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EKhrestos anesty
THanks dzheremi. I'm aware of the fact that Coptic is semmitic semi-Hamitic as is Amharic I think while both Arabic and Hebrew are Semitic. IS that correct…
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Actually the I agree that the OLD pronunciation might be somehow right but still it sounds old and kinda arabic. the New sounds cooler with letters like P and V, i…
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Why wish that it was a miracle? The real miracle is that the Word of God becomes the Bread of Life for us on the altar. Do not allow that true miracle to be devalued b…
There are a lot of ways you can help keep vocabulary in your memory outside of a speech community. None of these are quite as good as the immersion method (living among people who speak it, so that you HAVE to speak it too), but since that is not av…
Yes, that is a wonderful story. Thank you, everyone. God is good, and I actually got someone from county medical services on the phone today. Granted, it was only for about 90 seconds, and she hung up on me (I choose to assume it was an accident), b…
Not that I can add anything to the words of Fr. Peter, but the first thing that popped into my head when I read your question was our Lord's admonition in the gospels of Matthew and Luke that "these you ought to have done, without leaving the others…
I have always heard that this is what is called a "majestic plural" or "plural of reverence". It is common in many of the world's languages to have a special usage of the plural when addressing a person of higher/more revered social status, such as …
I have not read it myself, but I have heard good things about The Historical Jesus by Gary Habermas, who has also written other books on the historical arguments about Jesus Christ and early Christianity. As usual, there are plenty of bad reviews fo…
Thank you so much, George. I will read through those previews to see if there are passages from them that I can show my friend. They look like they will be really helpful.
Unfortunately, it looks like the nearest library that has "Coptic Christolog…
Bigeee, I hope this will resonate with you as it has with me in times of trouble and doubt. From the Psalms of David the prophet and king:
Praise the Lord, O my soul. I will praise the Lord in my life. I will sing praises to my God as long as I exi…
I am confused about your stance, Bigeee. Christians or Muslims aren't "races", and you are right that Christianity absolutely has absolutely NOTHING to do with racism. But I don't understand how you decided from this to be an atheist. It surely can'…
I've got to say, this is the LEAST exciting rapture I've ever been involved in! I did dishes and laundry today! Doesn't that seem wrong, for the last day on earth and all?
Wait a minute...
:-\
...did I somehow mess up the rapture for everyone by…
You might want to try that, Father. There are a few English associate members of St. Shenouda the Archimandrite Coptic Society listed on their website, though it hasn't been updated in a while. Also, isn't the School of Oriental and African Studies …
I understand and agree with your viewpoint as you've explained it here, Bigeee. I used to be a Protestant (and then a Catholic), but I'm getting better little by little! I would hate for my past to be counted against me. As the saying goes, "it's no…
Every year around Christmas my dad gives out gift certificates to local restaurants at the local shelter. Nothing fancy, really (Denny's), and not health food, but better than drugs or alcohol. They get a decent breakfast or dinner, and some place t…
Slow down. Take a few deep breaths. Be still.
It is almost too easy to become overwhelmed by life, and to fall into the trap that everything in life is terrible and things will never, ever get better. It has always been this way, from the time of …
Indeed. I hope it is a great success.
The offer stands for anyone else here who might be interested in studying Sahidic. Layton's book is far from the only resource out there, but it's probably one of the more accessible that I've seen.
Sounds great, Father, and I would go if I were within a reasonable distance of it (darn you...ocean).
If you would like to study Sahidic, I have a PDF of Layton's "Coptic in 20 Lessons" pedagogical grammar that focuses on this dialect. I could sen…
I did not know that, but I am far away from Irvine. I will pray for everyone at the event, Coptic and others. May our Lord Jesus Christ keep you all safe.
I see. I meant that the issues with the English would be the same since it would be the same language no matter what, but okay. I'd be interested to see some examples of what you're describing, though this might not be the place for it...
My username is just my actual name in transliterated Russian (since I'm not sure if this board would support Cyrillic characters, and it's not a really useful language to know around Copts anyway). I got used to doing that on message boards because …