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[quote author=mabsoota link=topic=12653.msg149114#msg149114 date=1323985328] official seminary education risks being too dry and academic, however i would expect a priest to have read widely about the orthodox church fathers and to be able to explai…
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[quote author=Remnkemi link=topic=12653.msg149099#msg149099 date=1323962547] If this village mentality was so homogenous and acceptable, why did the Christian Missions come to Egypt to "reform" the Copts? It was ok for the clergy and poor people. It…
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Remenkimi, you make a good point that seminary is not 'required' to make a good priest but at the same time, your grandfather and other priests decades and centuries back lived within a completely different socio-religious, political context. Back t…
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[quote author=Ioannes link=topic=12688.msg149074#msg149074 date=1323912801] [quote author=c_hope link=topic=12688.msg149071#msg149071 date=1323906700] Thanks for the response - any chance of a reference for the part about his mother asking him to re…
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In a way, priests and bishops are not ordained properly. Please note that I am NOT saying that their ordination is not valid. Of course the ordination is valid, but in order to be done properly, someone who is cantor/psaltos must be tonsured reader/…
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I'll fill in the blanks when I can but as far as I know he ran away to a Syriac monastery in the hills south of Antioch. Then after his father pass away, his mom begged him to come and live with her at home again. So he did and he turned the house i…
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[quote author=I Believe link=topic=12638.msg148398#msg148398 date=1322948275] Hey everyone Someone once told me that if God see's a person who is not repenting and He knows in the future he/she will not repent then He will "close the door" on them.…
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At the same time, while I agree not to judge is extremely important (and yet so difficult), I personally would want something I am doing wrong brought to my attention gently and with love by someone whom I trust such as a father or a spiritual guide…
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Hey ReturnOrthodoxy, I don't have the full answer to the question as it is something I myself am also inquiring a lot about. First of all, the Bible and the Genesis account in particular is not meant to be a scientific tract. It is meant to help us…
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Stavro, do you know if these canons, laws or by-laws etc are available in either english or arabic; online or in a book somewhere? We should have this information readily available in our bookstores and libraries.
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I think it depends on your relationship with that person. If you know the person and can talk with him comfortably, then address it gently and with love. Also, put yourself in that person's shoes and think if you have ever gotten into the same bad h…
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Thanks a lot! I will try that as the gold has pretty much all worn off and its now just black with soot. Theres another one I have to clean but I think ill just have to use a soft cloth and dish detergent so that it doesn't wear off. btw how long s…
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thanks for the insight...I guess we'll have to wait and see tonight what ends up being done :) If I could I'd go on Saturday night...but the service ends at 4:30am and I'd have to be back in church for 8:30am for the Sunday morning liturgy for those…
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In our church we are doing friday Kiahk vigils as well as saturday kiahk vigils...I dont think the fridays are customary. In any case, would we still say "our top 10 Kiahk hits" on Fridays ;D such as al olayka, ya mem reh yeh mim etc?
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Yes but someone had to create and assemble the computer. Even though the computer itself doesn't have a brain you know that it was made by someone who does have a brain, hence the logic and usefulness of the computer to us humans. Even if aliens hyp…
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Lol no problem. Isn't history awesome?
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http://www.monachos.net/content/liturgics/liturgical-studies/108-early-christian-and-byzantine-music-history-and-performance http://www.liturgica.com/html/litEOLitMusDev.jsp http://www.holytrinitymission.org/books/english/early_christian_liturgics…
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As far as I know, in all ancient churches, at first, the hymns were simpler so they were congregational in nature; meaning that there was no choir at first. However, as Christianity became freer within the Eastern Roman (Byzantine) Empire under Con…
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Well, the diaconate is not based on knowledge of hymns and rites alone although that does play an important role. The hymns in general should be relegated to the psaltoi (pronouced psalti- plural of psaltos) since they are 'chanters' after all. Tech…
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GabrielYakub, like others here have mentioned I also have had my own moments of doubts which is a very normal, again as Bisho stated. But what I did want to tell you is what helped me understand MY faith and my self within that faith was science. Wh…
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While I agree that there are many priests these days in churches and we have lots of 'servants' who may cover some of these roles, the deacon is still an important rank in the church. Other dioceses (the Syriacs, Armenians, Greeks, Antiochians etc) …
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No matter where the kiss of peace took place, the fact of the matter is that all liturgies and liturgical traditions (Coptic, Greek, Syriac, Roman etc) are not the exact same as they were in the first centuries. I didn't study the Coptic Rite specif…
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Well guess what this is Egypts situation today, beggars can't be choosers. It's unfortunate but we can't think like they are in europe or the US. I'm not for it but on the bright side they are being respectful and they are praying. Where are the Chr…
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I agree, guys just go out there and buy the production! Cantor Gad's rendition of The Great Canticle is amazing! (Can you tell which cantor i favour? lol just kidding...we wont stsrt this again :) As every year, I can't wait til Kiahk and although n…
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http://tasbeha.org/mp3/Praises/Midnight_Praises/Sourian_Monastery,_Coptic_Midnight_Praises/Part_2.html from Dayr al Sourian, just check out other midnight praises too they should have it
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[quote author=peter_saad link=topic=12618.msg148136#msg148136 date=1322625926] [quote author=Timothym link=topic=12618.msg148135#msg148135 date=1322625412] I don't know if this is wrong but I don't generally read the ingredients...like others have s…
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I am interested in the whole topic and history of cantors, what they do, how they learned all that they know...its sort of a mystical realm not part of our north american/immigration (coptic) churches. So while perhaps I'm not in favour of rating th…
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I don't know if this is wrong but I don't generally read the ingredients...like others have said, if it doesn't look, smell, feel, or taste fasting then don't eat it during a fast (such as a slice of pepperoni pizza). The reason why I don't check la…
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oh really? My bad in that case. I've only been reviewing kiahk vespers praise from that book but I can't believe I missed that. Thanks Mina :)
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Where can I get the full Kiahk Midnight Praise Book (7&4)? I have the vespers praise one from the Sorian monastery and it is huge so I can't imagine how much bigger the Midnight Praise book would be!