In Fiji, there are Coptic Orthodox Mission Churches opened under the auspices of His Grace Bishop Suriel of the Coptic Church in Melbourne, Australia. You may want to contact His Grace. Also the President of Fiji has liaison officers to the Coptic …
Chandra1977,
I regret to tell you but the Very Rev. Fr & Hegumenos, Dr. Gabriel Abdelsayed, of the Coptic Orthodox Church of St. Mark in Jersey City, NJ, and 1st ordained priest for the United States, went to his rest in the Lord on 2 December …
BISS,
I believe the best answer is to re-read your own last post to yourself five times very slowly and listen to each word. Your answer is in your trepidation that you write.
Actually, George, if you back track to p. 31 from the top, it identifies that there are Church Fathers who advocated the concept of half-brothers, and there is a listing of them, and then there is a constrast, as Fr. Tadros states: "Nevertheless, th…
officially there is no Sharia Law in Egypt, yet, despite the fact that is the basis for the laws of the land. So whether de fact or de jure, the effect is the same.
The Government deflates the number of Christians in Egypt, intentionally. The per…
Zoxsasi,
It is what I call the Three-Prong Satanic Attack; secularism/humanism, heresy, and the sword of the enemy.
From the articles that you linked you can see the playing out of the interactions of this three pronged attack. The heresy of the …
am sure they are all nice. I am sure! (I mean that). But what you are failing to understand is that you are nicer than your religion.
That's the exact opposite as how a Christian sees himself and his religion. For example. I think I'm a nice guy. …
The Internet Abouna has done it again!
Even along electronic routers and servers he can have an outreach to all of us on a personal basis.
The Bible Study podcast put the Gospel of St. Luke with a fine introduction of the context of writing--very …
What's the problem? This has been hashed out many times.
Our Lord may have had half-brothers, so what. Half-brothers are not the same as blood brothers, but they are still referred to as "brother". Joseph, the elder, may have had other children …
Couple of points my "good" man Masr:
1. Coptic Orthodox have nothing to do with the Western Christians of the Crusades and Inquisition.
2. You have got to be kidding about the Ottomans. They have more blood on their hands than anyone in history…
I think for discussion purposes, let's stick to the last 1 or 2 centuries. We do not have to go back to the middle ages and the Inquisition.
When Islam is backed into a corner, there is a reversion to the Crusades (1000 yrs ago), Inquisition, and …
Actually, the reason why I can be definitive is that this came up in one of the Priest Seminars with His Holiness in Massachusetts at the Vineyard. This is why the priests are privy to the matter on a personal basis. His Holiness instructions are …
The Litany Prayer that is offered for His Holiness, as well as all of the Papal Hymns, are for: "many a year, ... and a peaceful reign". Let us pray that His Holiness is around for a long long long long long long long long long time.
I hope he is around for at least a 100 years as pope. I'm selfish. I want him around--just because. He is my father. I don't want anything to happen to him.
What is sketchy about it? It sounds pretty definitive. The source is the Pope. Ask any of the parish priests, they will confirm it.
BTW, the Ethiopians have 14 Liturgies not 11.
Zoxsasi,
The God of the Bible loves the muslim, despite the muslim rejecting Him--even to the last moment of his life. He does not take out the sword, nor does He ask for the sword to be used against the muslim.
Put another way: loving people wa…
If we were to say Pek-ethronos every day, would it be with or without the nose?
There are plenty of things added on in addition to something ascribed for a given day.
For example, the Priest when he does the Fraction Prayer, he has the liberty of …