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That is the Greek (Byzantine, aka, Eastern, aka EO) Patriarch of Alexandria, who also bears the usurping title of 'Pope of Alexandria'. He is not allowed to participate in the Liturgy. There are no prayers offered for him or on his behalf. The Gr…
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I nominate Geo or Minagir or both.
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In answer to your first question, I would answer: YES. As for the rest of your comments: No Comment.
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It is simple conjunction in sentence structure. When you write an English list, eg, "I went to the store to buy: bread, milk, eggs, and butter." You don't write: "I went to the store to buy: bread and milk and egggs and butter." You don't writ…
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It is redundant to add the esmou, and unnecessary.
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Love of beans can finish off a marriage. (Sorry to interject, despite my single status).
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The Holy City is not an Archdiocese. There are (were) situations where a Bishop will (was) be in charge of a Metropolitanate. HE, Metropolitan Abraham of Jerusalem, is not an Archbishop. As I mentioned, previously, HH has over the course of the l…
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Mina is everywhere. He is "omnipresent". St. Moses and St. Abraam (at the Rutgers, aka, Rutgirls campus) is served by Fr. Markos Abdelsayed, who incidentally, is a close friend of CIA. He learned under the tutelage of CIA. He is a very nice prie…
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In the regard of the Protestant Sects--beyond description. No comment.
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There are distinctions to the titular and ecclesiastical use of the word Archbishop in the different Apostolic churches. Examples: 1. Syrian Orthodox Church (Jacobite--OO) grants that title to all of Its bishops. 2. The Armenian Church tends to d…
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MB, No.
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Faragiya (the black robes that priests wear as a dedication to their vocation); Cassock is the western equivalent term. Incidently, the graduation gowns that one wears are really a throw back to the days of the Western seminaries that were fused to…
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Yes.
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The faragiya is a cassock; a clerical robe. The Sidriya is a symbol of the priest's service and authority. It is the forward movement of the deacon's stole to parallel level on both shoulders. In the Coptic Church the dividing gap between the two…
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Hosanna is of Hebrew-Aramaic origin.
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It is from the fact that Hoshani is from Hosanna (ie, hosh aana--keep from us or save us). It is the declaration of the People on the Triumphant Entry into Jerusalem. It is the same for our call to the Cross (specifically, He Who is on the Cross).
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I did not have mentors that were deacons. Stav, The issues that fostered my existence were the piety of parents, the diligence of a priest, the Grace of God, and the willingness to submit to the preceding three points. I did not have any major di…
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Geo, Your wording is a lot better than mine.
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U1, Minagir (aka minatasgeel) can probably give you links, if they are available on the internet. I believe the book of HG is in most Church bookstores. You can contact Fr. Athanasius Farag at St. Anthony & St. Mina in Rutherford, NJ. As for…
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I didn't think it funny at all.
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You need to put in a lot of work. No one wants to put in the work, effort, training, discipline, fortitude, and quiet for such an endeavor. Everyone wants a magic clip or pill to fill the knowledge base. It does not work that way. This is an exam…
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I would use Bp. Mattheos book as a major guide. You need to read the Bible at length--especially, the Old Testament. You need to cross-reference every word in the Liturgy with the Bible. For that I would recommend, yet again, the Liturgy Book fro…
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I was baptized on the 24th of November. Very few people have any idea of their day of baptism. At about 11 years old, I made my father dig through piles of paperwork to find my baptismal certificate. I have it framed. It hangs in my house where …
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Nick, I do not know your level of depth in the matter. I will refer you to an introductory source: The Story of the Copts--Iris Habib El-Masry. I also would not discount it, being from a Coptic, that it had to be biased. You will find the book …
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What age category?
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I might add that His Holiness, Pope Shenouda III, attended the consecration of the Supreme Catholicos of All Armenians, Lord Karekin I in 1994 (?), despite being the highest presence, by protocol, utilized the Armenian Traditions as he participated …
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It is not cut and dry and there is no canon or written outline on a general basis in the Coptic Church. There are specific limitations that go beyond any liturgical or ecclesiastical consideration, such as, language and native tradition. Example: …
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Oprah is a freak, preying on the stupid and simpleton to promote her existence. When people use the lame term in a lame way: "spiritual", it is to hide their laziness, negligence, and lack of spirit towards God. They are blaming religion, specifi…
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I don't think the same dedication has been (or would be) instituted for your spiritual existence. To memorize the idiotic steps, with their sexual explicitness, emulating freaks of the human existence, would not be leading you anywhere except the s…
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I generally use the term: Liturgy. I find that a lot of people simplify things when dealing with Westerners to use 'mass' in order to not deal with the 'oddity' of the term.