One of our deacons stated that the holy synod has it as 7 cycles in the altar only from Ascension to Pentecost with the exception of the feast of Ascension, which is 3 altar cycles, 3 church cycles, and 1 final altar cycle. I wasn't sure if that ho…
Hey just wondering what you guys did this year on the Sunday (today) between Ascension and Pentecost in terms of the procession. Our church decided on 3 in the altar only. Anyone do 7 in the altar? Also, I am not aware of the contemplations on why s…
Not sure if this was talked about in the forum before, but here it goes:This cantor extends the "thanaton" part whereas a lot of other recordings (HICS, Farag, IA) shorten it. What's the deal?
I don't think you should worry. The only names you should probably stay away from are those that have anything to do with Satan. There are "evil" names that have been taken by good people/saints (Judas/Jude)And there are "saintly" names taken by not…
Link to Abouna Shenouda's Thesis which touches upon this:https://copticsounds.wordpress.com/2012/10/21/online-emile-maher-ishaks-the-phonetics-and-phonology-of-the-bohairic-dialect-of-coptic/
Sigh. One can only continue to pray as we do in the Gregorian Liturgy:"Yea, we beseech
Thee, Christ Our Lord. Make firm the foundation of the Church. The unanimity of love may
take root in us...May the schisms of the Church cease. Nullify the arroga…
I see what you mean Rem.
It's funny how much you can see in the council of Chalcedon how revered Cyril is in his Christology. Then you come to the Second council of Constantinople and they effectively excommunicated him posthumously for his termino…
Taken from the Council of Chalcedon:
"The most magnificent and most glorious judges said: Dioscorus acknowledged that he accepted the expression of two natures, but not that there were two natures. But the mostholy archbishop Leo says that there are…
This is like telling the americans to start pronouncing their english like the brits. I certainly wouldn't mind listening to Bishop Angelos pray the liturgy in a church here in America with his British accent. If you understood coptic, despite the c…
Thanks minasoliman. I was thinking that what you said may be the case. It's unfortunate that events like these can taint reputations, and be taken out of context by people who think they have a full picture of what took place. It makes sense that we…
Thanks for that minasoliman. Do you know of any online sources that discuss what you have written?
I want to add that we know the Pope of Rome spoke up against the actions of sexual abuse. Do we know if Cyril condemned the murder of Hypatia, or if …
Thanks Cyril. I also found that Socrates Scholasticus, the person who wrote on the account of Hypatia's death, studied in Constantinople under 2 pagan scholars who led anti-Christian riots. It is highly plausible that there was an element of bias. H…
I didn't watch the video, but to be honest, (I am coptic) copts did not do a good job at keeping their country..we were humiliated by Turks and Arabs till this very day. Just imagine how life would have been if egypt was an orthodox country!!! Look …
On the topic of heritage, why are we not allowed to modify it in a logical manner that has biblical and spiritual backing? Is there a limit to the time period our heritage is to come from? If so, when is the cutoff? The 1200s? the 1800s? God is the …
hmmm that's weird. If you go to that link and search "the great eskeem" in the search box on the top right corner it will bring up "HH Pope Tawadros II receives the holy eskeem." Click on that. For some reason it won't let me link it. Sorry bout tha…
unfeigned: said "un-find" should be "un-feynd"advocate (noun): said "ad-vo-kayt" should be "ad-vo-kit"catechumen: said "ka-TEK-yoo-min" should be "ka-tih-KYOO-min"apostolic: said "apos-tah-LIK" should be "apos-TAH-lik"Ignatius: said "Ig-na-tee-us" …
I have never hunted before but I was just thinking about enrolling in a hunting class and possibly picking up the hobby. I do notice that the verse says "kill AND eat". I am ignorant of hunting, but isn't some hunting done without eating the animal …
So...anyone know if the decree still stands? Forgive me, I have absolutely no care for politics. Just want to know if the late Pope Shenouda's decree still stands.