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  • I think it depends... i've seen bishop's passport before and they had Bishop so and so El Soryani as a name on their passport.  Even some of the monks have their priest name and their monastery as first/last name. I think passports issued in egyp…
  • I have some pretty reliable sources who say it really is him...
  • Just a thing about praying for the dead... I don't believe that us praying for a dead person can really change God's judgement towards that person...once you die, you are only left with God's justice...as much as He is a God of mercy, He is a God of…
  • [quote author=Andrew Saad link=board=13;threadid=3160;start=15#msg47395 date=1139349483] i didnt mean that they are dead like that i meant that they do not live for the world or have very little need of the world and the materialistic things. They a…
  • A real deacon, is someone who is fully consacrated, just like a deaconess, they consacrate their lives fully to service, and live a celibate life. "deacons" those we see serving in the chorus or altar during services are not real deacons...they ar…
  • I'm not sure about this...but priests have not died to the world...they are still people who have a family, wife and chidlren to take care of... On the other hand, Monks and Nuns have died to the world...and during their ordinations they actually …
  • Actually, it's not only that H.H. has a father of confession. But also the fact that there is a Holy Synod to make the decisions of the church, H.H. may be the head of that Synod, but there are also 108 (I believe) bishops who are taking these decis…
  • [quote author=SisterInChrist link=board=6;threadid=620;start=30#msg11242 date=1094787173] Do u mean like the side hekals? ( if ur church has three), cuz no one is allowed to go in the middle one during the litugry except abouna and the decons. [/quo…
  • I'm from virgin mary montreal canada.... but I just wanted to say about the hekal thing... when we used to have only 1 abouna, they used to let us..when we where younger of course go into the hekal to get communion so we could go to sunday school a…