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Dear Andrew, Why the need then to stick to the label "the Coptic Orthodox Church"? Oujai
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What? Do you mabsoota get in touch with him? WELl you have to tell hio that he must be back at least to give some support to my arguments.. please.. thanks OUJAI
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Dear Remenkimi, First of all, I struggle to see where the ayin fits in Greco-Bohairic.. secondly, don't understand your statement of old Bohairic being much different to Sa'idic and GB. Not exactly sure to be honest Oujai
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Dear lankynight, Thanks dearly.. you hit the nail on the head, as did Remenkimi before, and Mina today... yes it is laziness. Not only on the part of the young, but unfortunately the clergy and the congregation too.. in a COPTIC church.. I don't thi…
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Thanks Mina, TITL, and of course dzheremi. The question Andrew is: is the problem in the language or the people? Oujai
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Old Bohairic wasn't invented.. I urge you to read with an open mind ready to appraise and not take things for granted OUjai
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Dear Copticandproud and all, The link that Fr. Peter provided agrees with the teaching I learnt, which I quoted earlier. St. Cyril commentates on Jonah's journey saying "The prophet is sent, and, endowed with irresistible enthusiasm, he sets about h…
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I didn't listen to the sermon... that was what I was taught anyway Oujai qen `P[C
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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 enthusiasm Johan has acquired on God's repeat message. Oujai qen `P[C
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Fair enough Fr. Peter. I appreciate your time and responses of course. Oujai qen `P[C
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DEar Fr. Peter, I hope "you" in the your question is plural, and not addressed only to Remenkimi.. I think deacons and servants, at least from what I've been taught, have a responsibility towards brethren's spiritual growth and salvation, and I'm sp…
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In most monasteries in Egypt, long hymns are chanted regularly, even though sometimes a bit fast to accommodate time constraints. They aren't influenced so much by congregational moans and needs, and people often go there to find spiritual healing. …
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Timothym.. it isn't Coptic misspelling, rather it's accommodation of the word to match the Coptic pronunciation.. one example of proofs of how Greek loan words are pronounced and hence spelt different to the origin they were derived from.. Oujai
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Of course it isn't peter_saad.. why should it be? Remember in monasteries in Egypt there is no use for the mic, mainly due to space.. however even in small churches there's always one for the priest and none for deacons.. why don't we just do withou…
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Why even a microphone for the priest? Oujai qen `P[C
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I am sorry Remnkimi. Didn't mean to offend you, or him of course Oujai qen `P[C
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I was advised to do that some time ago. I guess I always view it as service should be as prayer done in secrecy. However, other people argue that you spend your time doing something which you should state, not proclaiming you are doing the right thi…
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Sad thing imikhail. Do you and I have to repeat this in every post? I guess baladoos is not interested in languages: just hymns. Oujai qen `P[C
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Thanks Mina. I meant what you wrote in the first half of your post. As for the ebrosat having been added at a later stage, I wasn't aware, so thanks for enlightening me with that. Oujai qen `P[C
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Thanks for your expectation of me dear Copticandproud... if only you know who you're talking to! Anyway, I am biased towards my Coptic language rather than the Greek one.. it has to be said the after ages of praying the liturgies in sole Coptic, dea…
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I will reserve my judgement on that one.. interested to hear other people's ideas first... Oujai
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Dear Remenkimi, NO IT IS ABSOLUTELY NOT. We in the Coptic church do not say "women do not lead" because of cultural issues. It is not cultural. It is based on St. Paul's teaching. St. Paul said women are not allowed to speak in churches, and that th…
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Well said Mina. I don't think imikhail lost your point. He did just that, by referring to what Remenkimi originally called GB1, GB2, GB3. The problem is that Greek language is evolving, and it has evolved since Erian effendi's time. So, today's chur…
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DEar Remenkimi, I guess your lack of Arabic reading capabilities leads you to talk about inconsistencies.. there are living people nowadays who would willingly show you how old Bohairic is authentic, and I don't like the word superior, as there's no…
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No.. donoc here is a verb on its own (or a variant) as in akdonosdan... the other way would be audonow, but that would only mean they raised, as this is an irregular verb that replicates the pronoun as a prefix and a suffix at the same time, like ak…
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Thanks Andrew.. we could've met already as I was there in November.. I guess it's better to pm you, a bit later as I have a career changing exam this Thursday.. ok? Oujai
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Dear Remenkimi, Old Bohairic is not reconstructed as much as Greco-bohairic.. if you're referring to the attempts of teaching and learning the language, then that's not reconstruction... if you're referring to the different ways of pronouncing a wor…
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Dear Remenkimi, YOu said: "So if you try to rectify Coptic to match Greek, you'll only end up with multiple new dialects because phonological inventory does not cross over to other dialects or languages." Thank you very much.. this is what Mr. Erian…
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Dear all, And the projector screen in the photo morcousw uploaded is above, over and on top of Christ the ruler... hahahaha.. no need for more debate about this.. just a sad state of affairs.. Dear Andrew, So do you live in California? You may pm m…
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Thanks Mina for putting me right.. I guess I really have problems of my own that I need to work on.. and I never objected to ladies leading services when no man is present.. but when there's one he takes a superior role in leading even if he doesn't…