I haven't read the whole thread, but I disagree with you Zoxsasi. It gives more time for us to meditate on the Gospel while also preserving Coptic. It is a perfect balance of the two. Now if it was just being read in Coptic, then we might have an is…
Here is what I try to do when bad thoughts come into my head (when I do this I usually avoid the temptation, but the sad fact is that I usually don't). I pray the Jesus Prayer (Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God have mercy on me, the sinner) over and for…
Are the thoughts popping on your head, or are you dwelling on them? If it is just random thoughts popping into your head but you don't give into them and reject them there is no problem. That is the devil tempting you and you can't really stop it ju…
Yes. You don't need quotation marks on the search term unless it is a specific phrase (Your example is, but I'm writing this just in case someone thinks you need quotation marks). It seems that none of the Church Fathers as far as I can tell refer t…
1. Some of John's disciples left to follow Jesus (John 1:35-42) Also see John 3:22-26
2) I'm not sure why that would even matter.
3) The Gospel of Mark dedicates 3 verses to the matter, because it is the shortest of the Gospels and was intended t…
We are in the process of adding more authors including St. Ephraim, St. Severus, and St. Jacob of Serugh(once Google processes them they will be up) so here are the new search parameters for the orthodoxebooks search.
inauthor:"St. Alexander" | …
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http://www.orthodoxanswers.org/eob/ vs the OSB
which one would you guys recommend out of those two?
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Right now the Eastern Orthodox Bible only has the new t…
Hey Dzheremi!
The OSB uses the NKJV for the new testament and the Septuagint for the Old Testament. In the Septuagint the Chapters are sometimes arranged differently than in Hebrew manuscripts and some verses present in Hebrew aren't there in the …
Hey Mabsoota,
try this link: http://cooltext.com/Download-Font-Arabic+Typesetting
If that doesn't work (or if you prefer another font) there are more here: http://cooltext.com/Fonts-Unicode-Arabic
The translators or the original writers? If you're talking about the translators it only makes sense to follow what the text says (you can't translate it: Teacher (which is to say, Teacher)). If you're talking about the evangelists... If I see them …
The phrases are in aramaic (the language our Lord spoke on Earth) and the Gospel-writers (who wrote in Greek) transliterated it into Greek and then wrote what it meant.
See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aramaic_of_Jesus#Rabbuni_.28.CE.A1.CE.B1.CE.B…
The first thing under bright saturday on the calender starts at 11 PM on Good Friday and goes until 5 am on bright saturday (Called night of the Apocalypse). Right after that a liturgy is done until 7 AM on Saturday.
The Services for the Feast of …
Sorry ilsm,
I'll put it in steps because that seems to help me organize my thoughts
To search for a certain verse quoted by the Church Fathers
1) go to http://www.ccel.org/search/fulltext
2)paste this: title:(ANF* OR NPNF*) AND scriptureRef:"x"…
God willing, I will update the authors in the above post as we add more.
Also if anything look at the second half of my post. That half is the more important.
If Converts are fine with it and those visiting don't find it a hindrance then I'm all for coptic. I personally prefer Coptic.
However, it can't be the majority language. I wouldn't enjoy a 70% Russian liturgy as much as I would enjoy a 70% Englis…
There is an EO Church Father called St. John of Damascus who wrote about this saying: "it is customary of scripture to speak of what God allows as His action"
Pharoah hardened his heart and God allowed him to. It is interesting to note that in 8:15…
I think we may be a little too overzealous here. I don't think it should take 5 pages to reproach these wonderful youth. They obviously saw no wrong in what they were doing and if you reproach them in the correct way there will be no problems. I def…
Having the Correct Faith and evil works
St. John Chrysostom
Commentary on 2 Timothy. On verse 3:5, page 1039
For let us suppose any one to be “covetous, a traitor, heady,” and yet to believe aright; of what advantage is it, if he wants all the qual…
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DEar anba Bola,
I'm surprised that you can argue that way even though churches not only in the diaspora are using projectors and kholagy's in different languages, but hey, …
It is essential for the congregation to understand what they are saying. If this can be done, then it is OK to have the prayers in Coptic. However, we are in a different country, and if we want to be successful in our missionary work, we can't alway…
Just to add on to crazy4christ1's great post
It was related of Amma Sarah that for thirteen years she waged warfare against the demon of fornication. She never prayed that the warfare should cease but she said, ‘O God, give me strength.’
St. Anthon…
Ok. Everyone take a deep breath. If we sit down and try to understand what the other side is trying to say we can get a better understanding.
What I think Cephas is trying to say is that it is important to be giving cheerfully and not out of mere …
In the letters "Jesus" (quotation marks) says that those who do not accept the messages and say that they are not of the Holy Spirit (blaspheming them) have committed an unforgivable sin. This shows a misinterpretation of the verse about blaspheming…
Cyril97,
She has condemned anyone that doesn't accept her messages to hell, basically.
She claims that God said the following
"Read our messages and stop being scornful or deaf when heaven speaks. Lower your voices and you will hear ours. Th…