Don't go out of your way to tell people you are fasting. Don't go out extremely of your way to hide from people that you are fasting in such a way that it becomes a lie. I believe it is as simple as that.
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John Doe: …
[quote author=Joshuaa link=topic=10682.msg142785#msg142785 date=1312839637]
Satan seperated himself in heaven and took other angels with him. He ended up in hell but he is still seperating spirit away from God. God isn't trying to make satan happy…
[quote author=St.George the prince of Martyrs link=topic=12010.msg142782#msg142782 date=1312836734]
[quote author=Unworthy1 link=topic=12010.msg142781#msg142781 date=1312836333]
Are they the priest and deacon in the video you supplied?
Regardless, …
[quote author=St.George the prince of Martyrs link=topic=12010.msg142775#msg142775 date=1312828533]
I have one link that in related to Serving in the Altar.
Here is the link:
http://www.archangelmichaelmedia.org/index.php/video-library/video/9
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[quote author=bigwayne275 link=topic=12011.msg142774#msg142774 date=1312827854]
Yes I have spoke in tongues. Have you ever been in the spirit and let God have his way. Try it sometime and it may happen.
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Yes. I do not seek after the gifts o…
[quote author=bigwayne275 link=topic=12011.msg142772#msg142772 date=1312826272]
Well I was hoping for a more sensitive answer then you almost dissing my beliefs on speaking in tongues. I myself has spoke in tongues many times and I don't feel of it …
Welcome to the forum, Wayne.
You asked for the church's stance on speaking in tongues, then said that you read and understand why we don't have it. So do you need an explanation or not?
As for the second part of you post - I've never heard anyone…
I never said that missionaries couldn't use money or that we shouldn't give it to them. I'm saying mission is possible without it. You live off of the work you do in the place you are preaching, or the hospitality of its citizens, etc. You have fait…
[quote author=Father Peter link=topic=11903.msg142606#msg142606 date=1312582785]
How do you think mission can properly take place without properly consistent and comprehensive support?
Is it possible for God to desire some ministry and for it to be…
[quote author=Father Peter link=topic=11903.msg142602#msg142602 date=1312582167]
What support do you think any missionaries need?
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The guidance of the Holy Spirit. But I guess you are talking about money. . .
[quote author=Father Peter link=topic=11903.msg142598#msg142598 date=1312571734]
I was there at that event. The singing did not take place in the Liturgy.
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Did the singing not happen during the liturgy because it was lead by Coptic Orthodox…
[quote author=minatasgeel link=topic=11994.msg142594#msg142594 date=1312562193]
I don't see the problem with this hymn. The author of the hymn simply took the biblical verse "Rejoice, highly favored one, the Lord is with you; blessed are you among w…
[quote author=Father Peter link=topic=11903.msg142584#msg142584 date=1312533245]
On the other hand I must ask if Unworthy1 has attended Ethiopian liturgies and has seen how they are conducted, and has then witnessed the use of clapping and liturgica…
[quote author=Timothym link=topic=11903.msg142580#msg142580 date=1312524869]
I would rather that Pekethronos is passed down in English in 100 years than for it to completely disappear because nobody had bothered to learn it in Coptic. Some may say t…
Response from Irishpilgrim:
Unworthy1,
Of course, I didn’t invite and don’t agree with Cephas’s unexplained and unauthenticated further misrepresentations of my personal life and beliefs. I don’t understand his insistant self-righteousness in the…
[quote author=dzheremi link=topic=11903.msg142576#msg142576 date=1312519690]
[quote author=Unworthy1 link=topic=11903.msg142564#msg142564 date=1312511304]
Sure, but some cultures may have traditional melodies that are incompatible with an Orthodox …
[quote author=imikhail link=topic=11994.msg142573#msg142573 date=1312517490]
This hymn is a new hymn. However we do have an old one for the Asbasmos Adam "oonof emmo" which in my opinion has a deeper meaning than Rashi na.
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How new is 'new'?
You don't have to be closer to your FoC than anyone else. But you do need to tell him about things you wouldn't tell your 'real' father because that is part of confession. Assuming your SS servant is a man of God, use him as a spiritual guide. But y…
[quote author=aiernovi link=topic=11903.msg142568#msg142568 date=1312514377]
[quote author=Unworthy1 link=topic=11903.msg142567#msg142567 date=1312513679]
I meant they sang all hymns with a high pitch because that is what they liked. It doesn't mat…
[quote author=aiernovi link=topic=11903.msg142566#msg142566 date=1312512914]
Unworthy1,
One phrase you said is really getting at the core of what I think we are disagreeing about. You said,
"people like to sing at the top of their lungs. This is …
Since you called out irishpilgrim, I will too.
I still await a response to my questions from another thread:
[quote author=Unworthy1 link=topic=11899.msg142209#msg142209 date=1311987203]
[quote author=irishpilgrim link=topic=11899.msg142182#msg14…
I may be out of line here and I may be completely off, but I have never felt that the way the people pray in Africa is Orthodox at all. When we clap and dance during a liturgy, how is that worshiping in "fear and trembling"? But that is a discussion…
A few posts on here make it seem as if there is no Orthodox way to pray. I believe there is. But if we say that we should allow different peoples to worship as they see fit because they may not feel the same closeness to God via our tunes, we head d…
[quote author=JG link=topic=10796.msg142302#msg142302 date=1312131627]
For St. Abanoub:
"Kirie Abanoub PiremNehsi"
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May you translate this into English?
[quote author=Angelos(by name only) link=topic=11975.msg142446#msg142446 date=1312264369]
Hi everyone,
I've had a topic that's been on my mind recently that I'd love to get your opinion on..
In conversations with several colleagues and friends rec…