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  • [quote author=jydeacon link=topic=5477.msg73001#msg73001 date=1182432449] I think nowadays we get circumsized because of medical reasons. what reasons these are i have no clue. that is just what i have heard. this is a great question i would like to…
  • [quote author=copticcross3 link=topic=5476.msg72969#msg72969 date=1182403846] or the practice of levitating things, or yourself,  through only mind power. it's been done before,  and is possible. What is the church's view on things like that(teleki…
  • i never heard about what HGB Mettatos said. but i told you what i learned. and hopfully i'll get u a source. now in my opinion, who deosn't get sick. another thing i was taught that the prayer is not only for those who are already sick but it's also…
  • [quote author=QT_PA_2T link=topic=4444.msg72890#msg72890 date=1182338736] OK, she'd be excommunicated, but I think it doesnt mean she'd be far from God if she still goes to another Church?? [/quote] [quote author=kerestina link=topic=4444.msg72893#…
  • [quote author=Κηφᾶς link=topic=5369.msg72926#msg72926 date=1182354778] The Sacraments are requirements (4 of the 7 anyway) to get into Heaven.  If one does not partake of the Sacraments (and valid Sacraments at that), they cannot partake in Christ (…
  • [quote author=QT_PA_2T link=topic=5369.msg72923#msg72923 date=1182354426] THe Coptic CHurch is simply open/exclusive to Egyptian born people. How can u expect our faith to propagate when our very name is binding our faith to our country. [/quote] h…
  • [quote author=QT_PA_2T link=topic=4444.msg72882#msg72882 date=1182329670] [quote author=kerestina link=topic=4444.msg72876#msg72876 date=1182325533] i have a question...........IF, working on probability here.....IF i fell in love with a christian g…
  • [quote author=copticluva link=topic=5471.msg72862#msg72862 date=1182305144] hi i dont know hot to download spiritual songs from this site and i would like to know how can anyone pleez help me thanx GBU [/quote] that site is only for privite storag…
  • [quote author=He Wept link=topic=5456.msg72841#msg72841 date=1182285958] wow nice to know that your in the Seraphim Chorus  :) , i know 2 people in it, and there voices are amazing, hope to hear one of your recordings soon  :) [/quote] who you know…
    in Nofri Comment by minatasgeel June 2007
  • [quote author=QT_PA_2T link=topic=734.msg72830#msg72830 date=1182272833] Mina, I don't understand habibi... how is this a personal choice - on the individual to decide whether he/she forgives his/her partner??? [/quote] yes. if a man forgives his wi…
  • Knfoc ur right. Bohairic is the diolect that we use mainly...which was also updated by HH Pope Kerrolos the V (or maybe the IV) the Sahidic on the other hand is the 'Se3ede' diolect which as it is called, originated in upper egypt. by the way, the…
    in Nofri Comment by minatasgeel June 2007
  • [quote author=QT_PA_2T link=topic=734.msg72822#msg72822 date=1182272429] Knfoc, virginity is a spiritual concept as well as a physical state also. Are christians who are virgins , virgins because they want to marry a virgin, or virgins because they …
  • [quote author=kerestina link=topic=734.msg72813#msg72813 date=1182271969] yes it may not be an easy question but it all falls in the hands of the individual as with  any other decisions or judgements.....if we were told hold someone to their sins th…
  • [quote author=Anglian link=topic=5469.msg72807#msg72807 date=1182271524] Dear Orthodox11, Indeed, and one of the reasons that the British Orthodox Church is part of the Coptic Church is that we firmly believe what you say about not needing an autoc…
  • [quote author=QT_PA_2T link=topic=734.msg72803#msg72803 date=1182271283] [quote author=Κηφᾶς link=topic=734.msg72801#msg72801 date=1182270971] [coptic]+ Iryny nem `hmot>[/coptic] [quote author=minagir link=topic=734.msg72798#msg72798 date=118227…
  • [quote author=QT_PA_2T link=topic=734.msg72797#msg72797 date=1182270224] Yeah, ok, i agree - i wouldnt ask anyone to change for me. I'd leave them and find someone else who's habits didnt ruin my health. [/quote] u shouldn't ask them to change.... b…
  • [quote author=Doubting Thomas link=topic=734.msg72782#msg72782 date=1182266294] Haha language... I know a interracial couple, Egyptian (husband) married to Lebanese (wife) So different arabic. Anyways, the husband asked one morning for "sheraab", a…
  • [quote author=Georgios link=topic=5456.msg72781#msg72781 date=1182263322] I am also an alhan freak, as you said.... i love alhan, especially the tasbeha... We in Austria have an exam for those who want to be oghnostos... and a part of the exam is to…
    in Nofri Comment by minatasgeel June 2007
  • [quote author=jydeacon link=topic=5467.msg72783#msg72783 date=1182266484] I am talking about psalm 150 anual during communion [/quote] well yes that is supposed to be said one high one normal as HICS records.
