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  • [quote author=Remnkemi link=topic=12757.msg149924#msg149924 date=1325689977] [quote author=imikhail link=topic=12757.msg149909#msg149909 date=1325643965] Correct me if I am wrong. You view is any hymn in the Orthodox Church is to belong to any "Orth…
  • [quote author=ophadece link=topic=12757.msg149806#msg149806 date=1325501139] Yes imikhail, I'd venture saying that its inclusion was due to no one bothering singing genetlion which I presume like Ekhrestos anesty didn't enter our hymnody in the Eri…
  • [quote author=ophadece link=topic=12757.msg149903#msg149903 date=1325630371] Imikhail, arebsalen is also given the title roumi.. would you shed a light on the difference? BTW I agree with your points above so don't take it as if I'm disputing.. Ouja…
  • Orthodox hymns belong to the Orthodox hymnological Church. I think this is where we differ. Correct me if I am wrong. You view is any hymn in the Orthodox Church is to belong to any "Orthodox" tradition. There is no point to debate how erroneous…
  • [quote author=ebnyasoa link=topic=12768.msg149890#msg149890 date=1325622122] Hey everyone, I wanted to ask a very deep question. is masterbation a sin? If yes, why is it? Doctors say it is normal and healthy for average teens to masterbate? Thanks!…
  • [quote author=Remnkemi link=topic=12757.msg149893#msg149893 date=1325623305] [quote author=imikhail link=topic=12757.msg149883#msg149883 date=1325617782] Why would Copts accept a Chalcedonian hymn other than to promote closeness with the Melkite Chu…
  • [quote author=ilovesaintmark link=topic=12765.msg149886#msg149886 date=1325619241] iMike, You forgot a "W". When was it changed? [/quote] Thank you so much ISLM. Then we have the 5 W's. What was changed? Who changed it? Where was it changed? Wh…
  • [quote author=gergesezzat link=topic=12757.msg149885#msg149885 date=1325619179] Hello All, Please check this link for Albier's hymn and lesson it is totally different tone than e-parthenos. http://media.copticheritage.org/classes/Nativity/E_Gennisi…
  • [quote author=Remnkemi link=topic=12757.msg149881#msg149881 date=1325615416] Just for clarification, Ragheb Moftah's article did mention Eeparthenos. My mistake. However... Linguistic, historical and political evidence suggest a different conclus…
  • Here are some: http://www.coptichymns.net/modules.php?name=Coptic_Media&op=modload&file=index&p=Spiritual Songs/Instrumental/Fr Antonious Zikry/Holy Week Hymns on the Flute
    in Karaoke Comment by imikhail January 2012
  • [quote author=Christs' servant link=topic=12766.msg149853#msg149853 date=1325566967] Hebrews 13:8 "Jesus Christ the same yesterday, today and forever" This verse confused me a little. Yesterday signifies before time began and forever, until the e…
  • To answer these doubts, you need to challenge the doubter to pinpoint what his/her doubt is. Never answer or attempt to debate general allegations. Always, ask the doubter to provide you the 4 W's: What was changed? Who changed it? Where was it cha…
  • [quote author=Remnkemi link=topic=12757.msg149820#msg149820 date=1325518462] [quote author=imikhail link=topic=12757.msg149796#msg149796 date=1325471131] EPartanos is a Greek hymn entered the Coptic Church during 1850's. [/quote] Source please. Rag…
  • EPartanos is a Greek hymn entered the Coptic Church during 1850's.
  • [quote author=Father Peter link=topic=12740.msg149623#msg149623 date=1325159810] Thanks both of you. Just what I needed. God bless you [/quote] Fr. Peter, I am not sure if you are after the Coptic text. If you are just be careful that there are …
  • Civil liberties preserved by the US constitution are a great way of preserving freedom. However, they are twisted by fundamentalists, be it Muslim, atheists, .. to achieve a certain outcome. When resisted, we get into discussions of political correc…
  • [quote author=Remnkemi link=topic=12727.msg149606#msg149606 date=1325099508] Fr. Peter, thank you for your response. Please indulge me in a few follow up questions and comments. Please do not take my questions or comments as an interrogation of your…
  • [quote author=LoveisDivine link=topic=12724.msg149593#msg149593 date=1325053700] [quote author=metouro link=topic=12724.msg149585#msg149585 date=1325042633] If we ARE conscious immediately after death and we are NOT in our physical bodies and have n…
  • [quote author=GODlovesme link=topic=12682.msg149588#msg149588 date=1325050981] [quote author=Remnkemi link=topic=12682.msg149297#msg149297 date=1324403924] I finally found Raphael Tuki's Tenen. Page 189. The date of Tuki's Kiahk Psalmody is 1762. [/…
    in Tenen Comment by imikhail December 2011
  • [quote author=GODlovesme link=topic=12682.msg149591#msg149591 date=1325052983] I also find it interesting that Tuki's version puts "ke" as "kai"...also makes it make much more sense in Greek, amongst other variants of the version that we use...overa…
    in Tenen Comment by imikhail December 2011
  • [quote author=Father Peter link=topic=12724.msg149560#msg149560 date=1325009922] If I am to write something it will be soon as I must present a paper to my bishop on some subject of my choosing. So hopefully it will be this week or next. God bless …
  • Annulment means that the marriage never happened. Adultery means that the marriage happened but because of adultery that marriage is broken. Annulment can happen for various reasons: No Manhood No Womanhood Marriage built on Deception  Marriage b…
  • I am not going to argue the point of whether these Jews were in fact in Jerusalem at the time of crucifixion because it is not really important. What is important is whether the Jews of today as well as those who came in between in the last 2000 yea…
  • The key to this thread topic is that God sent His Son to His chosen people, the keepers of His vineyard. They rejected the Son, killed Him. In return, He rejected them. The Jews today still approve of their fathers' act of killing the Lord. So, the…
  • [quote author=Biboboy link=topic=10890.msg149412#msg149412 date=1324521626] imikhail, you always make strong statements, highlight them, bold them, change their font size, but making such forcefully affirmative statements without a rational justific…
  • [quote author=Biboboy link=topic=10890.msg149391#msg149391 date=1324506181] Agape, The Jews who lived in Christ's time were the ones to blame for his crucifixion, as accounted for in the Gospels. This does not mean that Jews after the second centur…
  • His diocese was Education, which comprises Sunday School, Theological School and the associated affairs. It does not become the diocese of Giza or Assiut nor the diocese of Social Services. It remains "Education". No semantics.  No canons were …
  • [quote author=Father Peter link=topic=12653.msg149395#msg149395 date=1324507173] I think that the meaning of Canon 15 is clear and has been understood clearly in the Apostolic Churches. It is commendable that the Coptic Orthodox Church has been cons…
  • [quote author=Father Peter link=topic=12653.msg149375#msg149375 date=1324497409] I am afraid I still do not agree with your interpretation and I believe it is mistaken. [/quote] Then please provide a concise interpretation.
  • After all these discussions and opinions ... I want you all to rest assured that there are no canons violated and our popes are all legitimate. Keep praying for the Pope Shenouda and all the Orthodox bishops. The apostles were bishops and they bec…