https://tasbeha.org/community/categories/coptic-orthodox-church/p18/feed.rss Fri, 19 Jun 2026 05:19:28 +0000 Coptic Orthodox Church - Tasbeha.org Community en-CA https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/14390/orthodox-bishop-abducted Tue, 23 Apr 2013 09:17:06 +0000 Zoxsasi 14390@/community/discussions
I'm not sure if this news has reached you, but one of our Bishops has been kidnapped in Syria.

Many of you might know him:

Apparently, the driver was killed and the bishops were kidnapped.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-22259631

The UN estimates that 70,000 people have been killed in this stupid civil war. Other estimates are at 100,000.

Christians are in the middle of all this.


Please remember them in your prayers.


]]> https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/14463/red-prosferin Sat, 01 Jun 2013 18:31:40 +0000 copticuser20 14463@/community/discussions
1. What is it called?
2. What does it symbolize/why is it there?
3.Are deacons allowed to put it onto the altar? My priests never do and it just hangs on a chair. I think it looks really nice on the altar is especially during a wedding when it is in the background.]]> https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/14451/what-does-confession-mean Wed, 29 May 2013 18:08:47 +0000 Altair91 14451@/community/discussions Hi guys I havent been here in a LONG time and I apologise for that.

But a new question came to my mind,

what is a confession ? I do know that christians go to their priests and talk to them about their "wrong-doings" but whats the point or nature behind the confession ?

Thank You!]]> https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/14434/ssn-information-on-marriage-contract Tue, 21 May 2013 21:42:38 +0000 davidschanter 14434@/community/discussions ]]> https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/14422/what-was-eve-lacking Tue, 14 May 2013 08:57:21 +0000 Zoxsasi 14422@/community/discussions
It says in the Bible that God breathed into Adam. What did Adam receive when God did this?

The reason why I'm asking is because whatever He received when God did this, Eve didn't get any of it. Did she?

Was it just logical thinking?

]]> https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/14423/resurrection-processtion-why-3-3-1-help-please Tue, 14 May 2013 19:36:25 +0000 hany58 14423@/community/discussions
I need some contemplation on the resurrection procession around the Altar & Chruch. Any idea why we have 3 rounds around the Altar, 3 around the church, & 1 around the Altar again? I know that they have to be seven to represent the Procession around Jerico, but any idea why it was divided into 3+3+1?

Are the 3+1 Altar rounds symbolise the idea of “Trinity in one & one in Trinity”

I need help ASAP please

Thanks
]]> https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/14420/coptic-priest-being-beaten-by-israeli-police Sat, 11 May 2013 23:26:02 +0000 Zoxsasi 14420@/community/discussions
Does anyone know what the full story is behind this???

Why such brutality against a simple monk?

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=CIy8TcPkjro]]> https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/14417/priest-job-security Fri, 10 May 2013 20:30:34 +0000 davidschanter 14417@/community/discussions
Forgive me for raising this topic which may seem controversial, but is priest job security in the hands/mercy of higher church authorities? Is there due process if a priest is convicted of heresy/ false teaching/false advice? Who has higher authority, the church congregation or the church authorities (bishops, pope)?

I know there is separation of church and state, and the law of the church is the only one that should be applicable, so is it against the church for the priest to have a contract?

The only reason I decided to post this on a public coptic forum is because I can't find the answers in my immediate network, and I want to know because I am not certain that servants of God are protected from political powers stemming from higher religious authorities (the job of the priest seems like it isn't protected like any other profession who has a contract that protects them from wrongful termination).

Any insight from our coptic lawyers would be nice.

Thanks and forgive me.]]> https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/14415/my-god-and-your-god-and-other-questions Thu, 09 May 2013 15:28:34 +0000 Zoxsasi 14415@/community/discussions
I have so many questions for you.

a) Why did Christ tell Mary Magdalene: "Do not touch me" after He appeared to her in the garden, the morning of His Glorious Resurrection?

What was the problem with touching Him? St Thomas even put his finger on Christ's wound.

b) Then He tells her: I am going to "My God and Your God, my Father and Your Father". I think when He says "to my God" - its not as a term of worship, but it is an affirmation of His Sonship - i.e. that He is from God. Can anyone confirm this? Or am i totally wrong?

c) Why does he ask the Father to "forgive them" whilst He's on the cross? Surely He could forgive them? My 2 cents is that He intercedes for us to the Father, and this is just another example of that - or am I mistaken?

