Ephesians 6:4
And you, fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath, but bring them up in the training and admonition of the Lord.
Colossians 3:21
Fathers, do not provoke your children, lest they become discouraged.
only if your pretty much an adult (USUALLY 18 though 20 yr olds and around that age are excuded). usually its with guys that are already complete adults and usually have kids that the bishop skips psaltos, because psaltos means singer, and oghnosto…
your going to be ordained a full deacon?!? are you sure lol?
here are the ranks..
Psaltos
Oghnostos
Subdeacon (Epidiakon)
Deacon
Archdeacon
Deaconess(if you wanna call it that)
Priest
Which one are you right now if any...if your not any of these…
unfortunately..many egyptian parents are just stubborn. But something a priest told me once when i was having many MANY problems with my parents was "If you want them to change, then YOU have to change first!!" cus no matter how hard you try to c…
Coptic Avenger..your a bergener?????? :o ewwwwww lol..jp
well your church doesn't really look all that bad on the outside or the inside..i like the bigg pictures of Saint Shenuda the Archmanidrite, and Saint George...and abouna dawoon is the moalli…
Guys,
Please pray for Saint Mark's Church at West Side, Jersey City (the church thats in charge of this site). We are attempting to buy a house thats for sale right next to the church. And we're hoping to get it before anybody else does that might…
SMS is right. the bible implies a lot of things that it doesn't talk about straight out.....but you sort of understand what He's talking about when you open up your mind to it and just let The Word flow into you..
by the way, i agree with Nardin's …
the picture of Saint Mary and Jesus and all the saints on page 5 is a catholic picture isn't it?? it doesn't make all that much sense to me, cus in this picture Saint Mary and Jesus are portrayed to be equal which is a catholic belief, but then agai…
defender,
i understand exactly where your coming from, but i never said to not follow the word of God. its just that these things we have already heard, but sometimes its hard to apply all of them in our lives. and in my opinion, defending yoursel…
makes perfect sense...ok, next verse..
Acts 15:28,29
For it seemed good to the Holy Spirit, and to us, to lay ipon you no greater burden than these necessary things: that you abstain from things offered to idols, from blood, from things strangled, …
SMS, i won't tell you to turn the other cheek, but remember, you always need to say something to defend yourself. If somebody bothers you, then you do have the right to talk back to them [as far as i believe.] but remember, you talk back, but you …
the hymn text is not yet back online, but it will be back on soon hopefully. the sunday psali isn't online yet, but i'll make sure it gets online as soon as the text library is back. George, the hymn lesson for mlm Gad for kiahk psalm 150 is right…
Can i get a commentary on this one?
Colossians 2:16, 17
So let no one judge you in food or in drink, or regarding a festival or a new moon or sabbaths,
which are a shadow of things to come, but the substance is of Christ.
its a little confusing t…
Hebrews 2:1
Therefore we must give the more earnest heed to the thigns we have heard, lest we drift away.
side note: the bible i have has a special comment on the word "drift". It says "These verses are an admonition against willful negligence and…
oooooo boyy....as much as i would really REALLLLLY love to argue dating, i'll just pretend i didn't see it. lol. anyway, wasim, you still are a youth, but your on the verge of marriage. thats a big difference from other people here that are from …
exactly what Mark said. SMS, you want the christian thing to do, remember, the Holy Spirit gives you confidence, a lot of it...USE IT!!! do whats right, and God will have your back. you have to do this with confidence. don't be scared of what ha…
EgAdmiral50,
these guys pretty much told you what you need to know to get by, but i'll just comment on a thing or 2. having a crush is absolutely ok as was said before...its just a feeling. feelings are ok to have. just don't act upon them. Reme…
ok...i no i'ma little slow, but i still don't see how the despotikon on the Holy Body in picture on the first page of HH Pope Shenouda looks like Saint Mary. i looked at it for a few minutes, but i still see no resemblence.
fadyna,
your absolutely correct, i just checked my "sources" [;D] and ur 100% right. Sorry about the mistake, and i'll be sure to make sure i know what i'm sayin before i say it next time.
ps. something tells me that we both have the same coptic…
actually Saint Paul talks about how to treat your kids a few times. here are some of them.
2 Corinthians 12:14
Now for the third time I am ready to come to you. And I will not be burdensome to you; for I do not seek yours, but you. For the childr…