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yea!!!!! apostles' fast! :) the last fasting day is 11th july; 12th july is the apostles' feast. we can eat fish every day except wednesdays and fridays. we abstain from meat (except fish), eggs and dairy products. those who can, abstain from eati…
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see this page; 3rd one down currently :) http://orthodoxfaith.podbean.com/
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hi, jerusalem2! liked yr post :)
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thanks a lot for the link. :)
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so u r in a bar and u r looking at a prostitute? :o ;) (for a serious response, the one above is great...)
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thanks to God. may u have peace and comfort and may God give u strength to keep going on yr spiritual journey.
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may God help u to remember what u studied! who knows, hopefully it will be enough. ;) we missed u here, hopefully u were studying! study, pray, sleep, and see u back on tasbeha.org AFTER finals! :o
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the main problem is that the anglican church in uk is in meltdown. it was founded on the wrong principles (rebellion against rome), so it is not surprising it is half full of people / clergy who don't even believe the most basic parts of the Bible a…
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also he is gentle and kind and u can feel this in his accent! our priests care for us, so it's good when they correct us.
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no, i am coptic. but i live in uk and my parents were born here too, so i like to support the british orthodox church when i can. i am too noisy and arrive late and eat lots of onions, so i fit in better with the egyptians... ;) edit: now i made a…
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may God bless u and guide u. focus on taking 1 day at a time. we all sin. we all are very ashamed of ourselves sometimes, me too. confession is hard, but it helps us to get up again and keep going. Jesus Christ came to save sinners! so, if u are a s…
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it was a lovely talk. sorry for the door noise at minute 37. ;)
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hi k man, i think it's not so much that faith has to come first, but that being open to the idea of faith that comes first. my parents were brought up atheist. one grandparent in particular got very angry if anyone even mentioned God. i was aged 4…
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wow, nice answers and questions in this thread. have to go and do some more work but will pray for u all. God bless yr journeys. :)
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wow! real fame at last! all u need to get right to the top is for the ad to appear on CTV dubbed into arabic (ideally with sa'eedi (south egypt) accent)! ;D on a more serious note, keep up the good work! :)
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wow, peter A, that was inspired. :)
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i had a similar problem a while back. a coptic priest also told me to pray for the person who had hurt me (very much). it was a few days before i could do it, but when i really prayed for him to know God and not to go to hell, then i was able to gre…
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i agree with danie m, lets lead by example. i am not able to do this in the face of scary technology, which is why i am not facebook!
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we don't do 'prom' in uk, but i went to a school disco when i was 12 and was disgusted about how much kissing and groping went on. :o i also refused to go to my friend's party when i was a bit older (her parents were going to be away!) and predicta…
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c_hope, may God reposed yr loved one and comfort all who mourn. Christ is risen.
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yes, in the church i was in for Holy Week (i just moved house), the hegumen (senior priest) washed the bishops feet, and then the bishop did the rest of us. it was really moving to see the hegumen and bishop washing each other's feet. u could see th…
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read coptic books! the most amazing sermon on this topic i ever heard was given by our dear departed pope shenouda after the october maspero massacre. i'm sorry i don't have a link, but i expect someone here will have. just follow his advice. also f…
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pray for her. maybe she is mad (angry) at her family so this is why she is being rebellious. if her family don't know she doesn't go to an orthodox church any more, maybe they are already too far apart emotionally. so if either of these is true, whi…
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i think it's today. so there are still a few mins left in uk and a few hours in west coast usa. but several churches are doing it late, eg. one church i know in uk is doing it sat 5th may. i was going to keep my pope shenouda 'wallpaper' (computer p…
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wow. i had some vague idea about this, but this is very clear. thanks especially for breaking it up into paragraphs and explaining it.
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welcome, it is great to have u on the site. no need to 'switch' churches, we are all one orthodox church. :)
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[quote author=childofaKing link=topic=13222.msg154952#msg154952 date=1335313152] When I became a monk, I gave up many things in my life. But there was one thing I couldn't stop, and that was laughing. - HH Pope Shenouda III [/quote] awesome! i also…
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lovely thread! but i think this quote has a word missing, which i have added here: Remember your weakness, then you will be more cautious and you NOT will submit to the thoughts of pride and false glory which may attack you. is that right?
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don't cry, just ask yr church to put extra services on during the 'easter holidays'. it will be lent anyway, so it's a good time to do extra services. if the priest is too busy, then get together and pray or do tasbeha. anyone can sing midnight prai…
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wow, that makes it may 5th, and catholic/protestant easter march 31st. that's 5 weeks watching people eat chocolate! :( also kids will have to go to school in Holy week. maybe i should emigrate to egypt to avoid the confusion.