I actually have a document i worked on a couple of yrs ago that have EVERYTHING that maybe said. Like i was taking out psalies and lobshes and commentaries out of 4 differnt books. we don't even say 25% percent of that......especially after our chur…
[quote author=Remnkemi link=topic=12659.msg148709#msg148709 date=1323304240]
No Mina, only the second half is for the Annunciation. Apparantly, hybrid made-up responses are the in-thing to do these days.
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are we really that desperate.......…
[quote author=imikhail link=topic=12659.msg148677#msg148677 date=1323293052]
We can translate Pimici ebol qen `Viwt af[carx ebol qen ]par;enoc
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WE CAN'T USE THIS RESPONSE.....it is for the Annunciation.
[quote author=JG link=topic=12653.msg148543#msg148543 date=1323200899]
Why is it that the clergy ordain less and less individuals to the higher ranks of Subdeacon and Deacon?
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I believe that the reason for this is not having the need for tho…
[quote author=✞Je Nai Nan✞ link=topic=12650.msg148504#msg148504 date=1323140559]
What altar objects are consecrated in the Coptic Church? and what aren't ?? I heard that the "awany" aren't consecrated bc they already become consecrated by the body a…
[quote author=ophadece link=topic=12592.msg148485#msg148485 date=1323123112]
That makes perfect sense.. so does that mean that even between the feast of circumcision and the great lent we don't say aktwnk on Sundays? Don't think that's a very common…
From kiahk to the Resurrection (whenever it comes, we don't say aktonk--always akee--or tennav in tasbeha or nim ghar....even on a sunday. I know a couple of people who strongly feel that this is wrong. But I believe it makes sense: the Church lives…
[quote author=GabrielYakub link=topic=12639.msg148435#msg148435 date=1323051008]
The God Christ: The short of it is, overtime I became unconvinced that God existed.
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If "God Christ" refers to Jesus Christ, how did you come to that conclusio…
[quote author=Andrew link=topic=12643.msg148433#msg148433 date=1323046148]
If my FoC permits me to take some time off from serving in Sunday School, should I tell my fellow servants the reason I will not be with them? What should I say? I don't want…
I think that it would be a good idea to get a break of that specific service (with a reason to not alarm others) but not pf service in general. This is just a temptation, a very strong one caused by our desire to serve. We get the feeling that we ca…
[quote author=ophadece link=topic=12637.msg148371#msg148371 date=1322895415]
My understanding is that the tune changes only in fasts, including the long version.. correct me if I'm wrong.. thanks
Oujai
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only the great one. There is the fast …
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[quote author=imikhail link=topic=12635.msg148351#msg148351 date=1322874606]
The tunics should be worn during any liturgical service.
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What about during e…
[quote author=GODlovesme link=topic=10518.msg148338#msg148338 date=1322859413]
LOL my bad, did I say something dumb?
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not really.......but la7n el-shama3a.....is interesting. I'll leave it at that.
[quote author=GODlovesme link=topic=10518.msg148336#msg148336 date=1322859177]
I was suggesting that perhaps the person who described it as "la7n el sham3" was talking about this hymn which according to the video is "el tar7 el kibeer." He might hav…
[quote author=GODlovesme link=topic=10518.msg148333#msg148333 date=1322856992]
Interesting...
http://www.youtube.com/user/nofernofer1#p/u/21/Vb3BTEpF4VQ
This is what Stavroforos was referring to...I also heard the same explanation from that same k…
Who said I don't?! my own services are my own concern until i announce them to be for everyone to criticize.
I actually asked Albair to help him in translating his khdimit shamas since i had most of the text typed up and translated already......and …
[quote author=Biboboy link=topic=12631.msg148301#msg148301 date=1322787155]
@Mina: the decision for the translation was not mine to make. I'm only informing you of the logic we had for our translations, and yes, we try our best (as humanly possible)…
[quote author=Biboboy link=topic=12631.msg148298#msg148298 date=1322783132]
We cannot use the word "hymn" for "madeeha," since that's the translation we use for the word "la7n." [/quote]
the word lahn means melody or tune. the word hymn is more like…
[quote author=Biboboy link=topic=12631.msg148295#msg148295 date=1322779759]
@mina: there are Coptic Psali's in the Annual Psalmody book that are not ordered alphabetically. Take a look at the weekday Psali's for Christ.[/quote]
I should of said that…
[quote author=Biboboy link=topic=12631.msg148290#msg148290 date=1322774909]
@mina: who said all the Psali's are alphabetically ordered? How else would you translate "Madeeha"?[/quote]
don't tell Albair didn't teach you this. By definition, a coptic …
[quote author=Remnkemi link=topic=12627.msg148271#msg148271 date=1322753355]
I officially apologizing for plagiarizing Mina. He came up with most of that information on another Coptic forum website that is 11 letters long and ends with .net but shal…
thanks Biboboy......
since you are doing this, i think the arabic hymns shouldn't be called "Psali".....only if they are alphabetically ordered you can call them psalies. In fact it would just be "an arabic psali"
[quote author=peter_saad link=topic=12627.msg148224#msg148224 date=1322695440]
Are there 29 or 30 days in kiahk? Toba starts jan 9
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each coptic month has 30 days except the last one, the little month that can be 5 days or 6.