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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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