yes, he did many dumb things, but he had no choice for this decision. even though he is most likely muslim and he is for this mosque being built, as the president, he has to be fair and follow the consitution. the constitution says freedom of religi…
But why isn't it its own branch of oriental orthodoxy? the BOC prays its own liturgies and probably has different rites than the Coptic. We do not see the Syrian Orthodox Church under the Coptic Patriarchate...they have their own Patriarch. Same wit…
the idea of an american pope and how the pope is thinking (from my point of view that is). these bishops are chosen by God himself...why would he choose bishops that would consecrate their own Pope?
I dont get it. The Pope does not want 3 Bishops in the United States so they do not ordain their own Pope for the United States?? If i understood this correctly (which I doubt) that is messed up...
you should read Saint Mary in the Orthodox Concept chapter 5. This was a Philly Book and Chapter 5 is all on Intercessions and it brings up your question. http://saint-mary.net/books/Saint Mary in the Orthodox Concept.pdf
I hope it helps!
That is what I meant about Anba David...Just did not come out the right way.
That is my question minagir. Why is the Pope in charge of this diocese instead of a bishop like the rest of the United States?
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I dont think anything anyone says here will have any effect on wether I get it or not, cept maybe Fr Peter.
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so what is the point of this thread if no one can sway …
thats why i was wondering how it sounded (not because of the accent). do they sing the liturgy?i was watching the liturgy from the oriental orthodox festival and when the british priests started praying...they were just talking and it got boring but…
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why'd he stop foruming with us? :(
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Hes too busy being awesome
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agreed! i lov…
so what are they trying to accomplish??? stop terrorism?? we will probably be bombed after this again! this is not what Jesus taught us to do. why dont we just let God deal with this instead of taking things into our own hands (i learned this during…
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if im not mistaken, agios is greek and ekouab is coptic. Not fully certain tho
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I usually eat at midnight! but for certain fasts like this one your suppose to wait until after the morning liturgy :(
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so what if you do not go to liturgy?
Correct me if I am wrong but i think the current Bishop of the Virginia Diocese (Bishop Michael) was a priest before somewhere in NJ. Correct me if I am wrong.
Oh i remember when I was put into Pre-k and Kindergarten. I also wanted to rip off their heads. I was gentle with them because their parents sat in the back of the room. I just told the deacon in charge of alhan that I do not like dealing with litt…
One of my old servants for sunday school that I have known for so long would always answer questions like "is this a sin?" in the same way. He would always answer saying "what will you benefit from it?"
I personally never smoked nor am I planning …