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hey, we love u. like really a lot. hope to meet u sometime, send pm if u come to europe :)
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i could never hate u, ilovesaintmark, and although i can't promise to always agree with u mia mia, u r my dear brother. so i will correct my arabic eenglish just for u ;) about the main topic (sorry for hijacking it!), it's normal to have ups and …
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zees means u is really coptic, u sbeak zee bad eenglish like we! ;)
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dees ees zo true! ze beebel wen i talk to zem, zey zay, where u from? u no sbeak zee good eenglish. i zay i zorry, i bin zee church, we like sbeak 'arabee wa la eenglish ma' 'arabee accent! :D
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have u noticed how exciting it is to have new friends? wow! a new person likes me! u r so pleased to be liked, u overlook all their faults. until u get to know them better, then u can get 'bored' with them and irritated by their faults. the Christia…
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it's really important to check out God's will on this and think what yr motives are. what do u think is God's plan for yr church? how can u encourage people to get closer to God? remember u will meet most of those guys in heaven and u have to spend …
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...so it doesn't matter. when i visited a greek orthodox church on sunday, i did it the eastern orthodox way, coz it's not important and so they realised i was also orthodox. it was a beautiful service and we had a nice chat afterwards. so u can no…
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it's true, the founders of evolution were really racist! what i did in school was to answer all questions like this: 'according to darwin's theory of evolution...etc.' the teacher laughed because i always wrote like this, but i got very good marks a…
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you're not stupid, like the rest of us u need time out sometimes. pls don't go into the wilderness, it's not the right time for that when u feel vulnerable. if God wants u there, He can lead u there at the right time, which would not be at a time li…
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comprehensive. thanks, father peter. btw, i also used to be a protestant, then i studied church history (from protestant, catholic, orthodox and non-Christian sources, so i could get a wide variety of viewpoints) and it was when i arrived in the ort…
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they do sing parts of it. when a british orthodox priest does part of the coptic liturgy, though, he tends not to sing it as the tunes are very different and it is really difficult to learn. eg i have an idea of most of the tunes after 2 years (1 ye…
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welcome to u and yr new priest, congratulations! (alf mabrook) maybe won't pop over and see u soon as the atlantic ocean is in the way, but hope to 'see' u more on this forum :)
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read the Bible every day and ask questions of your priest or some older person in church. i hope yr questions will remind everyone of the need to stay close to God. read any book by hh shenouda or tadros malaty and also other books from our church. …
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aramaic and syriac are terms for dialects of the same language. some Christians in iraq and syria still speak these at home. these dialects for them are a bit like coptic for us. they are similar to the dialects jews and assyrians and other people i…
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we love u! :) btw i think only british people over the age of 30 will have seen the series, it was a very funny tv series with annimated puppets who flew around the world in spaceships and saved lives.
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pray at all times on all occasions. btw the demons can't read our thoughts. also it doesn't matter if they know we are praying. james says 'submit to God, resist the devil and he will flee from you.' so, submission means doing God's will and prayer …
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hi user00, fresh of the blane! :D u crease me up! i love the way father peter thought it was fish or beans, that's cute and british (of course, i'm speaking as an egyptian...) ;) btw did u guys know that indians use 'fob'? and probably also englis…
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yes, the BOC uses the liturgy of saint james of jerusalem, which is really nice. and we (british) have funny accents!! LOL
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i downloaded this one about 2 yrs ago and it helped me a lot. http://tasbeha.org/mp3/Divine_Liturgies/Father_Estefanos_Shehata,_Liturgy_of_St_Basil.html u have it broken into little chunks so u don't have to listen all in one go, this helps when u…
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ya'ani meditate on the Bible, and clear yr mind of other stuff. Christian meditation is so beautiful coz u fill yr mind so much with God's love for u that the other stuff has no space. reading the Bible, eg acts of the apostles, gospels, psalms etc …
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hey father peter, say 'hi' from me when u hang out with him! ;)
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listen to father peter's advice, and choose a job where u can give God the glory. i also had no idea at 15 what i wanted to do. i certainly didn't think of a career in hospital medicine. btw, medicine can be very hard. i am in my late 30s and still …
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here's another interview in english i understand it better! http://interruptingthesilence.com/category/asceticism/ it's great to be inspired by people like him, may God bless him and all the monks who pray for us.
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ephesians 6:18 and pray in the Spirit on ALL occasions with ALL kinds of prayers and requests. with this in mind, be alert and ALWAYS keep on praying for ALL the saints. so don't be limited!
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very clear words. father peter :) maybe for some it sounds hard to give everything to God, even to accept not to be married or not to have children, but remember u r just accepting not to be married for now, it could change later. or, if like me, …
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this is so disturbing, i have written to them. please go to: http://www.doveworld.org/contact and advise them not to take this foolish step. this is what i wrote, u could use it to help write yr email if u like: "dear sir/madam, i have seen your we…
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some lovely words here. anyone feeling down should read the link by anba youssef posted by abounasarecool. may God give strength to all who struggle to come close to Him. if anyone is still struggling, please continue to post here and we will contin…
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what u describe is very common. i have also had this problem but it gets better when i pray from the agpeya. i can now manage about 15 minutes of prayer in half an hour (only 50% time thinking about other things ;) and maybe 1 day i will pray bette…
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romans 8:38-39 NOTHING can separate us from the love of God. the demons can't hurt you. even the devil himself can't hurt you. no-one can take away your life, only God can, and He loves you. saint antony had many threats from demons, but they could …
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my small idea: most of us think we are much better than we actually are. eg if anyone asks us what we do if the house catches fire, we hope that we would take care to help everyone escape. but in real life, maybe we would just run out in a panic and…