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khas, i wrote my thing as u were writing yrs. i did not read yr post, so was not responding to it. i just wanted to encourage u both that even though life is hard sometimes, we can be successful in our relationship with God. i agree God wants us to …
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God knows all yr pain and yr struggles. keep telling Him how things are and praise Him for He loves us so much that He wants to have a relationship with us. pray from the agpeya and take advice from abouna.
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interesting, so how can us non-monks stop stepping on out long skirts when doing metanoia? has anyone invented some way of hitching it up at the back? i don't wear a long skirt at work but i often do when chilling out or in church and i tend to stan…
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dear geomike, it sounds like a great program for computer nerds. but a bit complicated for me...
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in my church we also have a 9 hour fast for evening liturgies. those who are able to work all day and stay completely alert and fast from midnight do so. it's important to discuss it with your confession father, as some of us are not yet at the spir…
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i did a load of research yesterday, but no time to speak about it here this week as i have stuff to do. also i used to know the difference between autocephalous and autonomous but i forgot. brain too small for what i ask of it! maybe someone else ca…
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please note that the article referenced to was NOT from an orthodox source. the 'eccumenical canonical orthodox church worldwide' is not in communion with the EO or OO. to find officially recognised EO churches in USA, look here: http://oca.org/dire…
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the coptic evangelism in north america evangelism group will be praying for him in tomorrow's meeting. thank you for reminding us to keep praying, and also for all those who suffer for their faith in eritrea, nigeria and other countries.
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khas, bob is yr uncle, not bird! ;)
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that's right. i eagerly await childoforthodoxy's full post before commenting further. :)
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i was not insulted at all. i love yr posts. i just wanted to say i was not trying to contradict him :)
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ok so how about u guys posting some quotes to enlighten the rest of us? ;)
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i am saying that if u look at a short extract from something he has said, it may look like he is advocating the catholic 'original sin' idea, but i expect this is not what he is trying to say. i consider bishop youssef to be very blessed by God and…
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[quote author=aiernovi link=topic=12998.msg152820#msg152820 date=1331043413] but dissemination of information is sometimes lacking. [/quote] slight understatement! ;)
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we are born with mortality and the tendency to sin. but we are never considered to be guilty for the sin our father or grandfather or adam committed. some people call the tendency to sin 'original sin', but this is not the best way to say it because…
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guys, please go back to the other thread to discuss this (text / online messages), you are in the wrong thread!
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there are 'nestorians' there too, but many of the others are orthodox. the 'nestorians' prefer to be called 'assyrian church of the east'. we are not in communion with them, and we don't consider them to be 'orthodox'. may God give them His light.
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went to a baptism today! :D thanks for the help with this, because of u, i knew what they were singing (and was mumbling along in bad coptic) ;)
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yes, from what i read about 100 to (at least) 600AD there was a lot of closeness between the syriac and coptic churches and the churches in israel / palestine in between these two groups. from these areas, many many missionaries went out and blessed…
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it's good to go with someone. don't go alone if u have trouble with long distances. ask God to show u His time to visit a monastery. until then, u can learn a lot from going to church and listening to the Holy Bible and the sermons.
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don't worry, just pray. they are in God's hands.
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good points. i am not well read on this subject, although i have read a little from both EO and OO writers, and it seems the EO writers love to use the term theosis, and the OO generally don't. the EO make a distinction between the 'essence' and 'e…
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hi and welcome from another former protestant (i also didn't realise i was one for ages, due to being in a 'non denominational' denomination). try looking for the coptic prayer book (agpeya), it's easy to find online, and praying the Lords' prayer, …
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it's ok, i have welcomed bots before and even prayed for them! :o
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that was a bot sending spam. the bot will not be able to elaborate! ;) (check the signature for websites and adverts, then u know it's not a real person)
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so u r making progress :) sometimes i start the same prayer 3 times coz i'm thinking of something else half way through :-[ then i finishing praying it and then tell God what i am worrying about so that i stop worrying about it :)
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we love u too, rony, may God give u peace.
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thanks, coptic and proud, i couldn't find it on here, that's great. titL, yr coptic is not bad enough to take lessons from me! ;) this is why i laugh when i end up translating when everyone else is too shy. i give people 30 - 40% of what's being sa…
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yes, it was the Holy Spirit.
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father peter's post is lovely, i wrote this as he was typing so i'll post it anyway in case it helps. how old are you? (u can answer by pm if u like) coz if u are still under 30, there is no rush to get married as there is so much else u can be doi…