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  • [quote author=davidschanter link=topic=5234.msg70243#msg70243 date=1177289294] Ibrahim Ayad's recording is wrong by the way. He adds an extra line which no one else says so i am guessing he wasnt paying attention. [/quote] that's why i didn't post …
  • [quote author=lil_aussie_gypo link=topic=63.msg217#msg217 date=1071529657] does anyone know where i can find a downloadable verses of cymbals by ibrahim ayad? [/quote] http://tasbeha.org/mp3/Hymns/Annual/Verses_of_Cymbals_and_Doxologies/Ibrahim_Aya…
  • [quote author=minagir link=topic=5231.msg70222#msg70222 date=1177214549] [quote author=Κηφᾶς link=topic=5231.msg70216#msg70216 date=1177212161] [coptic]+ Pi`[/coptic] That's interesting.  I just assumed the Coptic Christians came up with the text t…
  • [quote author=kmeka001 link=topic=5226.msg70215#msg70215 date=1177212089] while we are on the subject, does anyone have a link to long eflogemenous. And by the way, i don't think what abouna did was right because in all of the professional and resp…
  • [quote author=Κηφᾶς link=topic=5231.msg70216#msg70216 date=1177212161] [coptic]+ Pi`[/coptic] That's interesting.  I just assumed the Coptic Christians came up with the text themselves.  You wouldn't happen to have a source for that would you?  I'd…
  • [quote author=Κηφᾶς link=topic=5231.msg70211#msg70211 date=1177210818] As for Golgotha, as far as I know, Nicodemus had nothing to do with it.  I had heard that the tune used in the hymn (in fact, the hymn itself) was what the burial hymn of the Pha…
  • [quote author=Amoussa01 link=topic=5226.msg70204#msg70204 date=1177179668] Guys, lets not forget. Muallim Mikhail learned one of our most beloved hymns "Apetjeek evol," from a lame woman. They used to have women cantors. You can find more info here:…
  • [quote author=jydeacon link=topic=5231.msg70202#msg70202 date=1177174863] Oh i am positive that Nicodimus was an extremely wise person and was definetly capable of putting the tune with the words but i don't think that is the point of this topic. an…
  • [quote author=jydeacon link=topic=5231.msg70200#msg70200 date=1177173530] Yes that is true but remember there is no limit to where our Lord could be at anytime. He is everywhere. Now i am not saying that i agree that it was Jesus who said that but l…
  • [quote author=jydeacon link=topic=5231.msg70197#msg70197 date=1177172399] Actually the story i heard was that as he was embalming the Lord, he saw the angels walking with him to the tomb saying that hymn. I don't believe it was Jesus Himself but i c…
  • [quote author=vassilios link=topic=5231.msg70177#msg70177 date=1177138806] Mina, Now, i read your comment, and what im saying is: "Agios Otheos came from Saint Nicodemus". It didnt come because someone wrote it in the hymn 'Golgotha'. Id like to …
  • [quote author=vassilios link=topic=5231.msg70170#msg70170 date=1177134847] Hi, Can someone here tell me the story behind "Agios Otheos". I heard it came from Nicodemus, when he was embalming the body of Christ. He was asking himself "How can the Son…
  • [quote author=ophadece link=topic=5226.msg70161#msg70161 date=1177104742] Dear minagir, Thanks for answering my questions. In fact, that goes with my understanding about deaconesses, and here it makes what happened in shnoda's church not acceptable.…
  • [quote author=ophadece link=topic=5226.msg70156#msg70156 date=1177099317] Dear minagir, and Cephas, and all, I think minagir first misunderstood my point, and built upon it a comment which I didn't mean. Only one point, which is I never said that wo…
  • [quote author=wateengedoe2 link=topic=5206.msg70150#msg70150 date=1177091115] Actually, I tried to learn (read, speak) Hebrew, and found that alphabet already extremely difficult, never became fluent in reading and now forgot most of it again (whil…
  • [quote author=why link=topic=5226.msg70126#msg70126 date=1177037096] wrong about the deconess thing? or our view [/quote] view, since ther is nothing to back it up in our rites as ophadece claims there is
  • [quote author=why link=topic=5226.msg70121#msg70121 date=1177032527] wellactually its not a modern thing at all, in our church history there were ALOT of deaconesses, however it stoped due to the arab conquestand many harmful intervenes. HOWEVER bec…
  • [quote author=ophadece link=topic=5226.msg70092#msg70092 date=1177008535] Dear shnoda, and all, I am really not only surprised but also disappointed by your opinions. I don't think it was right at all what abounda did, and moreover there are deaconn…
  • [quote author=Amoussa01 link=topic=5226.msg70090#msg70090 date=1177003607] You're talking about the loooong evlogimenos right? there is a normal way like this:http://tasbeha.org/mp3/Hymns/Major_Feasts_of_the_Lord/Palm_Sunday/Higher_Institute_of_Stud…
  • Ok, since this got to homosexuality in general, here is a great document that was done by one of my church servants that talks about homosexuality in the bible, our world today, and how is it a grave sin. i knwo this document is that good because i …
  • [quote author=lsalsa link=topic=5226.msg70062#msg70062 date=1176949594] And for all of you who said WOwwwwwwwwwww evlogimenos , don't be so amazed my friends and i (12, 15, 16 and 17) know it all by heart  ;) [/quote] lol, i din't say that because…
  • [quote author=Hos Erof link=topic=5206.msg70049#msg70049 date=1176934711] do you mean: "Wal-mado lel-lahee da-eman." just one minor correction it should be "magdo" instead of "mado" magd means glory lel lah means to God da-eman means forever [/quot…
  • [quote author=shnoda link=topic=5226.msg70044#msg70044 date=1176927299] at the vesper prayer of palm sunday,abouna at our church get a group of girls,made them sit in the first seats,gave them mic and let them pray long evlogimenos with him (which h…
  • [quote author=wateengedoe2 link=topic=5206.msg70042#msg70042 date=1176921527] [quote author=minagir link=topic=5206.msg70036#msg70036 date=1176914083]Glory be to God forever. like the normal ending of the gospel reading in the liturgical services. […
  • [quote author=kerestina link=topic=5224.msg70013#msg70013 date=1176885013] so we cant swear i  God's name but we can swear on his bible??? [/quote] i don't think that's rit since the Bible is God's word. so some how there would be a connection to G…
  • [quote author=wateengedoe2 link=topic=5206.msg70033#msg70033 date=1176913744] One other question: at the end of each chapter (recited by one man), several persons chant something. What does it mean? [/quote] Glory be to God forever. like the normal …
  • [quote author=EpNomos EnTaio link=topic=5225.msg70012#msg70012 date=1176875724] http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070417/wl_canada_nm/canada_anglicans_homosexuality_col How do you guys feel about this? Any thoughts? [/quote] it's just weird to me how pe…
  • [quote author=Christforlife7 link=topic=5114.msg69914#msg69914 date=1176760426] can i have a link to this lol i wanna get my church to start using it, oo and does it include tasbeha? cause if it doesnt then it isnt helpful in this case but please se…
  • [quote author=Christforlife7 link=topic=5114.msg69907#msg69907 date=1176758533] hey! ok so i brought this idea up with a friend of mine and they said that it would be more of a hassal because everyone would try to lead the way their church is used …
  • [quote author=vassilios link=topic=5216.msg69905#msg69905 date=1176757869] Praying for the "Kingdom of Heaven" 1st is what most people like to say. But, it doesnt remove the fact that whilst we are waiting and eagerly looking forward to crossing the…