It is not a PDF, but is this what you are looking for? http://eocf.free.fr/liturgie_basile.htm
I don't know French, but this appears to be the liturgy of St. Basil. If that is what you need, perhaps you can print it out and take it somewhere to hav…
Cristo ha resucitado! En verdad ha resucitado!
Paschal greetings to everyone here on this most wondrous day. Let us all live in the hope of rising with Him.
Zoxsasi, I really do admire your zeal to evangelize the Belgian natives. Maybe you can do that, if you do not see enough being done by your fellow Copts? I know that the Orthodox churches are often accused of not having a missionary spirit (I don't …
It does, Zoxsasi. It is Bible and liturgical book translations that often lag behind the spread of the faith.
Since you are fluent in the languages that many of your congregation are likely not fluent in, perhaps you can do something to help chang…
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Did you read my post?
French was not at all being read. It was only Arabic and Coptic.
Surely the French speaking population in a Belgian Coptic Orthodox Church is FAR G…
Zoxsasi,
Yes, I agree with you about learning the liturgy and the other services. That is what we should all do anyway, regardless of our position on Coptic.
But I do not agree with your comment about the Bible readings. Why exactly is this too m…
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You don't see an issue with someone reading in a language that no one understands? [/quote]
No, no. I don't see how this should drive anyone out of the church under the pr…
The local language is read in addition to the Coptic, isn't it? If I'm understanding you correctly, I don't see the problem. The Ethiopians have readings in Ge'ez, and the Armenians in the ancient form of their language, and others in their ancient …
Well, Copts are not Greeks to begin with, so I don't know why the lady you spoke to would be expected to understand it perfectly. This is like a Spanish person complaining that Bolivians speak Spanish incorrectly because they don't sound like what y…
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I think maybe your friends gave you some bad advice.
i got what i said from abouna my F…
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ok... i just had that conversion with one of my friends at the beginning i was shocked because i only wear jeans no matter where i'm going so i did my research and ask…
At least from my understanding of Mikhail's explanation (I do not know the original quote or the circumstances surrounding it; please correct me if I've misunderstood something in this conversation), I wouldn't think so. It seems like HH is saying "…
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TITL, it is true that Americans do not have an accent like any British person, but the accents which you do have....!!!!!
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You're right, Father Peter. It's a s…
An excuse is a reason, but often with a negative connotation to it. I'm not sure, but I would guess that this is because "excuse", literally, is used to exonerate someone from blame. So you can have "reasons" while still accepting responsibility, bu…
I love it. I also bought it on Amazon. It would be wonderful to see more documentaries on the Coptic Orthodox Church in English. The other ones I've seen were in French and Norwegian...
There is also this documentary on the Coptic Orthodox Church i…
Thank you, everyone. It seems like the consensus here is pretty solidly in favor of the OSB. I will look into getting one as soon as I can. I must shamefully admit that my spiritual life has suffered considerably lately ever since I realized that I …
Haha. Yes, I noticed the Protestant asking for the CD. I think that's a great thing. Maybe after that they will ask "Where can I find a Coptic church to visit"!
While searching for hymns in other languages that use the Coptic melodies doesn't brin…
I still love Coptic (and English, and Arabic) and don't think it needs to be done away with completely to appeal to converts, but anyway this is beautiful and thank you for sharing! If I used Facebook I would definitely share this! I usually direct …
Often in these kinds of situations, what you will receive in return in public is more cursing or ridicule (for the sake of keeping up appearances in front of "friends"), but you may also plant a seed with either the kids you are addressing or someon…
Thank you everyone for your wonderful insights. Really I just want to get whatever one is most likely to be used in any Coptic church I visit, and then perhaps another one for comparative purposes and additional study.
If I understand correctly, th…
In my experience (which is not in the Orthodox church, but these problems are common to ALL churches), the only reason such good counsel as Fr. Peter's does not seem realistic is that it is so often not the reality, for whatever reason. You think pe…
I respect your opinion, MShehata, and I apologize if I have offended you or anyone else here. I have listened to some of Fr. Brownfield's sermons before (he was recommended to me by another user of Tasbeha), and I find them to be very spiritually be…
I would want to know what the comparative success rates are for an established program like AA versus individual counseling from a priest or a professional recommended by a priest. From what I've read AA has a dismal success rate. "Dismal" as in 5-1…
Hmm. Maybe I will look into buying Adeeb's dictionary. It is available from orthodoxbookstore.org, unlike the others. I don't think my Arabic is anywhere near good enough to use a Coptic-Arabic dictionary. Perhaps someday. Thanks for your reply.
Ah, excellent! Thank you, George. This is good to know. How many dictionaries do you have, just out of curiosity? Can you recommend a particular one other than Crum's? (Which I don't actually own, but hopefully will soon.)