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if not, you can become an honorary romanian like me :) i'm half romanian and half egyptian (by culture, not by birth!) if anyone wants to learn some romanian words, feel free to ask... Doamne ajuta!(may God help you)
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isn't wedad a lady's name?
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do you mean in the end of service hymn?do we change it to the kiahk response? (the begotten of the Father before all ages)?we sang something different today, but i could not work out what it was. happy feast of saint john chrysostom everyone!:-)
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yeah, great to 'see' you again :-)
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who wrote this?we can't log in without an account.maybe the opinion of the writer (sounds protestant) is that the churches are coming closer together.maybe this means they are rediscovering orthodox Christianity. don't panic!investigate!:-)
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'second chorus of the nave'?what's that in arabic? may God repose the soul of your subdeacon.
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you focus by getting good at what you are doing, like being a good student, a good son (unless you are a girl who likes the name girgisantony!), a good employee etc. be faithful in the small things, and God will reward you with the things you long f…
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yes, that was since December that we don't baptise catholics.anyway to the original poster:what do you believe about God?in what way do you think you would benefit personally from coming to the orthodox church? (the answers to these can be kept priv…
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Christianity is the only religion that offers forgiveness in this life, based on faith.
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yes, it changes everything! are you sure they are not mormans? maybe they need to rename their religion as it doesn't sound like Christianity. what denomination do they think they are?
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what sort of 'protestants' are they?i know of no church that teaches like this.(was protestant Christian for about 30 years...)
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i think it means 'it is so, the Lord is our God' am still working on the coptic, so may not be right. am glad i have now had my midlife crisis, it will save time later. ;-)
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so i watched a saint movie (saint 'abd al masih the ethiopian) and managed not to buy a red sports car. sorted!
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maybe that's why people call me tant?! please excuse me while i go and have a midlife crisis.i will let you know how it goes...
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the end is here! :O
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gracewisdom, don't panic, middle age is somewhere around 45. i used to think it was 40, but then i changed it when i got to 40!;-)that was recently, by the way, i'm not middle aged yet!(spoken with head placed firmly in the sand...) B-)
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remnkemi, i agree with nearly all of your points. good work! :-) i'm sure you'll agree that kids should have fun at church, but that 'fun' should not mean running up and down screaming and demanding sweets. I have had friends and neighbours who were…
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if you stay in for halloween, it is probably a good idea to keep a stash of sweets and little pictures (like of mary magdalene washing Jesus' feet for example) to give to the kids, so they have a nice picture with the sweets.
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also in the old days, people would wash in public baths or rivers etc. so they could get cuts on their feet and we should take care not to bleed after Holy Communion. that's why we are not supposed to go swimming.before i understood why we shouldn't…
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i agree with most of his 'ten things i won't do':http://www.johnsanidopoulos.com/2010/10/ten-things-i-wont-do-on-halloween.html but i think that it's not actually useful for us as Christians to encourage interest in the 'paranormal'.nor is it a good…
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hi, joe g, yes i agree, a wonderful book:-)
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minasoliman,i get your point, but i think this is mainly a problem with the english translation of pope shenouda's book.it can be read that way, but i think it is not intended that way. i agree saint athanasius' book is the best, but it is difficult…
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try to get hold of the book by our dear departed patriarch pope shenouda 3rd called 'salvation in the orthodox concept'.many coptic churches will be able to sell you a copy (for about 3 dollars or less), or you can probably download it online. if yo…
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lovely syrian liturgy of the repose of the blessed patriarch.the ladies choir is properly located together with the congregation and facing the altar. thanks for posting it.it is great to see how much it is similar to the coptic liturgy, even though…
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remember that all beautiful women turn into wrinkly old ladies unless they die young. :P so spend time becoming the best husband / wife you can be (deep relationship with God, regular confession etc)then make friends with people who help you in y…
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no, they are just the deuterocanonical books that every orthodox church accepts but which are not found in protestant sponsored Bible translations. any orthodox Bible has them in any language translation.
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many churches use new king james Bible.but it lacks some of the old testament books. the best complete Bible currently available is:http://www.thomasnelson.com/the-orthodox-study-bible i am reading it, and our priest has given it out to some of the …
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it sounds like you have a lot of anxious thoughts about this.did you speak to a doctor about this?
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hi, i am not saying ignore the problems (we don't have same problems here in uk) but sometimes when you leave, some of the problems follow you.i will never accept incorrect teaching in church, but i would find another way to deal with it. may God gu…
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lovely quotes, cyril.remnkemi, minasoliman, theophilus 1,thanks all so much, such wise words. i would have logged in to say something the last few days if i had not had an internet problem and been very busy.but now i don't need to; you said it far …