wow thats alot of places. :) we were going to go to the Red Sea, but the trip got cancelled. I really wanted to go, but its ok, maybe next time. I hear its really hot there during the summer.
if you don't mind me asking, where else did you go and what did you like the most? i went to el tahouna (Pope Kyrollos), St. Mina Monastery (in Aleandria), the Seven Old Churches (Cario), The Virgin's Tree, Abu Sefein Monastery & couple of other…
hey...i was recently in egypt this summer and i got to go to Abu Sefein Monastery in cario and The Convent of St. George. i got to put on the chains of st. george...it was a great blessing. there are so many nice monasteries and churches to visit in…
well here is my favorite one...i hope u guys like it...
HOW COULD ANYONE DOUBT GOD CARES
By: Norma Jean Duncan
I look at the moon, what do I see
I see Gods love reflected at me.
Each little star, twinkles to His decree
Father, how could anyone dou…
ive seen tha story before when i was lookin online for a short story or poem for english class, its really nice. i also found some really nice poems by some christian poets...if your interested tell me and ill post a couple.
i think it depends on u and ur relationship with God. if u can listen to music and still keep a balanced spiritual life, go right ahead. i think u said u askd ur father of confession but u never said wut he said. our spiritual fathers have good advi…
wow. as sad as it is that these christians are being killed, it is also a good thing. i mean i was recently in egypt and i was talking to one of my uncles saying how bad it is that these christians are being killed, he said that it was good that som…
thanks SMS, im sure she'll be fine God willing. shes going to have surgery soon and me and my mom are going to egypt. the only thing im worried about is her suffering, but they say shes going to be okay and thank God it didn't reach her blood stream…
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ok back to the monks thing i always thought that they don't cut their hair because they don't care about human beauty what i mean is a man looks better when he is clean s…
well, i do way more things than my brothers in the house, but its because they won't know how to do it right so i get stuck doing it lol. and they will never learn until they do it, but they'll never do it because they'll do it wrong...so its just s…
umm...i found two websites and i hope this is wut u mean n i hope they help:
http://www.ag.org/top/enrichment/pasmin_topics_reformation.cfm
and
http://religiousmovements.lib.virginia.edu/nrms/penta.html
"And you, being dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, He has made alive together with Him, having forgiven you all trespasses, having wiped out the handwriting of requirements that was against us, which was contrary to us. An…
they actually do drink in egypt too. i think its ok to drink if u go to a wedding or a party and have a glass of champagne or wine to celebrat, but not on a daily basis, and not to drink for the sake of drinkin or to get drunk. whether or not a pers…
abba bishoy also carried our Lord Jesus Christ on his back. ur probably rite about amba wanas as the saint to pray to wen u loose things. i went to a Catholic school, and for the Catholics its St. Anthony.
lol of course theres church on sunday & sunday, youth meetings n fridays, n depending on ur church liturgy on wedn. and at my church we have prayer meetings on wedn too...how bout u guys?
malish, im sry, tha was a terrible example. but too much of anything is a bad thing. i understand tha you have ur own opinion, and i too have mine and i dont think drinking is a sin as long as you kno your limits. moderation is key to anything.
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2. Amba Wanas *pray 2 him when you loose things!*
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i thought u prayed to St. Anthony wen you loose things, or maybe thats juss the Catholics
anyway, its hard t…
i agree wit wfhanna1 and marys...i dont think drinkin is wrong as long as you know your limits. juss because you drink, doesnt mean you hafta get drunk. alota things can cause you harm n tha doesnt mean your gonna stop doin them...for example, you c…
i think it also depends on how close your relationship with God is. some pple can go with out music at all, while others need to listen to it every once in a while to relax. i fer one have gone witout music for about 2 yrs except wen im out wit frie…
there were actually different kinds of indulgences...for all of them you paid a priest or bishop or whoever for forgiveness of sins rather than doin a penance...there were different ranks depending on how much you paid...1. you can pay for the sins …