From John 14
Verse 21:"He who has My commandments and keeps them, it is he who loves Me."
Verse 15:"If you love Me, keep My commandments"
Verse 23"If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word; and My Father will love him, and We will come to him and ma…
We had a Coptic course in college - though it was Sahidic coptic. We used Lambdin:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0865540489
Though this is for Sahidic it offers a fairly rigorous teaching of the language that extends (with some work) to a lot of the word…
I know how frustrating times like this can be. We need to remember, as the priest says in the Liturgy of St. Gregory
"We ... are called through Your grace into Your service; while being unworthy". And as Christ said when he was standing testimony b…
http://www.mystjohn.org/?page_id=332
This may have been the same ones on the coptichymnsineglish.net page
Also:
http://stmarkla.org/church-services/deacon_responses
I vote for the AP class as well. At this stage in the game (assuming you have already applied to college, sent your midyear report, etc), second semester grades A or B won't make much of a difference. However, if you get the AP credit is may save yo…
Thanks for the link qawe! That is an incredible series!
The part you are referring to is located here:
Anba Youssef is encouraging talented people to revise the translation of the hymns to keep the spirit of the Coptic Orthodox Church. Would you gu…
Hehe, there have been some lengthy debates on this topic on forums:
http://tasbeha.org/content/community/index.php/topic,132.0.html
http://tasbeha.org/content/community/index.php/topic,10288.0.html
http://tasbeha.org/content/community/index.php/top…
..and the blessings of St. Cosmos and St. Damian - who were physicians of the body and the spirit - whose commemoration is today:
http://www.copticchurch.net/synaxarium/3_22.html
Bump. So to check, next Sunday (12/9) ensha allah will be treated as if it is the first week of Kiahk (ie. we do the Kiahk reading, doxologies, and 7&4 on Saturday)? Is this correct?
I was in the same boat. I just google searched some of the particular icons I liked (like Pantocrator from St. Anthony's monastery in Egypt) and limited the search to High res pictures. I printed them off at Ritz camera for a good deal (search onlin…
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"WE truly love God and keep His commandments if we restrain ourselves from our pleasures. For he who still abandons himself to unlawful desires certainly does not l…
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Wow, that is intersting because there was a Roman Catholic prophecy which said that Pope Benedict would be the last Catholic pope.
It seems a lot of people are saying the w…
This is my first year in med school. I was very hesitant about going in at first, worried about a lot of things; would I be grossed out? what if I hate it? what if I am only doing it because it is part of Egyptian culture?
And let me tell you, eve…
Speaking from personal experience, as you mature in your spiritual life, grow closer to God, and enter the real world, you will have enough adventure, battles, and fulfillment in your real life that you will lose interest in video games.
I would en…
Interviews with the candidates!
http://copticvideos.blogspot.com/2012/10/blog-post_2283.html
http://copticvideos.blogspot.com/2012/10/blog-post_2572.html
http://copticvideos.blogspot.com/2012/10/blog-post_6918.html
http://copticvideos.blogspot.com/…