I think it depends... i've seen bishop's passport before and they had Bishop so and so El Soryani as a name on their passport. Even some of the monks have their priest name and their monastery as first/last name.
I think passports issued in egyp…
Just a thing about praying for the dead... I don't believe that us praying for a dead person can really change God's judgement towards that person...once you die, you are only left with God's justice...as much as He is a God of mercy, He is a God of…
[quote author=Andrew Saad link=board=13;threadid=3160;start=15#msg47395 date=1139349483]
i didnt mean that they are dead like that i meant that they do not live for the world or have very little need of the world and the materialistic things. They a…
A real deacon, is someone who is fully consacrated, just like a deaconess, they consacrate their lives fully to service, and live a celibate life.
"deacons" those we see serving in the chorus or altar during services are not real deacons...they ar…
I'm not sure about this...but priests have not died to the world...they are still people who have a family, wife and chidlren to take care of...
On the other hand, Monks and Nuns have died to the world...and during their ordinations they actually …
Actually, it's not only that H.H. has a father of confession. But also the fact that there is a Holy Synod to make the decisions of the church, H.H. may be the head of that Synod, but there are also 108 (I believe) bishops who are taking these decis…
[quote author=SisterInChrist link=board=6;threadid=620;start=30#msg11242 date=1094787173]
Do u mean like the side hekals? ( if ur church has three), cuz no one is allowed to go in the middle one during the litugry except abouna and the decons.
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I'm from virgin mary montreal canada....
but I just wanted to say about the hekal thing...
when we used to have only 1 abouna, they used to let us..when we where younger of course go into the hekal to get communion so we could go to sunday school a…