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  • [quote author=clay link=topic=6113.msg81789#msg81789 date=1202075072] [quote author=gigglyshy link=topic=6113.msg81687#msg81687 date=1201846167] Jesus is a descendent of David through St. Joseph. Jesus has been called by some people in the Bible "th…
  • [quote author=Iqbal link=topic=6174.msg81802#msg81802 date=1202107451] There's two problems with this blasphemy: 1) The author uses incredibly weak induction to draw the conclusions she does; such weak inductive arguments could quite easily discre…
  • [quote author=clay link=topic=6161.msg81776#msg81776 date=1202020937] [quote author=Iqbal link=topic=6161.msg81767#msg81767 date=1202002986] Mar Gregorios bar Hebraeus, a great Syrian Orthodox Father and ascetic of the thirteenth century, similarly …
  • [quote author=Iqbal link=topic=6106.msg81766#msg81766 date=1202001558] [quote author=clay link=topic=6106.msg81752#msg81752 date=1201956949]Sorry Iqbal. Since I am not versed in these matters, I tend to think that "open-mindedness" is synonymous wit…
  • [quote author=soldier for scetis link=topic=6161.msg81769#msg81769 date=1202009920] [quote author=*Thirsty+For+Christ* link=topic=6161.msg81754#msg81754 date=1201963570] well do u close the door while ur praying? Do u close ur eyes while ur praying?…
  • don't stop praying the agpeya. that's exactly what satan wants you to do. sometimes feelings of being far away from God are tests to see if we will continue to seek God and pray to Him and such. not praying wont help you come closer to God. persiste…
  • that website that you have found is an eastern orthodox website who have really extreme views of things. i say this becuase i've read many articles on this website and have found them to be rather extreme or strict eastern orthodox christians
  • Jesus is a descendent of David through St. Joseph. Jesus has been called by some people in the Bible "the son of David"
  • Jesus taught us the best form of prayer by the Lord's prayer. If you look at what is said within every line, you get a clear picture of how we are to go about our prayers: "Our Father who art in Heaven Hallowed by Thy name" First we acknowledge Hi…
    in Prayer Comment by gigglyshy January 2008
  • There is a famous saying which states that the difference between a sinner and a saint, is that a saint is a sinner who confesses and repents. I don't know of many people who do that very well though. But I know what you're talking about... when p…
  • from the trinity, the Father was the one speaking, becuase the Holy Spirit was descending upon Jesus like a dove and Jesus was in the waters. Jesus couldn't have been saying that to himself. Jesus' baptism was really important. The Trinity was manif…
  • I've heard many metaphors that help give a better understanding of the Holy Trinity. There's the sun metaphor the sun is the Father, the light coming from the sun is the Son, the heat coming from the sun is the Holy Spirit.. the light (Son) and …
  • [quote author=Meena_Ameen link=topic=6129.msg81413#msg81413 date=1201161971] As many of you know already for the past couple of weeks ive really been trying to gather information on how to defend the orthodox faith when it comes to protestant doctri…
  • [quote author=acopt link=topic=6133.msg81445#msg81445 date=1201246955] Hello, I was wondering if anyone has seen any animated Bible movies made by Nest Family Entertainment; e.g. The Animated Passion Trilogy I was specifically wondering about how …
  • [quote author=His Servant link=topic=6151.msg81653#msg81653 date=1201804367] sorry to change the topic but i have a very quick question is the nature of Christ as follows: Christ is ONE Nature Fully human and fully divine? thats correct right? [/quo…
  • [quote author=jydeacon link=topic=6084.msg80986#msg80986 date=1200285808] When more is added to the batch, there is a big process that the pope and many bishops go through with special prayers on the myron [/quote] How often do they make it? the Ar…
    in Myron Comment by gigglyshy January 2008
  • [quote author=Iqbal link=topic=6052.msg80636#msg80636 date=1198682889] [quote author=coptic youth link=topic=6052.msg80619#msg80619 date=1198568408]Secondly, wht do u mean by the nature of christ? Wht do they believe in tht we don't? Im curious and …
  • [quote author=gregorytheSinner link=topic=6065.msg80840#msg80840 date=1199565856] ok sorry guys if i may seem a lil stubborn its just i can not justify to myself how its ok for a person to have a same sex attraction (as long as he doesnt act on it)…
  • [quote author=gregorytheSinner link=topic=6065.msg80747#msg80747 date=1199383768] here's how i understand it (this is also my personal view) as a church well we wont accept murderes as long as they continue murdering, we wont accept guys who cheat o…
  • [quote author=gregorytheSinner link=topic=6065.msg80747#msg80747 date=1199383768] here's how i understand it (this is also my personal view) as a church well we wont accept murderes as long as they continue murdering, we wont accept guys who cheat o…
  • [quote author=gregorytheSinner link=topic=6041.msg80557#msg80557 date=1198271277] No Oriental Orthodox Church places communion into the hand of the recipient. That's a Roman Catholic tradition, not an Orthodox one. Well nowadays our brothers in the …
  • [quote author=coptic youth link=topic=6041.msg80540#msg80540 date=1198224384] Dear gigglyshy, Can u please elaborate on the points u made with detailed information. I personally would like to know my self the diffrences, between the two lituriges. C…
  • I don't know about Hollister and Abercrombie, but the other two you mentioned aren't that bad. I shop at American Eagle and Aeropostale and I have always been able to find things at reasonable prices. It's all about being good at finding cheap stuff…
  • we should accept homosexuals into the church just as we accept murderers, liars, cheaters, etc. I found this story at http://southern-orthodoxy.blogspot.com/2004/05/gay-but-not-funny.html "A priest once told about a man who came to see him about …
  • [quote author=gregorytheSinner link=topic=6041.msg80541#msg80541 date=1198240593] An example of what I had in mind by the word differences was: In the Coptic Liturgy for example...Communion is placed directly into the mouth of the receipeint.  In s…
  • [quote author=gregorytheSinner link=topic=6041.msg80541#msg80541 date=1198240593] An example of what I had in mind by the word differences was: In the Coptic Liturgy for example...Communion is placed directly into the mouth of the receipeint.  In s…
  • Which Coptic Liturgy do you speak of? I'm assuming you mean the one that is used for every regular Sunday? Every liturgy, whether it be Oriental Orthodox, Catholic, or Eastern Orthodox have the same fundamental things. You're asking about the speci…
  • [quote author=minagir link=topic=6025.msg80383#msg80383 date=1197699501] The book says: "Father Sarkis: from Old Cairo. His father was Fr. Armya, priest of Sts.Apakir and John in Old Cairo. Than He served in the church of the Resurrection in el-Qods…
  • [quote author=Amoussa01 link=topic=6025.msg80355#msg80355 date=1197657536] St. Sarkis is the author of this hymn. There were many saints who wrote hymns another good example would be St. Athanasius who wrote omonogenees. So the reason why its there …
  • What should you do? Pray for them... only God can help those sorts of people