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Dear gregorythesinner, I understand your points, and they seem to be very relevant. However, I can't yet grasp how the Coptic Orthodox Church received the Gregorian calender (or whether it was the Egyptians as a whole). Would someone explain if they…
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Well done smile4ever, That is a very interesting, and concise explanation. Let me ask you though: who changed the calendar? Is it the Christians during Pope Gregory era? Or was it the government? I believe the government in Egypt at that time must h…
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Dear sonya111, I am in total agreement with what every one has replied to you with, and more so with what Cephas was saying. True in every small detail dealing with Egyptians in a visit in Egypt, is totally, and wholly different than dealing with th…
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Dear ishta, I live in the UK, and I thought if you would like I might give you my address, so that you post the questionnaire to me (5 - 10 copies), and I might be able to give them out when I go to church on Sunday. Then I can post them back to you…
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Dear ishta, Very comprehensive and concise questionnaire. Best of luck. Keep us updated with the initial survey of the answers. It must benefit us all. God bless you and please mention me in your prayers
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Dear all, Let me build on Hos Erof's suggestion. I really dreamt about this a long time ago. Again, it goes on the backs of those who are intelligent, good at computer skills, and free (like school holidays, etc). I haven't yet viewed gergesezzat's …
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Dear all, Thanks for the clarification. Well, I didn't mean at first that the Bible was wrong, but it is just because I know for a fact that I learn from the hymns, and the hymns are one of the sources that our church depend on for keeping its tradi…
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Dear Mina, By that, do you mean the in the second text "son of the gods" means it refers to angels rather than Jesus Christ. Now, there is another question though? How could the king know how Jesus Christ looks like anyway. I don't think anyone woul…
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Dear Hos Erof, Thanks very much for the link you sent me. However, no, I didn't find the answer to my question. Is there a contradiction between what we were taught in the church that the Lord Jesus Christ was the one who accompanied the three young…
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Would someone just pay attention to the question I asked?
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Dear bentbabayasoo', From your words I can understand that your mother is oblivious to what might happen to her, and she thinks she will die as her brother has, since he had all of these conditions. Well, that is not true. Diseases have varying degr…
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Dear kerestina, Well, I am aware that some naughty children go on and seek viewing sexual material, be it pictures, or movies, or whatever. I wasn't talking about these. I was talking about those children who accidentally view these things, or who h…
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Dear all, I have come to read this thread just very recently, I hope it is not too late. Honestly, I couldn't read all the opinions posted but one thing stopped me "psychologist". I was interested to see what the psychologist said, as I see that man…
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Dear all, Just thought of sharing this. The words of Orthodox11 just reminded me of something which I really am proud of my church for. There is a bishop in Egypt, called Bishop Raphael, and he is the bishop for the youth (I am sure most of you know…
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Dear all, I am just curious now to know how Taylor found his first visit to the Coptic Orthodox church, and when he arrived, and when he left. Would you like to tell us your experience Taylor please? It should be very interesting. God bless you and …
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Dear crazy4Christ, Thanks a lot. Again, that was very helpful. Please don't forget to mention me in your prayers
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Dear Anglian aka John, That's very helpful thank you very much. God bless you and pray for me a lot
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Dear minagir, Yes, it is common, isn't it? Our church hymns are very simple, yet complicated. Simple in that they have similar segments, and complicated because we have to do much effort to understand why this tune goes up and not down like in anoth…
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Dear all, Thanks for clarifying. I will go with Cantor Zaher's style (and I will try to listen to Cantor Malak's) when I learn the hymn. I won't go with Cantor Towfik. Just wish me luck with learning the hymn. God bless you all and mention me in you…
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Dear shnoda, Thanks and may God bless your work. We are all looking forward to that. God bless you and mention me in your prayers
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Dear Hos Erof, I hope you didn't misunderstand me saying that you never heard the hymn being read out plainly. This is not what I meant. In my post replying to Iqbal I meant reading out the "map" that I drew for that hymn (that means the melismata).…
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Dear all, Hos Erof kindly PMed me with the answer to my question. Deacons in my church basically sing it the way Ibrahim Ayad does (I downloaded the hymn here on tasbeha), which now I understand you just sing it very slowly. God bless you and menti…
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Dear minagir, If I'd have got the audio, I wouldn't have asked you to help me with my search. God bless you and mention me in your prayers
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Dear all, Maybe I put myself across a bit wrongly (what's new?!!). Yes, it is annual, and it is very similar to the regular annual tune, but the deaons in my church (St Mark, London) sing it with a couple extra melismata (hazzat), comparing them to …
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Dear fatcopticmike, Very interesting topic, and very relevant to some of the jobs that we do. I agree with every piece of advice EpNomos Taio gave you; stick to them please. There is another thing I would like to add. I, myself, being a doctor studi…
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Dear Cephas, Thanks very much for your help. I am not sure if there are any other websites which are easier in explaining these topics. Thanks again God bless you and mention me in your prayers
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Dear minagir, Thanks very much. Well, that is what I meant originally, but I don't know why I get confused about order of things when I am writing my posts. God bless you and mention me in your prayers
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Dear minagir, There is no old Coptic and modern Coptic. Coptic was not modernised under Pope Cyril IV. Rather the application of modern Greek grammar rules on the Coptic language, and the "old" Greek language is what made this language chaos within …