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[quote author=ophadece link=topic=5454.msg72676#msg72676 date=1182160502] Dear all, Maybe I put myself across a bit wrongly (what's new?!!). Yes, it is annual, and it is very similar to the regular annual tune, but the deaons in my church (St Mark, …
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[quote author=QT_PA_2T link=topic=4444.msg72720#msg72720 date=1182183979] We love God by keeping His commandments. [/quote] i can keep His commandments but not love Him. i can do what He said to do but not love it or Him. I can't tell my wife I lo…
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[quote author=QT_PA_2T link=topic=4444.msg72718#msg72718 date=1182183501] God is Love and Spirit, He should be worshipped in Spirit and in Truth, not emotion. No where does it say to worship Him with emotion. The word used is "Truth". To love some…
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[quote author=QT_PA_2T link=topic=4444.msg72715#msg72715 date=1182182852] No, I disagree. I think how we love should be at a spiritual level, as opposed to a "somatic" or emotional level. Its imperative. I think even a marriage between husband a…
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[quote author=copt4eva link=topic=5458.msg72669#msg72669 date=1182152803] Hey guys, Does anyone have any documents to what we say when a bishop is in a mass, like dont we add on a little bit on the, "pray that god have mercy and compassion upon us"…
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[quote author=mikeforjesus link=topic=5455.msg72706#msg72706 date=1182177865] Im so glad that there is a british orthodox church.. I wish there were more in australia and america (if in america there is not any or not much) there isn't any in austr…
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[quote author=QT_PA_2T link=topic=4444.msg72709#msg72709 date=1182178598] [quote author=Κηφᾶς link=topic=4444.msg72707#msg72707 date=1182178420] [coptic]+ Iryny nem `hmot>[/coptic] I disagree with you. Love is by far the most important thing. …
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[quote author=QT_PA_2T link=topic=5464.msg72685#msg72685 date=1182165548] Hence, the following topic concentrates on the effects of lying during confession. What if we confess things and are NOT totally open/honest about it?? What happens!?? Do we d…
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[quote author=Amoussa01 link=topic=5454.msg72663#msg72663 date=1182135680] IT is VERYYYYYYY UNCOMMON HERE!!!! I never heard anyone say it before in my life until recently! But you are right, it is a beautiful hymn. I am trying to convince some of th…
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[quote author=jydeacon link=topic=5454.msg72661#msg72661 date=1182121263] Actually it might only be uncommon in the United States or places outside of Egypt. In egypt it is regular practice to say the long Pi ouou fa at the end of the anual Psalm 15…
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[quote author=Amoussa01 link=topic=5454.msg72656#msg72656 date=1182119586] The only long (uncommon) part of psalm 150 (annual) could be said as pi oofa pennoty pe the long way. [/quote] why uncommon....we can say it every 2, 3 weeks or so. it's a n…
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[quote author=desertnurse link=topic=5455.msg72643#msg72643 date=1182105935] Are any of them represented here? [/quote] if am not mistaken John (Anglian) is a British Orthodox Church member.... i remeber a member of the Indian Church has posted a p…
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[quote author=desertnurse link=topic=5455.msg72640#msg72640 date=1182104543] Are there just Egyptians here? Where are the other Coptics?? How do the different bodies differ?? [/quote] hmmmmm. Coptic = Egyptian. Coptic Church bisacly mean the "Egy…
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actually....i just thought of the best idea for u Taylor. Here on tasbeha.org there is broadcasting from the beginning of vespers praise to the liturgy the second day. (sat-sun) here is the Webcast Schedule. The Sundays' liturgy is broadcasted in vi…
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[quote author=ophadece link=topic=5454.msg72628#msg72628 date=1182091209] Dear all, I heard the chorus in my church sing psalm 150 in a rather longer tune than HICS. I am looking for that hymn. Anyone has an idea where I can find it: please help. [/…
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[quote author=desertnurse link=topic=5452.msg72623#msg72623 date=1182064513] How did pagan Egypt influence the Coptic Church? [/quote] The Coptic faith was not influenced by the pagan belief but it was influenced by the Egyptian civilization. We ar…
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[quote author=desertnurse link=topic=5452.msg72615#msg72615 date=1182060226] Truly, this is one of the most fascinating faiths I have ever encountered. [/quote] great to hear. Are there certain colors used or other ways that give different feeling…
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[quote author=desertnurse link=topic=5452.msg72612#msg72612 date=1182059393] What could I expect to find at a Coptic service?[/quote] wow. i guess ur visiting a coptic church soon (if u havn't already) Anyways here is a clear picture of my church (…
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[quote author=desertnurse link=topic=5452.msg72608#msg72608 date=1182058955] What does the liturgical calender look like? For instance the Western Calender looks like this: Advent starts the forth Sunday before Christmas http://upload.wikimedia…
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[quote author=abosefien link=topic=5451.msg72591#msg72591 date=1182035130] Hello, I wonder if anyone has the liturgy (any one of the three, preferably St. Basil, and St. Gregory) presentation (pdf or powerpoint). If anyone has the link or file pleas…
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[quote author=desertnurse link=topic=5452.msg72593#msg72593 date=1182046998] What role to hymns play in the Coptic church and where did they originate? Also, are there more "modern" hymns? Taylor :) [/quote] this is a great question Taylor and …
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[quote author=He Wept link=topic=5449.msg72572#msg72572 date=1181933909] the way i know it is that the reason they died immediately is because they lied before the Holy Spirit- and i think its in the Bible- but it says that if you curse ( or somthin…
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[quote author=Anba Bishoy link=topic=5449.msg72565#msg72565 date=1181928466] [quote author=Κηφᾶς link=topic=5449.msg72561#msg72561 date=1181922410] [coptic]+ Iryny nem `hmot>[/coptic] Not quite. A lie is a sin, that much we can agree on. As yo…
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can u please provide more info amout this person?
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I agree with Κηφaς with out he said. just wanted to add that Ananias & Saphira had the chance to repent but they still lied. it says: Acts 5:1-10 But a man named Ananias, with his wife Sapphira, sold a piece of property, and kept back some of …
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[quote author=Αριψαλιν link=topic=5444.msg72553#msg72553 date=1181916534] the reason why the people in our church tatood the cross on there childrens is if a moslim one kiddnapped their daughters the will know where they are....another reason is tha…
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[quote author=mikeforjesus link=topic=5274.msg72519#msg72519 date=1181834712] you said "God knows the depths of every heart, he could easily end the life of a sinner who has no intention to repent in his life, but out of his mercy and justice he all…
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[quote author=Κηφᾶς link=topic=5445.msg72512#msg72512 date=1181819942] [coptic]+ Iryny nem `hmot>[/coptic] I think a common misconception is that the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil was an apple tree. Going back to Genesis, it actually does …
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[quote author=Orthodox11 link=topic=5439.msg72483#msg72483 date=1181736984] Some differences between cannibalism and the holy Eucharist: Mortal fallen body vs. eternal resurrected/transfigured Body Consuming another person vs. partaking in that whi…