Dear minagir,
In page 50 in the heading before the "tishori" hymn it reads (in Arabic): "wa fi 3eedai el saleeb walakaleel wa 7al zennar al shamamesa wal sa3a al tase3a men yaom el gom3a el 3azeema tokal ...". In addition to that, if you turn to pag…
Dear minagir,
It was not nice of you to call me "playing games". I don't know why you thought so. Anyway, I go by Cantor Farag Abd El Messih's book and it says that in the Feast of the Cross we do sing "tishori", that is specific on that day. And by…
Dear minagir,
I appreciate all what you are saying and the reasons you are giving for believing it is "taishori" as on a festive day. However, I think that "tishori" is specific to the Feast of the Cross, and it is festive as well. Every thing else …
Dear bballdude23,
I am not sure what you mean by places on the map that say you can't!! I think all you need is to install that little program, and then you can start viewing. I have tried it before (not for some time though). I will recheck tonight…
Dear minagir,
I disagree about the "taishori" bit. In Cantor Farag Abd El Messih's Deacon Service book, it is stated that you sing Tishori and not Taishori in the days of the feast of the Cross. I even go to further extremes (however most people alr…
Dear minagir,
That is very interesting. So you want to tell me that you use the festive tune of the psalm for the long and medium ways singing the verses? Well, I thought for the medium, one will use the medium (mo7ayer) of the Sharat Sha3anini, ins…
Dear tishori,
In the link you gave us the cantor doesn't sing the refrain you wrote us. What a discrepancy? Although I know your refrain is correct, I want to ask is it legitimate or not? It is not even mentioned in "Deacon Service Book" by Farag Ab…
Dear Tishori,
Thanks for your help. That is not what I meant actually. I am looking for the long tune of Alleluia starting the Psalm 150, and not the short one, or the medium (mo7ayer).
God bless you and pray for us a lot
Dear all,
I can view Aghaby TV online through www.sopcast.com; you just need to download a very small program, install it, and it views about 40 - 50 online channels streaming. One of them is aghaby TV. Channels are divided by the genre. I hope you …
Dear shnoda,
My view is different on this one. If I were in your place, I would have given it to him on the basis that I shouldn't judge him. Even if he shows off today, he might be in dire need for it tomorrow, to learn it and get benefit. The prie…
Dear all,
The first time that my attention is drawn to such an issue. And it is very interesting. Yeah, now I agree with QT_PA_2T about tombola for illicit (not so illegal) reasons, and agree with Anglian that it has an element of gambling, so I thi…
Dear all,
I am sorry if I sound a bit closed-minded here, but I have asked this question many times and didn't find a convincing answer. Please, can someone help me?
The question is: I adore my Coptic Orthodoxy dogma, and I am not sure if those conv…
Dear Mina,
I do agree, and till now there is no clear explanation, or solution for this happening, except "MONEY". How sad.
God bless you all and pray for us a lot
Dear minagir,
Please explain to me what H.H. Pope Shenouda said, and what you meant by your reply to some of those people.
God bless you and pray for us a lot
Dear Cephas,
I am truly sorry: I completely disagree here. I am not against paying the tithes, not just because of the edification of the church, but also because it is God's commandment. What you miss (probably because you were not born in Egypt) i…
Dear orthodox11,
You make a good point, but I really see this as contradicting the meaning of what Christ has said. Secondly, sacrificing time and money to get this doesn't mean that I should hold them from other people, and not share with them thro…
Dear QT_PA_2T,
As I told you it has got several meanings, but the meaning that I believe the Bible meant is "unclean". However, in their book they use that word to determine if someone, or something is filthy, because they don't believe in cleanline…
Dear QT_PA_2T,
Arabic is my first knowledge, and I can affirm that "najessa" in this sense means unclean as you right said. As much as any language does have many meanings for one word, Arabic is no exception, and by the way: God's people were full …
Before every thing else...
Congratulations on your marriage.
You both pray for us a lot. God bless your new life, and your home, and may He and the saints stay in your house and bless it forever.
Dear QT_PA_2T,
What??????????????????? Please our wives??????????????????????????????
I can't agree more :-) :-) :-) :-) :-)
Well, I agree with you that English and French are more like the "modern" Coptic language, and I do agree also that Egyptia…
Dear all,
Just realised that I wrote the words holy mosque in capital, when I shouldn't have. I am so sorry.
Yes, I think Nestor gets clear what I said earlier: I think it is that red calf that the priest was talking about.
God bless you all and p…
Dear QT_PAT_2T,
Trust me, I never mean learning Coptic as a language, but understanding the hymns that we sing rather. It is through understanding the hymns that we praise God, and not just repeat words rather blindly. Coptic language in its own rig…
Dear QT_PA_2T,
I hope you don't get offended, and I hope anyone gets offended. What I understood is that Mina wrote the lyrics in English lyrics to pronounce Coptic language, is that right? If it is so, then please don't let me start. Please please …
Dear all,
Let me clear this up. Yes, I heard this a few times, but I don't know how true it is, or have I researched into it. Yes, there is a red cow which according to the Jewish belief should be very important, and the day it appears (and later sl…
I do agree 100% with Orthodox11. I was only talking about our Coptic church, and I don't see churches in the East and West uniting again. Sorry for this dismal opinion, but again that is merely my personal opinion.
God bless you all and mention us i…
Dear all,
That topic is becoming more and more interesting. I heard that piece of information before that the actually date of Jesus' birth is in the spring (be it March, or April), but I really think that for the purpose of preserving the rites and…
Dear john_paul_elia,
Thanks for working our minds (which for me doesn't happen that often :-)). Yes, that is like food for thought, or a complex mathematical exerceise. I have never thought of it like that before to be honest, but, it is so interest…
Dear smile4ever,
Thanks so much. Yes, you did answer my questions down to every detail. I really appreciate that so much. It is like one member said before "we learn something new every day on tasbeha.org".
God bless you and pray for us a lot