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when this has happened to me (e.g. when my confession father was ill), i told another Christian about my sin, so i could be sure i am not just delaying because i want no one to know. i also prayed to God about it, which helped a lot. but confessing …
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i stopped eating black pudding too, which is fine because i don't like the taste and only used to eat it to show how tough i am! i think, if i was in a missionary situation, i would eat meat with blood in it so not to cause offense. but i would avo…
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may God give u strength and peace. keep up your spiritual life, talk to God. remember He is able to listen to the pain u have as well as your praises.
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this is true, remnkemi.
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nicely put. :) and a much nicer image than my analogy! ;)
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he knew it was the wrong thing to get too involved in the protests. he understood all the politics behind the scenes, and so it was not difficult to realise what was coming next, especially looking at the nearby countries and what was happening ther…
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if there was a 'yes' or 'no' answer, there would have been no debate, no confusion! this is my understanding, grossly oversimplifying and editing father peter's excellent post (which has already reduced many thousands of words to just a few). [quot…
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amen, marmar. rabina mawgood, God is here, as our dear baba shenouda said.
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http://news.sky.com/home/world-news/article/16252240 i just got home from church, people were watching in on a projector. i left before they announced it though. be assured that everyone is praying more than ever today and that God's will will be …
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there are some in english. this is my favourite: http://tasbeha.org/mp3/Praises/Midnight_Praises/St_Anthony_Monastery,_English_Midnight_Praises.html thanks to the download which helped me learn them, i was able to go to tasbeha today! :D thanks to…
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hi antonio, there are beautiful old traditions of fasting in the catholic church. follow these (you can find out about it on the internet or in libraries) and discuss it with your priest or other person in your church who loves God. then, if this is…
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may God have mercy on him and give wisdom to the medics taking care of him. may God bring peace to the hearts of all the syrian and iraqi Christians and all in the nearby areas.
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Lord have mercy. this is indeed hard news. may the Lord repose his soul and give peace and courage to those who mourn.
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there were a few british copts there! next liturgy is 7th july; send pm if the details are not clear enough on the british orthodox website. :)
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thanks, i couldn't find it online, and it was getting late. God bless u and all of egypt.
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let's pray that the unrest is not too bad and that God will shorten the time of suffering and give us all courage and peace.
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oh, i forgot the catholics don't have that. poor them. here it is, for the catholics / protestants / anyone else missing out! http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/r/rsv/rsv-idx?type=DIV1&byte=4563162 Ps151.1 [2] My hands made a harp, my fingers fash…
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ah, ok. it is basically the same as the catholic one. i think we have maccabees 4 which u guys don't have. but u have wisdom of sirach and tobias and judith and the extra bits of daniel, so u are ok in this matter. here is more info: http://orthodox…
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glory to God! now u have time to sleep, pray, sleep, go on nice orthodox websites, sleep, go to church a lot, sleep, do a bit of shopping, sleep... (i remember it well!) ;)
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ok, i will try to answer, u have many questions and it will take more than a few answers to get a good response. 1. if u change to become orthodox, u should follow God's leading. He has a purpose for yr life and will show u where to go. the oriental…
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dodgy. ignore it.
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may God give u peace and help u to remember everything. and beware the distractions of excellent orthodox websites... ;)
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am sending p.m.
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maybe u could order a paper copy from yr church? our church has a copy. if u can't bear to read a paper book, u could scan it into yr computer... ;)
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maybe ophadece is talking about hermit monks in the desert who have been vegan for >20 years and who eat twice a week, or something rare like that... the only reason i know for continuing to fast after receiving Holy Communion is if u have to ac…
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qawe, u are right. another thing i missed. u see, i try to simplify the fasting rules, but the problem is, they are not simple! ;)
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sorry, i forgot to say, we don't abstain from eating and drinking in the morning on saturdays and sundays (unless we are taking Holy Communion).