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may God have mercy on those who departed and comfort their families.may those left behind remember life is short and turn to our Lord who is full of mercy and grace.
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the devil and the demons (bad angels) don't want anyone to be Christian. but there are many more angels than demons who help us stay close to God. we have the best life ever when we follow Jesus and He gives us power to follow Him. but we can't succ…
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certainly you can become a Christian and join the orthodox church, it is the best thing in the world!it is not the easiest thing, but the best thing.:)
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on no, website ate my post! will try again later...
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hi EO brothers
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the exact link is www.copticchurch.net/topics/synexarion/benjamin.html
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hi george 27 , if u search this website for the synaxarium (story of the saints), you will see that the monothelite cyrus behaved very violently towards our patriarch benjamin 1st and our coptic fathers, so we can see they stood up against his here…
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yay! thank God! happy Christmas to everyone in china :)
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there is a coptic church in japan, maybe they know. stay close to God, pray from agpeya, read the Bible and ask him to guide u. catholic churches in china are under a degree of state control, so may be different to normal catholic churches. God is e…
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that's great, thanks!do we pronounce the word for 'was incarnate' 'av-chi-sarx'? i have copied and pasted in into a document, so i should not forget now!
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u can't commit unforgivable sin if u are still alive. basically it means dying without repenting. so stay alive! did u speak 2 yr confession father or doctor? share your worries with someone close to you. we all have worries so you should not be a…
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may God help u and have mercy on us all
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hi george27, u r very welcome here. our patriarchs already agreed the division is not a real differance, we just have to work towards greater unity. may God lead us all into all truth :)
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u should certainly get OSB, ophadece, u would enjoy it lots :-)
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in the original translation it is saints (male plural of the original word) and not holy places, which is the female plural. the septuagint manuscripts (used by orthodox churches) are older than the masoretic ones and more accurate. sometimes church…
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dear sister, this is above our pay grade. I pray God will guide yr priest and bishop to give you the best advice and support.
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yes, and please speak to your priest about this, so you can receive his prayers and advice.
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sorry, just realised i assumed you were a guy called 'emmad', but you may be a woman called 'emma' so i am sorry if i got it wrong.
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dear brother, may the prayers of saint mina, saint pope kyrillos and all the saints be with you.it would also be a good idea for you to talk to your doctor about your unwanted thoughts.sometimes these are a sign of problems that can be treated by do…
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hi brother,yes, the malankara and jacobite syrian orthodox churches are both in communion with all oriental orthodox (OO). they fell out of communion with each other because of some disputes over land and property (from what i can tell from their in…
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see private mail :-)i seems like SDA shun everyone outside their group, not just Orthodox Christians.
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hi mary 21, are you from sda? i have some friends from that group. the theology is very different but they are lovely and interesting people.
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a friend of mine lead a workshop with some young people (age around 12-20) and this is what we did: first we all watched 2 minutes of a film we already knew. then we asked the group of around 8 people to nominate 4 volunteers. these 4 wrote an accou…
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you can understand the coptic orthodox theology on the end times better, it will take just 1 night. but you can't get this through reading , you have to live it. so next Holy Week, go to apocalypse night at yr nearest coptic church. stay awake, medi…
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may God lead you deeper into His truth. the orthodox church is the best place 2 grow in the love of God.
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when i found the orthodox church, it was coptic. i am equally at home in the greek church.
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that is very kind. the thing is i only understand the easy stuff!
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what people aim for is to abstain from eating and drinking for a certain number of hours on wednesdays and fridays and other fasting days (for example during lent).that abstinence starts at midnight (00:00 hours of wed or fri).of course, if you slee…
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there is a world of difference between having gay feelings and acting on them. if i feel attracted to my neighbour, whether that person is male or female, it is not sinful. sin starts when i start to plan what i would like to do to my neighbour! so…