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It is to make sure that there are no elements of the eucharist in our mouth.
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I have followed your instructions and have drawn a knife, but I am not sure how to drag it over the movie file to split it in half. Can you provide some more detailed instructions? Many thanks for the idea. Father Peter
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Personally I will reference myself in a variety of ways. Sometimes I will say I am an Orthodox priest, and then explain I am priest and pastor of a small Orthodox Church in Chatham which is part of the British Orthodox Church within the Coptic Orth…
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May the Lord have mercy on you, dzheremi. I will pray for you this morning, I am driving down to see my FOC. God bless you Father Peter
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I agree. Long distance relationships are generally problematic for a range of reasons.
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Bean shoots, green leaves, peppers, water chesnuts, mushrooms etc etc all fried lightly in a very little oil, so not to make it crispy, and then served on rice. Usually cooked with soy sauce or something like that. Takes about 5 minutes. Do a googl…
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What does FOB mean?
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I've been enjoying stir fries and rice. Also lots of soups with bread.
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I have generally felt that it is better to have introductory programmes and liturgical activities rather than expect folk to just attend a liturgy. Indeed that might be the end of a process rather than the beginning. This is one reason I pray that …
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Unworthy1, I agree with you that there are people who are just looking for a sense of community, as others are looking for an experience of music, or art, or liturgical theatre. I guess that from my experience these are good and useful means of be…
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How are we one nature and one essence? And which churches are all one? Which Fathers of the Church are you basing your comments on?
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You're probably thinking of the Didache. Concerning Baptism. And concerning baptism, baptize this way: Having first said all these things, baptize into the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, in living water. But if you have…
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I think that the Catholic Catechism does not promote the idea of baptism by immersion as being preferred, and I do note that some Roman Catholic churches are starting to have baptisteries. Certainly if the Roman Catholics returned to their own more …
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Well speaking generally, it would seem to me to be OK for someone to be asked to produce something for the Church and it be anonymous, such as a service book for instance, or anything else that might be intended to be presented to and by the Church.…
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In different places depending on the pastoral situation and the judgement of the bishops there is permission for our Orthodox to be communed by Eastern Orthodox and for Eastern Orthodox to be communed by our Orthodox.
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I don't disagree at all imikhail, I guess what I mean is that by age 18 an Orthodox youth should know what being Orthodox means and should be aware that leaving Orthodoxy is a spiritual death. I don't sense from the things being reported that this …
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It is a bit difficult to answer or even consider the questions without having some idea of what the talent and the product are.
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I agree also with imikhail, it takes a while to be able properly to say that you belong to a community. One thing, I always identify myself as 'Orthodox'. If necessary I will then use some other descriptor, but first of all I am Orthodox, not Orien…
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I agree entirely with Kephas. What matters is that we are Orthodox, and where we actually participate in the Orthodox life. The variety of Armenian, Coptic, Eritrean, Ethiopian, Indian, Syrian etc are not essential and are only accidental. (That do…
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All babies were baptised by immersion, this was the normal way for all people to be baptised. The Roman Catholic Church changed their practice in the Middle Ages. Father Peter
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My personal opinion is that it is not wise to always seek to satisfy everyone. There is a need to make sure that there is proper pastoral provision for all, and this means to me that the Liturgy must be in English and there must be proper spiritua…
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It seems to me that it is meaningless to speak of someone attending one community and saying that they are another. It just doesn't make sense. If I wish to be able to say 'I am an Armenian Orthodox' then it surely requires me to attend an Armenian …
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There is no need to be confused. GOD ALWAYS COME FIRST But as a child you are not always best placed to know how you should serve God, and so you are to be obedient to your parents, and to your spiritual father. As you grow older, God must come f…
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Its not usually helpful to take the example of one particular person and apply it eleswhere. If the issue is just to avoid a teaching on marriage then it is a little problematic to try and move from community to community to suit our wishes. In the …
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There are 3 bishops and 1 Metropolitan in the UK. The Metropolitan, my bishop, does not accept Protestant teaching or practices in the Church. To be honest, we discussed this last night at my Bible study, where most of us are converts from protestan…
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But you cannot formally join the Orthodox Church since you ARE already formally a member of the Orthodox Church. There is only ONE Church. You can formally associate yourself with a congregation by receiving communion and joining yourself to the spi…
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Well that is just a particular detail isn't it, that fits into the overall problem.
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I would rather we did not get distracted down the line of discussing George Bebawy or Father Matta, these are not the same issues as should most concern us so much. The issues that Orthodox people seem to describe to me as being most pressing are: …
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imikhail, yes, I agree with you.
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How can this be allowed - from the Alpha Course website... North Africa: Bishop Paul of the Coptic Church in North Africa spoke of his desire to see Alpha running in Coptic churches all over the continent. He said, “Currently we are teaching the Al…