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  • i have no experience of the verse above, i will leave it for my friends above, who are more knowlegeable than me, to comment. is abouna bishoy kamel an official saint now?that is nice, he was a shining example of humility and service.:)
  • the ones i know are very discreet about it, so online posts on the topic are not very common.but the main reasons are the same as for all people joining the church - logic (look at the stars - did they really all get there without a big dose of ener…
  • this is great.i also want to add that many monks and nuns do not have university degrees.for those people who go to work after school or who do voluntary work, the idea is that the person learns useful skills in life and doesn't just go to the monas…
  • no worries, you have some in english here:https://www.youtube.com/@FrDaoudLameiEnglish ophadece has some good ideas :)or (if you rather read than watch):http://frdaoudlamei.blog/ also read the sermons of saint macarius or saint john chrysostom - yo…
  • ps - that author was a french catholic priest:https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Author:Arthur_Adolphe_Vaschalde https://gedsh.bethmardutho.org/Vaschalde-Arthur-Adolphe-CSB and taught at 'The Catholic University of America (CUA) where he received a Ph.D…
  • i have looked at your link and realise now that he is the one we know in the coptic orthodox church as saint philoxenus of mabbug.he is listed as a saint in 'A Panoramic View of Patristics in the First Six Centuries – Fr. Tadros Y Malaty' and he wro…
  • do you have any information about this saint philoxenus? i haven't heard of his lifestory.thanks;)
  • i will keep u posted if i get round to buying it:-)
  • do you mean this?http://tasbeha.org/hymn_library/index.php?a=view&id=465 i will try to get to tasbeha soon and let you know:-)working this sat eve, so won't be this weekend (don't hold your breath!)
  • don't think they would have sewn it back. probably but it in a bag next to the body.may the prayers of the great patriarch peter and patriarch celestine + all the saints all be with us 
  • see here:https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/17105/coptic-unicode-font-why-how-to-display-correctly-on-screen
  • the new font looks a bit square and spiky and not round and swirly like the 'cs avva shenouda' font.but i think it looks more like the ancient inscriptions i have seen, so I will have to get used to it!my lessons were in the swirly font, so my brain…
  • the second question is difficult (i haven't read that much) but as for the first, adam was sinless untill he chose to sin.i don't know if he was getting old, maybe others can answer that.(i didn't meet him, i am old but not as old as him, ha ha!) ou…
  • it is a new building for the hall next to our old church.i live in britain :)
  • hi i am a sis not a bro:-)i just like saint matthias, so used a male saint as my avatar. so you were looking for the online version of father samuel's book - i don't think there is one.also a nice lady in my local bookshop looked it up for me - it i…
  • that is the online version, bro - download and enjoy!thanks to john (whose saint are commemorated today - saint john the short - and tomorrow saint rewis).maybe john was born exactly at midnight so he got names from both days! ;)happy name day :)
  • yes, i like this book too, thanks for the recommendation:)
  • thanks for recommendation. i think the author is a priest or deacon (pls correct me, canadian copt) in the indian orthodox church.did u know that you can buy boooks from ordinary book shops if yu give them the code?most will order it for you so you …
  • wow, thanks for that, it is a great resource, may God reward you:)
  • hi jehan.pagans (who worship lots of different spirits) think that when a person dies, that person's spirit becomes a 'ghost' that can wander around the earth and scare people. but this is not true. Christians do not believe in ghosts.what really ha…
    in Ghost Comment by mabsoota October 2023
  • hi yoan, i had loads of trouble with compatability when i used to use a mac, although the function of macs is probably superior, there is a big compatability problem.now i use a very cheap lenovo laptop with M word, and everything works fine. naderm…
  • ahlan wa sahlan, great to hear that - hope the admins find time to upload your liturgies, what language are they in?you can find replies by loging in here - you can probably get notifications too, but i will leave it for someone who is more technica…
  • dear yoan, i think you have to keep researching till you are about 95 years old for that one! i have been following the debate on this website for 14 years and it never ends! ophadece, great to 'see' you, i expect this is the practice in many church…
  • maybe it was.or maybe he was just the lead deacon and he had the microphone!:p;) i say this (being a bit cheeky) as i am used to very small numbers at the night praises and i often go to one of the early liturgies so i have seen what happens with sm…
  • they mean this hymn:https://tasbeha.org/hymn_library/index.php?a=view&id=154 it is really nice, but i also haven't experienced its widespred use. i learnt tasbeha from here (where it is not included):https://tasbeha.org/mp3/Praises/Midnight_Prai…
  • this one i like especially - from my hometown (which i left age 16): 3. Saint Werburg There was a Christian princess in Kent by the name of Ermenild, who was desired by a pagan prince called Wulphere, who wished to marry her and to become the king o…
  • sorry - spelling mistake above - should be 'their' stories! i really like this saint: 2. Saint Chad In the early 600s, Saint Chad desired monastic life and so studied with Saint Aidan on the Isle of Lindisfarne and in Ireland. He then became an abbo…
  • thanks - although this is the same belief that the ethiopian church has as the other orthodox churches.so i don't think there is a difference there. i think edena thought there was a difference, but i didn't see a difference. thank God for the pure …
  • i think i posted it a bit earlier anyway, so i was sort of cheating...sorry! i did nearly get confused with the leap year, but in our church we anointed the realics a day early, as the new year's eve service was held on the monday in a small place w…
  • church day starts on the evening before...;-p;)