@minasoliman totally agreed!
@Remnkemi the diocesan bishop prohibition may not be explicit enough that you can't find a sophistic argument against it, but it is clear that has been the implicit consensus of the church, grounded in the various synod…
You need to seek permission, only because you are not ordained a 'deacon' of that particular parish. The same would go for visiting any other Coptic church apart from your home church.
@Zoxasi:
Anba Angelos is a bishop in the UK, not the bishop (Pope) of Alexandria, so that is why he shouldn't be Egyptian.
The Catholic Church treats the papacy as an international position since the Pope of Rome, they believe, has jurisdiction ov…
You will have an American patriarch once America becomes an autocephalous church. Before then, it makes sense for the Patriarch of Alexandria, an Egyptian city, to be Egyptian.
@Tobit, why should the appointment of the Pope of Alexandria, in your i…
Before you do anything, discuss the issue with your confession father privately. He may give you more - and better - options.
I disagree with Zoxasi. Church is about a community, and it is not a good idea to go just for the liturgy and then leave…
I agree with you Andrew that ultimately this is what will (and should) happen, regardless of my own personal affinity to the Coptic Rite. But Westernisation must not in any way compromise Orthodoxy.
Side note: We should not change our date of Chris…
Yes, the book I'm talking about only has English and Coptic. I agree it's not sus deacons book. I think u r thinking of the right one (it is "published and distributed by St Antonius Coptic Orthodox Church, Hayward, CA")
Could u plz post the correc…
SUS Deacons book (I'm not 100% sure if that's what it's called, but it's the brown book with "COPTIC HYMNS" on the front)
Page 636
If that's not correct, what is the correct response?
Thanks
Does anyone have a recording of "Shere Mikhael pi nishti en arshi angelos: shere pi sal pis tees ente ti anastasis: ente Isos Piekhristos" (Praxis Response)?
I can't find it on this website!
Thanks.
Zoxasi,
We *are* actually talking to saints that passed away, but they are not dead, but truly alive and part of the Church. "I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. He is not the God of the dead, but the living".
Mina,
Thanks for ur post.
1. If you add arepresvevin after ethve fai, do you just add arepresvevin and then just finish or do you say jefesmaroot too?
2. In the praxis response, would you say Michael first (since he is the first archangel) or Gab…
I have one more question:
This coming Saturday is both Kiahk and Archangel Michaels feast. So what would the gospel response be? Obviously if you had to choose one or the other, Kiahk would supersede Archangel Michael, but is there a way of adding A…
Thanks christ_rose.
I have another question:
What is the gospel response for weekdays/Saturdays of Kiahk?
It isn't mentioned in the sus book. So is it just oniato? And if so, which tune?
Thanks.
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The words of God never fail. They are to the end of times.
Glory be to our God.
All I meant was that as a child, I thought I might tug on the corner of my spiritual Baba'…
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These idiotic leaders have not understood where terrorism is coming from.
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They have understood very well and that is the reason they continue to sup…
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I agree.
But AN is not advocating closed-mindedness; see this video: http://returntoorthodoxy.com/dawood-lame…
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Btw the following link is not working. I looked at the material in it a while a ago and I wish I can access it again.
http://www.arabwestreport.info/year-2012/week-12/…
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How do you feel about repentance without confession? From an Orthodox understanding, can a person's sin be forgiven if they are in a state of repentance, though they wi…