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  • think of your own sin. imagine every one of the wounds Jesus received on our behalf. read the 'agios' from st gregory's liturgy, where it says 'for my sake, you did not hide your face from the spitting' etc etc (this bit always gets me and is incomp…
  • amen. and this is something i heard in a sermon from an orthodox bishop: Jesus said 'come to me all you who are heavy laden' He did not say, come to me all you who are cool, who wash properly before coming to church, who are fun to hang out with. no…
  • i agree with these great posts, except i too don't believe in all evolution theory (though there are some good points in it). i think it is more common for catholics and eastern orthodox (from what i have seen) to believe in it and for protestants a…
  • we will pray. also read here: http://tasbeha.org/content/community/index.php?topic=7755.0 which i found pretty comprehensive! may God guide you
    in Lust Comment by mabsoota June 2009
  • we are praying for you. school is tough for many people. the good news is 'it gets better!' i remember my last day at school with great joy  ;) may God give you peace and support in the trials you are facing, He is faithful and gives the Holy spirit…
  • hi brother, try reading through parts of the Bible http://tasbeha.org/content/community/index.php?topic=8064.0 and then thank God for small things, like seeing a butterfly on a sunny day, the sound of children laughing, the ability to wake up in t…
  • dear brother dimyan, you may think no-one can imagine the trials you are going through, or that no-one has doubted like this. in fact, many of the desert fathers (and mothers) went though testing times. as i read your post and prayed, these words fr…
  • [quote author=peterfarrington link=topic=8064.msg103765#msg103765 date=1244045088] Begin it by telling God that you do not feel anything but wish to offer the prayer in any case. Read through the Gospels. Pray for others. Offer all of this to God ev…
  • i once asked a jewish friend if there were any jewish religious festivals which did not involve alcohol. he laughed... ;)
  • i have read somewhere (ant the antiochian priest confirmed it on sunday) that they cross from right to left because the right symbolises our status as made righteous in Christ and so they do the right side first. i agree with taishory that we do the…
  • amen, let's stand up for righteousness
  • dear george, don't give up serving, you have no idea how many people need your inspiration and the wisdom God gives you. keep asking, keep seeking and God will give you and your spiritual fathers guidance.
  • please note, this is not the coptic medical association! its a different one, and they were officially anti-abortion, although not strongly so. i am a member of the coptic med assoc. and they are sound. i was shocked at your post, i expected copts t…
  • thanks, father peter :)
  • dear darkeye, we will pray for you. i, and others here, know how it is to see shouting, plates breaking, weeping and general stress in the family. may God give you strength
    in Family Comment by mabsoota June 2009
  • i also heard this sad news and was asking the same thing myself. as a medical student, i got into trouble for not going to watch an abortion (it was part of the syllabus), and later, when working in accident and emergency, i was asked to prescibe th…
  • ok, coptic and greek experts, i have another one for you! on saturday i went into an anglican cathedral in uk and saw a lovely icon of the virgin mary and our Lord Jesus painted by a russian painter, they said, and this was written there: MP with a …
  • hi everyone! so i have checked out the antiochian orthodox church in london and it's really cool. they have taken amazing steps to bringing the message of Jesus Christ to the english speaking british people. in fact, as far i as i know i was the onl…
    in OCA? Comment by mabsoota May 2009
  • oops, sorry, i was being slow! :-[
  • we get answers on tasbeha.org free ;)
  • welcome north star! which saint is in your icon? mine's st matthias, i like the way he was given a great work to do by God almost unexpectedly.
  • thanks for your info, northstar, and welcome to our website, we (the majority oriental orthodox) love to hear from and share with eastern orthodox and other Christians and to learn from each other. we will pray for this problem. hey maybe if we pray…
    in OCA? Comment by mabsoota May 2009
  • efharisto, george, i often wondered this too :)
  • erm, the sunglasses lady looks ok to me.. ???
    in Dress code. Comment by mabsoota May 2009
  • another link, this is an old one, i just didn't know about it before. it is from abba seraphim of the british othodox church (therefore also one of the coptic orhodox metropolitans) http://www.abuneantonios.com/ it is all about abune antonius, wi…
  • i read the transcript of that, very nice. i have just been v impressed by this interview from the same website, from April this year. its an explaination of some of the renewing work of the Holy Spirit in the life of the orthodox Christian, by fath…
    in OCA? Comment by mabsoota May 2009
  • can u give us a bit of a longer quote to help us find it? :)
  • welcome! we all made loads of mistakes too, we can learn together :)
    in New Life~ Comment by mabsoota May 2009
  • what is this part of? a psalm or a song?
  • most of us aren't too impressed with it, but don't want to say it's 100% wrong. here is the link to where this was discussed recently: http://tasbeha.org/content/community/index.php?topic=7618.0 what is important is to realise that God made us hum…
    in Evolution Comment by mabsoota May 2009