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  • i guess this runs along the same lines why we refer to the church in a feminine way?
  • www.st-takla.org really good site
  • o and as for were to get them tattooed i kno a place in linden called tattooville which aint too far and theres also a place in elizabeth
  • well the original reason why we get them (or so what i heard) was that during hte times of persecution many of the newbrons parents would be martyred and thus the paretns didnt wnat their children growing up any other religon other than Coptic Ort…
  • http://tasbeha.org/content/community/index.php?topic=5429.msg72337#msg72337
  • uhmm well see we are talking about that situation from a far off point of view but most of us if not all of us were never in taht situation logically, if we were to be, our thinking would defnitley be much different...b/c at that point in time u'll…
  • Lol thanks alott
  • I heard him mentioned as an Anachorite.... but I mean people specially Egyptains tend to Over Glorify people they love
  • From another guy I heard was that there are two worlds in this world: Spiritual and the real one we live in.  In the spiritual, there are demons and they even have belongings too like we do, like cows and stuff like that.  WOW thats the first time…
  • I'm Pretty sure if you want the Liturgy Powerpoint you can go to www.stshenoudajc.org dont know if they'll have the Synexariam Powerpoint tho
  • wow.....honestly beautiful
  • personally speaking Abouna was like Ask for Gods Help during Holy Communion and Read a little i used to live a wonderful spirtual life .....and its not cuz i want stuff from God, like i used to pray to God because i enjoyed praying to God i tried…
  • Thats what stumps me like how come Micheal or Gabriel or Rapheal are Guy names only ?
  • I'd just like to add this point: If we look at Samson, he had to follow Nazaritic requirements, which meant he was Sworn to the Lord See where I'm going with this? or am I just completely off base here lol
  • my favorite saint(s) would probably be Abu Seifen (St. Philopateer Mercurius) and St. Athanasius the Apostolic Abu Seifen because of his heroic struggle to bear the Name of Christ. and St. Athansius because of his fear of noone but the Lord. Re…
  • well i bought the book from my churches library here in the U.S. but im pretty sure you can find a couple of sites dedicated to her
  • My old Sunday School teacher put it in clear terminology for me when i asked him the same question: He said that we should focus on why were gettin the tattoo to start with.  Meaning if its not for Praising God then it should not be on Gods Propert…
  • Excellent Question: The Pope Answers that Question in his book Comparitive Theology. Why should a person whose parents were baptised and saved from Adam's sin, be baptised as well? We did not inherit the penalty of death from our immediate parents…
  • As PopeKyrillos Said, Its basically when a person gets marks similar to that of Christ, accompanied with continous bleeding and the bleeding occurs at the wrists/hands, the feet, the sides (because Christ was nailed with at the wrists feet and stru…
  • KK see as i mentioned eariler about the little girl who has it (in my g'ma's book) the Girl is a Coptic Egyptian Girl named Mariam and there are pictures of HH Pope Shenouda wiping the blood off with tissues (Thats what haas me confused) also what a…
  • Well from what I heard, this happened after the Great Flood, were Noahs Sons split up to different parts of the world.  Plus lets not forget even as most psychologist agree enviorment affects a person, thus a person in the hot scorching son of Afric…
  • So that would mean that Pope Kyrillos and Abouna Abd El Messieh El Manahery aren't Saints?
  • Ok speaking of Saints Does anyone know what  exactly is the process of Canonization of Saints, in the COC?
  • dude thanks much
  • ya the same thing was said by my old confession father, he stated as a priest, one has to worry not to attract people to himelf but to Christ becasue it can come to a point were the person would go to church and talk with the priest only because he…
  • Im pretty sure that the Coptic Orhtodox Church won't give the Holy Eucharist to members of the Eastern Orthodox Churches.  This is because of the split between the churches, in 451 (in which the Eastern Orthodox Churches also separated siding w/ the…
  • what about hte regular arabic one? i cant seem to find it here?
  • Oh and as for the Bishops As of 2 weeks ago, they were still in full communion with our church b/c at the Popes Wedsnday Lecutre, they were there sitting right next to his Holiness