Mohammad,
I will try to answer you questions, as much as I can,
1-) Whats the primary difference between Copts and Catholics ?
when one asks about religion to find out more about it, the person does not need to get into the details of the religio…
lol... it was camera girl, but it was just off a phone, but the main event was recorded by a videographer, we are just waiting on them for the better recording.
lets take your questions one by one,
first,
Am I wrong in feeling that these places should not be thought of as holier than any other place? What is the difference between praying in this monastery compared to praying in my room? Isn't God presen…
lol... at the moment I can whirl for anything... but English Arabic Coptic whirls are the best for me... or if anyone knows how to turn the coptic presentation to text...
now there are different kinds of magic...
there are illusionists, who are the known "magicians" the ones you would find in Vegas, who just have quick hands and do tricks with cards and what not... these are not considered workers of the devil, but…
my beloved, it is weird because I was just having this conversation with a priest...
the devil is pretty tricky, and I know you know that... what the devil does through reading the palms, or reading the cup (fingan) and numerology, is he will tell…
here is what I would do... even though due to it being two times it will be hard... but give it a try... write a detailed letter explaining your situation to your professor, Explain your urge of wanting to pass, and show that you have done the work …
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But what if you have anxiety and depression all of the time? You feel that you can't do anything and your just as worthless as the dirt that is not useful in anything…
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I have to admit to not understanding why a microphone is necessary. I have never used one. Our fathers never used them.
If a building is so big that the voice of the p…
medication is not wrong... if you were to go for anything else, lets say back pain, and the doctor prescribes you pain killers, would you take it?
I hope your answer would be a "yes" or you will be anti medication in general, which is wrong for th…
[quote]believe me I'm never anti long hymns, but I'm anti ey... ey.... ey... 45 minutes later... ey... ey... ey... ooo.... when there are no meditation on what we are saying, people will feel this is a parrot repeating something he heard, and is re…
when I say upbeat, I do not mean short hymns, but also long hymns... you can take a long hymn and actually add emotions and feeling, if we acknowledge and learn the meaning of the tune rather than learning the tune alone, we would be lost in meditat…
sometimes, when I enter the kiahk praise, I feel I wrongly entered a holy week service... because its long and slow... here is what I think, I remember I went to saint Shenouda's monastery and I prayed the midnight praise with brother antonious, we …
For a righteous man may fall seven times And rise again, But the wicked shall fall by calamity.
you see, we think all our "hard" work is gone once we sin, its the same as saying you go to school, do all your homwork and studying, but you miss one …
as mentioned before, when a person is sick, they take medication and go to the doctor... so when we sin we need to partake of the communion to have God help us in all that we do to over come this sin... but there are sins that would forbid you from …
I started serving when I was in middle school, and I had my own sunday school class in early high school!
there is no official age for sunday school, but you should keep up with your father of confession, he knows what level you are at, and will g…
The Father of the Fathers
Do you see the happieness, do you see the smile on this monk's face?
His prize is Heaven, his focus is God, truly he's an elevation to the human race
Oh how I wish to be like you, no matter what happens always at pea…
once you enter the prayer of the prayer ropes you truly enter heaven...
the prayer rope is made to help you count the Jesus prayer...
the way you say the Jesus prayer is as follows... you inhale and say "My Lord Jesus Christ" as if you are accep…
Hana,
we are on the same boat my friend, but if a person loves, he will love you with your imperfections, its the same as saying I love this guy, but I hate how he has a mole on the back of his neck! now I cant be with him!... does that make sense?…
Iconography is one topic that our Church fails to teach much about, which is very unfortunate.... but as a person that writes icons, let me share with you some meanings.
Red- glory honor rich, sacrifice
white- purity, divinity
green- sin, and evil…