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i used to assume that most protestant Christians used to believe roughly the same as i did when i was protestant (14 years ago). however, i since met a 'Christian' work colleague who was living with her partner (not married) and others who thought i…
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certainly.tamav (mother) eirine (leader of a ladies' monastery in egypt) used to talk to the saints in the 1990s.she has departed (died) since then so I can talk about it.i know someone else (have met that person just a few times) who has almost cer…
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as for non orthodox Christians, i can't comment.i simply advise them to follow the orthodox spiritual life (which hopefully will eventually lead to joining the church) and i don't tell them how to live.
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i wrote the prenup myself - i wanted to make the point that money (and status etc etc. as italian coptic is hinting) is of no value at all, and that anyone (your friends for example) who is considering a prenup needs to have a big think about their …
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PSif you are asking about prenup because you are about to get married to a controlling person, then please speak to abouna - that is above my pay grade - the advice about is for relationships that are not abusive. try to avoid going into a controlli…
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this is an orthodox Christian prenuptual agreement: if we divorce because of your sin, i get your permission to remarry and you have to repent.if you change your ways before i remarry, i then have the option of reconciling with you. if we divorce bc…
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aah, thanks.which reminds me, it has been a few months since i visited my friend's greek orthodox church, must go soon!happy theophany everyone:)
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thanks for that! :)is this an old hymn?i see it is in greek, not in coptic.
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glad that is cleared up, thanks for asking (and answering) the question:-)
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according to uncle mina, it is like this:http://tasbeha.org/hymn_library/view/1498 (i consider tasbeha.org to be the authorative answer):):x
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yes, you have put a lot of words on the screen so we can look them up in the dictionary (but after Christmas, too much work / church till then!)
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thanks for the slides so i can see how the words are spelt.i will spend some quality time with my dictionary and then comment:)(don't hold your breath, the dictionary has a busy schedule at the moment, so it may not have time for me for a few days!)…
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yes, i have also found that coptic messes up your 'c's and you start saying 's' instead!;)thanks for all your work on this, a (protestant Christian) friend of mine asked me today why i celebrate Christmas on a 'different' date, and was able to give …
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thanks for your reply and message.if anyone wants further reading on how suffering in life fits with blessing from God, i VERY strongly recommend 'the communion of love' by abouna matta el miskeen (matthew the poor). mentioned here:https://tasbeha.…
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thanks for clarification, only a few days left till kiakh!:)
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welcome, brother.there is always a way to come back to God.remeber there is no eating or marriage in paradise, we enter alone, although we value the prayers of the saints in our journey.if you sincerely desire fellowship with God, He Himself will he…
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thanks, ophadece for the explanation, that makes sense.i also understand minatasgeel's points, as it should be understood, however ophadece says the coptic makes sense and it is above my paygrade to dispute that (i opted out of further coptic studie…
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coptic novice here, so excuse me if this should have been obvious -what is the difference between the coptic and arabic versions of pimici ebol?i hope we do keep singing it, i have been looking forward to it!and it is also easier in the final hymn (…
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(sorry about the big space above!)Then another joyful event happened when the star led the wise men to worship the Child. But then fear and danger followed when Herod wanted to kill the Child, who then needed to flee and hide like any mortal person.…
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Saint John Chrysostom; Matthew 2:12-16Paraphrased in modern English (from http://www.newadvent.org/fathers/200108.htm 2020).Bible quotes from The Orthodox Study Bible, Thomas Nelson, 2008.Then being divinely warned in a dream that they should not re…
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hi tigran, you said it better than i could, thanks.dioscorus, sorry i didn't get in to a big debate, i have been busy in real life!could tigran and aba please tell us who is in their pictures?mine is saint matthias, the 12th apostle :)
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for some reason, your last phrase came in grey:alef maddah on windows, it should be shift +n.thanks for your helpful hint (merci beaucoup!)may God give you peace and grace in your service. ophadece, maybe it could be modernisation, sometimes these t…
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and here is a good link to help us understand it:http://www.rememberarabic.com/articles/tanween
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i know i am chatting with myself here (i am not working today - yay!)but i have found the correct place for the mark (tanween fatha) on p144 of my 'teach yourself arabic' book (which i bought in 2005 and haven't quite finished yet).it is definitely …
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hi aba, i like your icon, is it saint athanasius? this is a really big topic, there is an interesting discussion on it here:http://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/comment/180961 obviously i agree with my viewpoint (!) but it is good to see it from…
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also, i don't want to start a revolution, but there are errors in coptic reader...
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hope some native arabic speakers can help here, but i think it has to be on the alef, as it is changing the sound 'a' into 'aan'are you a native speaker, yoan, or are you a foreigner like me?
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on my lenovo, i get a hamza with shift + Hwhen i do shift + B, i get a lam-alef with alef maddah, so now i can do shift + B, then go back one space and delete the lam and now i get what i want!thanks to you and we thank God!نشكر آلله ;)
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the first one is 'Lord have mercy', which is not in your list, so all 3 (the first one and the 2 you asked for) are here:(techinically there should be a little sqiggle on the letter alef of 'allah', but i didn't find it yet on my keyboard, if anyone…
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hhm i think you just make it up as we do in the churches i go to!sing the line for the 1st bishop, then a tiny breath and then the line for the next bishop in the same tune.the person who can sing it fastest with the least breathing gets the prize!(…