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i investigated this on the internet before church on tuesday, as far as i can tell the churches who celebrate with us are: serbian and russian eastern orthodox and ethiopian oriental orthodox (and obv. our 'daughter' churches such as eritrean, briti…
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kull is sana wa antum tayyibeen! happy Christmas! is there any video of the cathedral online? my muslim friend was watching it and said it was great.
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i see. but i think fighting to defend your tribe or your country is different. interestingly, in eritrea, Christians are currently being punished severely for not fighting because they believe the wars their government is waging against ethiopia and…
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umm... i'm not sure the Christians who competed in the 'games' under the roman empire went there willingly...
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hi hos erof, when i was 18 i was planning to get married at around 60 as well. it didn't work out ;) i think any age between 18 to 100 is ok, maybe under 18 in special circumstances, like if yr in a country with an average life expectancy of 30 or …
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very wise words qt-pa-2t, can i ask where yr from if yr not egyptian? i am not either, but i love the accent ('aamiya) and the food ;)
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sure, i understand there are good messages in the stories, and its normal to have some kind of fantasy and story-telling, its just that fairies, dragons, ogres etc don't exist and witchcraft does, so i think any book or film that implies it is innoc…
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sorry i disagree with severus, which is unusual as he/she has posted some awesome stuff on the other discussions. i don't think it's good, unless u want to read them in order to understand the sad pagan culture we live in and reach them with the glo…
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i agree with london copt. btw when i married my husband was a new unemployed immigrant who hardly spoke english. that was 15 years ago i was 22 and still a student and it worked... so don't put any limits on God ability to care for you! ;)
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i'm glad my husband isn't egyptian ;) but i would have sold all i had to marry him :) (it's ok when i got married my life savings were in the region of £150 and we did spend half of it on the wedding rings!) london copt, don't worry, u don't need …
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hey, the mission web page was excellent. u should all check it out. aidan, i have an idea about spreading the church's mission that i didn't share before as i think i need help formulating the idea. in most counties that don't know about orthodoxy,…
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hi, i think God let abraham send hagar away because otherwise sarah would have kept mistreating her. he was releasing abraham from the responsibility of looking after her and ishmael because he planned to look after ishmael himself.
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so the young ladies from egypt will be eating loads after Christmas to get a big shakba? ;)
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guys, read these links above, i have learnt sooooo much, thanks so much for that :-)
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humility for me is reading these amazing posts and having very little to say, you all said it better.
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i didn't hear about this man, Godislove260, but i agree with you that God only gives gifts for a reason, certainly never for people to make a big show and get rich. mikeforJesus, what i was saying is that meditation without Jesus is dangerous. when …
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oh, also learning self defense is ok. just not martial arts. most big cities in developing countries will have self defense classes, but if they emphasise on mediation or ways u can kill people then just leave.
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hi meena, hi everyone, it's not the potential violence that's a problem with martial arts, although it may encourage violence, it's the fact that it's based on religions like buddism and shintoism, which worship spirits and ancestors. all the martia…
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yes, Ivan, i think we need to know each other better. please keep us informed by contributing to discussions on this site, so we can all learn more :)
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this is the story of Gideon in the book of Judges :)
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you can find the answer to that question in the gospel to the 3rd watch of the midnight prayer in the Agpeya (if you don't work night shifts, you can read the Agpeya at any time of the day!) the gospel is Luke 12 :32-64 and tells the story of a mast…
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Hi brothers and sisters :) 2 points: 1. all the eastern and oriental orthodox had a meeting in 1990 in geneva, switzerland and agreed that we basically believe the same thing. they need to get together again though, and sort out us being allowed to …
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Hi brother, i have only a little time right now, but want to say that sometimes we have to say to God, 'whatever happens i will accept it' and then let God have His will. this is what Jesus said before he laid down his life and went through terrible…
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wow, i hadn't noticed that! just re-read it (Genesis 14; 17-24) and u r exactly right :)
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also they are very important parts of the Jewish feast of passover; the meal before Jesus' crucifixion was the passover meal. if there are any Hebrew scholars (or good internet surfers) out there, they can enlighten us further...
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sorry God is love 260, i only saw your post today, i've been away. i wasn't saying that Copts were involved themselves in the crusades, but other Orthodox were (in the Byzantine empire). you're right though, i think the europeans were especially bad…
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baptism is when you ask for forgiveness of the sins committed before the baptism, confession is for the sins committed after. in baptism our old nature dies with our Lord and saviour Jesus Christ, and we are raised up a new person, forgiven and aliv…
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cheese, i want cheese...... may God give you all strength in the fast, remember it's more important to have a good character than fast (see the book of Joel) so don't spend too much time moaning about your fast ;)
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Hi bigeee, yes we'll all pray 4 u too. this is a website that may have some useful material if you get into any discussion with your mom: http://www.elmaseeh.net/index.htm they are planning to put on a page in arabic as well but it's not done yet. …
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I agree with supermanbam, 'french' kissing does lead to increased desire, i don't think its a sin in itself (am not sure) but it does make it harder to keep away from sin. as for couples who have been together a long time not being so intimate, i'm …