While Father Matta El Meskeen is considered by many as a prominent Copt, he was allegedly suspended from position in the Coptic Church twice,[7] first by Pope Yusab II in 1955, and then again by Pope Kyrillos VI for nine years from 1960 to 1969 [1] …
Like i said before, unless his teachings are againist those of the coptic church well than he is not a heretic. You need to understand that. Even Abouna Matta El-Meskeen was excommunicated. I think Max Michel was Ex-Communicated for the reason that …
From what I've heard, his teachings are not really different from our church's teachings. His teachings are similar to Abouna Matta el Meskeen's teachings. They're not orthodox but they are not wrong. The problem with him is that he is very vain. He…
I think what will happen is the OO, EO, and Catholic churches will be one while the Lutheren, Protestant and all those other denominations will be one. So then we'll be 2 differnent churches.
There is a difference. If you're living in Australia and confessing to a priest in America, that's wrong. However, if you confess to the priest of your own churcdh over the phone, that's different. The reason for that is because he knows you, and th…
See, i'm just wondering like why the westerns don't celebrate epiphany for the reason we do. THey celebrate it because of the wise men who came to CHrist. We celebrate it as the baptism of christ in the Jordan.
PK
Suicide MikeforJesus, is a free ticket to hell. Once you do it, it's over. There is no way of repenting from it. Remeber, no matter what happens in life, it's never an excuse to commit suicide.
"Self-murder is by far one of the worst sins known t…
Sorry, didn't read your last post. That's great that you talked with abouna. I'm sure you feel better already. And from now on, you will find much more happiness as hopefully you benefited from abouna's wisdom.
"Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest"
Gospel of Saint Matthew
"Put your toils and tribulations on your heavebly father, by this, Pray, and don't think of your issues, and you will soon find that they a…
abflab, that's really strange. Never heard of him. Pretty sure he's gonna be a big saint. He probably will be like Anba Karas, until Anba Bemwa found out about him, nobody knew he existed. However, Pope Shenouda probably knows.
QT, I agree with you 110%. I realize if he gets baptized for her, he may lead her to his faith one way or another. However, it depends on what denomination he is. At least for me it matters. If a catholic converts to orthodoxy for me, fine. We share…
Yes it's true, if you leave the faith and marry someone from a different church in their church, you won't be able to take communion anymore. However, if you get married in the coptic church and he converts, well then that's ok. It happens a lot. I …
I know two modern day hermits who are still alive.
-Abouna Fanous in St. Paul's Monastery
-Abouna Samuel in St. Mina's Monastery
Abouna Samuel is not well known. I just had my own experience with him which certainly prooved he was a hermit. Also…
Abouna Yostos el antony is a very blessed saint. He is also very recent. I have been lucky to visit the Monastery of St. Anthony in Egypt to take the blessings of his relics.
He was a saint in St. Anthony's monastery in the mid 1900's. He was alwa…
and i'd like to add 1 more point,
My Priest once said in a sermon that just like how anything in the church is consecrated with the myron like the paten and chalice which are used solely for communion, we are not to be used for anything but the se…
I'm pretty sure that only the Oriental Churches have it because when an eastern orthodox is baptised as coptic, we don't do a whole new baptism, the priest just annoints the person with the myron like any other person who is baptised. But like I sai…
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Doesn't everyone get a chance to learn?
There is a problem, if you will. I live an hour away from my COC. I only get to be there on Sunday...it's not a good situation at all.…
The use of the coptic language isnt going down. There are always gonna be those muallemin even in the generations to come that will know coptic and teach it to the other people. The Arabic Language will probably end in these in countries within the …