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Does anyone know where I could find a Coptic text of the Fraction that SilentOne posted? Unless it was originally written in Arabic which probably means there is no Coptic text... I heard it in the mass for the first time today, its so eloquent! PFM
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Wow minagir thank you very much! That's really interesting! And it pretty much answers my question too. PFM
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[coptic]Mare `V] swp nemak qen `ptyrf `nte nekjin`iri hiten ni]ho `nte ]:eotokoc e;ouab ]agia Maria ouoh nye;ouab tyrou[/coptic] May God be with you in all you do, through the intercessions of the Holy Theotokos St. Mary and all the saints [coptic…
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Yes, that worked excellently. So to anyone who wishes I now have the COERL Coptic lessons and a couple of other lesson sets in available in PDF form. Thanks Father :) PFM
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Ahh clever! I'll give that a try :)
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Sorry the COERL lessons are broken up into 30 separate PDFs, so I can't practically send each one by email. I do have another set of lessons though if you (or anyone else) is interested. PS: If anyone knows a way to join PDFs together into one fil…
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There's this set of Coptic lessons that comes with the Coptic Orthodox e-Reference Library (COERL). I can email them to you if you'd like. They won't teach you EVERYTHING but it'll give you the basics. Just PM me your email address if you want me to…
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[coptic]aha ovadece qen oume;myi pe. ]rem`n,ymi pe ]acpi `nte nirem`n
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Well Greek was the language that everybody spoke way back when the liturgy was written, a lot like English is today. All the scholars and officials spoke Greek as well as their native language. The Greek we have in the liturgy is mostly there becau…
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Is this the one? [coptic]Cta;yte meta vobou ;eou akocwmen tou agiw euaggeliou[/coptic] Stathite meta phovo theo akosomen tou agio evangellio It means "Stand up in the fear of God and listen to the Holy Gospel", but its Greek, not Coptic. PFM
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Well yeah, its what I used to teach myself and I found it very effective. If you're an independent learner it'll be perfect you, even if you're not it is very easy to read and makes all the concepts very simple. If nothing else its an excellent refe…
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You really should buy this book: http://www.learncoptic.com/ Its what taught me Coptic. Very easy to read, very effective way to learn. PFM
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Thanks Godislove260 and mikeforjesus, I found your words very comforting :) Btw that's a fantastic quote Theophilus!
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But what about the sins that become habitual? Those are my biggest struggle spiritually, its so hard to sincerely repent for a sin after you've done it so many times. I worry that I've lost my salvation because when I come to say "Lord, I'm sorry fo…
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It's good to know that I'm not the only one who goes through this. But don't worry as long as yyou at least feel compelled to repent, even I you're not succeeding at it, you're still on the right track. I know exactly what you mean because I'm going…