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@Remenkimi Al7agar and its plural ala7gar are originally Arabic words while altub and its singular altubah are words that found their way to Arabic through the Egyptian language.. as for wala you're right when you pronounce the word carefully or slo…
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@minasoliman, I completely disagree and cannot see your point at all.. anyway what is my opinion even worth? oujai
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@minasoliman, I didn't understand if you included St Athanasius and St Cyril with the Greek church fathers or they were separate? oujai
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@abgad, in old Egyptian language the r sound is found unspelt in some words, but I like you have questioned the etymology particularly of Embare7.. you may be right, or may not be, I guess the main point is to not blindly follow research done by oth…
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@mina and @mabsoota, Wedd means liking or love, not exactly friendship.. oujai
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@mabsoota, you're quite right, that's it.. I agree it's the Kiahk response but people just say it during the whole fast! oujai
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@Sara, I'm sorry for your feelings but trust me you are not alone. The important thing is to not allow the evil one to take you away from the church by any means.. Oujai
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@mcarmichael, May the Lord rest his soul in peace and give you comfort and strength with all your beloved and his. Sorry I came upon this thread that late Oujai
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@Remenkimi, I still don't think it's appropriate for a priest to present on tv. There's no such a need for extra money I assume, so I do believe it's degrading to the priesthood to do that. Again if cantors Do sing other songs in public it's degradi…
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No the difference is massive @qawe.. I hope you are not implying that the priest needs more money to become a tv presenter. Besides I think some people should carefully choose the type of secondary work to do if that indeed is the case, that suits t…
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Apart from the pope's arguments that I really have no idea at all about, as I have not really paid too much attention to such channels on tv as I can not access Arabic channels, I feel the rank of priesthood being degraded when one priest assumes th…
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My problem lies with the fact that priesthood is being viewed in a warped manner, I don't want to say distorted or use any stronger words. These programs are seen by other people not only Christian so what will they say? I believe it's unassuming of…
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@minasoliman, I don't actually remember what it's called but I think it's the pope's questions and answers with the children oujai
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@Remenkimi, Please don't take my posts as personal replies to you. And also there are things other members have explained better than I can. In addition to what's been said St Paul instructs not to participate in tables set for others and I guess t…
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I am with @baempi on that one, I believe ramadan meals are wrong especially when done in churches. Some liken them to charity but I don't think so Oujai
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@Mdan,Of course it is not a sin, but as Coptic Orthodox Christians we rate symbolism highly and live by it even outside the church (commonsense) and not folklore as @ReturnOrthodoxy referred to such. Copts take it that the body is holy, pure and cle…
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Well I am really really sorry to take such a stance but I believe that some bishops are only following the apostolic canons and those are severe looking at drug misusers and homosexuality as to the brink of excommunication. I do see their point but …
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I really don't know anything about the Armenian church but in the Coptic church as other members explained that readers are considered part of the clergy and deacons are part of that hierarchy but deaconnesses are not Oujai
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Deaconnesses should not read anything out in the church. Deacon is a word meaning servant and they have a specified service and not to read out any readings in the church full stop.. Oujai
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@qawe, Good point although I share @Ioannes's and @AntoniosNikolas's sentiments, will things ever change? Let's pray Oujai
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Better life concerts coming to some of the church meetings and other events Oujai
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@Cyril, Sometimes some people need harsh words.. of course I am not talking about the example you cited, or condoning it, but at times this becomes necessary. There are many a verse in the Bible and especially in the Book of Proverbs.. Oujai
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You did say that @Remenkimi in a discussion we had here in the past.. Oujai
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Glory to be God. I am happy now that @Remenkimi changed his position. Coptic language is not dead or extinct. Oujai
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@minasoliman, In response to your reply to my view, Coptic language is not a dead language. Oujai
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@minasoliman, Not sure what your point is. Oujai
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You are right @returnorthodoxy.. it Of course saddens me that bishops as discussed on this forum before are only interested in pleasing the congregation to bring in larger numbers at the expense of rites, and principles and dare I say even dogma som…
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@returnorthodoxy, The film was played inside the church? Seriously? That's very wrong.. where's @AntoniosNikolas from all of this? Oujai
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@cyril, I don't know how to compare to Aramaic really, but yes it's spoken and understood by some people in their every day lives. @minasoliman, I hope I don't disappoint you by saying I cannot speak Coptic as a day to day language, but there are se…
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@minasoliman, Coptic is still a spoken language today. In scientific definition the Coptic language is not a dead language.. Oujai