[quote author=ReturnOrthodoxy link=topic=13207.msg156187#msg156187 date=1338328219]
I'm married to a woman and in doing so I married someone weaker
You'd better hope your wife doesn't come across this LOL. I understand though.
ReturnOrthodoxy
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[quote author=Remnkemi link=topic=13328.msg155932#msg155932 date=1337807556]
I don't understand why there are so many responses assuming that the only way to God is a spiritual path and void of reason, evidence and logic.
In the spirit of ILSM,
Rat…
Take your doubt as the greatest evidence of God's existence.
Your very notion of God, when you doubt, is sufficient proof of His existence. You cannot have the concept of 'God' or 'infinite', etc., without God existing. Where would you get it from…
ILSM,
I'm not sure if you dodged my question or just missed it. . .
But if you think that these prayers for female chanters are nonsense do you also think they are nonsense for males? Should the prayers you referred to be done away with for chan…
[quote author=ilovesaintmark link=topic=13303.msg155522#msg155522 date=1337024441]
Although, the use of terms such as "shammasa" and "deaconness" to denote a girl choir member has been allowed to propagate--which is inappropriate and wrong.
I don'…
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[quote author=Andrew link=topic=12926.msg152201#msg152201 date=1329606109]
I guess this might have been better titled "An Extreme Proposal" ;)
You all have a point. I will…
I guess this might have been better titled "An Extreme Proposal" ;)
You all have a point. I will try to stay away from posting; it may be unfair to force that on everyone else.
Have a blessed Lent :-)
[quote author=Copticandproud link=topic=12914.msg152076#msg152076 date=1329449255]
AHHH!! It took me forever to memorize it and now I can not say it :( Oh well next week God Willing...
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You still get to partake of the Body and Blood.
[quote author=Timothym link=topic=12897.msg152085#msg152085 date=1329463363]
I teach a hymns chanting class to boys and girls in grades 4-6. I tried to teach them the 4th Canticle (from Midnight Praises) in Coptic initially and they had such a hard …
We keep going in circles because you keep making small side comments.
Your last post added nothing new to the discussion. You keep saying that we need to stay true to our roots.
Are our roots Orthodoxy or Coptic culture?
If the latter, how l…
[quote author=minatasgeel link=topic=12897.msg152069#msg152069 date=1329444011]
[quote][quote]I mean how long can we keep this up for in the U.S.? 25 yrs? 50? 100? Eventually we won't be Egyptians. . .
oh.....don't worry. it doesn't matter we discus…
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[quote author=Andrew link=topic=12897.msg152065#msg152065 date=1329434131]
Is the language the only thing connecting us? I think the Orthodox faith we share is far more …
Is the language the only thing connecting us? I think the Orthodox faith we share is far more important. As long as that connection remains, who cares if we both pray in Coptic? If we share the same faith, we are one.
I mean how long can we keep th…
Since we agree that the church will not ever crumble, whatever language the people worship in, why the resistance to more English and less Coptic?
It seems that it can only be more beneficial to the worshipers to understand what they are saying.
Got it.
It is just that the HCOC explanation just mentions that the Fraction and Psalm 150 are the exceptions and that everything else is said 'annually'. . .
I.e. there is no mention of chanting Je Peniot. . .
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[quote author=Andrew link=topic=12897.msg152046#msg152046 date=1329428644]
I think the important question that we have to ask ourselves is: Why do we feel the need to be…
[quote author=Cyril97 link=topic=12914.msg152041#msg152041 date=1329424373]
In the Rite of the Great Lent, the Liturgy of the Catechumens on the Sunday preceding the Holy Lent is prayed as usual. The readings however are taken from the Lectionary of…
I think the important question that we have to ask ourselves is: Why do we feel the need to be connected to the church in Egypt? How long can we keep this connection? Will this connection exist if Coptic is minimized, in the diaspora? We have to fac…
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[quote author=Zoxsasi link=topic=12910.msg151962#msg151962 date=1329328963]
Why on earth was he placed under house arrest? What happened??
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I wanted to ask too, but I …
[quote author=imikhail link=topic=12897.msg151946#msg151946 date=1329311492]
Food for thought: Did any of the saints you listed above attend a church in which they could not understand the hymns?
You attribute their sainthood to the hymns? Basi…
[quote author=imikhail link=topic=12897.msg151927#msg151927 date=1329278661]
Andrew,
You started this thread with:
"People wonder why the youth know little about the church...it's because many of her teachings can be found in the hymns, but they …