[quote author=mabsoota link=topic=12897.msg152145#msg152145 date=1329507457]
i also did not grow up speaking arabic or coptic, and although i love these languages (certainly i love them much more than i speak them!), i don't think it's right to expe…
A fast is a fast. You do not break you fast for any reason unless it is personal. You should read Pope Shenouda's book on the spirtuality of the fast. It is really benficiant. He said that we should enjoy the fast and long to prolong it, not look fo…
With all due respect, I disagree. This fourm has benfited my ALOT! How about we limit it to Pascha week only? That is what I did last year with facebook... but the whole fast, no it is just too long.
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[quote author=Copticandproud link=topic=12914.msg152076#msg152076 date=1329449255]
AHHH!! It took me forever to memorize it and now I can not say it :( Oh well next week God …
[quote author=Cyril97 link=topic=12914.msg152058#msg152058 date=1329430823]
As for Meghalo, I am pretty sure that it is supposed to be sung before the gospel...
So this is basically it...i don't know why it seems like you are complicating it... ;)
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[quote author=Father Peter link=topic=12903.msg151869#msg151869 date=1329220332]
The Fathers teach that when the Scriptures say that Jonah was in the belly of the fish for three days and nights, as our Lord was in the tomb, that this is an idiom in …
"For He who was born is God,born without pain from the Father,and He was also born according to the flesh,without pain for the Virgin." Ok so this say that there was no labor pain, right?
"Upon her head was a crown of twelve stars,she being with a c…
[quote author=minatasgeel link=topic=12899.msg151686#msg151686 date=1328980974]
even after death, our spirits may sin.
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Mina, I am not challenging you by any mean, but may you please clarify?
[quote author=minatasgeel link=topic=12901.msg151697#msg151697 date=1328985330]
There are some old recordings of coptic priests praying some of these (anaphoras of Saint Mary, El-Maryam and St John the Evangelist, Youhanna Ebn el-ra'd) BUT the Pope …
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[quote author=Copticandproud link=topic=12901.msg151685#msg151685 date=1328980949]
How come we only have St. Cyril's, St. Greogry's, and St. Basil's?
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Quick ans…
[quote author=Khas. link=topic=12881.msg151663#msg151663 date=1328965991]
Teach them Nefsenti
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I do not think that they would benfit as much from weekdays hymns because they have school and are probably not going to attend weekdays liturgy.
User157, I think you are over thinking it. Seek first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added to you. Worry about your own salvation first and then pray to God to guide you on his way. I am not judging you but …
[quote author=elsi70x7 link=topic=12886.msg151624#msg151624 date=1328805393]
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Jonah's enthusiasm? It felt to me like Jonah obeyed the Lord just for the sake of obeying the Lord. The sermon that Andrew provided confirms what I said.
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[quote author=ophadece link=topic=12886.msg151610#msg151610 date=1328738397]
Dear Copticandproud,
Contrary to you, I was taught what Elsi07x has said. The Bible gives contrasting statements in two consecutive verses to show the urge, and the enthusi…
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[quote author=Copticandproud link=topic=12886.msg151551#msg151551 date=1328579319]
In Jonah chapter 3 verse 3 and 4, it says: "So Jonah arose and went to Nineveh, according…
[quote author=Father Peter link=topic=12886.msg151584#msg151584 date=1328650215]
There are so many lessons to learn in just a few chapters. Jonah's experiences are often very much like our own - I don't mean getting swallowed by a great fish, runnin…
[quote author=Smirser link=topic=12886.msg151560#msg151560 date=1328616899]
why is it stumble you?
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I have never said that it stumbles me.
[quote author=peter_saad link=topic=12886.msg151563#msg151563 date=1328620289]
I agree with Smirser…
[quote author=Remnkemi link=topic=12881.msg151565#msg151565 date=1328627536]
...we create the environment that says they are too young.
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Unfortunately, we do.