I searched., and the only Apostolic Canon mentioning a possessed person is:
79. If anyone is possessed of a demon, let him not be made a Clergyman, nor even be allowed to pray in company with the faithful. But after he has been cleansed thereof, let…
Very odd does not necessaily mean demon-possessed. As for the connection between Holy Communion and being possessed, I remember someone told me that you can't be possessed by devils unless you haven't taken Holy Communion for 40 days... But I search…
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I think that it is illegal if you sell it but i don't think that it is illegal to buy it.... since the person buying it had no part in making the bag.
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Yes, but b…
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The Church teaches us to obey the law, and thus by breaking the law you are going against the Church. H.H. Pope Shenouda himself has been very fierce and very anti-piracy and the illegal abuse of programs.
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Thanks A lost sOul for that informative post. Coptic Pharaoh, I believe it was available to watch legally on BBCi online a few weeks after it was aired, but that was months ago, and so I don't know any legal way of watching it.
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Thanks Santamaria05, jydeacon and karas7 for those wonderful responses. I understand it better now. If anyone else would like to contribute please do so.
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Thank you bigeee for your post - it is so true how lucky we are to be born Orthodox Christians, and may God aid us all to do what is right before him and before men so that they may see our good works and praise our Father who is in Heaven
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The key part here is "the kingdom of God present with power"... was not the Transfiguration power? And the miracles Christ performed powers? And his Resurrection from the dead power? This verse does not necessarily mean the end of ages or the Judgem…
There is no set time limit or place, the Holy Myron is made when there is need, and H.H. usually makes it during Pentecost season in St. Bishoy's Monastery in Wadi El Natroun
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For the Caribbean Isle, check this blog: http://www.coptichymns.net/library-viewpub-tid-4.html
As for the Guyana question, the wikipedia articl I found was quite vague, I'll look into it more
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coptic_Orthodox_Church_in_S…
Boricua is right I think, the way I interpret it is that, St.Paul is saying something along the lines of "now that we are finished with the basics about Christ:"leaving the discussion of the elementary principles of Christ, let us go on to perfectio…
Tenoosht is the morning doxology: http://tasbeha.org/media/index.php?st=Praises%2FMidnight_Praises%2FIbrahim_Ayad%2C_Coptic_Midnight_Praises%2FPart_6%2Ftrack1.509.mp3
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