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great to know they have a website :-)my friends go there.please pray for the priest, he is new (but very blessed).
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hi, i started a new thread so we don't derail this one!http://tasbeha.org/community/index.php?p=/discussion/15187/orthodox-mission#Item_1:-)God bless u all dear friends
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missionary churches? aren't we all supposed to be involved in mission?or are there some churches excluded from the great commission in matthew 28 to go into all the world...? :-O personally i love to go to my church's early morning weekday liturgy…
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i first attended a coptic church in 2005. since then i visited at least 8 churches up and down the uk (i lost count). the increased availablity of screens and books has helped a lot, and, at least in the big churches i know, there are plenty of newc…
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i don't like chandeliers either.they cost a lost of money which should be given to the poor.
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having books is great for newcomers.then after 1-2 years, they should be encouraged to pray without the books (if they can understand the language).my first language is english, but i often don't understand chanting in english, as some words are alm…
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amen!this applies also to individual Christians... :\">
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if you finish reading the works of saint john chrysostom, let me know and i will1. recommend something else to read2. sit at your feet in wonder, asking how you found time to finish reading every one of his sermons ;)
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also you know the list of church fathers at the beginning of the liturgy when the priest prays the general absolution?('may your servants...' or 'abeedak...')this is also the 'safe' reading list, so you can read anything by saint john chrysostom, sa…
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dear cyril, i don't think father peter posts here any more (too busy teaching theology and running a church and having a family).please send me a personal message if you would like me to find out more about how to get the book and i can ask him, if …
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cyril, are you in uk?i am too. please send answer by personal message, if you don't want the whole world to know!;-)may God bless this conference
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welcome from another uk Christian :-)i agree that old english is very difficult.did you look at the agpeyas that are bilingual english / arabic? usually they have good english.feel free to send personal message if you want to tell me where you are e…
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lovely pictures, thanks.i have met bishop abune mekarios (he is on left of the last photo above), may God give him many years and peaceful times,and may God preserve and protect the patriarch abune antonios who remains strong in God's love and grace…
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father antony paul, could you send a more specific link?i did not find it.i am looking for orthodox songs in english to share with a group i attend in church and i think it would be nice to see it:-)
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welcome and may God guide you.what is it you like about the church?
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i have done it, i am in uk, hope it's not just for usa people!thanks, father and may God be with you in your work for Him.mine is the one with lots and lots of comments...;-)
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hi, of course i didn't forget u :-) this year we have a priest who posts on the forums! we are happy to have father anthonypaul with us, and happy to have you back. stay close to God and keep up your prayers, Bible study and church visits and may Go…
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ramezm, finally i understand something someone says about coptic hymns! thanks! :-)
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i learnt it from here:(i have since forgotten it!) the discussion is mixed arabic / english, so you have to basically be bilingual to follow it completely, but if this is a problem, just try to ignore the talking and follow the words on the screen. …
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welcome!i wasn't even orthodox back then.glad to see you are now old ;) and full of insight. what have you learnt since then?
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drewhalim, u in uk?gonna send you pm.:-)
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thanks, ophadece for the lesson :) i will work harder! but it seems from the above discussion that it is a difficult language ;)
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nofri, namenrit! if they could stop putting half the word on one line and half on the next, and then randomly leaving out spaces in the computer presentations used in churches, then we could learn coptic more easily! oujai khen epChois (sorry, my fr…
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remember that the dating systems used in evolutionary theories are based on carbon and uranium dating.in order to work out the age of something, an assumption is made that the percentage of carbon that is radioactive as always been the same since th…
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thanks for posting, i always like to have more news of him.may God give him peace always.so good to hear the patriarch is praying for the Christian people, he is a true servant of God.
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may God guide u and give u strength and peace.i think many people benefit from your posts as many people struggle in this way. it is good to hear you are concentrating on yr prayer life again.:-)