As someone in Virginia, at the largest church in Virginia, we really would like our "own" bishop. If anyone heard about Abouna Bishoy Andrawes and the drama surrounding him, what we had to do was either contact Anba Youssef (who was far away) or H.H…
The priests and servants at my church have almost a saying about dating: "Dating and marriage aren't separate!" What they mean is that dating should be with intent to find someone to marry. Now you see kids as young as 10 having boyfriends and girlf…
@Lovejoypeace_ you can't "lose" it in the sense of doing something that will have it taken away from you forever, just like that. But if you reject it, you are losing it. Make sure that distinction is clear
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The human race cannot lose salvation- Christ died on the cross to ensure that. However, we as individuals can stray from God and thus lose our heavenly reward. Even if we stray, though, we can always repent and ask for forgiveness and we will always…
If Abouna pulls his hand away, don't try and pull it back; it's humility. However, remember that there are certain times when kissing the hand is inappropriate or even forbidden. For example, during Holy Week after Wednesday (i think) we are banned …
Ok, so I'm just going to reiterate this point: Chalcedon was a mess. There were a LOT of factors other than dogma that influence the schism. Someone more knowledgeable than me can explain more. God willing the issues will be resolved soon
@ophadece I can think of a language- English :))In all seriousness, I understand your point. I believe you're referring to the phrase "almoc tou Dauid by saying "origin of the phrase" but really it's not GB Coptic- that phrase is, as I said, entirel…
@bashandy just a quick correction: the Chima letter in GB should not have an added e sound to the front... the same with x and '. Mlm. Ibrahim and the Chorus have been pronouncing [ as a CH sound for the past couple years as they try to be more cons…
@ItalianCoptic transliteration of Coptic is akin to the "Franco-Arabic" used to help those who can't read proper Arabic follow along (besm al Aab wel Ebn wal Ro7 alQodos...)For Coptic, there are no special characters:Khen efRan emEfyot nem epShiri n…
The analogy was only meant to illustrate how Catholics view St. Mary vs how we view her... don't read too much into it- I probably explained it wrong anyways.
Just a quick message to @Lovejoypeace_ : Tasbeha only becomes enjoyable when you understan…
Slight question @minatasgeel: Is there a grammatical reason that the library says aumasf? or is that a typo? The recording to me sounds like saying aumacf Pray for me.
@Lovejoypeace_ if I remember correctly, I was once given an analogy:Imagine the human race before Christ as a sick person. Christ is the medicine- by his death, we were healed. The RCC views Mary as a medicine along with Christ, while the OOC says s…
It's helpful to note that this year the Annunciation and a day in Holy Week (I believe Good Friday but I might be wrong) coincide, and last year it was on the same day as the Last Friday of the Great Fast (Goma3 5etam al S'om) so it was not celebrat…
Simple hole in the argument of Papal Infallibility: God is always right because he decides/has decided/will decide what happens. If the Pope has the same quality of always being right, then either he is God, or God is speaking to him personally, as …
It's 1 AM and I briefly skimmed this, and I have a couple responses:1- Just as the Orthodox teaching is to avoid "unnecessary words (2 Tim 2:16)", we should avoid "unnecessary actions"- actions not to the glory of GodBut if we gather to glorify God …
@minasoliman Ex Cathedra means "from the chair"- pretty much (and I'm condensing this) it means his official statements are true- his daily speech, like conversations, are not infallible. Kinda covers their butts: if he says it's 3 pm somewhere when…
So, to make sure I'm clear on this and to provide answers for anyone who comes looking through here:- In the Oriental Orthodox rite (OO), the Patriarch is the "First among Equals"- he has no more or less power or authority than any other bishop. He …
@Ophadece regarding Thai Te Tinou Ete, I realized that we use the correct word in a very popular hymn- Pioik! "piManna en-o-ee-ton." So the correct form should be: Thai te tinou-ee-ton.
Correct me if I'm wrong.
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@bashandy your explanation is very…
We are always either getting closer or farther from God- we are never just "standing still." Therefore, always be striving to carry your cross, because you don't know whether you've carried it or not. And because of my first sentence, the second yo…
Why do we have so many hymns with weird mistakes that we brush under the carpet for the sake of routine?? We do the same thing with O Kyrios (a misnomer for Agios Yistin) which makes 0 sense as most people know it.
Speaking of that, I know a church…
@Remnkemi The 3rd is pretty normal to me:
A- past tensepetqelqolf- the Slaughtered One
nau erof- to be seen by you in past tense, ie, was seen by you
sop nemwten- is in your midst / is with youasf hijen pi`ctauroc- was crucified upon the cross
The w…