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No one knows exactly and per se how old the tune is, however, it is inferred to be from the pharaonic times. The tunes were adapted from their pagan origins and conjoined with the new Christian words and meanings.
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Icons as a concept tell a story. Different objects help to tell the story. I believe it to be just coincidental that the four objects are surrounding.
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I know what you mean, but I believe you are over reading into the issue. If you go to the website for St. Mary in Los Angeles, California, you will find a large series of icons done by Prof. Isaac. He has a tendency to be repetitive in his own ico…
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There are plenty of icons with the same representations, not just that one at St. Anthony. Also the icon in the url (the initial), the icon in its writing states in Coptic: Mark the Apostle. The Coptic Museum has plenty of icons in their collecti…
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There are generally very very very few Coptic icons prior to the 17th century. Simply because they were destroyed. Prof Isaac Fanous is a rendition and an interpretation of several depictions of St. Mark in several places. I could not give you an…
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Which one? If you are referring to the one from the url. That was done by Dr. Isaac Fanous. It is not ancient. It is probably from the mid-1970's.
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There are no specific Church rules or Canons, just the basic guidelines of proper Christian conduct. Most of the lawsuits are illegitimate sponsored by sharks (i.e., the greedy plaintiff and the blood-sucking trial lawyer supporting the case for th…
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In some regards similar to the ill-kinship of American and English. The American dialect is barabaric and detracting from any linguistics intent. Also, in the same regard to Mandarin and Cantonese Chinese--the charactures are the same, but the pro…
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They are. These are the principle three. There are others, including: Akhmimmic.
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the desert fathers would at times put rocks in their mouth to keep from uttering words. I sometimes do that with the olive pits or large fruit pits after I eat my meals. Although for someone young or not well coordinated, this could be dangerous t…
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eating fava beans buries me
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It is a similar process of evolution for another term: Ga-Banyout, which is the Sahidi Arabic term for an engagement ceremony. Ga-Banyout' is the arabic interpretation of the Coptic: Je Penyot, which are the first words of the Lord Prayer, i.e., …
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Simply, you are tempting/testing God. No different than Satan in His temptation of the Lord on the Mount, asking Him (Our Lord to jump off the parapet--that He [God the Father] would charge angels to catch Him [Our Lord] before he dashed His foot u…
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Minagir, That's not what I mean. The bishop removes his mitre (exclusive of the kolonsowa--being underneath) at certain times, and specifically at readings. This is an exclusive feature from bearing his head at any time, as a concept (e.g. when h…
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For the bishops, the kalansona is essentially the quasi-equivalent of the shamla. Actually, any reader, from what I have as info is to wear the shamla (old traditions).
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Traditionally the prayer/reader's shawl (shamla) is for both priest and deacons whenever anything is recited from the scripture. I would say that the priests observe its use 10-30% and the deacons 0.0000000000000000000000001%.
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It is not wrong to express. If you follow the sequence of Our Lord's Life from the raising of Lazarus until His Crucifixion, there were plenty of examples of direct political statements. Your friends' comments are wrong.
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Tell the girl's FOC, if you do not have the ability or the circumstance to tell her. DIVORCE is a bad bad bad word.
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I meant baseball and sports caps.
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Anba (Pope) Kyrillos VI used to make the deacons wear a shamla (reader's shawl) when chanting the psalms during the Holy Pascha at the Cathedral.
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no. I meant at other times when entering the church.
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How can you have wine without fermented alcohol? It would be called: grape juice. Our Lord factually picked wine for it to become His Blood. Drinking a glass of wine does not get you drunk. Drinking a jug or a bottle does. Eating one pastry is…
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Actually that is the title. It is found in several places. You did not specify which language. If you mean arabic, it is found in the back of the Arabic Deacons' Service Book. It is in any of the hymnals. Also in the "khulagi" (at the end) as pr…
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Cantor Faheem never recorded the second verse. It may have been passed by verebal tradition--though. I asked him directly once, and he told me not to dwell on these issues, and that it was not important. That is both a paraphrase and translation …
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I also feel there should be a mentoring system or in essence a "big brother" ("big deacon") type system. An older cadet becomes oath bound to take care of mentor 3-5 younger ones, with instruction and example. Instruction on so many things that wo…
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Even if their mind tries denying God, their soul knows where it comes from. There is always an internal strife, regardless of whether they (atheists) wish to admit it. I think it is kind of amusing to talk to them.
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The other thing is there is a gap in authority because the priests cannot be every where. They are not going to leave the Liturgy to see what is going on in the back of the church. My feeling has always been that the backbone, the base and founda…
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No caps, but a lot of deacons wear cap. A cap is a sign of prominence as an equivalence to the female hair. When entering a home, business, or church, you remove the cap because you are accepting and respecting the sovereignty at hand. I am not s…
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Women===> all times Men should always remove their hats. A hat is not the same as a veil. The veil, for a woman, is to cover the crown (the locks of hair) as a respect for the King of Kings and His Crown, Majesty, and Authority. Coverings fo…
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I only glanced at the article on wine. Our Lord ate at Sader/Passover meals. The meal uses wine. He chose wine to be portion to become His Blood. Wine is not the issue. It is a Gift from God. It is medicinal and should be treated with great re…