  • [quote author=Georgios link=topic=5456.msg72777#msg72777 date=1182258990] Just 17 years old but i read some of your posts... wonderful answers... I know the deacons of st mark new jersey... also very good deacons I always listen to your songs and hy…
    in Nofri Comment by minatasgeel June 2007
  • [quote author=Georgios link=topic=5456.msg72766#msg72766 date=1182248170] Inshallah - When it is the will of god = [coptic]Aresan `Vnou] ouws.[/coptic]  :D We can learn a lot from each other. This forum is really a great way to keep our faith and ou…
    in Nofri Comment by minatasgeel June 2007
  • [quote author=jydeacon link=topic=5467.msg72755#msg72755 date=1182224938] Hey guys, i was just wondering do you guys say some of the verses in psalm 150 in a high tune and then return to the regular tune for a couple more verses then high again? suc…
  • The book can be found here as a PDF format: The Spirituality of the Rites of the Holy Liturgy. great book i myself have read.
  • [quote author=Georgios link=topic=5456.msg72744#msg72744 date=1182209991] You are very exact, brother Amoussa... Exactness is very good and important in life. But to be a bit more exact: [coptic]Oujai[/coptic] can also mean mercy  :D But i see that …
    in Nofri Comment by minatasgeel June 2007
  • [quote author=Doubting Thomas link=topic=5402.msg72674#msg72674 date=1182159549] Most certainly Christ Jesus inherited this, because if He didn't, He would not be able to redeem us! As you can see, Christ Jesus had to inherit everything that makes…
  • [quote author=ophadece link=topic=5454.msg72735#msg72735 date=1182186984] Dear all, Hos Erof kindly PMed me with the answer to my question. Deacons in my church basically sing it the way Ibrahim Ayad does (I downloaded the hymn here on tasbeha), whi…
  • [quote author=QT_PA_2T link=topic=5402.msg72672#msg72672 date=1182155311] Put it this way: If a baby dies in its mother's womb, say whilst she was giving birth, and the baby DID have communion (via its mother's faith) , for me, this baby will go to …
  • [quote author=Anglian link=topic=5455.msg72732#msg72732 date=1182185691] Dear Mina, The 'British' refers only to ethos - that is, if you like, ethnic practice; Orthodox praxis is what it is in all the Oriental Orthodox family. We much admire the wi…
  • [quote author=QT_PA_2T link=topic=4444.msg72727#msg72727 date=1182184618] Impossible!! Even Christ said that... He said "... people will do miracles in My Name, and I say unto them, I do not know you, you lawless". The word Our Lord uses here is "L…
  • [quote author=ophadece link=topic=5454.msg72728#msg72728 date=1182184691] Dear minagir, If I'd have got the audio, I wouldn't have asked you to help me with my search. God bless you and mention me in your prayers [/quote] well maybe ask some of tho…