Dear dann,
May the Lord comfort you. Please tell Abouna now as otherwise it will be on your mind for ages, and you'll have to tell him sooner or later.If you feel too embarrassed, may I suggest writing it down and giving it to Abouna to read?
Have any of you seen this blog?
http://www.canadox.ca/
Canadox is one of the most thoughtful and researched Contemporary Coptic Orthodox blogs I've seen. Each post reads like a chapter in a book and the questions raised are so pressing (and relevan…
I will tell you what is not appropriate to sing during the Distribution: Truly Risen and Very Early Sunday Morning. Very Protestant (evangelical) hymns that have no Orthodox understanding of the Resurrection.
^Both those hymns are officially listed …
@mabsoota,
Of course you are correct that every church is a missionary church, in the words of His Grace Bishop Youseff, SUS. But these "missionary churches" (they do not call themselves missionary churches) are just churches without the cultural b…
An Orthodox Response to the Roman Catholic Decree on Ecumenism by Fr Lawrence Farley…Anyway, papal primacy as currently expressed is the first obstacle to Catholic-Orthodox reunion, and one issue to resolved.A second is scarcely less important—that …
AVISION FOR THE NEXT FIFTY YEARS:I believe that the ultimate goal for each city or town that has sufficient Copts is to have one or more of the following two types of churches:1. A church for new immigrants whose language is mainly Arabic and whose …
So, none of these models was really a real solution and that led to a reaction in the opposite direction; the appearance of the so called “Missionary church” When the first such church started in Toronto, one of my converts from Protestantism asked …
“A Vision for the Next Fifty Years” by Fr Athanasius IskanderHis holiness Pope Tawadros II celebrated with us the 50th anniversary of the Coptic Church outside Egypt during his historical visit to Canada last year. His Holiness has called for a meet…
It is no surprise that Maximus' Christology was inextricably linked with both his understanding of the Liturgy and private prayer.
Where can I read more on this?
@Zoxasi
You're thinking about it way too legalistically. Prayers don't work like magic, and they're not something we do to simply tick of our list once and that's it. Prayer is about an ongoing communion with God.
By your logic, we should never pr…
No comment whatsoever
LOL
for the day that the American church authority stamps out any other British, Australian, south African, or broken English accents to the American composed Christian songs?
Waiting for the day the Church stamps out the 'Chr…
Having the prayer of the dead being prayed on you, every year, isn't a sacrament.
It is a sacrament. The whole life of an Orthodox Christian is sacramental. Read Fr Alexander Schmemann's 'For the Life of the World'.
alleluia Je efmevi // ei-e-eeteeshori // taishori // entho te tishorypimayroumi // oo-nishtithe gospel response and the praxis response and psalm one 150 response.
I still have no idea what you are trying to say.
As far as I'm aware, Sayedna Anba Angaelos mentioned that the talks are going well between us (and the EO). How can that be, yet their priests are doing this??
All ecumenical talks are in a perpetual state of "going well"
hmmmmm. it's more of a mix.so whenever there are hymns that are of "equal" (example: the hymn of the Virgin is tishori, taishori and intho te tishori), the weekend one is said.
What do you mean Mina?
And is CopticReader correct?
If we believe, OBVIOUSLY, that Christ is God and is Divine, and yet He died on the cross, then OBVIOUSLY we are not Monophysite.
No that's a faulty argument. The monophysites believed God died on the cross.
@Girgisantony
While that particular comment has some limited justification from the patristic tradition, I must say that I agree that Copts should not be quoting Francis, he seems to be leading the Catholic Church down a path of liberalism. It see…
@Purity2
Satan's mistake is that he tried to be like God by his own efforts, apart from God.
Similarly, those who deny theosis, try to become like God, without actually becoming god, ie they have separated the Godhead from an individual's spiritua…
@mnc_hnn
"(notice I say "christian" not specifically coptic)"
I would rather you rephrased this in a way that uses the word 'Orthodox'. That way we can discuss what you really mean. 'Coptic', as I'm sure you know, is a culture not a religion.
It might be that we're already seeing how the anti-theosis "ritualized ways" are being put into practice with the increasing popularity of Christian Contemporary Music, small groups, quiet time, megachurch projects, activity focused programs, and pi…
I agree he should educate himself about our beliefs and the rationale behind them more.
However, I do admire his zeal to evangelise us. That is the natural and proper reaction if he believes that his faith is true, and thus ours is false. I wish m…
Now there is talk that HH Pope Shenouda changed his views towards the end of his life, but until then, we still have many who use his older writings to teach something that does not seem to be consonant with the Church fathers.
Who is claiming this…