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bravo 'aleyke, nashkor allah thanks 2 God :)
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u don't have to fast before confession, u can confess any day of the week. but u can confess early before the divine liturgy if u didn't before, and if the priest arrives early (it is best to arrange this before), then, in that situation you will be…
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definitely my priest. he is so sincere in his repentance and his love for God and for the people, and he prays the liturgy of gregory often. and no, he didn't record it! :o i personally think it's better to experience these things in person (in chu…
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sometimes you have to deal with your parents like they are work-mates or neighbours. not everyone is good at being a parent, and many have not had good teaching in their own early life. also, sometimes we have expectations that are too high, and we …
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i think u have the right idea. there is a basic difference between orthodox and protestant theology on this count. Having been protestant for many years before i became orthodox 2 years ago, i found that the orthodox explanation made more sense. in…
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and it's the feast of saint john the evangelist tomorrow, not the baptist. sorry for all the confusion... :-[
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hey, like yr new pic, who is that?
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may God guide u. u can help yr friend best when u r strong, so pray from the agpeya, study the Bible, be diligent in taking Holy Communion and seek out a mature, kind friend from church who u can discuss spiritual things with. u know yr friend is we…
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sorry, i was confusing epiphany with the feast of john the baptist, which is on wednesday. i'm still fairly new to the wednesday and friday fasting, i didn't observe all the fasting days when i first became coptic, i took it slowly.
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pray, discuss it with a wise older person (eg. parent, FOC), pray. hang out with her and other people in a group to become friends, pray. get to know her family, and pray. may God guide you :)
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wow, so this wednesday is not sayami?
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i understand we only eat meat and milk on wednesdays and fridays, when they occur in the 50 days after the resurrection feast.
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yes it is ok, our bishop antony told us about it. i mentioned it under 'peaceful solidarity meeting' here in coptic orthodox church topics. :)
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mina, do you mean that on wednesday and friday we eat only vegan food but do not abstain from eating and drinking for a period of time (midnight to 3pm) as on a normal wednesday and friday? i am not very good at the abstaining times, so for this re…
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i can't answer all your questions, but there are usually some differences in translation. because there are not many people (ophadece excluded of course!) who speak both really good coptic and really good english, the coptic liturgies are translated…
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yes, it was just friday Christmas day that was not a fasting day. :)
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i agree, though i suspect that post was not 100% serious! certainly if you hated everything you would not be a good monk.
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happy Christmas, may u have peace. many churches were very full, thank God. thanks to God for His timeless gift of eternal life.
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may God bless us all, keep us strong and always ready to stand up for the gospel, no matter what it costs.
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have upgraded to pale but colourful.
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abstaining till 3pm is for great lent, and also all wednesdays and fridays, except for the 50 days after Holy Pascha, where we don't fast at all on wednesdays and fridays. so in the Christmas fast, abstaining from food or drink should be till 12 noo…
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when we turn away from doing bad, and study the Bible and pray, then as we are praying, our spirit is close to the Holy Spirit of God and we pray in harmony with God's will. sometimes this prayer comes without words. but we need to be careful not to…
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ha ha, so by the morning many people in the uk will have heard of the coptic church! seriously cool :)
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i didn't find any. i usually go to catholic or multi-denominational (largely protestant) Christian book shops and read the book first to check the theology is ok before buying it. many of the books for kids are ok.
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was lovely. Christmas eve's readings (it is past midnight in uk) were also lovely. u can find the readings in the drop-down menu under 'our faith' :)
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did u pray from agpeya? just thinking on your own isn't usually enough, it's better to meditate on God's words in the Bible. i find this website really useful, and read the daily readings (under 'our faith' in the drop-down menu) before praying. if …
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actually it is a good question. i am planning to wear brown and cream (don't look good in black and white lol), we want to be sensitive that something bad has happened, but still celebrate our saviour's birth. i think somewhere in between full mour…
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it is the 'surely nothing will happen to them' idea that makes you think it would be easy for these women. however, i am sure it would not be easy at all. even if they come out publicly (and then are probably harmed by their enemies), this would not…
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i agree.
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may God give you grace and deep fellowship with Him. Jesus Himself suffered similarly as people cut themselves off from God when He said 'i have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers chicks under her wings' (matthew 23:37). may H…