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  • [quote author=mechaiel link=topic=10986.msg133157#msg133157 date=1300295491] [quote author=Cyril97 link=topic=10986.msg133149#msg133149 date=1300292777] What do you sing during the procession? [/quote] You will find the answer here: http://www.cop…
  • [quote author=Cyril97 link=topic=10928.msg133148#msg133148 date=1300292003] [quote author=minatasgeel link=topic=10928.msg133108#msg133108 date=1300250011] not much have been given. concerning hymns and rite. [/quote] What has been given a lot? What…
  • [quote author=MarchMadness link=topic=10988.msg133132#msg133132 date=1300281329] I really like the show Glee.  What is the official Coptic Church's stance on Glee? I'm new to the forums, please holla back! [/quote] first, welcome to the forum. Now…
    in Glee Comment by minatasgeel March 2011
  • [quote author=ophadece link=topic=10975.msg133129#msg133129 date=1300279447] They are not the same "mr. without musical ears". oujai qen `P[C [/quote] i rmemrber that argument.....but i still believe in him. i don't need to have musical ear really. …
  • [quote author=kmeka001 link=topic=10986.msg133121#msg133121 date=1300262225] Also, when is etaven nieskhai said in the liturgy? After the synaxarium? [/quote] After the Senixar. in vespers, it's after Efnouti nai nan when the a procession is done. …
  • [quote author=ophadece link=topic=10975.msg133124#msg133124 date=1300278211] Dear jydeacon, What I meant is the introduction of psalm 150 recorded by cantor Ibrahim is different to the one by Fr. Metthias. The former I don't believe in, but I do in …
  • [quote author=kmeka001 link=topic=10986.msg133112#msg133112 date=1300257590] Now that we are on the subject of the feast of the cross, is Fai Etaf Enf chanted in its regular pascha tune? [/quote] yes. that "way" rather is its unique one that goes wi…
  • [quote author=the_least link=topic=10928.msg133105#msg133105 date=1300248342] why not have a section on tasbeha.org for this... people always come here for hymns anyways so we might as well tell them about the changes [/quote] not much have been giv…
  • [quote author=baladoos link=topic=10986.msg133101#msg133101 date=1300244801] Hi All, I have a question about the coming Feast of the cross on Sunday. Do we say Tai Shory or Tee Shory? Cantor Ibrahim Ayad says (on his tapes) that we say Tee Shory. …
  • [quote author=the_least link=topic=10928.msg133093#msg133093 date=1300233027] so where can we find these changes that happen and have happened? is it published in the keraza? is there a website? I think people don't follow all of this because no on…
  • [quote author=epiphania link=topic=10984.msg133086#msg133086 date=1300231231] The priest or bishop carries maintains their title even if they can't physically carry out their duties. Someone else does it in their place until they pass on. [/quote] i…
  • [quote author=Cyril97 link=topic=10928.msg133077#msg133077 date=1300225592] I asked what is the holy synod and I know that they decide to make changes in... hymns for example. Where can I know these changes? I will try to ask abouna to make a deacon…
  • oh come on....don't say that.
  • i am with Remnkemi  :)
  • [quote author=ophadece link=topic=10975.msg133043#msg133043 date=1300180087] St. James advises us not to be too many teachers for in many things we ALL stumble... I can see many things done in hymns nowadays only on a whim and caprice rather than st…
  • [quote author=ophadece link=topic=10975.msg133039#msg133039 date=1300175675] ... THat's why I don't believe in Cantor Ibrahim's joyful recording... OUJai [/quote] well....he follows a teaching rather than a recording. that is acceptable.....not to m…
  • [quote author=aem581 link=topic=10975.msg133036#msg133036 date=1300165174] No, dude, I mean like different tunes even on regular Sundays... [/quote] none that we know about. i actually believe that we might of lost some psalm tunes across the years.…
  • [quote author=Unworthy1 link=topic=10973.msg133023#msg133023 date=1300151095] It would only make sense that if an Orthodox person were to marry a non-Orthodox person outside of the church in a secular ceremony, or even a non-secular ceremony they sh…
  • [quote author=Zoxsasi link=topic=10973.msg133018#msg133018 date=1300149802] Minatasgeel clearly is unaware then that if an orthodox Christian marries outside the orthodox faith, there are repercussions. [/quote] well i haven't been reading much abo…
  • [quote author=lightening link=topic=10973.msg133006#msg133006 date=1300147364] zox, did you know that the priest is allowed to marry more than once?... :o i am sure you know that. ...coz he marries every bride and groom on their wedding day!! :D …
  • [quote author=aem581 link=topic=10975.msg132993#msg132993 date=1300142601] What would be the fast annual tune, Mina? I am pretty sure there are about a billion variations when it comes to Psalms because there so many schools of teaching and changes …
  • [quote author=Zoxsasi link=topic=10973.msg132977#msg132977 date=1300141038] So Father, let me explain this: Let's say I am an Orthodox Christian, and I fall in love with a protestant lady. She's protestant, and I'm Orthodox. If i get married OU…
  • [quote author=Zoxsasi link=topic=10935.msg132968#msg132968 date=1300140145] Sorry, you've lost me. I was discussing the issue with respect to my personal experience. [/quote] well i guess i didn't mean to quote this specific response of yours but …
  • [quote author=Κηφᾶς link=topic=10973.msg132955#msg132955 date=1300136623] + Irini nem ehmot, Don't you think you're being a little over the top now? Some people here may not have shown you proper Christian charity, but does that give you the right …
  • [quote author=ophadece link=topic=10975.msg132938#msg132938 date=1300126397] WHat's the recommendation got anything to do with the answer Mina? Fast tune, or longer tune both are still chanted in fasting. We also sing abanshois on the tune of other …
  • [quote author=Zoxsasi link=topic=10935.msg132935#msg132935 date=1300125906] Fr. Peter, This really worries me.. because I HAD reached a point of not taking the priest's comments seriously about certain things because I felt that what they were sayi…
  • [quote author=jydeacon link=topic=10975.msg132913#msg132913 date=1300117921] Its annual, je afsaji for vespers, ouini afshai for liturgy [/quote] i would also recommend the fast annual tune instead of ou-oinee afshai which does have many parts of t…
  • [quote author=Zoxsasi link=topic=10935.msg132928#msg132928 date=1300124389] OK. .this is a bit hard because you are not Egyptian Orthodox. But, if a priest says he doesn't "recommend" or he "discourages" something - its as good as "banned". Perha…
  • [quote author=Zoxsasi link=topic=10935.msg132871#msg132871 date=1300065916] Arrrgghh... I hate word-games. "We discourage it, but we don't ban it". The Coptic Orthodox Church is not a state. It is not a legal system. It doesn't ban anything. It …
  • [quote author=Cyril97 link=topic=10941.msg132832#msg132832 date=1300044884] Just a little side note, in Albair's book, it says A Isos ... GB, PFM, Cyril [/quote] well it's a recently published book.