@Amoni
I actually agree with everything you've written.
But I wonder whether you actually believe this: "priesthood, for example, is a male role, and should never be otherwise"?I don't expect you to admit this publically since it would undermine you…
I feel the rank of priesthood being degraded when one priest assumes the role of a tv presenter!
Yeah, just like the rank of apostle/bishop was degraded when one apostle assumes the role of a tent maker!
I know this is an old thread, but I just wanted to clarify something discussed earlier.
Just because male chanters are granted the concession to do the tasks of the deacon (eg serve in the altar), does not mean that female chanters should be grante…
The first episode was very controversial for its ecclesiological statements.
Was that the one where HH used the 'seb7a' analogy in relation to heterodox churches and affirmed a Roman Catholic understanding of the papacy?
is everything wrong nowadays?
@Amdah, I hope you're only referring to ophadece's post, not minasoliman's.
That being said I don't necessarily disagree with @ophadece, although at this stage I don't feel he has justified his position sufficiently.
Attend Church, the Vespers, and the Exaltation of the Saints on October 31st. Create plays and skits for the great saints St. Mary, St. Roewis, and St. Luke. The Mother of God, the poor layman who sold salt, and the Gospel writer's life can teach us…
If one knows the Lord Jesus Christ before death, their spirit will be with the Lord. St Paul tells us that to be absent from the body is to be at home with the Lord Christ. If one is an unbeliever at death, the scripture says there is no second chan…
My Dear Brethren,The peace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with you all.As October 31st draws near, I want to make all uninformed Christians in our Diocese aware of certain traditions celebrated in the United States on this day. The "Halloween" celebrat…
@coptic_deacon
St Habib Girgis was most certainly a papal candidate (although he only received 1 vote or something).
I read this in one of the articles circulated at the time of the diocesan bishops controversy prior to the latest papal election. I…
"All these views are the church's since we, as believers, make up the body of the church and belong to her."
I disagree. There have undoubtedly been many adherents to heresy that have died without being excommunicated from the church. Can a heretic…
Why are people not equally outraged when male children chant the Psalms or read the Gospel? They're just as 'unqualified' as these female chanters.
Easy answer. Because one of the motives of females reading the psalm (which could be considered tanta…
Lectors (Readers) are tonsured, not ordained.
I know they are tonsured, but does that necessarily mean they're not ordained?
In any case, how is that relevant to my previous post?
Still think it's important to differentiate between Chanters, Readers and Deacons. So women Chanters and Readers might be one day be possible (similar to the other Orthodox Churches). Perhaps one day there will just be a mixed choir and the Deacon R…
Oh, Ioannes, a priest in my church saw me walking around with a Copy of the Synodial decisions that I found in my church library and looked at me like a dear in headlights.
Is this available in English?
Excellent post @Zoxasi.
I believe in choice. I believe that a Christian should have the choice to decide which church he wants to go to, and how he wishes to worship. If he/she goes to an Orthodox Church to chose Orthodox style of worshiping God the…
Donatism was mainly a Western heresy that did not believe in confession and repentance after baptism. So I wonder where is the Donatism thing coming from in you?
I thought Donatism was that sacraments are not valid if performed by unworthy priest…
I spoke to a bishop who told me that there's no such thing as a protestant/orthodox/catholic hymn. Either its orthodox/correct in the hymn's theology or its not.
That makes 'Allahu Akbar' OK too! And maybe even some Mormon/Jehovah's witness hymns.
Better life concerts coming to some of the church meetings and other events
Oujai
Exactly what I mean ophadece! The Synod didn't necessarily ban 'Orthodox' choirs singing Protestant songs.
But we're a hierarchical Church. If the Synod proclaims something, we're supposed to abide by it, not just ignore it.
It was probably proclaimed on the informal understanding that it would not be completely enforced.
That being said, there could …
Amen. I'm wondering why the Holy Synod's decrees aren't being widely disseminated or enforced in the West?
They probably aren't enforced in Egypt either. Probably because liberals will never accept it. But, if compliance in Egypt is indeed higher…
Have any of the monasteries been affected by this trend at all? In any shape or form, whatsoever???div>
Ousia
I think they have been affected. Remember bishops are chosen exclusively from the monks, so if the latter were fine there would be no i…
Why should we be surprised it is happening in English? It is just 50 years behind Arabic.
Not quite 50 ;)
(I'm channeling a certain unnamed poster here)
I highly recommend these books:
http://www.orthodoxbookstore.org/melodies.aspxhttp://www.orthodoxbookstore.org/serviceofthedeacons.aspx
The first one more so than the second one. Infiltrate this into your parish and to make things even more fruitfu…
This wave of popularisation of faith has caused our bookshops to be filled with random crap like C.S. Lewis and those like him. I think C.S. Lewis can be useful but ONLY for apologetics and ONLY as a supplementary source to the great early church w…
Abouna Athanasius el Maqari has written several volumes on this topic. It is only available in Arabic, and while I have not read it, I am told it is a scholarly work which identifies areas where the Coptic rite has been changed/'corrupted' in recen…
Id like to do more research into the concept of non-corruptability as regard possible natural explanations.
Agreed. HG Bishop Raphael mentions that if a body is buried directly in the hot desert sands (i.e. without a coffin around it), the sand c…