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Dear Mina, Yes, this is a very strong statement as you say, but I think we all agree that no one of is wholly pure except the Holy Trinity, and that is just what we declare just before the priest's profession before Communion. In literal words (as i…
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Dear all, Once before, that thread was posted in a similar fashion, and then Mina shouted at me because I said "how can we have favourite hymns when most of them do share musical segments that are just beautiful and impressing? Also, Holy Week hymns…
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Dear Kir Mich and all, In addition to jydeacon, I would like to tell you some good news. Coptic language IS being revived, and on a small scale it is being spoken as a language of communication. A couple of years ago, I was in touch with a group cal…
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Shnoda, Thank you very much for looking for liturgies in Coptic. All these links will benefit us all; HOW MANY OF US LIKE COPTIC AND WANT TO HEAR EVERY THING IN THAT MARVELLOUS MUSICAL LANGUAGE, AND UNDERSTAND IT? God bless you and pray for us a lot
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Dear all, School, work, and sometimes other worldly business take us away from the church. We need to ask ourselves though: is that time of being busy doing any thing of these worth it? Will God be content that I am doing it? Or not? Simply, finding…
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Dear all, Without counting me as a heretic, I think I can come up with some kind of conclusion that is relieving for us all, but again down to my sheer exertion. That is: we pray the vespers in Watos tune (therefore saying "tenouosht" in verses of c…
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Dear Hos Erof, I tend to agree with you. I think your conclusion is quite satisfying, at least for me. God bless you and pray for us a lot
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Dear all, First, thank you for answering my question on verses of cymbals. Second, I tend to agree with His Servant here (although I haven't got much information). To me, it should look like this: the correctly ritual vespers (on a Saturday night f…
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Dear twoshenoudas, Beware that Jesus said that in the world we will face every kind of tribulations. Now you seem to get a confused message: when you do pray, it makes sense that every thing goes wrong, and when you don't things will be fine. That i…
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Dear billious, I gather from your post that you mean English hymns rather than English carols, when you said "spiritual songs". In my opinion, that is only logic. We belong to the Coptic Orthodox Church, so you will find more Coptic hymns, than thos…
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Dear all, I would like to reply to my question if you have an idea. I know we refer to the hymns said in Vespers and Matins as "verses of cymbals", as the Arabic translation of "nakos" in this context means the "daf"; but I think on either youthbish…
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Dear QT_PA_2T, You might have meant me. Anyway, your opinions (you and Cephas) might be more practical: I just spoke as I said from the point of view of being a bit psychological. This may be wrong, but may Pantokrator realise what is best to do th…
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Dear Hizz_child, Oh please don't patronize my English. I just used the wrong tense. The film is not out yet; I will have feedback when people do watch it (not watched it). God bless you and pray for us a lot
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Please this post is for those above 18, and for those who won't be disgusted from intimate relationships. Refrain if you are not one of these: God bless you and pray for us a lot Dear Pantokrator, God loves each and every one of us. And guess wh…
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Dear Doubting Thomas, I can clearly see your point. You haven't sinned at all; in fact, you helped me see something which I didn't take into account. Let's just pray for each other. God bless you and pray for us a lot
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Dear Silent.Monk, Thank you for your post. I think it is really up to every one to watch the film as you said, and then we will be able to judge it. As for me, as you rightly pointed out, I won't waste time watching this silly senseless film (only m…
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Dear Doubting Thomas, I have sinned; pray to God to forgive me. God bless you and pray for us a lot
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Dear Silent.Monk, I think attacking someone is wrong by all means as Christ taught us. I hope you didn't infer this from what I wrote: I just meant that that guy is not that respectable anymore, and just tried to give a warning, if you like, about a…
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Dear Doubting Thomas, First of all as Mina is saying, that is a topic for another post. Second, the answer is people who come to a Coptic Orthodox Church are not expecting to be preached about God in the way that St. Paul went to the Gentiles. They …
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Dear all, As I said before projectors do have many advantages, but I don't see them as ideal being used in the church for several reasons I mentioned before. I am glad we all had a chance to exchange our views, but I think we are running round in ci…
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Dear PopeKyrillos, It is over as far as the Pope Shenouda and hence we all as Coptic Orthodox are concerned, but it is just the basis on which the film stands; how funny. I haven't got any idea when the film will be aired, but I think that it hasn't…
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Dear Kerestina, And another happy birthday from me... :)
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Dear minagir, I was in no way contradicting myself: it is just that you taught me something new saying that the altar in the monasteries of old (as I understood) was concealed behind the iconstasis, or with the altar curtain. But, let's think about …
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Dear 2_live_is_Christ, I never said or hinted that the projector or the kholagy have any advantages: what I am saying is in all honesty, I don't see this as ideal being used in the church; neither of them to be honest. If we take the kholagy it is l…
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Dear 2_liv_is_Christ, I think you have missed the point here: the problem is not some youth are antitechnology, because certainly e-mailing, mailing lists and travelling in planes is not something that we disagree on being incorporated by the church…
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Dear Christ4Life, I really think that your argument depends on the church that you go to regularly. Remember there are churches in Egypt (most if not all) that still meet the same problem: not enough books, and they don't have a projector: do you th…
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Dear QT_PA_2T, Just to say that I am not really worried for him. Let him go his own ways as he pleases. God bless you all and pray for us a lot
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Dear all, I think I would choose The Gospel according to Matthew. Jesus' words directly out of His mouth, and His deeds in simple words; that is simpler than in The Gospel according to Mark and The Gospel according to John. The Gospel according to L…
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Dear Elena, Thank you very much for your concise answer. However, you really sound very upset and frustrated. Please take your time: you don't really need to answer every bit of detail right now. I still have many questions for you but may I ask tha…
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Dear Christ4life, I agree strongly with Life In Christ on this prayer and fighting the devil off part. And I also would like to add that I find it a bit hard to believe that concentrating on the altar you easily get distracted, while you don't get d…