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you're welcome :D
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http://www.copticnet.com/Liturgies Fr. Astafnous Rizk.htm in case you cannot read Arabic, it is the first link. Cheers
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One priest told me that prayer is a dialogue. If we speak to God for 10 minutes (from both set prayers as well as our own), we need to stop talking at some point and let God answer us back. This priest suggests 10-15 minutes of pure silence in a com…
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[quote author=Zoxsasi link=topic=13359.msg156317#msg156317 date=1338731315] [quote author=Timothym link=topic=13359.msg156309#msg156309 date=1338680625] basically purgatory is a place where those going to heaven first go to become purified because t…
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[quote author=markmarcos link=topic=13359.msg156310#msg156310 date=1338690556] so we as Coptic people do or do not believe it? [/quote] actually there are some Coptic people who believe in purgatory but they are known as Coptic Catholics :) But a…
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basically purgatory is a place where those going to heaven first go to become purified because the idea is that no matter how much you tried to live a pure life, repented, lived a holy life etc nobody is perfect. Having said that, anyone who has any…
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their 'tasbeha' is usually only done in the monasteries and is part of their service called orthros which is the morning prayer service of Matins. It's just a longer version of the one done in the churches and it usually has more psalms and extended…
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"Oh ok I understand. So they just have different rolls then the deacons. Got it but what’s different about deaconesses and servants that are women." The deaconesses are completely dedicated to serving God in their life. In fact, they are celibate w…
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deacons (whether fully ordained deacons or simply cantors and readers) and deaconesses are part of the church. Both have the same goal spiritually but their service is a bit different. Definitely, the deacon's role is more liturgical than the deacon…
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[quote author=Ioannes link=topic=13303.msg155517#msg155517 date=1337022929] Is this the least bit surprising? It is pretty much a Coptic Protestant Church out there. Disgusting behavior. [/quote] It doesn't have to be like that. It can still be ver…
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[quote author=sifaing link=topic=13201.msg154872#msg154872 date=1335140157] Timothy, I was just talking about what they originally used to do. The chorus is part of the congregation. The only reason you need to wear anything is to enter the sanctuar…
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3 minutes! wow...amazing
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[quote author=minatasgeel link=topic=13205.msg154849#msg154849 date=1335044987] [quote author=markmarcos link=topic=13205.msg154848#msg154848 date=1335044287] does anyone know where i can get the monks in the monestar in texas. i want to hear their …
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If you are not in the altar, then you don't wear anything, and remain outside of the sanctuary. I agree that those who are not serving are to remain outside the sanctuary but why wouldn't they wear a tonya? I was told that the complete opposite is …
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of course these are not physical crowns. In many instances when the early martyrs were killed, God would open the eyes of Christians and unbelievers alike for them to see a crown or crowns above the heads of the martyrs. 2 Timothy 4:8 says "Now ther…
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afaik, originally the deacons used to 'actually' serve people (physically) as in feeding, caring for people etc so they would often have a towel/handkercheif with them and eventually this evolved into a liturgical symbol of rank. Also, as others men…
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[quote author=mabsoota link=topic=13162.msg154635#msg154635 date=1334611990] we don't believe prayers allow for 'transfers'. but only God knows where the souls are in the first place. [/quote] true, and if anything, its not so much what OUR prayers…
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I was at a talk recently given by HG Bishop David who visited the cantors and readers of our church to educate us in the rites and he said that the current practice of clergy switching between liturgy to liturgy is a very incorrect practice, praxisa…
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The Roman Catholic Church's teaching is that after death, all the souls of people go to Purgatory in order for their souls to be 'purged' or cleansed from all sin. While holy baptism along with confessions and communion has done so while the person …
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Remenkimi, again, please understand I am not judging those who are weaving the palms. It's just very distracting! And again, I am not asking for heavy burdens which people can hardly carry to be placed upon people because I certainly would not like …
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[quote author=Remnkemi link=topic=13057.msg154198#msg154198 date=1333556237] Having served in the North East Coptic Clergy convention, I can tell you that Pope Shenouda has always instructed his priests to "have compassion on the people". In other w…
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a picture I found online..
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What also drove me crazy was not just the disrespect for the body/casket of HH but what about the altar?? 'deacons' in tonias were holding cameras all over the altar and before the beautiful gate (the main altar doorway). I wish the next patriarch c…
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As for the Greek Orthodox church of Greece, they switched to the Gregorian calendar (but keeping the Julian Easter...which is why we celebrate together always) in 1922AD. Then, in response to this change a very small group separated themselves from …
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Mabsoota, here is the link: http://www.biblesociety.org.lb/catalogue1/gna.htm IT should say in english 'apocrypha' in the description. The Van Dyke Arabic bibles I believe are Protestant-printed but the Jesuit bibles are Catholic so they include th…
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[quote author=mabsoota link=topic=13076.msg153604#msg153604 date=1332644141] in practice, people who read the Bible in arabic use the masoretic text for the old testament (no deuterocanonical books as it was translated into arabic by protestants, th…
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It seems to me that the argument against the Gregorian calendar from some posts here come from a supposition that it is not 'Orthodox' or traditional. But the fact is that the calendar is not only to help mark our feasts but also to be correct astro…
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When we fast (abstain) from all food and drink (as much as possible), it allows us to understand and feel the presence of Christ in the Eucharist. Imagine you are sitting and waiting for a very important guest to arrive and hes bringing with him a g…
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[quote author=lankyknight1990 link=topic=12913.msg152084#msg152084 date=1329463345] [quote author=Timothym link=topic=12913.msg152083#msg152083 date=1329460397] whats wrong with deification or theosis? Both terms mean becoming like God...and even wh…
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[quote author=lankyknight1990 link=topic=12897.msg152062#msg152062 date=1329432972] [quote author=Father Peter link=topic=12897.msg152055#msg152055 date=1329430531] Why will the Church crumble if people worship in English? That doesn't make any sens…