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it also seems to me that the EO churches venerate the virgin saint mary more than we do. but i don't know that much about the EO position. however it seems the EO position is closer to the catholic position. i know much more about the catholic posit…
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dear bro, i think it means your brother is unhappy with something. it might be related to the prayer or it might not. what is your home situation like? (you don't have to answer publically) if you are free to pray in a way your family can see, then …
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hey, you already sound orthodox! ;) thanks for the links. the prayers have many similarities with ours.
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[/quote] if these teenagers didnt have abortions they might go waste their lives, try to kill the foetus themselves by self harm or abuse the newborn baby as it is all over the news about child abuse. [/quote] the devaluation of the life of a ch…
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thanks guys for the info. i will try to answer your questions. firstly, hi, coming home, nice to have you on tasbeha.org. i also used to be protestant till just over a year ago. actually i started regularly visiting coptic churches 4 years ago, but …
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here it is, in english http://www.agpeya.org/ i personally rarely pray all the hours as it takes me 3-4 hours to do them all and i only have this much time when i am on annual leave! everyone is a bit different, most coptic people use them as a gui…
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thanks! it has the main church feasts as well, very useful :)
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we are praying, also for those who don't know the love of Jesus and who can't visit their families across the city/country because the journey is too dangerous (my friend had to wait 3 years before it was safe to see her mum again) may we have many …
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i believe someone needs to turn to God to be saved, even if that person is very nice, and then God Himself shows that person where to find out about the amazing sacrifice of Jesus on the cross and His glorious resurrection. however we can never know…
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i used to have evil experiences at night when i was a child, because of a neighbour who used to tell fortunes and put curses on people (she was something like a satanist) but always God protected me, because the devil has NO power over us, he can on…
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no, not at all. but this brings another question, why would someone want to move out at 18? like it might be really simple, if someone is working long hours or studying, maybe they no longer want to share a room with their little sister who listens …
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i agree with the above, and when you approach him, don't think of his sins, instead think of your own and the forgiveness you have from your repentance and confession. that way you will be encouraging and also humble. if you are a true friend to him…
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welcome pano5! is that a coptic church in athens? do u do all the greek parts of the liturgy with a proper greek accent or do u do it in coptic greek? welcome anyway, may God bless you
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thank you for your encouragement, marina008 salaam to anyone who had to work all day over the weekend and didn't get to church! (you are like me!) may God give you peace and patience until you get to church next weekend :) God is with you when you …
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dear childfororthodoxy, it was one of the deacons/subdeacons on this forum who objected to the term 'transubstantiation' in a previous post of mine, and from what i understand from my other coptic friends, it's the word which copts object to more th…
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these are the sort of questions i have; for some reason i have a very strictly logical brain and often fail to understand when things are literal and when they are meant to be symbolic. i have thought about this for years, and would like to give my …
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we are praying, and may the blessings of the feast of the holy theotokos be with you. our Lord is present with us
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welcome, lennart, i agree. to some of the other posts, ok, some of us non-native arabs can learn the language and respond appropriately in the liturgy, but the whole idea is that if we are sharing the message of Christ as we should in the non-arabic…
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my church (uk) does about half in english and the rest mostly in arabic (some people are new or refugees from eritrea who came via sudan and speak arabic) and a bit in coptic. we have visitors fairly often, and the translations are on the projector.…
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He should discuss with his FOC, as the priest is the one to understand his spiritual needs. You can put on a lot of weight eating peanuts, as they are 50% fat, or chips (i eat quite a lot of chips during fasting periods to prevent weight loss, espec…
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lovely posts. i will join my small prayers to yours. may God transform our lives to be more like Him so our loved ones and the people we pass in the street will be blessed by our lives and our prayers. People are often touched by our witness more th…
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welcome, andrew. i've been to an antiochian church, the theology is the same but our liturgical prayers are not 'hidden', so everyone can join in and worship. the hidden prayers were a fairly late development in the history of liturgy, i, personally…
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thanks all for your answers. andrew (i hope you don't mind me shortening your 'name'!) in which country were the monasteries you mention? superman(bam), i'm so glad u write icons and not me! ;)
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it's because you tell a story as you paint the icon, including things like symbols appropriate to the saint (a lion for saint mark, for example), small mouths as a sign of humility and willingness to learn etc. if i was painting what i thought saint…
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thanks for your concern, the_least, i discuss all dogma/ doctrine issues with abouna or my friends who are church servants, and often i tell people in the other churches about our church and stimulate their interest. i recommend people who visit ot…
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about resuscition, not resuscitating someone is NOT the same as killing them. if someone has a terminal illness, the decision not to try and re-start their heart with a defibrillator or their lungs with a ventillator is a decision that recognises th…
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thank you for your explaination. are you EO? it is great to have your insight. i think i will continue to do left to right in EO churches and right to left in catholic and OO churches. (i am coptic but i like to visit other churches).
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150 dollars is a lot cheaper than the ones i saw in moscow airport. i suppose the price varies from place to place. i met an antiochian priest who complained they were too expensive, so i guess i should send him to egypt! thanks 4 yr answers :)