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first of all... His Servant, God said to give 10 percent and in a saint movie they stessed that pount..not only in money...but of time too...
and second Zakhary.. ty v…
"Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls." Mathew 11:29
Because it gives the simplest solution to rest and peaceful mind ;)
Its true that some of the copts seem lazy, but in every job/religion/field of study you will always find the lazy people and the hard workers.
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Even the muslims stick to…
One of my favorite stories against violence is when Ghandi gathered a bunch of Indians and went to their factory which was closed by the British and had guards infront of it. So the indians went in rows of fives I think and they would get beaten by…
I am not sure if by icons you mean nice ones that you can buy (at Orhodox book store http://www.orthodoxbookstore.net/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWCATS&Category=6 ) or just pictures were you can see them online (st takla has a lot of them at http://…
I heard that Martyrdom, Heresies, and other factors like giving family attention and time lead to the Bishops being unmarried, but the exact date I'm not sure. Also I think Alexandria was one of the first to adopt the tradition that a Bishop cannot…
You know there is a long drawn out process before they add any saint to the Synexarium. Some body told me they have to have a saintly reputation for 50 years after their departure is the first requirement. Thats why pope kyrollos is not in there y…
I know, its horrible what these people have to go through. Really we should thank God that there is a roof above our heads!!
The thing is there are many charity groups that say they are collecting to send it over there, but I heard many things ab…
Well I know churches in Chicago and Ohio usually have retreats, and Ofcourse the MCOYC (midwest coptic orthodox youth convention) and the MCOCC (midwest coptic orthodox college convention) are usually held in July at Bowling Green Univesity in OHI…
Thanks Coptic Servant and Lost, but really Daffs are now L.E 100, I remeber 7 years ago you could get a nice daff for about L.E. 20. I guess things change!!
This might be a stupid question, but How do you know the difference between a copper and aluminum or an even better question is how do you know a good daff from a bad one?
Well about priesthood I think the best chapter would be Hebrews 7, which proves that now priest hood still exists just on different rites (of Melchizedec instead of Aaron).
Bishops are mentioned in the Bible in Philippians 1:1 "Paul and Timothy, bo…
My favorite by far is the story of Moses. I always wanted to be like him, you know to talk to God and become so close of a friend to him.
Haven't done it yet, but I am working on it ;)
A Sa3edi came in the Church at the time of the Pauline, when the priest was going around raising incense opposite of the deacon.
And out of no where the Sa3edi tackles the deacon and yells "I got him ya abouna!"
I don't know how funny this one is…
Some man paid a blonde to paint his front porch. So after two hours she came in
The man: "Are you done?"
The blonde: "Yea i even gave it two coats of paint not one. Oh yea and by the way your car is a Mercedes not a Porch"
I heard mixed opinions…
The word pope comes from the word "Papa" meaning father. Origionally in the Coptic Church that word was not used at all, but after the 13th pope of the Church pope Ierakulas (Herakulas) became like a "father to the Bishops and the congregation" the…
Yea, I know that some monks make a promise (like for example pope Kirollos and pope Shenouda) to keep their hair long as a form of sacrifice, but i thought that all other monks are required to cut off their hair.
Also by cut their beards (in the o…
Yea, I think it is based on what you are sick with or if actually can eat some of the fasting food. But most of the time even if you are sick, you will still find a lot of healthy fasting food.
Now about strict abstinence I would probably get perm…
I did not have time to read all EIGHT pages so mine might be repeated, but my favorite is St. Arsanius' "I talked many times and regreted but about silence I've never regreted"
Makes me think before I talk!
I always thought of it like this, because technically they are dead from the world their old name is dead with them. So when they are giving a new life (whether monastic or priesthood) they have to be given a new name. Sometimes the new name is ac…
There is also http://coptichymns.net/Coptic_Media.html in the media and http://www.alhan.org/ and some hymns in http://www.copticheritage.org/
Hope that helps :)
But Again tasbeha.org is a great source as well, may God bless their service.
I don't know what Abouna Matta El Meskeen has to do with Max Micheal because he disagreed with him completely. Besides, Personally i conside Fr. Matta El Meskeen a saint by all means. Fr. Matta had many chances to split the church at the time of Sa…
My favorite part is when he says "And the man that did not exist was still in the hole that was not there!" Athiests (lol).
Jokes aside, its an awsome video.