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The whole sequence you outlined is exactly as I tell my co-workers and American friends, word for word, and they cannot comprehend it unless there is an associated pain for the American. To feel what we have felt for 1400 years. I have difficulty …
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Hey QT, that was the most insightful series of statements. I applaud every comment without a reservation on any single word. Our fathers from the past would be proud that they have son with a strong voice. Americans and westerners still cannot …
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De Facto: God is a New York Yankees fan. He does not like soccer.
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I was trying to teach a little boy about the Resurrection re-enactment and that Our Lord is Risen. As I was carrying him (the child) around for the procession, he said to me: "If everyone here is to celebrate him rising from the dead, then why did…
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How about the little kid at our church, who thought that abouna was trying to hit his father, bopped abouna. The priest was doing the tapping/crossing blessing with the water at the end of the liturgy for the servants of the altar and it was misint…
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I had gotten a pectoral cross as a present for a priest at our church as a gift from my trip to Egypt. I bought this very ornate cross from the Mahaba Bookstore in Shoubra. Needless to say the workmanship from Egypt is sometimes suspect, and in th…
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We had a Sunday School teacher give a sermon in the liturgy, who had a bit of an accent and a lisp. He would say the word "sin" and "thin", yet he was not thin. One of the kids said why does he keep talking about 'thin' when he is so fat.
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We had a priest from Egypt visiting, and he was poorly attempting to do the Liturgy in English, and he kept pronouncing Holy Sprite instedad of the Holy Spirit.
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How about when the deacons bow to the ground and static cling holds the tonia to the body in the funniest ways?
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What about the dingbats at the Silver Anniversary Dinner, that was celebrated for His Holiness in New Jersey, who came in rushing to put up the banner over the dias table, with the word "jubilee" spelled "gubilee"?
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We had a child (chanter) say in arabic the response 'unto the east look' by saying: "wa illa shark ondhoroo" instead of "wa eela shark ondhoroo". That is to say 'look every where but the east'.
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Another time, also in my youthful days, His Grace, the Thrice Blessed of Memory, Anba Youannis of El-Gharbiya, came to our church and wanted to sit as he handed out the eulogion bread to the people at the end of the Liturgy. I presented him with on…
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In a procession, in my younger days, I was holding a candle and it (accidently) lit the hair of the kid in front of me. I kept smacking him back and forth in the area to put out the fire. I was scolded for beating up the kid when in fact I was try…
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JY, I was not taking any insult from you or Severus, just making a case. I am very passionate about the Apostolic Presence of Pope Shenouda in the Life of the Coptic Orthodox Church.
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Jy, I do not think my comments are misplaced. I am not speaking praise of Pope Shenouda. All I am giving is a synopsis and encyclopedic listing of the man who is the Pope and Patriarch of the See of St. Mark. Can you think of a political figure …
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I do not think it proposterous at all. Think about it, is there a Copt, that we can rally behind as a leader to our causes and our needs other than Pope Shenouda? We do not have anyone that carries that banner. No one has the dignity he possesses…
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I will also add, that some Copts, by heritage, have embarassed us. It is probably better not to make a list, so that we do not have to mention the ones that are famous, and have been embarassment. As an example, Cher, the singer and actress, is fa…
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Pope Shenouda, through the inspiration and power of the Holy Spirit, is the foundation for the Coptics in the world to flourish. I am open minded. One can be a great surgeon, such as Dr. Yacoub, whom I hold in great esteem, but is not the basis an…
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Pope Kyrillos VI is a different category all together, with all do respect and love for his saintly person and miracles. You can make a list of plenty of saintly ecclesiastical hierarchs, but they are local to the traditions of the Coptic Church. …
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He was used as target practice by the German Army, the British Army, and the Egyptian Army, and never did a bullet touch him.
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Pope Shenouda III, unparalleled by any human being on the face of the earth. No one comes close in any ethnicity, religious persuasion, or nationality. By God's Grace, he (His Holiness), has lifted us up as a people, because of his dignity, intele…
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There are two St. Mark named parishes in New Jersey: Jersey City and at Cedar Grove. None of the priests there have the name Fr. Bishoy. Fr. Bishoy is the first Coptic Priest ordained on United States soil. Fr. Gabriel Abdelsayed, of blessed mem…
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Sorry, jydeacon and bigee, The Holy Spirit, the Third Person of the Trinity, is God. He is the One we worship in all regards and as specified in the Orthodox Creed. He (as a Person of the Trinity), should never be referred to as "it" or "its". Th…
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Hezekial, In answer to your question, I am a guy. I chose the name: "Ilovesaintmark" because it forces everyone to pronounce those words. St. Mark has been forgotten in so many ways, and that includes the great saints: Severus and Dioscorus. B…
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I agree with QT. If we recall heresies may be veiled in one letter not even a full word, phrase, or term. If we recall Nicea, the issue was over the letter "i" (iota). Hence the colloquial term: "not even an iota". QT is strong in his comments …
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QT, You have to remember, you started this thread. You have to take responsibility for all of this rancor. [move]The main thing you are all forgetting is that you are all correct in your statements[/move]. The main thing we have to remember is o…
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Hezekial, I guess I have not gotten a taste for your sense of dry humor as I possess. With your word, no offense taken. I retract my previous remark. Although, I did go make a deposit at the bank at the ATM machine, I have bills to pay. Coptic …
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Hezekial, It was a joke. It was satirical. It was to be stated on the point that every day should be lived with the expectation that it could be the last day prior to going to one's rest and judgment. Relax, Hezekial, I think everybody understoo…