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dear sister, this is above our pay grade. I pray God will guide yr priest and bishop to give you the best advice and support.
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yes, and please speak to your priest about this, so you can receive his prayers and advice.
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sorry, just realised i assumed you were a guy called 'emmad', but you may be a woman called 'emma' so i am sorry if i got it wrong.
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dear brother, may the prayers of saint mina, saint pope kyrillos and all the saints be with you.it would also be a good idea for you to talk to your doctor about your unwanted thoughts.sometimes these are a sign of problems that can be treated by do…
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hi brother,yes, the malankara and jacobite syrian orthodox churches are both in communion with all oriental orthodox (OO). they fell out of communion with each other because of some disputes over land and property (from what i can tell from their in…
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see private mail :-)i seems like SDA shun everyone outside their group, not just Orthodox Christians.
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hi mary 21, are you from sda? i have some friends from that group. the theology is very different but they are lovely and interesting people.
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a friend of mine lead a workshop with some young people (age around 12-20) and this is what we did: first we all watched 2 minutes of a film we already knew. then we asked the group of around 8 people to nominate 4 volunteers. these 4 wrote an accou…
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you can understand the coptic orthodox theology on the end times better, it will take just 1 night. but you can't get this through reading , you have to live it. so next Holy Week, go to apocalypse night at yr nearest coptic church. stay awake, medi…
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may God lead you deeper into His truth. the orthodox church is the best place 2 grow in the love of God.
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when i found the orthodox church, it was coptic. i am equally at home in the greek church.
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that is very kind. the thing is i only understand the easy stuff!
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what people aim for is to abstain from eating and drinking for a certain number of hours on wednesdays and fridays and other fasting days (for example during lent).that abstinence starts at midnight (00:00 hours of wed or fri).of course, if you slee…
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there is a world of difference between having gay feelings and acting on them. if i feel attracted to my neighbour, whether that person is male or female, it is not sinful. sin starts when i start to plan what i would like to do to my neighbour! so…
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may God guide you dear sister, you are asking all the right questions, so stay close to God as you are, and He will answer you. i have not much more to say as italian coptic already said it!your sister mabsoota
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everyone has good points. we need to also remember to learn obedience. run from pride, it is the worst sin!
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amen!
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selam dear brother, welcome to the forum. i have lovely eritrean and ethiopian friends, i hope you have lovely friends in the church in jerusalem :)
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this is very normal. you should tell a close and trusted friend like a parent or confession father. then you will have advice about whether or not it is too early to act on this feeling. maybe this man will become your husband, but maybe it is just …
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your response was much more helpful, though. on a more sensible note, marriage is just like monasticism (yes, really!) in that it is a great chance to learn to resist all the temptations of the enemy (to get angry, get even, show how much better you…
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thanks so much for that, really enlightening.i would like to ask a question on behalf of the people i know who yawn and chat at the back of church (mostly older folk, the younger ones just copy so i don't blame them).what was it that made the main d…
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like how you found the orthodox church if you weren't orthodox before.
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romanian joke:1st man; 'my wife is an angel!'2nd man; 'you are lucky, mine hasn't died yet...'
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yes, i recently attended a catholic baptism, and the adults who were baptised did not get very wet, and i could not see any exorcism. otherwise it was good.would you like to share your story, italian coptic?
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origin was confused about theology so don't worry if you don't understand his writings. read all the writings of saint john chrysostom and saint macarius (the monastic father) and don't spend too much time with origin and tertullian ;)
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thanks, that is great! :)
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would a licence be very expensive? maybe there are people in your area who would be happy to contribute to that.it is disappointing that we have to rely on less accurate old testament translations in printed orthodox Christian sources, when we have …
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joshuaa, God is greater than male and female and both men and women are made in the image of God. the Holy Spirit is God and so both motherly and fatherly metaphors can be used. but the Holy Spirit should never be described as anything less than God…
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certainly you should use the orthodox study Bible, it has all the deuterocanonical books. the new testament is from new king James version (so needs just slight modernisation of the english) but the old testament is a new and very good translation a…
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i don't know, i am a lady and so i am too shy to ask monks about their hair...