You are making it seem like nobody explained it outside of the statement you highlighted.
I will repeat, read all of the posts, and the answers are written clearly.
Please, go to your priest and ask him, but don't offer him a drag when you go. In…
Without a lot of detail, to us, he is not a prophet. He is not mentioned in the Holy Bible or foretold in the Holy Bible. I will leave comment at this point.
Most of the story is referenced in the Synaxarium, and also in the Apocryphal Gospel of St. James.
In the last 5-6 yrs, there was a translation printed in Coptic Church Review. They are based in East Brunswick, NJ.
The joyful tune is reserved solely for the Feast Days that relate to Our Lord and Saviour, mainly: the 7 Major, the 7 Minor, the Feasts of the Cross, and the Nayrooz Festal Season (since it relates to God as the Source of Grace and Prosperity in ev…
I utilize the Arabic version. I have several editions in sequence that were given to me by my uncle.
I believe it has been translated, but I do not know the detail of the reference notes and instruction. I have only flipped through the english te…
Geo,
I wasn't discounting your opinion. I was just curious what the ladies thought about having their faces broadcast and the camera panned on their faces.
I'm hoping Mabsoota and Zoxsasi, for whom I have respect for their well-thought out posts, despite the fact I tease them at times, offer a female perspective on the matter.
I forgot to ask another question: Who gets chosen for those great close-up shots during the Liturgy? ...in the altar...among the chorus of deacons...and more obviously within the congregants that are present.
When you see that cute babe in the clo…
It is actually 101% sure. Our Master, provides that proof in four Gospels, written by four different people, at four different points in time, with four different perspectives, with four different backgrounds, addressed to four different sectors of…
We haven't even touched on the cutsie pictures that are taken after a baby is baptized and is taken to their partaking of their "first" Eucharist in the same Liturgy. Should that be allowed?
How about standing in the face of the priest during the …
Actually, to make you happy Sodr2, I'm three years old.
But I am sure of what is right and wrong.
I am also sure that I have to do the Will of God, and not try to make excuses to fit in with people that lack the search and the acceptance of the Wi…
IT IS A SIN, AND YOU KNOW THAT. IT HAS BEEN EXPLAINED TO YOU AT LENGTH THROUGH ALL OF THESE POSTS.
IF YOU WISH TO BE PERSISTENT AND OBSTINANT, THEN SO BE IT.
I GUESS YOU QUALIFY FOR THE 'CAFETERIA ORTHODOX' LABEL.
HAVE FUN, AND HAVE A SMOKE, ENJ…
Mabsoota,
I just read your post in this thread. I am humbled by your words. It makes me feel even worse for teasing you.
This is one of the most remarkable clips I have ever watched in my life.
I watched the two Youtube selections about him four times today. I cannot express in words what is racing in my mind out of sheer regard, respect, and love for this man of God.
God truly reaches out to our hearts. How fortunate we are to be in Go…
Here are some possibilities for being able to fit in, which would be no different than just a few puffs on a cigarette (that you don't even like):
1. attending at a strip joint just for 5 minutes
2. getting a lap dance for just 30 seconds
3. ste…
"God created women from men so that they can look at men but he created men from the ground"?
That's what this monk said? lol
hahaha
Was he catholic? What a thing to say! So, you are dying to know the name of this monk? He was handsome, he had a…
If you are talking about nationality, there is only one definition--being born of original pharaonic egyptian blood.
Coptics are Hamites.
Arabs are Semites.
It is not the same issue with religion. "Coptic" is an appended word to the Orthodox Tra…
I am not funny.
I try to tell it like it is.
I lack humor.
I was born without a 'funny bone'.
I was also, unlike all human beings, born without feelings and emotions.