The fast is more important than others considering the feast (or even the amount feasts) that it lead to. Resurrection to us, orthodox, is the ultimate feast and we put more effort to get ready to it. Also, it's more strict compared to others. It ha…
@Purity2. The sin that leads to death and cannot be forgiven is ultimately disallowing the Holy Spirit to work in you, being a Christian who was baptized and received Him. Homosexuality is NOT that sin.
And are you serious about linking gay marriage…
God does not force anything on you. He does not force a good job, a good wife, a good children. He simply bless in whatever choice you make even if it was the wrong one. We cannot blame everything in God.
Thanksgiving must be there, for every thing …
@Zoxasasi: "For goodness sake, God gives you a partner and you should be thankful. Period."What in the world does this mean?! you are saying that God is the one who is arranging these marriages--an angel came from heaven and told that person, take t…
i think there is a mistake in the senixar.http://www.copticchurch.net/synaxarium/6_14.htmlhttp://www.copticchurch.net/synaxarium/6_9.html
amshir 14 and 9 are the same here.
it's not really a 'new' senixar per se....but it's an 'edited' senixar. I think it's either published by El-sorian monastery but it's really the work of many bishops through the years. I don't think the feast days for saints was changed but they pro…
I can't answer all of these. Albair might be the best person. For:(2) The rite was placed after the glorification rite.(4) I am with you on that.
I think the whole service was put together to fit a glorification or the Taqdees service in (following…
No. the mayamer text are different. I THINK Elsorian or elbaramous monastery have a book published with the different mayamer that can be said. He does give the order of the service and a short bg. When i get home i'll try to translate it.
I skimmed through Albair's khidmit shamas yesterday by chance and he does have a one page info about that service. Someone please search copticheritage maybe the rite will be found there.
don't worry. it'll be spread online around the time of Palm Sunday.
I still believe that the general funeral service should NEVER break the Distribution of Mysteries during Palm Sunday Liturgy short. The liturgy should fully be completed and then th…
I don't think you should take that verse literally to be used against your mom. despite how much you'll say, whatever she says will happen. so try not to argue much.
Incense are always set to be used within church. at home, or outside church, the in…
I have heard this being mentioned before...but never gave it attention. The fact that it has pieces ya kol al sofoof, pavlos elfarayhi,annual paralex, arihoo chasf, ekhrestos anisti, the annual niethnos teeroo, and prob others, all of this makes me …
Cantor Fahim records this conclusion for 3 days of Jonah:http://tasbeha.org/hymn_library/view/2358
The issue is that when people say somatos, they tend to always say the lent one, je fe-etav-ernistavin.
Lent refa3 weekend: there are special readings. Everything, us the same till the gospel response of sunday and there starts lent rite with je peniot and lent rite.
Saturday and Sunday before Jonah's there is nothing different but some people starte…
Well lents liturgies are strict to be at night. You are supposed to finish liturgy at Vespers time so it doesn't make sense to start a service for the next day. I hope others have better explanations and sources. This is just my thought.
About the …
hehe. Holy Sepulchre is in Jerusalem, a separate diocese that has it's own rite in many thing. The fact that Metropolitan Abraham is consider and Patriarch is interesting by itself.