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Yes I agree with you Fr. Peter and I guess I always viewed your practice as going by the book. So for me to hear young boys are serving in the altar even if under strict supervision didn't sound satisfying to me. God bless your service and grow the …
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DEAr ilovesaintmark, That was the exact point an old (Ethiopian I guess) member made before but their opinions were not taken seriously enough, and I think he may have deactivated his account. It is an issue that needs tackling hopefully in the near…
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I wasn't aware and to be honest a bit saddened by what Fr. Peter mentioned of the practice in the British Orthodox church but the ideal practice which I doubt is followed in any Coptic church is that ebsaltos is the most minor degree and young child…
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Thanks FR. Peter...
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Atriba is a city in upper Egypt western along the line of Assiut as far as I can remember (I'll get back to you on that one). Shamyactually means Lebanese but I guess it can also refer to Syria being close to the former...
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I really don't know. Of course I'm not trying to defend the church, or be cynical either but thinking about it, it may have grave repercussions for the coming generations: nayrouz will fall on a day other than September the 11th! Feast of the Cross …
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I guess the Coptic church faces the challenge of adjusting the Coptic months, rather than just resetting the calendar. How can we not celebrate Christmas on 29th of Kiahk? Reduce the month of Kiahk to only two or three Sundays only?!!! Very strange…
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I actually didn't even get as far as Ioannes did... maybe someone else could add to what he pointed out if they watched that clip...
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Dear ilovesaintmark, That was my reaction exactly and I did take that very same stance as yours. I don't think I'll sign up on that website either...
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Dear Mikhail, I'm sorry but that argument doesn't win me over. Think about websites that for instance use this as a logo: "3'ofran el 5ataya" or "Yasoo3 al masee7 abouna". To me these are really jokes and the websites displaying them don't deserve t…
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At the very least may they use genuine Coptic letters to write a proper Coptic word, not for decoration!
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Merry British ORthodox CHRistmas to you FR. PETer. LUcky you: you will celebrate COptic CHRIstmas again soon... hehe... enjoy your turkey lest it flies. GOD bless you aof pray for us a lot
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Dear Zoxsasi, You weren't being attacked. You started this thread looking for opinions and people started giving you theirs in their own style which I don't blame you if sometimes they came across is patronizing, at least I hope mine weren't... Seco…
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Sounds like him Mina... would be great to have those recordings on tasbeha.org
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THat must be her ilovesaintmark... Coptic essentially means Egyptian
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Very true jydeacon, Orthodox teachings don't agree with what's mentioned in those melodies following taodokeya parts "intercede for us on judgment day". There is no such a thing the our church teaches. Intercessions stop short of ON judgment day. Pl…
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Dear Isaacht, Just a quick question. Is that liturgy in Coptic? Or Arabic as well?
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Dear Ioannes, Yes it is really hard to get promises from people especially the trustworthy ones as in our church and then they end up going back on them. However, you should always think of yourself only and your family of course, and not depend on …
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Dear Mina, That point may entail several pages on debating, but I will say my understanding (and what I believe to be the correct teaching) in a nut-shell. As a rule of thumb: GREEK LOAN WORDS WERE IMPARTED COPTIC PRONUNCIATION IRRESPECTIVE OF WHEN …
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The correct Coptic pronunciation would either be /broseweksasta/ or /brosewesh-sasta/ don't understand what you meant by conjugation ilovesaintmark
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I'm the one honoured here dzheremi. In fact the opinions you gave along with Fr. Peter's insight serve to strengthen my argument 1000 times especially coming from members not originally belonging to the Coptic Orthodox Church. You may have realised …
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DEAr all, WOuld you please pay very close attention to what dzheremi said? He's a non-Copt who is jealous of the Coptic traditions, and zealous to learn the deep in meaning liturgies (with their associated Coptic hymns I infer) without needing proje…
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Dear Minagir, Thanks for the insight. What Remnkimi highlights is a very good point indeed as he usually does. You may be a little young, but I can assure you, as that has never been a recent practice, but it was not that widespread in the past to s…
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Dear mabsoota and Father Peter, Your points are very relevant, and even though there are some disagreements, but I tend to agree more with what Fr. Peter says. Specifically speaking about flitting from one Liturgy to another. I would argue that prie…
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Thanks abouna I understand. [coptic]oujai qen `P[C[/coptic]
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Thanks Fr. Peter, I hope that neither you nor Zoxsasi misunderstood me when I talked about believers memorising passages of the Holy Bible. I didn't mean that they did that in order to attend the liturgy without any access to books, or Synexarium fo…
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Ok Doxsasi I see your point. If for that specific reason, that you MAY, but I personally would DISAGREE still. In most if not all of our churches in the diaspora, older as well as younger generations have a grasp of both Arabic, and the language the…
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Sorry to post that late, but better late than never. I can't agree more with Fr. Peter, ilovesaintmark, TITL, and minagir, and whoever else follows their teachings. That has always been my opinion for generations, and no body seemed to have listened…
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Dear Christ's servant, and Minagir, I forgot to mention something before, which is the "s" sound for "th". That is actually an Arabic influence on the formal Arabic, rather than Coptic influence on such. The letter [coptic];[/coptic] was pronounced …
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DEar joyfulinHIm, That's right and a fact I learnt as well is that not only the gholghotha tune was used in burying the kings but ebouro in enthroning them. DEar Cyril97, Even if discussions only take place in forums people like yourself may debate …