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Thanks again Alex for your honest views that may be deemed as embarrassing to someone like me, lacking motivation altogether. The thing is I don't believe that the disinclination by Copts to use Coptic as everyday language wasn't principally related…
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Thanks Alex, I can't agree more with your words.. Merry Christmas to you too and happy new year Oujai
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NOt at all John_S2000.. Oujai
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You may find it here: http://st-takla.org/Multimedia/04-Sermons/04-Sermons-08-Fr-Arsanious-Aziz-Serry-05_.html or page 1 of the same preacher uploads. I don't think I could find anymore links though... Oujai qen `P[C
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Dear coptic legend, The answer is "for fear of losing the Orthodox faith". Oujai qen `P[C
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Dear Amdah and Christ's servant, Thanks for your responses. If people don't want to learn long hymns, then why should we compromise and not pray them? Because people don't want to... oh yes, but we should have a better aim in our lives as deacons an…
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Dear superMan(Bam), I disagree with what you urge churches to do.. hymns are another way of praying, so what we're doing these days is instead of urging the faithful to pray more, or longer than we are used to, we pander to their wishes of an expres…
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HAting long hymns is equal in my book to hating prayer.. just imagine (not you of course) that we'll live the hymns and prayers for eternity... However that's no excuse for love of praise and showing off, a common mistake learned deacons fall in.. O…
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The former would be "in, or through, the multitude of your power".. Oujai
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Dear Aegyptian, 1- Qen `pasai means "through THE greatness" (did you mean Qen pekasai)?. However, the exact meaning is "through the abundance"; "through the multitude", etc. 2- Literally = "She started before (them) namely Mariam". 3- "be pleased" -…
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There you go: http://tasbeha.org/content/community/index.php/topic,10495.msg127597.html#msg127597 Wasn't a whole host of people going against me "unfortunately"... hehe Oujai qen `P[C
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Mina, You quoted imikhail instead of TITL. The refrain for Annunciation is Iyc P,c psyri mV] af[icarx qen ]par;enoc that TITL asked, but imikhail's is fine: pimici ebolqen Viwt af[icarx qen ]par;enoc. I brought up the issue of refrains once before,…
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THat's right.. well said Mina, thanks Oujai
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That makes perfect sense.. so does that mean that even between the feast of circumcision and the great lent we don't say aktwnk on Sundays? Don't think that's a very common practice though, is it?
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That makes perfect sense.. so does that mean that even between the feast of circumcision and the great lent we don't say aktwnk on Sundays? Don't think that's a very common practice though, is it?
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Do we say aki or aktwnk on the Sundays of Kiahk (as I gather it is aki during the month of Hatour even within the Advent fast) - and why? Oujai qen `P[C
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St. Paul says something along the lines of "delivering them to a rejected conscience".. God is Almighty and knows everything before it happens as He holds the reins and knows all the rules of how the universe goes round.. but He is most merciful and…
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Thanks Mina.. that makes sense Oujai qen `P[C
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My understanding is that the tune changes only in fasts, including the long version.. correct me if I'm wrong.. thanks Oujai
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This year Kiahk starts on 11-12... so 1st Kiahk midnight chants will be on Saturday the 10th OUjai
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I can't remember where I read this, but basically a number of these melodies and hymns were composed when Copts were severely persecuted and would hide all day and all night in underground hideouts, and they used to spend days and nights singing and…
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Taishoria or dishoria during advent fasting? Oujai
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Evangelist churches have no altar as per our Coptic definition. It has been used sometimes for other faiths to come and pray. You can call it a multi-faith congregation place... not a Coptic church. Christians are not too tolerant and they have to …
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Will start on the 10th.. there's no retrospective compensation for the new year's eve Oujai
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You said it yourself ilovesaintmark. Nearer the end, good will prevail. We are nearing the end.. so.. maybe... Oujai qen `P[C
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Well said pharoh123. Egypt has never had or will ever have a Christian president and that's why ilovesaintmark argues that we should continue to feel pessimistic and do something to help with no faith or a grain of hope.. I see where he's coming fro…
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I presume we're talking about annual psalm 150. The correct way is HICS. The longer version is a stretch that is not even fitted rightly on the annual tune.. that's why you get everybody doing it their own way! Oujai
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MAkes perfect sense Remenkimi.. great posts Oujai
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Great posts... thanks very much for the clarification Remnkimi... Oujai qen `P[C
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Dear Aegyptian, I heard this argument before. Apparently (but I am not 100% sure) twounou is rather more correct as Bohairic Coptic than ten ;ynou - however, for me personally, I don't think it matters much. One is probably more formal (i.e. the for…