/
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I guess this should be the clear cut answer.
Yes, I myself do this all the time when a priest comes and pray on the water at home. If we do not have enough water for all the people to drink, we simply dilute it.
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[quote author=Ioannes link=topic=13087.msg154081#msg154081 date=1333401393]
That may be difficult to get something on each individual patriarch. I think the most information …
[quote author=mabsoota link=topic=13087.msg154085#msg154085 date=1333402828]
the best source i have seen is 'the story of the copts' by iris habib al masri, published by the middle east council of churches in 1978. u may find one in yr church librar…
[quote author=Ioannes link=topic=13087.msg154061#msg154061 date=1333382541]
Pope is a title of respect not one of power. The patriarch of our church does have certain authority but without consent from the other bishops is essentially powerless. The…
[quote author=mikeforjesus link=topic=13100.msg154054#msg154054 date=1333379435]
Anyway I go to church every week now
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Good, make sure you pray for me.
[quote author=ophadece link=topic=13113.msg154051#msg154051 date=1333378890]
DEAR Copticandproud, nyet (sorry, editing from the mobile) means "who have" or any other tense, for the plural.. Ni means "the" for the plural...
Oujai
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That makes…
[quote author=mikeforjesus link=topic=13100.msg154052#msg154052 date=1333378902]
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[/table]Why should I want to go to church if I will get from people dude and think stay away from me
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Really??? You are going to c…
Mike nobody here is controlling you. We are not sitting on the street fighting each others with our own clubs. We do not even know you, or at least I do not. Look back at this thread. What started all of this? Christ4Life thought that andrewabdelme…
[quote author=ophadece link=topic=13113.msg154038#msg154038 date=1333352589]
I guess it should be nyet rather than niet, but I am at work and cannot view Coptic fonts now in the previous posts...
Oujai qen `P[C
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Would you please elaborate? …
[quote author=qawe link=topic=13108.msg153991#msg153991 date=1333253650]
I think it's a bit more than simply avoiding immorality. It's to avoid being preoccupied anything other than Christ.
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Is not that exactly what I said?
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Do not take it literally as imikhail said. If you have to watch the news for some reason, go ahead and watch it. If you have to see a tornado watch, watch it. The reason behind all of this is to help us fast from all the immorality on TV and to focu…
[quote author=minatasgeel link=topic=13101.msg153926#msg153926 date=1333115990]
don't stop searching and maybe you can post what you found here.
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Yes, please do.
[quote author=Timothym link=topic=13080.msg153804#msg153804 date=1332898558]
It seems to me that the argument against the Gregorian calendar from some posts here come from a supposition that it is not 'Orthodox' or traditional. But the fact is that …
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[quote author=Copticandproud link=topic=13087.msg153746#msg153746 date=1332867658]
Amen, return to Orthodoxy! If you do not mind, I would like to know your person thoughts abou…
[quote author=ReturnOrthodoxy link=topic=13087.msg153713#msg153713 date=1332812419]
I just want to say something. Much of the views that are expounded all over the place are biased. For example, you mentioned Abouna Matta El Meskeen in your list of…
Then, Peter how do we know who is right and who is wrong? Who is working by they holy spirit and who is not? I began to doubt everything, sometimes even the closest people to me. I try to question everything, but it just does not work.
[quote author=TITL link=topic=13087.msg153697#msg153697 date=1332801741]
The Pope doesn't have "more" Holy Spirit than an ordinary person who was baptized in the church, like you or me. The Holy Spirit doesn't come in portions and doesn't force Itse…
[quote author=minatasgeel link=topic=13087.msg153695#msg153695 date=1332800881]
[quote author=Copticandproud link=topic=13087.msg153694#msg153694 date=1332800561]
but the holy spirit does not and the pope should be filled with holy spirit and the ch…
[quote author=ilovesaintmark link=topic=13087.msg153692#msg153692 date=1332800308]
Pope does not equal Church.
Pope is a member of the Church.
People are members of the Church.
People can mistakes.
Popes can make mistakes.
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but the holy spi…
[quote author=ReturnOrthodoxy link=topic=13073.msg153562#msg153562 date=1332547084]
What do you do if you feel like this:
When I lie down I think, ‘How long before I get up?’ The night drags on, and I toss and turn until dawn. My body is clothed wi…