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  • [quote author=Sheba link=topic=8360.msg106527#msg106527 date=1253899898] Hi Jibrahim. Nice to meet you. Yes, Christians have long being prosecuted (ofcourse in some cases prosecution has also been done in the name of Christianity) I was just asking…
  • Hi Sheba, Welcome to the forum! I do not think Christians in Ethiopia have any problems. As far as i know, hasn't Ethiopia always been a christian country? Of course, some extrimists can make trouble every now and then. They are all over the world…
  • [quote author=minagir link=topic=8332.msg106289#msg106289 date=1252980434] why not?! [[/quote] Our names are not uniquely Egyptian.We have too many western sounding names like nancy, monica, george,andrew etc. Why not call George; Gergis or steve-I…
  • Sometimes I remember this saying when the going gets tough and feel much much better. Also from St Augustine, "God grant us the serenity to accept the things we cannot change,courage to change the things we can, and wisdom to know the difference" …
  • Agapy! Why do we have diverse names? does anyone know?
  • Great clips! Thanks for sharing. The programme of the series can be found here; http://www.bbc.co.uk/80faiths/ .Those who reside in Britain and Europe may watch video clips.
  • Agapy everyone, Thank you all for your views.I found the following curios explanation in wikipedia. "Today, Western Christians and the Oriental Orthodox touch the left shoulder before the right. Orthodox Christians use the right-to-left movement.…
  • [quote author=St teklehaymanot link=topic=8071.msg103724#msg103724 date=1243958036] OK here's the story. I was born to two (eritrean)orthodox parents and have grown up in the orthodox church and faith BUT i was born in Saudi Arabia (i moved to engl…
  • [quote author=minagir link=topic=7962.msg102789#msg102789 date=1241826011] it's actually abouna Abdel-maseih el-habashy. the word "hapashi" refers to a person who is from el-habasha; an Ethiopian basically [/quote] Oh thanks,that is what I original…
  • [quote author=dumdum link=topic=7797.msg101509#msg101509 date=1238723662] I'm thinking about moving to arizona for college. I'm going to a school in tucson. I saw online that there is a church in that area but it only has mass once every 2 weeks. Is…
  • [quote author=minagir link=topic=7786.msg101512#msg101512 date=1238725499] They have their tradition, we have ours...our faith is the SAME. you can't tell me that "yeah..let's do what they do." i don't think that happends [/quote] nobody is asking…
  • dumdum, It is true,the devine liturgy is conducted only once every 2 weeks. We have no church,but do it at some one's place.The reason being,there are very few familes in the area.we are gratetful to have a priest who is willing to attend to our ne…
  • [quote author=QT_PA_2T link=topic=7786.msg101505#msg101505 date=1238720181] Hi Mozes, I'm all for fasting and repentance, but don't you think standing still in front of the Alter from Good Friday until the Resurrection is a tad bit extreme? Isn't …
  • [quote author=Lover of the father link=topic=7786.msg101439#msg101439 date=1238521207] Does anyone know about the particular rites of the Deacon that is supposed to stand before the altar and the burial from the night of Good Friday all the way to t…
  • [quote author=mabsoota link=topic=7779.msg101405#msg101405 date=1238449254] i agree with these responses, our main aim is to win others to Christ, not to be great at fasting. i also have to 'compromise' and not fast as much as i'd like because of ot…
    in Compromise Comment by Mozes March 2009
  • [quote author=peterfarrington link=topic=7652.msg100631#msg100631 date=1235986325] I think that there is some interesting linkage (which I haven't thought of before) in Cain's gifts of the fruits of the earth and our own offering of wheat and grape…
  • Thanks for your feedback.I believe it is humanely impossible to forgive someone who gravely wronged you  and I think it takes a miracle to forgive and forget. It must be a miracle and that is why we do not practice it as often as we should.
  • This same topic had also been discussed before and you may find it benefical. http://tasbeha.org/content/community/index.php?topic=6769.msg91270#new
  • I remember reading this same topic before.Check here: http://tasbeha.org/content/community/index.php?topic=6832.0
  • Christ-mas begins with Christ. No Christ,no Christ-mas
  • [quote author=deaconmark123 link=topic=7436.msg100329#msg100329 date=1234924942] So if you take communion unworthily what does that mean? judgment will be harder on you? Sorry for bothering you if I have please forgive me [coptic]mark[/coptic] …
  • I agree with bigee.He sees it from his standpoint,from a viewpoint of someone who boldly and courageously converted to christianity.Let us put ourselves in his position, would anyone of us abandon his birth faith and convert to another one? We shoul…
  • Posted by: bentBABAyasooa` If he realy loves me and realy wants me he would do the impossible for me! And who knowns when we are married he might tell me "my parents we mosh my parents....." If he wants me and realy loves me he will move to Iraq f…
  • [quote author=Hezekiel link=topic=6835.msg91786#msg91786 date=1214601508] Mozes wrote: If you read the first verse of Genesis that explains about the shape of the earth and the universe, you can';t help but conclude that it was a direct revelation a…