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LondonCopt

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  • We normally have time cuts in annual days over at St Mary's Croydon, but we go ALL OUT on a Feast. Ic pateer, Singary, Apetjeek Evol, Aspaszeste etc. We normally save the melismatic Hiten for feasts as well...we know absolutely no time constraints w…
  • This is an EXCELLENT discussion, thankyou to everyone for sharing your thoughts. I am very weak spiritually, and am trying through God's grace and my FoC to get closer to God. But when (or if) I ever suceed in just partially establishing a relations…
  • Hi. Sorry to change the question a little.. but why exactly is waiting necessary? We baptise infants who do not even understand the sacraments simply because we believe baptism is necessary for salvation.. If an infant is prematurely born or sick, t…
    in baptisem Comment by LondonCopt June 2008
  • I'm in a very similar situation myself. When you say he has accepted Christianity, do you mean that he now believes in God whereas before he didn't? "Accepting" Christianity implies that you accept all the "rules" of Christianity...so I'm just a lit…
  • You've actually made my day for having Efemepsha Ghar on that list! Everything about that hymn is beautiful; tune, words, context etc. My personal favourites: +Epouro +Ee Aghapy Peace and love is all you need :D
  • Hehe yup it's me! What gave it away?!
  • I don't think it's anything as deep or meaningful as that. I did a bit of reading around, and pulled this off Wikipedia (not the most reliable source, but it's a start!): "Presbyter in the New Testament refers to a leader in local Christian congreg…
  • Touchy issue... my first thought was that you're paying for a product that's available for legitimate sale. I'm guessing that the quality of the "fake" bag isn't as good as the original one? Then I suppose you're getting exactly what you pay for, s…
  • The Church teaches us to obey the law, and thus by breaking the law you are going against the Church. H.H. Pope Shenouda himself has been very fierce and very anti-piracy and the illegal abuse of programs. I aggree 100% with this. I promise I'll l…
  • Abouna Lazarus is an incredible man. I was fortunate enough to pray a liturgy with him in St Anthony's cave in the monastary: HUGE blessing! He seems very scary and intimidating at first, only because he takes the sacraments of the church extremely …