You should be happy! That’s how you know that what you’re doing is right!
“When you are tempted, recognize that a crown is being prepared for you.” ~Saint Macarius the Great
God is with you, Brother!!
The mere mentioning of Christ’s name, even if inaudibly is your fortress against the evil one.
Trust me, it’s helping, even if you cannot feel it,
it really is.
The Jesus Prayer will suit you well, my friend!
“O my Lord Jesus Christ,
Son of the Living God,
Have mercy upon me a sinner.”
Contact a priest right away and confess of your sins, establish a relationship where you could run to him regularly when…
We’re not even in Communion! So none of those things are possible!
To marry a Copt, your baptism into the Coptic Orthodox Church is first required :)
If you convert, convert because of your personal relation with Christ and ability to find Him more …
Aside from the purpose of this thread, can someone please shed some light on George Bibawy? Does anyone know of his relations to HH Pope Kyrillos VI?
+God Bless+
Much Love @Ophadece
Always learning from you :)
Truly, this saying by this great Abba comes into place when responding to this thread, on the day of His Feast too; +“I have often repented of having spoken, but never of having been silent.”+
@ItalianCoptic
Many thanks for this great respect you give me, although I don’t deserve any of it!
It’s an honour that you you consider me as anything even though I am nothing among you all, my brothers and sisters in Christ, whom I always learn fr…
+ Christ is Risen +
@Mabsoota,
@ophadece is a very busy man! Between his family, career and Theological & Ritual studies He has no time for anything else! He is a fully-devoted servant who lives to keep and tell-on the story of his forefathers…
+Christ is Risen+
When you enter the church and sit, you feel much more differently than when you enter your home and sit. They are both the House of God, but still. You can pray at home, but you will never truly imitate the feeling of the Church or…
I have also heard many times that each of the psalms had specific tunes,I also hear that "Doxa si o Theos emon" was the introduction to certain psalms...What I have heard that seems far-fetched is that Ni ethnos is one of the tunes, I think the pers…
I wish to just drive up to the Church and say Our Father from in front of the doors or even kiss the ground that we once took for granted.
I miss the Church so much.
I pray that this be a valuable lesson for our generation and for all generations …
+ Christ is Risen +
@Ricci
I’m sorry I didn’t understand anything from this comment: “As for hoods, i wont go into detail, but i am ordained and have been through all offices a such, from brother, deacon to now. I have many cassocks and skull cap…
Hahaha, @ricci, you’re going to the Monastic hood as a corporal (corporal is the real word, not napkin)? Where are you even going to take Communion these days!
Everything has its own designated purpose :)
The fathers came out of it,Patriarchs and scholars,They kept the faith with blood,Markos...Your virtues increased,The Spirit inspired you,To write your gospel,Markos...You wrote to the Romans,And all the sons of men,About the King and Judge,Markos..…
The nations came to you,Submitting to you,Believing in the Lord Jesus,Markos...Three thousands were baptized,Lead by your guidance,Living in chastity,Markos...After the Pentecost,You went away to preach,To the whole worldMarkos...O Mark our father,T…