The lastest Bibilical Archeology Review (Feb2010) has a very funny story regarding the fighting of them brothers in the Holy Land.
In their website,they posted only a fraction of the article.One needs access to view the whole material. So, I will c…
Greetings Elsa and Lifeindeath,
thank you for your insights. I certainly do agree with your comments.
I was just thinking about the betrayal of Judas,while I was watching the Jesus movie. For example, what if Judas had repented and abandoned the id…
If you use this link - http://tasbeha.org/content/community/index.php?topic=7163.120
On page 9, post 132, You will be able to read Mina's reply.On the same page,Clays' post 134 and 139 (page 11); hammer the last remaining nails regarding the vers…
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In todays Catholic Epistle:
"If anyone sees his brother sinning a sin which does not lead to death, he will ask, and He will give him life for those who commit sin not leading t…
Hi Joshuaa,
Thanks for your comments and blessings and welcome to the forum.
Yes, I do agree with you that Judas betrayed the trust of his friend. When one commits an act of betrayal, I think, it means one gives secret unlawful plans or goals, su…
Father bless,
I am not against prayer in any form as long as I know what I am praying for.
I have gained a little bit of knowledge about Eritrea and other countries in the area from my recent travel . I and my school friends arranged a group trav…
I am glad to have found out that there is no religious oppression of any form in Eritrea as dubios organizations want to make us believe .The Eritrean Orthodox Church and its government have ascertained that the pentecostal charlatans who walk in sh…
You may wish to watch this short clip on St Anthony's life narrated from the perspective of the Lebanese Maronite Catholics. What a nice secluded monastery they have.If I am not mistaken, the maronites are the descendants of the original Syrian Orth…
KIMO,
The story that you recounted is normal. There are evil spritis lurking in the dark and they attack when your faith is weak. Such things happen quite often in places where it had been uninhabited for a long time. When one moves in there,then t…
My friend, do you go to church to look for girls or ? I am not suggesting you do, but girl problems is what you almost always speak of here. This is of course non of my business, but it strikes me as something odd. Christian character matters a grea…
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The Eastern Orthodox Christians make the sign of the cross from Right to Left because of how the prayer itself is in Greek (and Coptic): En onoma tou Patros kai to…
One of the purposes of the cross was to fulfill scriptures. In the OT, God established the sacrifice of animals to atone for sins. These sacrifices,however, were not enough to restore the fallen mankind to his original state. A blamess , spotless ,s…
Speaking of the Agpeya, I feel uneasy when I always get to Pslams 136 :9 (137:9) that goes ;"Happy the one who takes and dashes ,Your little ones against the rock"
The context of the whole psalm is about suffering in babylonian captivity. As resul…
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Just a side question about the Agpeya. Is there one available that uses the KJV type English and Psalms around? The one I have is NKJV with Septuagint numbering for Psalm…
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[http://www.skete.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=product.display&Product_ID=1189&Category_ID=10 it is only $16. Orthodox books aren't expensive unless they are out of p…
Father Bless,
How humble of you to ask the prayers of us sinners.
May the intercessions of the Holy Theotokos,the Mother of God ,St Michael the archangel , St George the prince of the martyrs, St Mina the wondermaker, St Pilopater Mercurios the vi…
And the Mequteria(it simply means 'counting') is the Ethiopian/Coptic term for prayer ropes.
I was wondering how and where the tradition of the Jesus prayer originated. Does it have its roots in the parable of the Publican and the Pharisee? Or is i…
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It might even prohibit Coptic Christians from using the word "Allah". So, what would you do? What would Coptic Christians do?
Thanks!
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Hi Mel,
Islam has no owne…
We cross from left to right:
1)The head :symbolises heaven;Our Lord was incarnated ,took our lowly nature ,and descended from heaven.
2) We go down from the head to the centre : The centre symbolises earth, our Lord coming down to Earth.
3) Then …