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maybe that's why people call me tant?! please excuse me while i go and have a midlife crisis.i will let you know how it goes...
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the end is here! :O
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gracewisdom, don't panic, middle age is somewhere around 45. i used to think it was 40, but then i changed it when i got to 40!;-)that was recently, by the way, i'm not middle aged yet!(spoken with head placed firmly in the sand...) B-)
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remnkemi, i agree with nearly all of your points. good work! :-) i'm sure you'll agree that kids should have fun at church, but that 'fun' should not mean running up and down screaming and demanding sweets. I have had friends and neighbours who were…
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if you stay in for halloween, it is probably a good idea to keep a stash of sweets and little pictures (like of mary magdalene washing Jesus' feet for example) to give to the kids, so they have a nice picture with the sweets.
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also in the old days, people would wash in public baths or rivers etc. so they could get cuts on their feet and we should take care not to bleed after Holy Communion. that's why we are not supposed to go swimming.before i understood why we shouldn't…
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i agree with most of his 'ten things i won't do':http://www.johnsanidopoulos.com/2010/10/ten-things-i-wont-do-on-halloween.html but i think that it's not actually useful for us as Christians to encourage interest in the 'paranormal'.nor is it a good…
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hi, joe g, yes i agree, a wonderful book:-)
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minasoliman,i get your point, but i think this is mainly a problem with the english translation of pope shenouda's book.it can be read that way, but i think it is not intended that way. i agree saint athanasius' book is the best, but it is difficult…
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try to get hold of the book by our dear departed patriarch pope shenouda 3rd called 'salvation in the orthodox concept'.many coptic churches will be able to sell you a copy (for about 3 dollars or less), or you can probably download it online. if yo…
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lovely syrian liturgy of the repose of the blessed patriarch.the ladies choir is properly located together with the congregation and facing the altar. thanks for posting it.it is great to see how much it is similar to the coptic liturgy, even though…
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remember that all beautiful women turn into wrinkly old ladies unless they die young. :P so spend time becoming the best husband / wife you can be (deep relationship with God, regular confession etc)then make friends with people who help you in y…
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no, they are just the deuterocanonical books that every orthodox church accepts but which are not found in protestant sponsored Bible translations. any orthodox Bible has them in any language translation.
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many churches use new king james Bible.but it lacks some of the old testament books. the best complete Bible currently available is:http://www.thomasnelson.com/the-orthodox-study-bible i am reading it, and our priest has given it out to some of the …
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it sounds like you have a lot of anxious thoughts about this.did you speak to a doctor about this?
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hi, i am not saying ignore the problems (we don't have same problems here in uk) but sometimes when you leave, some of the problems follow you.i will never accept incorrect teaching in church, but i would find another way to deal with it. may God gu…
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lovely quotes, cyril.remnkemi, minasoliman, theophilus 1,thanks all so much, such wise words. i would have logged in to say something the last few days if i had not had an internet problem and been very busy.but now i don't need to; you said it far …
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aah, very nice posts!yes, the difference between social 'mission' as shown in the lives of our saints of old and modern social 'mission' as shown in big coorporate organisations from developed countries, is that the modern concepts perpetuate the ga…
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sounds great!if anyone gets it, please review it here.if it's good, i may try to get it via my church book shop (i have trouble buying things on line).:-)
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copticstrength, i am talking generally about people around the world.so if you are in america but have been working part time since you're 13 and you do lots of housework and walk the dog for your neighbours in your free time (instead of listening t…
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if you're over 16 and planning to get married around 18 or 19, then teenage dating is fine. as long as you did your education and got a job (assuming it's manual work as you didn't go to college) and you are very emotionally mature (generally this i…
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my friend is moving to saskatoon.are there any orthodox churches nearby?she is not (yet) orthodox...;-)
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this is true.it is 6 years now since i joined the church, and i put up with the lack of catchy tunes and feel good lyrics in order to see what orthodox Christians really believed.i wanted to see why they were peaceful and how they could love their e…
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try my favourite sermon: may God give you strength to walk back to Him.it's a long process. the bad spirits don't want you to get back to God.they know how dangerous you will be to them when you bring back other people to God as a result of your re…
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i think this already happened a few years ago (maybe you can do the mathematics!)i am glad you plan to be alive in 2035 (1752 AM if my calculations are correct), i will be old / dead (though technically not quite old enough for a pension).;-) maybe …
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what is this hymn saying about the garment?is it saying there is a garment?or archangel michael's garment is being passed on to someone? i don't understand it.
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thank God for that:-) ophadece, don't forget your homework...;-)
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quickly, or you have to give back the passport!;-)
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dear remnkemi,i was not saying people shouldn't use fairly bad english. i was saying they should say 'right and worthy', instead of 'meat and rice'. also i was saying that if someone's english is so bad you have no idea what language they are prayin…
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wow, many questions! firstly, ophadece, how long have you lived in uk? :-O for your homework, please write a small paragraph each on saints andrew and george as patron saints of scotland and england! as for the other questions;the BOC has no ties …