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• [quote author=socoolbishoy link=board=1;threadid=3501;start=30#msg50808 date=1143137085] if God wants me, he'll respond... [/quote] 11And the Pharisees came forth, and began to question with him, seeking of him a sign from heaven, tempting him. 12A…

  in "God, God, Where art thou?" Comment by a_deacon March 2006
• And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years. Genesis 6:3

  in Are the ages accurate? Comment by a_deacon March 2006
• sorry this is very late but: 1The hopes of a man void of understanding are vain and false: and dreams lift up fools. 2 Whoso regardeth dreams is like him that catcheth at a shadow, and followeth after the wind. 3 The vision of dreams is the resembla…

  in Dreams Comment by a_deacon March 2006
• basketball players are respected for being good players and people wear their jerseys because of their ability, not because they're evil. who said they do evil things anyways? almost nobody does or ecourages evil things or people just because it's e…

  in more problems Comment by a_deacon January 2006
• there is no symbol, it is just the old "time"

  in alitttle help! Comment by a_deacon January 2006
• Fr. zacharia was not excommunicated. as always pope shenouda is carefull in doing something like that and is giving him a lot of time. he is an old man (around 70 i believe). Fr. zacharia however does not pray in our churches. he lives in the U.S.A.…

  in Controversy of Fr. Zakaria's ministry Comment by a_deacon January 2006
• it shouldn't take you that long to pray from the agpeya, even it takes you a long time to get into the "mood". you don't need to do that, keep praying even if you're not in "the mood", you will still benefit. If you can't concentrate, then thats ano…

  in Is it a sin not to pray even a little from each hour of the agbeya? Comment by a_deacon January 2006
• Prime: 6:00 A.M. Terce: 9:00 A.M. Sext: 12:00 P.M. (noon) None: 3:00 P.M. Vespers: 5:00 P.M. Compline: 6:00 P.M. Midnight: 12:00 A.M. Just add 6 hours to whatever hour it is in the agpeya

  in Is it a sin not to pray even a little from each hour of the agbeya? Comment by a_deacon January 2006
• Easter is the first sunday, after the full moon, after april 4th. (we do not base on the real moon, we calculate it)

  in How Come? Comment by a_deacon January 2006
• can you please answer therally? what does that mean? (therally) ???

  in How Come? Comment by a_deacon January 2006
• briefly The easter date is calculated by determining the first sunday after the first ecclesiastic Full Moon after march 22 on the julian calendar. (simply 16 Baramhat) [right](The julian calendar is the old calendar, it will fall on april 4th on…

  in How Come? Comment by a_deacon January 2006
• i don't understand what makes you think it might be bad to play this game and we shouldnt i got 166.something

  in Here's a fun game to play for the New Year. Comment by a_deacon January 2006
• this is the answer i found makes the most sence: those "2nd degree" fasts were established later than those "1st degree". (so its not about what is "holier") when they proclaimed them they allowed people who are ill or cannot fast without fish to …

  in why? Comment by a_deacon January 2006
• The church also determines periods of fast, which are unique, and it divides them into 2 categories: 1st category -Wednesday (day of betrayal) and Friday (day of crucifixion) of every week -The holy lent 55 days -The 3 days of Jonah the prophet or …

  in why? Comment by a_deacon December 2005
• No longer drink only water, but use a little wine for your stomach’s sake and your frequent infirmities.

  in alcohol consumption Comment by a_deacon December 2005
• wednesdays and fridays are the day jesus was betrayed and the day he died on the cross. During those days we are suposed to fast at the same level as the fast of the great lent. the fact that Fish is alowed during the advent is related somehow to je…

  in why? Comment by a_deacon December 2005
• Jesus is the bridegroom he will not leave us alone like orphans, who's parents have died or left them, he will come back for us

  in Should we not fast at a wedding if we are friends of the bridegroom? and... Comment by a_deacon December 2005
• u can easily tell the difference. ask yourself "would I have the same feelings if they were the same gender as me?" the aswer is probaly no, so that means it is lust

  in What is emotional lust? Comment by a_deacon December 2005
• i agree, ive heard this before were they created holy, but given free will, just like human beings. They had a period of test, and so those who stayed holy remained in heaven and from the end of that period of test unto eternity, they cannot sin. Th…

  in The Nature of Angels Comment by a_deacon November 2005
• do you think anyone would of listened to him (her)?would they treat her the same way? would they beleive her and respect her? would she be crusified? Remember the role of woman at that time.

  in Why can't girls make orban? Comment by a_deacon November 2005
• st paul kinda aswered that in 1 Corinthians 12

  in Why can't girls make orban? Comment by a_deacon November 2005
• [quote author=AthanasiusTheApostolic link=board=10;threadid=2735;start=0#msg42273 date=1131542193] but the question was why? [/quote] why is a question that can go on forever: [center]why do go to school? to get an education why do we need and ed…

  in awkward question Comment by a_deacon November 2005