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Wow, that is very interesting! So does the order sing during the mass in tandem with the male deacons? Could you spell out in more detail the kind of function this order plays?
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I agree with dzheremi entirely. We live in democratic countries and this is how minorities make their voices heard in democracies. Ideally, the protests gain press coverage and put pressure on the relevant people to take action. Protests are basica…
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It is not perfect or divinely inspired and should be read with discernment ... keep in mind that it is not a single work, but a collection of texts and traditions of which the origins of many are unknown. Some of the entries are wise and beneficia…
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[quote author=Truthsetsfree link=topic=10456.msg127091#msg127091 date=1295093010] You make assumptions out of thin air: if Palestine was a a majority christian country, and they were the indigineous people (as the Copts are in Egypt) and they are th…
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It's important to distinguish between a dialect and a phonology. The dialect which our Church uses is Bohairic Coptic as opposed to the Akhmimic, Fayyumic, Sahidic and other dialects which are associated with particular regions of Egypt. The differe…
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Lol, yes - GB=Greco-Bohairic which is the pronunciation used by the Church today in all of our hymns - its a system which gives all Coptic letters the same sounds as Modern Greek. But many, including myself and ophadece agree that this pronunciation…
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Well going on the same principle used by Suscopts: The Northern United States of America would be: NiTosh ethotp enAmerika etsakhet (or etsakheet if you use GB) which literally would be 'The United States of America located in the North' since 'sa…
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It's interesting to note that there is in fact no prophecy which says 'He shall be called a Nazarene.' I read an article about this about a week ago where a scholar argued that the original Greek completely cancels the possibility that Matthew is qu…
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That's the one! Thanks :)
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I remember reading a Diocese website which called America: NiTosh etHotp (Ni,ws ethotp) - meaning literally, the 'joined provinces' or the 'United States'. With this translation, the entire name would be: NiTosh etHotp enAmerika I can't remember the…
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Well said Child of Orthodoxy! That is exactly what makes us Christians, and what makes me so proud to be one!
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Hey Zoxasi, check my post in the forum titled 'bombings planned in Australian Churches'. I'm pretty sure that's the link you're talking about - it was supposed to have been taken down but it seems to have gone back up again. Hope you can read Arabic…
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That's such an interesting question! The way I see it, there are two ways to approach it: 1) Animals aren't actually conscious (TITL's view). In this view, animals are only machines, and even though their screams are very emotionally affecting to u…
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I haven't read any of those sources but I've always assumed that our attribution of names and genders to angels and our images of them with two wings and human bodies was just symbolic. I mean, why should angels, supposedly existing before our unive…
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I don't think most people believe that the presence of Saint's bones after all these years is miraculous, and there's no reason to think it is. I'd be interested to see those links Father but I'm pretty sure that in the dry arid areas of the Middle …
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LOL it took me a while to figure out what CIA meant but if the first word is Cantor then I think I've got it :D [quote author=Pi Onkh link=topic=10167.msg124376#msg124376 date=1292243079] Thanks for the explanation Epchoice nai nan! Could you plz a…
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Unfortunately most of the Greek that we use in the mass has been absolutely butchered! Any Greek person listening to our masses would have a hard time keeping a straight face, we really need to reform our pronunciation ... Anyhow, [coptic]epi proce…
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Usually Amensty Intl. is all over reports like this, but funnily enough I haven't been able to find a single mention of Copts at all on their site. I'm thinking of writing to them since we definitely need more international attention given to the is…
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Hehe we've had some funny typos and mispronunciations of readings. My favourites: A kid reading the Gospel on Good Friday read 'Pontius Plate' instead of Pontius Pilate. In one of the Synaxarium readings (I can't remember which) the saint is 'over…
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Wow that's so nice TITL :) God bless you and all of the other members of this incredible site for making it such a beautiful place :)
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Politics. The evidence seems to suggest that he had his wife and son murdered. and also had a political opponent, Licinius, killed (although he may have been plotting against him). It is not our right or responsibility to judge him for his actions, …
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That's awesome Abanoub :D Congrats :) [quote author=John_S2000 link=topic=10004.msg122379#msg122379 date=1290040522] epchois_nai_nan, OK I understand what you meant, but it works better while quoting from the Bible to confirm events to confused or…
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[quote author=John_S2000 link=topic=10004.msg122328#msg122328 date=1289925062] a book which testifies to its own authenticity is not enough in today's society (and there is a lot of wisdom in that) Sorry, I do not see how much wisdom is found outsid…
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Thanks for keeping us informed Zoxasi. This is terrible news. God bless Egypt and keep her safe. [coptic]`ere `V] `cmou `e
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The Lost Tomb of Jesus is widely discredited among historians of all faiths as a likely site of Jesus of Nazareth's tomb. The basic argument is: in this tomb are people called Mary, James, Jesus and the statistical probability of all those names occ…
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[quote author=Zoxsasi link=topic=9966.msg121974#msg121974 date=1289410939], As the heroes of WWI and WWII stopped Nazi Germany from overpowering Europe and Arianizing it; the crusaders stopped Europe from being under muslim rule. The Crusades were …
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[quote author=Kirolies link=topic=9961.msg121825#msg121825 date=1289144318] It's actualy still there :( I'm sorry! Here's the link - http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/group.php?gid=105944159463830 [/quote] Whoops, that was a bit premature I guess…
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Yeah I read the thread - it made me sick. The amount of misinformation out there is ridiculous - what really sickens and worries me is how casually they talk about the attacks ... they don't seem to realise that the murder of innocent people is a ba…