I have also heard, I believe it was from H.G. Bishop Moussa, that for females, you can't be older than 28/30, and for males, no older than 35, unless you have special circumstances or something. This is (I think) to further ensure that this was the …
I feel like with issues like this, it is both a choice and a calling. It's a choice in that you [obviously] choose to live this life-- no one is forced into it. But in a way, it can be seen as a calling because we have all heard of people going to t…
I would just like to add that St.Mark, when he came to preach in Egypt, made use of the traditions and things we had in Egypt. Some hymns are called melismatic, which means they are long and have lots of hazzat. This was classic ancient Egyptian way…
I want to add 2 cents and nothing more and then be far removed from this thread.
I don't see the big fuss in this matter and I am amazed that it has dragged on for 5 threads with the right answer consistently being stated by different people with a…
I've heard from some people the opposite, that people in the USA are closer to God than some in Egypt. This is because we are a minority in the USA and because churches are smaller, there is more intimacy between the clergy (priests & bishops) a…
I would like to add 2 verses of hope (they gave me hope when I needed it) both from Micah 7:
Micah 7:8
Do not rejoice over me, my enemy
When I fall, I will arise
When I sit in darkness
The Lord will be a light to me
God doesn't expect us not to fal…
I used to know someone who struggled with this sin-- did it initially young (not knowing it was a sin or had a name or was anything that anyone else did) and after learning it was a sin did it a few years later.
This person was a servant in the chu…
Perhaps the book made an error about Avchinon then?
I would like to see the consensus is, but of course there can't be one if there aren't a lot of posts.
All alhan-buffs, please post!
Thanks jydeacon and London Copt for answering.
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Although I've been quiet (for the reason that I feel that enough has been said), I have been closely following this topic.
After reading all the posts, I feel and know for certain that the real answer has been given by multiple members. The only re…
That's what I have always thoughT, can other people confirm this for me as well please?
Also, for the liturgy on Covanent Thursday, do we say Psalm 150 and/or Pioik during Communion?
Thanks
Easy.. just do what I did, that is, tell them you're not interested.
You'd be surprised that you're not the only one (there are nonreligious people who this will apply to as well).
I agree in that this topic has been talked to death, in over ten pages in this thread:
http://tasbeha.org/content/community/index.php?topic=132.0
But among the 11 or so pages of the thread, i found the wisest response to the shortest, that is, read…
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Why are women allowed to chant along and say the replies in church then? (keeping in mind Cor 5 :14-15)
In other words, there must be a certain interpration to the vers…
I think it has to do with this verse: 1 Corinthians 5:14-15
34 Let your women keep silent in the churches, for they are not permitted to speak; but they are to be submissive, as the law also says. 35 And if they want to learn something, let them ask…
Read Micah 7
Here's some comforting excerpts:
Verse 8
"Do not rejoice over me my enemy
When I fall, I will arise
When I sit in darkness
The Lord will be a light to me"
Verses 18-19
"Who is a God like You,
Pardoning Iniquity
And passing over the …
Personally, if I were you, I would not be able to concentrate taking the exam during this time. While my body might be in school, my mind would be in Church and I think this might affect my performance on the exam. I have no doubt that if you explai…
Going along with what has already been said, God created humans out of his love and placed them "in the Paradise of Joy". He gave us of the Tree of Life to eat and He walked with us Himself. God did not choose suffering for us-- as we say in the Gre…
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Here are some Verses:
Old Testament
1) So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them. Then God blessed them, and…
..we return to the state we were in in Paradise.
In Paradise, we ate only fruits and vegetables. Humans did not start eating meat until after the Flood. After the flood is also when people stopped living 900 years.
Thus, we fast to return to our …
QT,
I see what you're saying. There are, as you are probably aware, different levels of fasting. For some people, just not eating the real deal is a hard struggle. But that is not the only level. Bishop David told us (i think it was the Pope) who sa…