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Thank you Fr Peter for your contibution to this debate and to the various other posters. In general when protestantism began in Europe one of its main demands was to have worship in the vernacular as opposed to latin then understood only by scholar…
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' Now I beg you, brethren, through the Lord Jesus Christ, and through the love of the Spirit, that you strive together with me in prayers to God for me...' (Rom 15.30) Bless Father Peter The whole business of intercessory prayers is a difficult on…
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In the Russian Orthodox Church we comemorate the living and the dead during the liturgy by sending up a list of names to the altar BUT ONLY ORTHODOX NAMES. Or,more accurately, only those in communion with the Russian Orthodox church (that would incl…
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I hope soon to visit St Bede's tomb in Durham Cathedral (England). He is sometimes considered to be one one the Fathers. He is commenting on Psalm 4 v.6 ....because a human being lost this radiance of the divine countenance by sinning, it pleased G…
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Much appreciated thanks for [u]worthwhile[u] advice
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As someone who changed from the 'flat-handed' RC sign to the 'two fingers and thumb together, two fingers back,right shoulder then left' I researched the reasons for the differences. The Catholic encyclopaedia says that the RCs used to do it this w…
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Before we get into discussing the Augustinian view of grace may I just thank Fr Peter for his clear account as to how Orthodoxy differs from Roman Catholicism. I have spent many years in and out of the RCC. The clarity of Orthodox teaching was a jo…
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I think I've mentioned before, I was christened in an Anglican church as a baby by sprinkling; then 'conditionally rebaptised' as a Roman Catholic when aged 16 (th water had to flow on my forehead) and lastly by total immersion as an Orthodox christ…
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When and where is the funeral?
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No, I was asking about individual preparation. If what Mabsoota said is general then it seems a bit less formal (or should I say stylised) than in either the Greek or the Russian church
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OK. So HOW LONG either side of Holy Communion do I abstain? No priest or priest monk in my church seems to know exactly. I have been told from Friday night to ?? or even nearer the time. In Christ
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Christ is Risen! I would say that Bishop Youssef is a pretty good authority. If not a bishop then who? However, I am bothered by what he says for reasons I can't go into in public. In general I feel that, within reason and with mutual respect, all …
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This question could be asked not only of Arabs but of Greeks, Russians, Ethiopians etc etc. The Orthodox church in England became compromised over one thousand years ago so we are always part of a forlorn minority in someone else's church.
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Whilst I await your reading of The Titles of Christ can you recommend The Orthodox Study Bible as a companion for ou journey (I guess your evangelical friend would have read the KJV) or have you discovered something better? Sincerely in Jesus
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Father Peter Bless Christ is Risen Going off the track here, we seem to be talking about Fr Matta. I've just read (twice) The Titles of Christ. How did you find it? He says things that seem original from an Orthodox perspective but not from an Ev…
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Thanks for that Mabsoota idea and God bless you
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Can I share something with you all. My wife gets very distressed during fasting periods. She feels I am not part of the family. Many meaty meals cannot easily be adapted to vegetarian ones as I have requested, so I prepare them separately sometimes.…
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It is saddening to hear about all this and even more saddening to hear about 'phyletism' among the Copts whom I had heard so many good things about. Recently I attended some talks given by Fr Tadros Malaty in London. He was clear that there should b…
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Although I'm not a Copt I love to use the Agpeya sometimes. Please ilet me have your opinions about which is the best English version. I have one that is NKJ but I believe there are other versions out there. Please let me know asap ps I use it fo…
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One important consideration and a reason why we cannot as Christians accept the full implications of Darwinianism, that is Divine Providence. Divine Providence implies that God is cares for us individually, not just as species. God cares for sparrow…
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I must agree with you all. However lets not just cheerily say 'I don't believe in evolution' when Darwin's theory is all pervasive and cannot just be dismissed without reasons. I think St Peter tells us to give reasons for the faith we hold. I think…
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I think the question is naively put. If we deny the inerrancy of the creation account we may feel free to question anything in scripture like Our Lord's miracles and Resurrection. However we have a problem in this anniversary year of Darwin's birt…
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But you could encourage your children to pray to St Nicholas and understand about him. He is a very important saint in the Greek and Russian churches. In my (Russian) church in London the largest icon of any saint is of St Nicholas. And it's very be…
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It's not a matter of whether the Church will survive or not but will we personally be called to account for the lack of effort we made to bring people to our faith. One way is to lead a Godly life. I fail to impress others on this score. Meanwhile …
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If our loved ones die without Christ, and in many cases we don't know whether they have or haven't, it's dreadful to imagine them cut off for all eternity. Yes, it's their decision but you have a fairly good chance of going from cradle to grave with…
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Hello there. I'd like to know where I can find a Coptic lectionary. I have the EO one at the back of the Orthodox Study people. Where is the one peculiar to you. In Christ
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Hi, well the limbless man's ingratitude endangered his salvation. Evlogios had set himself a high task only to be tempted to give up when it became really difficult. Most of us don't have such a calling
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I've just read a wonderful story from the Evergetinos. A man,Evlogios, sells all he has and undertakes to look after a man with no limbs until he dies. After fifteen years the limbless man becomes dissatisfied much to the bewilderment of his carer. …