Dear @Daniel_Kyrillos,
There are many reasons in my personal opinion, but I am not absolutely sure what the church's official position is.
First of all, albeit recognising the huge difference, there are many British songs that use unusual words for …
Dear @Daniel_Kyrillos,
Very well done on your deduction and good work. Once again I stress that this hymn has grammatical mistakes, but let me elaborate.
Abatkhalkholf should be bibatkhalkholf (I am using my mobile and that is why I am avoiding the …
Dear @Ramsistheteacher,
I will be happy to help of course. I may not be the best person to offer you help here but I will try my best, and if I do struggle I will let you know straightaway. How soon do you want the feedback?
My e-mail address is oph…
Dear @minatasgeel
You stated that correctly "part of our heritage". @Daniel_Kyrillos commented that it was "our heritage". No, it is not.
Of course I am not going to re-answer the same questions I did before, some on this very thread, and also bec…
Dear @PiOnkh,
I would say that some people may say them during Nayrouz days for example because they are "major" martyrs if you will but some people would still do enough with St George. However you may add any other martyr to whatever the list your…
Dear @Menas17,I really hope to see the day when the Coptic language is revived as was done to the Jewish language, but as @minasoliman pointed out, this would entail huge efforts on nationalistic levels, and such a move is quite impossible I think i…
It's just that this hymn has been passed down with a few grammatical mistakes.. However the in the first verse the alpha is the past tense of the verb ì towards the beginning of the second stanza. I hope that makes sense..
Oujai khan ebshois
Dear @AndrewRezk
The word is Kirie and I believe it is misspelt as it should end in an 'ayya' or "e". It means lord.
I am not sure what those deacons said in the recording you gave the link for, but I have an inkling they were making things up. Th…
Dear @minasoliman,Very well said. May God bless us all and grant us the forgiveness of our sins we do knowingly or unknowingly in preparation for that day we will be scrutinised before Him. As @Remnkemi said it is unwise to think of others' salvatio…
Dear @minasoliman,Agreed on all what you said. However, efficacy doesn't mean the bad will gain forgiveness when we pray for them (UNLESS GOD LISTENS TO THOSE PRAYERS AND CHANGES HIS HEART). Likewise, people who died in sin, may still be forgiven ev…
No @mikeforjesus,There is no suffering for the chosen. It is EITHER OR. Either you enter the heavenly Kingdom (having awaited in paradise), or the eternal fire (having awaited in hades). There is no suffering at all, because YOU HAVE TO BE SURE that…
Dear
@Remnkemi,
First of all let me apologise for not being very clear in several of my posts
in this forum, and particularly this thread. You may know this already, but
very often I edit posts from my mobile, and that doesn't give me the time and…
Dear @minasoliman
You said "But we do know our prayers can be effective even for those in Hades", so I would like to ask how do we know that?
I believe that the issue that pope Shenouda found hard to leave in the rites is that there are extreme ar…