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thank you! ;D so if it's only colloquial, then will non egyptians arabic speakers not understand it?
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i don't know for sure, but the spelling is the same (same sort of 'ta') and the 'ya' often turns into 'waw' in derived words. so i am assuming it's from the same root, but maybe someone else can help us.
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if u both want to serve God, He will guide you and lead you to the church you need to be in. both families of orthodox churches are Christian so if you think you will go to an eastern orthodox church, it is good to choose one that accepts this fact.…
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did u get a check up with your priest and your doctor? also check to see if you are working or studying over 70 hours a week. this leads to tiredness!
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ha, i'm a bit 'baseeta' when it comes to understanding arabic! i guess the word 'mabsoota' originally refers to someone naive or innocent and it came to mean 'happy' in colloquial egyptian arabic at a later stage. so i'm sorry i can't guess whether…
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back on topic- :P i think saint mina was smiling more than usual on his feast day today because saint baba kyrillos (do we still call him pope if we call him saint?) is canonised too! thanks for the article on saint habib girgis, but i often wond…
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tell us his life story please! i know less than 100 saints; need to catch up! ;)
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alithos anesti! i am happy with the news, i feel better about kissing my pope kyrillos picture now ;) this habeeb girgis, is he the one whose daughter wrote the coptic history book? coz i could probably find a picture of his to kiss next time i'm…
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well done for your appointment, keep up the counselling and i think u need to see a doctor too. most 'suicide attempts' don't work coz they just make you horribly disabled instead. so give that up. avoid nihilistic literature and atheist stuff too, …
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in uk right now, the sun rises at 4:30am. :o
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because we respect the concept of blood being lifegiving, so when we have the blood of Jesus in us, we keep it in. it gives it more respect, which i think is a partly cultural thing, as we don't find this in all the orthodox churches. we can break t…
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hang on, this is the egyptian church; wait patiently for 6 months or so for them to get organised and then ask again... :P ;)
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the european dioceses are being reorganised, which is needed as the churches have grown up all various different locations under various different bishops, which has been fine, as any church growth is great. but now we need some more organisation so…
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i take your point, but we have to be careful not to treat gay people like some sort of modern 'lepers' and withold from them the words or God and the love of God. if the person getting 'married' is a close friend, we should share our opinion, just l…
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my own view (not the church's) is that if someone is not a Christian, but an atheist or another religion, and he/she is my gay friend, then i would go to the 'wedding' ceremony in support of my friend. I don't think being gay is incompatible with be…
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i think it's a man's name.
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saint mattais went preaching with saint andrew and was martyred: http://orthodoxwiki.org/Apostle_Matthias i chose him for my avatar because i felt like i entered the orthodox church at a late stage (not from orthodox Christian family) like him (not …
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yes, He is risen indeed! do as stavro says. work hard on your spiritual life, pray, study for school, read the Bible, love everyone, help people in your home and outside it, forgive and love your enemies and also read the stories of the saints, and …
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it was saints cyril and methodius (who were either greek or bulgarian, depending on where you draw the map) who took the gospel to these countries and some of the ex soviet union countries. this was somewhere around the year 1000AD, and the orthodox…
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interesting, how do you use computer lights correctly to make you drowsy? all the other stuff is true, although sleep apnoea is usually only in fat people. i think it's more common in america, as there is this cultural habit of eating loads and not …
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put alarm on the other side of the room, so you can't switch it off without leaving your bed. also if you ignore it, it will wake the whole house and get you into trouble. going to bed early also helps. go to bed 9 hours before you want to get up. …
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hey guys, this is an ancient thread! if u are worried about binC, send him a personal message. i hope he is feeling much better now; his posts have been good, so i think he is ok. :)
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http://tasbeha.org/hymn_library/index.php?a=view&id=898 this one is the one i have seen used most. ok you can say 'my salvation He declared' doesn't emphasize the continuing nature of salvation, but i would not say it is 'protestant'. i prefer …
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yes, a priest has a special anointing from God, which is given in the ceremony of ordination. when we repent to God (we can talk to Him directly) and then go to the priest, it means we can't hide any sins. and being embarassed about it means we are …
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yes, the lyrics you posted look a bit like that. the best video ever that i saw that advises you about what to do when you sin is pope shenouda's sermon 'turn back to God'. you can find it on you tube. may God bless u :)
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you have chosen the name of a great ethiopian saint! may her intercessions be with you and may God bless you. try to go to church, and if you are distracted by people around you, then sit with people you don't know (who won't be chatting to you in …
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leviticus also tells us not to wear clothes made of 2 materials. :o you need to take it in context. ;)
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u won't go to hell, of course. but don't have any operation (unless it's life saving, like your bowels burst, for example) until you are 100% sure you want it. it's more difficult to undo the operation if you don't like the results than to not have …
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hey, just tell someone 'my life sucks, how's yours?' even better if u tell a priest or a doctor. the good thing is you are young so you have time to get this sorted out before you have any emergency to get married (by emergency, i mean like being o…
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try this website: http://orthodoxunity.org/ basically we believe the same thing, but in 451AD there was a bit of a disagreement which lasted till 1990. you are not allowed to take Holy Communion with them unless you get special permission from your …