i am not done yet ;D
so why do we say "Pope, Patriarch and Archbishop" in the litany of the fathers??? I am pretty sure that every single thing in our church, every single word in our liturgy is there for a specific reason...we have a three hour l…
[quote author=TITL link=topic=10101.msg123685#msg123685 date=1291674904]
Mina, stop copying my posts! This is your second warning. You got one more and you're outtt ;)
Is the Ethiopian Pope the one in the white?
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/126…
[quote author=Father Peter link=topic=10101.msg123669#msg123669 date=1291673110]
Sorry? You are checking up what I say on Wikipedia? :)
Why do you think Wikipedia is more likely to be accurate than my own experience? I don't mean that in a mean wa…
Concerning the Pope Shenouda topic...
I was still a little skeptical about what Father Peter said (no offense... i am very stubborn). I looked up oriental orthoodxy and it said this:
"The highest rank in Oriental Orthodoxy is that of His Holiness P…
[quote author=TITL link=topic=10101.msg123510#msg123510 date=1291578652]
Patriarch and Pope are used interchangeably, both refer to the same person.
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ohh!!!well if you said that from the beginning there would not be a problem!! thanks!
[quote author=TITL link=topic=10101.msg123506#msg123506 date=1291578217]
Nothing?
Doesn't your church pray in the 7 short litanies for the other Popes: Abouna Antonios, Mar Igantius Zaka..etc
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actually we dont but they are orthodox patriar…
[quote author=Father Peter link=topic=10101.msg123490#msg123490 date=1291572711]
Then she is very confused. :)
Pope Shenouda is the head of the Coptic Orthodox Church and the Patriarch of Alexandria.
He has no authority over any of the other Orth…
[quote author=aem581 link=topic=10101.msg123475#msg123475 date=1291534663]
1. Nope...there really isn't one.
2. Pope comes from the Greek word [coptic]papa[/coptic] which means Father. Patriarch comes from the Greek word [coptic]patriar,yc[/coptic] …
Can you please pray for these people and put on the altar:
Please God help these kids on their SAT test tomorrow:
Martina Selwaness
Veronia Hanna
Matthew Abdelmalek
David Awad
Mary Mikhail
And everyone taking it tomorrow. Be with them and reward …
[quote author=peterfarrington link=topic=9855.msg120751#msg120751 date=1287069858]
Of course by extension it might be applied spiritually to the Church, and to the spiritual victory over our enemies which the Lord will give us.
Father Peter
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[quote author=servant33 link=topic=9745.msg119403#msg119403 date=1284588935]
I heard that during the time of persecution, if a Christian would want to find out if someone else was Christian they would make the sign of that fish on their hand - that …
They are here:
http://tasbeha.org/hymn_library/view/936
http://tasbeha.org/hymn_library/view/937
So we only say this Psali and not the other 3? And does anyone have the English text for this?
[quote author=mabsoota link=topic=9640.msg118671#msg118671 date=1282923356]
i disagree (and i have read up on this a lot!)
women are not defiled spiritually by a normal bodily occurance.
but taking communion while bleeding is not allowed coz it's li…
i was told that it is the same reason why we shouldn't take communion if we haven't confessed in a long time.
they are considered "defiled"...that is what i was told.
[quote author=Ioannes link=topic=9624.msg118622#msg118622 date=1282835655]
CopticUser, California is not "anti-homo" I mean the gayest place on earth is in Cali, San Fran
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i mean like the government in california
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[quote author=peterfarrington link=topic=9624.msg118609#msg118609 date=1282825735]
I guess I could have gone but I'd have been a bit at a loose end as I would not have had an…
but we cannot do anything. they cannot decline their right to build a religious center anywhere. ground zero or not. lets go back to WWII. when the japanese bombed pearl harbor, everyone saw every japanese person as an enemy and sent them to camps.
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