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  • Father Peter, sometimes i am afraid to do that lest i become boastful and fall into the sin of pride out of my weakness i opened a forum on this before (what i just said not the original question of this forum) called "Boast or Shine Light" in whic…
  • that's right! you're asking why is it that all men (deacons and non-deacons) can read and not women! and i said "i think the answer to your question is the same answer to this question 'why can't women be deacons and priests and bishops?' which i a…
  • just to add something, in my church in Bright Saturday, everyone (men and woman) read part of the revelation. is this allowed? if so, then why not during Pascha? if it is not allowed then i think the priest at my church allows it just so everyone ca…
  • i have a question relating to this subject is God in paradise or in heaven or in both because he is everywhere all the time? this question stemmed from the fact that when we pray we say "our Father who art in heaven" and in many verses, hymns, etc…
  • I think we eat fool nabet because fool nabet is when fool (beans) is left and it starts to grow a plant, i guess, and i think this represents the new life that Jesus gave to us when he died on the cross My guess about cucumbers is that they're gree…
  • i have always been troubled by this topic. who are our enemies? are they simply the people who sin and don't repent? if so, how do we know that they don't repent? isn't this judging? OR are they people who do us wrong (persecute us for our faith)?…
  • absence of tears will definitely NOT jeopardize our salvation BUT the absence of true repentance will definitely it the tears come they do if they don't they don't there are many examples in the Bible of people who wept like Peter, the woman who w…
  • marina, i agree...you make it sound so weird though when you say "the best one to use"...maybe the word intercede would sound better...lol i personally have had experiences with Anba Wannas and have heard a million stories of how people asked for h…
  • this has always confused me too... if what you say is right, what does it mean when Abouna says in the mass "he descended into hades through the cross"? thanks and pray for my weakness
  • - prayer, more prayer and more prayer - true repentance - use the power of God to overcome it when you are tempted and that is the cross...St. Paul said "For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are bei…
  • thank you all for your replies...these forums are such a blessing i was going to ask another question before Tεκcoνι μέσα Πεχριcτoc gave that response...but ill ask it anyway i was going to say ... to keep the spiritual atmosphere, is it ok if the…
  • to add to what everyone said, consider this verse, Matthew 19:29-30 "29 And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or lands, for My name’s sake, shall receive a hundredfold, and inherit eternal l…