i understand what your saying minagir, but i still think it is wrong to talk about things like "theres a concert next sunday at 5:00pm and a fundraiser on saturday"... While the body and blood of christ is present.. I mean, i remember my dad was tel…
I dont want to disrespect the priest as Pope Kyrollos said, but even worse is i dont want Jesus to be disrespected like that.. I mean for the Lord to give us his own BODY and BLOOD and for us to treat it like its just not THAT great is the most disr…
thank you everyone for your opinions, and i do agree with you guys about the rites of the church... All i know is that it is my responsibility as a deacon to make sure the really young ones arent messing around, I know abouna always looks at me when…
No one on this website, or in the entire world has the authority to even speak the words of "whos going to heaven and who is not". The Only person who can say such things is he who created heaven and earth, ofcourse our Lord Jesus Christ.
But to g…
This shouldnt be a huge discussion... Purgatory simply does not exist for the 2 simple reasons...
1) Everything we ever learned from the apostes and saints we have kept GLADLY... And when the roman catholics began adding things to the faith we rema…
Were not here to judge anyones beleifs. But as Orthodox Christians no matter how convincing a new doctrine may be, we stick with what the apostles have giving us from the begining, and not what was added later because it made some sense. And by stic…
yeah i know, its jsut that i dont know HOW to contruct them myself. like i know for example for Saint abanoub we say "kirie abanoub pi agios" but i dont know how to say it for like st rivga, or other saints. and I dont know where to get them or how …
yeah i know you dont necesarrily HAVE to, but i just really want to know them because we almost always say all the saints... or wel fit all the like 3 martyrs in one verse and i want to know hwo to do that too.. if i could just get the lyrics in cop…
ohhhh sorry, actually Tishori was right... the hymn you sent me was the one i was looking for. I was jsut confused by how ibraham ayad started off.. .Thanx alot everyone for you help.. God Bless
lol, sorry but it wasnt either of the two hymns.. Im sorry i dont know the exact name of it.. but i know it starts off as.... Kirie leyson, A piekrestos penooti... if anyone knows which song im talking about please send it, thanx..
God Bless
the apocrypha also known as the deuterocanonical books where books removed by the protestant church and the Jews, they are books from the old testament. Many say that Martin Luther removed those books which were already accepted by the church as div…
it sure does clay... I think the only problem is that none of these protestants are actually willing to sit down and study the history of not only our church (the Orthodox church) but their OWN church, and how it came into being. How Martin luther g…
You guys are giving some really good answers, especially the one on how we cant all be saint because saints do not go to hell. And i think that what severus meant to say that to be a saint is to be very highly spiritual, and for protestants to claim…
thats the only answer i was looking for, thank you severus... like i said before i wasnt trying to put down our church.. i was trying to see if there was any biblical references concerning how exactly the confession was practiced in the early church…
safaa, r u seriouse? You think im trying to plan seeds of doubt on tasbeha? I have honestly never been more offended about anything in my entire life. One of my close friends who is coptic has left the church and went to the protestant church. Every…
wait i jsut thot of something... if when we confess our sins are transfered to the body of christ (the bread) than isnt it already forgiven because its christs body and he has already died for our sins?
Thank you so much safaa,... and you know what??, your right, it WAS a protestant who asked me why cant we just confess to our friends or parents. Thank you everyone for your answers, this is really helpful. BUt Safaa.. i have 1 more question, I full…
ive actaully never heard that before... when you said wen we confess our sins are transferred to christ.
So wait a minute, when our sins are transferred to christ they are forgiven? Or they remain but remain in christ until we unite with him in hol…
ohh ic, thank you so much minagir... but have one more question.. you said that if someone is baptised by full immersion in water than they wud not need to be baptised again jsut annoited with myron... but, how do we know that the baptism they recie…
Thats really good to hear. I cant believe im just finding out about this now this is really interesting. Thanx everyone for your reply's. But jsut one more question. When i read about Myron on this website it said that it contained the spices that t…
it was st george church in Toronto Canada. Im not sure if it was a kiahk hymn, although it could be... All i know it we dont sing it a lot but whenever i hear it i luv it.
Dont be afraid, and most of all, dont think God hates you... God loves you unconditionally. Meaning, he doesnt love you because you do good deeds, or love you any less if you do bad deeds. You seem to love God very much, and seem to be really upset …
Thank all of you for everything.. I will continue to pray, everytime i do i thank God for this punishment, because it has opened our eyes and let us see clearly where we stand. We were far from God and didnt even know it. Just showering ourselves wi…
you see, i was thinking that, but i think its deeper than that. Why would he not drink or eat the body and blood while on earth. But at the end of the world when we are in heaven drink it than. Because at the end of the world are we still gonna be d…
so than.. what did Jesus mean when he said "But I say unto you, I will not drink henceforth of this fruit of the vine, until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father's kingdom"
Does any one have any explanation for this verse its really …