Hello Meena_Ameen,
Allow me to start by saying... God be with you. If you did not care to discover the truth, you would not have posted and this would not have been a bothersome topic for you, but it is important for you, and for that, may God bles…
Hello ophadece and minagir,
I will try to address the points that you made. I think the most important point is, indeed, the last one made by you, minagir, namely, that Christianity is a life and not a religion. Why do we rely so heavily on the Fat…
Hello minagir,
I respectfully disagree with the idea that most hymns were not written by clergy men or great scholars; to offer a few quick known examples, it is stipulated that Omonogenees (O Only Begotten) was most likely composed by St. Athanasi…
Hello everyone,
Forgive me, but I feel that is important to discuss some of the things pertaining to this song, and to songs in general that have come into the Coptic Orthodox Church. I realize that many of you will take offense to this, but it is …
I would like to start off by saying that it is not beneficial to discuss a topic such as God's Justice without having God included in the discussion; that is to say, a person will not be able to discuss something like this, which is so embedded in t…
Hello my brothers and sisters in Christ,
I hope this message finds you well. I think that it is important to understand a few things about this discussion before it continues any further...
On the issue of the date of the birth of Christ as it is…
Hello my dear brothers and sisters in Christ,
Perhaps we should take a step back and reflect on the larger picture for just a moment. It seems as though we have associated justice for vengeance in our lives, and want it to occur in such a fashion t…
Hello my brothers and sisters in Christ,
I hope that this message finds you well in the midst of our fast.
Allow me to humbly present to you the sayings of the Fathers of the Church, which will address the use of instruments as a whole as well as …
Welcome, Tzegemariam! I am glad that you have taken the initiative seek advice on the matter. As I have previously experienced something slightly different from this, I recognize the source to be the same, and hope that, by speaking a bit on the mat…
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you know what ur saying is true but then when you stand infront of those people who are accusing the God you love then you feel weak like how i do and want to fight back and…
"Where there is much talk there will be no end to sin, but he who keeps his mouth shut does wisely." Proverbs 10:19
Perhaps we should focus less on how to convince others who are hard set on their mentality of the Truth by words and rather pray for…
Hello christ_rose,
I think there are several ways in which your questions may be answered, but I think that we should refocus some of them. Allow me to address this first and then return to answer one of your questions.
Christ indeed did die for o…
salphone,
The quote that you have used is a very appropriate one. I suppose (and forgive me if my assumption is incorrect) that if someone from your church were to see that you began to gravitate towards the Orthodox faith and thereby leave behind …
Hello salphone,
Firstly, I'd like to welcome you to the forums. I see that you truly have a respect for both the Church as well as the institution of marriage, as is evidenced both by your action in seeking counsel in these forums as well as the th…
Hello my brothers and sisters in Christ,
Please have a look at the following topic, which was started recently concerning the same issue:
http://tasbeha.org/content/community/index.php?topic=8290.msg105740#msg105740
Pray for my weakness,
childofo…
The quotes were directly taken from an article that I had found concerning the topic. Confirming the quotes should not present as too much of a challenge; I personally recall having come across the writings found in the Life of St. Antony as well as…
Allow me to preface this by saying that, in discussing this in the past, I have noticed that several people naturally tend towards not wanting to accept this as it is not something that most of us have learned about since we were children. Having sa…
Forgive me, my beloved brothers and sisters in Christ, but I think that it is time to clear up a common misconception that has been propagated for some time concerning the idea of being "unclean" as it is properly understood in terms of a woman's me…
We should view the "change" in terms of it being a Mystery. As such, it is not clearly defined with delineating lines what is and what is not. Is it possible that the whole of the Body and Blood is absorbed in the gastrointestinal tract to be incorp…
Hello my brothers and sisters in Christ,
I hope that you are all well. I felt the need to interject into this discussion on a point that came up in mabsoota's post, namely that the Orthodox Church does not believe in transubstantiation. This is not…
Hi geomike,
God bless you and be with us all, my brother in Christ. I will be honest with you; I think that, in overcoming any sin of habit, there must be a few things that we as sinners have to realize. Firstly, it is often most difficult to step …
NorthStar,
You are right; I was addressing the fallacy of us as humans forgiving Satan simply because the topic arose amidst the initial discussion.
For the original post, perhaps we should view the topic in the way that we view our own lives in t…