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I can think of words in English which the same people would pronounce in different ways, considering both to be correct. Off the top of my head.. I would pronounce scone as skon and skwn (short O and long O). Both are correct in my standard Englis…
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Standard definition of any language: Open a text book. It's the one that is taught. That's what puts me off putting lots of effort into Coptic I guess. There are two variants being taught, and here on tasbeha.org it seems that there are variants of…
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When I was in Constantinople I spoke to the Armenian Patriarch about the service of his deacons. They were very impressive and participated in the liturgy with no service books at all. I asked him how it was that they did not need books and he said …
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These are interesting posts. I know that 15 miles from where I live the general population speak English with different pronounciations. I call their town Chat-ham, but the common people there call it Cha-am. Yet we still speak forms of South-Easter…
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Lol! In what way do you always win? 140 years ago you had a civil war and were killing each other? In another 100 years you could easily have split into several different countries. For a very, very little period the US might be important. But times…
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TITL, I think that you underestimate the generations that came before us. They could and did memorise the whole liturgy and much of the Scripture. Take a look at the Raising of Incense. Most of the prayers of the laity could and should be memorised …
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I think my views about technology in the Church are fairly well known. Our Fathers did not need to have sound systems in the Church and yet could address large cathedrals. Even the great Protestant preachers of the 18th and 19th century addressed t…
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You mean you have had to simplify your spelling so it attempts to be phonetic because you can't remember things very easily? :-) Or should that be ee-zul-ee?
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Aidan, I have spoken to various people, and I am now seeking to organise a monthly Saturday liturgy in Central London as soon as possible, which will be entirely in English. Well except for Kyrie Eleison. Father Peter
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Dear Aidan, I am considering the possibility of beginning a British Orthodox mission in Central London, perhaps starting with a bi-monthly Saturday Liturgy, moving to a monthly Saturday liturgy by the end of the year. I am discussing this with othe…
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Don't worry about disagreeing with me. Lol! I don't consider I have been adopted by the Coptic Church and therefore need to become Coptic I guess. I consider that I have become Orthodox and remain English in England. So I wanted to know as an Engli…
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In 100 years should a congregation of Orthodox Christians be part of the local community and culture, enriching it with the Orthodox (rather than social) culture of its Faith, or should it still be fighting to preserve a variety of languages that ar…
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I know that nothing good I have achieved is of me at all, but is all of God. That isn't false humility, it is the truth.
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Actually I know one Catholic priest and university lecturer who describes St Dioscorus as a new Athanasius in regard to how he stood alone against the forces ranged against him.
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Only if you don't mind me criticising your American attempts at English. :-)
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Who knows what individuals might think. But the catholic churches do not venerate St Dioscorus or St Severus.
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As I said, the link doesn't work unfortunately.
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All the patristic quotations explain it well. We must understand that certain phrases are to be understood only as our experience of separating ourselves from God. God is not the cause of any evil. But he does punish iniquity. He did send his angel …
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He had already made his choice. God did not choose for him, and saw that he would not change his mind whatever chances he was given. He had already had every opportunity to obey God's will. God is not to be treated as a fool.
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If children are to be allowed to become psalters then there needs to be a strict and clear distinction between the psalters and the readers and subdeacons. There is too much confusion of ministry and a devaluing of the service when every male consid…
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From the first prayer to the last words of blessing I do not believe that laughter has a place in the Church. Nor do I think that anything should be done to encourage laughter at this time. At a meeting outside the liturgy perhaps there is a place …
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I do not know what any priests sermons are like. So I am not criticising anyone. But if we will not pay attention to the word of God then what should we do? Water everything down to a 10 minute attention span and forever treat people as children, o…
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My understanding of the Fathers is that an Orthodox sermon should not be excitable and loud. It should be serious and prayerful. It should be Scriptural and Patristic. It should not be like stand-up comedy and should not provoke raucous laughter. It…
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Its easy to criticise. I am working from 7am to 11pm. If I moderate tasbeha it has to be within those constraints. And everyone else involved with tasbeha has the same constraints on their time. If someone only comes to tasbeha to take things then t…
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I regularly have Eastern Orthodox worship in my Church. They are welcomed as being Orthodox by the rest of my congregation, and they fellowship with us as those who are Orthodox. I think that there are differences of history, of 'style', and of cul…
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I have spent the last three evenings trying to draw a knife in paint that woukd split the file!! I even downloaded some pictures of knives to see if that would make a difference!!!! Now you tell me it was a joke!!!!!!!
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Lol. Of course I do live in England. I meant I don't live in Egypt. When Copts choose to come and live in England they gain additional responsibilities for sharing the Orthodox Faith with English people. They are no longer Coptic Orthodox but Coptic…
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Dzheremi, I want Orthodoxy in English and all the converts and enquirers and even members of other Orthodox churches who worship with us want Orthodoxy in English. I am not Egyptian and I don't live in England so why should I be required to worship …
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May the Lord have mercy upon you and grant you healing of body and soul. Father Peter
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Water is not just a drink, in the sense that it hasn't got anything added like our favourite drinks. It is just water as God made it, it is pure, it is not being used because it is tasty, but for the function of washing our mouths, for which pure wa…