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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…
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DEar Timothym, In this case I encourage you to read the 5 pages and similar topics to understand the relationship between Coptic and Greek.. Greek words which are incorporated into Coptic are Copticised and treated as though not Greek, and hence not…
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Yes Google translate is wrong. THE word spells without an alef.. sorry I'm writing from the mobile so can't type in Arabic.. you also made the mistake in giving two different pronunciations for the same word, ie standard Arabic and Egyptian one.. Ou…
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Dear Mina, I'm not comfortable with the examples you gave, even if priests and pope Shenouda say so..! Dear Amoussa1, We don't know if she was a cantor.. it was mentioned that she was an old lady, but a cantor, I'm not sure.. Oujai
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Remenkimi, you gave the wrong word in Arabic in the beginning if you never alluded to the third person singular verb.. I don't think you could understand my reply either, but that's fine.. I guess your debate with imikhail may have shed the light on…
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Dear Remenkimi , You seem to still be confused.. the Arabic word you quoted is pronounced like /thaqat/ in formal Arabic, and as /da'at/ in Egyptian; the word you chose means "she tasted" hence imikhail's response.. however, I tasted is pronounced a…
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Dear Mina, I don't think female-only choirs are part of any rites in the Coptic Orthodox church FULL STOP. I don't think this has anything to do with the way things evolved, or has been for generations. I agree with you no book says specifically "ma…
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Dear Timothym, NOpe, it doesn't have to do with monastic influence or islamic one later.. I cannot comment on other Orthodox churches but this is how it has always been in the Coptic church for ages.. maybe not so modern, so old-fashioned, and maybe…
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DEar TITL, I don't know your church and how things work there but this is how I believe things should be.. Oujai