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Luckyluke, It is perfectly understandable that you have your preferences. I do not blame you for that. If you don't mind mentioning, which country are you from?
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Do you to exclusively marry only within your ethnicity? Or are you open to marry interracially? There might be an exception to this rule if you found someone in the Eastern Orthodox Church. We tend to have good marriage agreements with EOs. If yo…
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Dear DLangley, Glad to hear you're able to find a nearby OO Church. for the most part we Copts are very accommodating, but give the priest a call ahead of time so that he feels somewhat prepared for your needs or at least might have someone there …
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It's supposed to be chanted on Great Thursday, but it almost never is, and thus becomes a "rare" hymn. The Eastern Orthodox Church chant this hymn every liturgy right before the priest asks the congregation to approach the body and blood of Christ.
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I just realized I misspelled it...if it makes it easier for further searching, i don't mind if you change the title of the thread to "To Dipno So To"
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Nice! Thank you! If you find more recordings please do share!
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Graeco-Bohairic I think
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+1
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I would argue that while there are a lot of political reasons for division, these political issues are not separate from the doctrinal. So papal infallibility for instance while it may be traced for political reasons, it has not become an unquestio…
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Dear @kaamya, Do you realize you are in an Orthodox Christian forum site? Your questions sound like it is related to Hinduism. Am I correct?
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The point of Matthew 3:16 is more theological than anything. It echoes the story of Noah and the flood. Christ came reconciling all of creation in His baptism with the Father, and the Holy Spirit, not just a mere dove, comes and not merely inspire…
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Does anyone know a good place to buy PRINTED English Katamerous?
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The icons on the walls of one of the churches in St. Anthony's monastery in the Red Sea has some interesting figures. I can't find a high resolution picture of it, but I think if I'm not mistaken that these are some of the anti-Chalcedonian fathers…
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I think the division into major and minor feasts is just a convenient way of organizing. If we truly had 7 "major" feasts, we wouldn't even be fasting during some of them. There are no consistency in the canons of some of these feasts. If you loo…
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Uuuuuuuuuh....there are examples if interesting miraculous events that just seem absurd. So, I'm not really sure if I can call this absurd or not. The only thing I would mention is does the miracle mean something profoundly spiritual in your life.…
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Interesting...thanks for the old thread!
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According to the SUS copts calendar site, it says it will not be celebrated this year: https://suscopts.org/coptic-orthodox/fasts-and-feasts/ I personally don't know why. I think that's such an important major feast to ignore.
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Even homosexuals will admit to making restrictions to "love is love". Is love love when a 16-year-old loves a 30-year-old? Is love love when siblings engage in marital relations consensually? Is love love when you can love more than one person in…
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I recommend reading "Orthodox and Heterodoxy" by Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick:https://www.amazon.com/Orthodoxy-Heterodoxy-Exploring-Systems-Christian-ebook/dp/B006EC8L0Y/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= And if you are stuck on time…
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Does Hades prevail over each one of us in our sins? Not if we immediately realize our need to repent. Repentance is a very important process. St. Peter even after confessing the faith of Christ, sinned, but repented from His sin. Hades only prev…
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Ya habibi, may God preserve your life and keep it strong a thousand times better than mine, and to continue to give you success in your work and your family. I graduated from medical school two years ago, and I have yet to get into residency, and I…
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Basem, You have a lot more to learn yourself. There is always a venue to discuss issues of faith without receiving condemnation. But what you did was not discussing issues of faith. You came barging in an accusatory fashion. If you fail to see t…
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You know why? Because you came off as condemning. That wasn't a discussion. You also accused me of "failing" to see certain things. You didn't come here discussing questions of faith. You came condemning. You reap what you sow Basem. Thank yo…
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Okay Bassem, You seem to be tortured by certain details of history. So let me share with you my perspective. First of all, you are prideful when you say "you worked out all the difficult intellectual issues of faith...and reached answers that satis…
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Something that needs to be considered is this. Yes, pray for all, love all. Be sad at the divisions among Christians. But also remember Christ's words to Peter: "Blessed are you Simon bar Jonah, for flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, …
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So this is a good website of the Church fathers: http://www.ccel.org/fathers.html The only problem with this is that the English in some of these translations can be a bit old. My recommendation is to consider the St. Vladimir's collection of Churc…
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Finally found an article I was looking for. While you think about the questions I ask you, also consider this failed experiment of Christian unity, as witnessed by Fr. Peter Farrington, a convert from Protestantism into the Orthodox Church: http://…
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Let me ask you a very simple question: Does the Orthodox Church suffer from or officially teach heresy?
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If it was up to me, I would make open communion with the Eastern Orthodox, but I cannot in good conscience say the same for Roman Catholics. While I have an immense respect for their Apostolic tradition, the fact that their dogma and doctrines incl…