Thanks]]> https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/14409/important-please-reply-asap-ps-happy-easterrrr Sat, 04 May 2013 11:53:35 +0000 Mary E 14409@/community/discussions https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/14410/good-friday-hymn-request Sun, 05 May 2013 07:48:38 +0000 mabsoota 14410@/community/discussions can anyone tell me the song which is sung during the 'burial' of the icon on great friday?
i didn't find it in the books, and the churches tend to put pictures on the screen at this time, so i don't know what the words are.
could u pls put a link to the words? (ideally coptic but english would be good too)

thanks everyone and...

CHRIST IS RISEN!

:)  :)  :)]]> https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/14406/confession-during-holy-week Wed, 01 May 2013 17:46:11 +0000 Zoxsasi 14406@/community/discussions
I wanted to prepare for Liturgy tomorrow and especially during the Feast of the Resurrection, so I was hoping to confess before hand. My priest told me that it was forbidden to confess DURING Holy Week.

That's really odd because there's the liturgy tomorrow and being prepared for it, through confession, is quite important.

If I'm not mistaken, the Homily on this day is by Saint John Chrysostom who emphasises the importance of being prepared to take this sacrament, and of "slothfullness" concerning receiving the Holy Communion.

This is remarkable that the Church forbids confession during Holy Week.

May I just ask why - especially if its for preparation for Holy Communion, I'm truly baffled.]]> https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/14400/pope-tawadros-will-visit-europe Sat, 27 Apr 2013 13:44:24 +0000 mabsoota 14400@/community/discussions http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Middle-East/2013/Apr-24/214923-coptic-orthodox-leader-to-meet-pope-francis-in-may.ashx#axzz2RgdA8EAK

he is going to meet pope francis, but if anyone finds out which other countries he is going to, please post it here!
:)

edit: news came from the other orthodox website i visit.]]> https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/14394/what-is-the-reason-behind-saying-12-gospels-during-matins-on-palm-sunday Thu, 25 Apr 2013 00:12:00 +0000 hany58 14394@/community/discussions
I'm doing a presentation tomorrow about Palm Sunday,

Can someone give me a detailed description of the following:

1. Why do we say 12 gospels during matins & why exactly 12?
2. Why do we say the gospels at these specific locations inside the church? i.e. At the front of Icon of Archangel Ghobrial etc?

thanks, your fast response is much appreciated. ]]> https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/14389/yay-easter Tue, 23 Apr 2013 01:10:07 +0000 Mary E 14389@/community/discussions Palm Sunday this sunday: "Hosanna in the Highest" !!!!
:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D]]> https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/14384/presentations-about-palm-sunday Sun, 21 Apr 2013 19:57:53 +0000 hany58 14384@/community/discussions
I'm doing a presentation about the meanings behind the rites of palm sunday. Do you know where I can find any materials to help me prepare?

thanks ]]> https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/14367/consubstantiation-v-transubstantiation Wed, 10 Apr 2013 15:07:44 +0000 copticuser20 14367@/community/discussions https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/14369/st-ephraim-s-prayer-in-the-coptic-orthodox-church Fri, 12 Apr 2013 00:40:36 +0000 apcevioc 14369@/community/discussions
Do you all recite "St. Ephraim's Prayer" during weekday services inside of Great Lent?

In case you don't know how it works, something like this happens during any one of the weekday services during Lent (Matins, Liturgy, Vespers, Compline, 3rd and 6th Hour):

The celebrating Priest will stand at the royal doors, facing the high place of the sanctuary and say:  "Oh Lord and Master of my life, take from me the spirit of sloth, despair, lust of power, and idle talk", and then make one prostration.  Then he will rise and say, facing the same way as before, "But give rather the spirit of chastity, humility, patience, and love to thy servant," making another prostration.  He then gets up and finishes with, "Yea, oh Lord and King, grant me to see my own transgressions, and not to judge my brother, for blessed art thou unto the ages of ages, Amen," and then make one final prostration.

As an addition to one's personal prayer at home, it is sometimes prescribed to do the above, followed immediately by making the sign of the cross and praying, "Oh God, cleanse me a sinner" and bowing to touch the ground, 12 times.  Then after those 12 bows are done, to recite St. Ephraim's Prayer all the way through with just one final prostration at the end.

Do any of you do this who are in the Coptic Orthodox Church?

Thanks

Peace]]> https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/14373/patristic-quote Sun, 14 Apr 2013 15:44:43 +0000 Theophilus 1 14373@/community/discussions
Enjoy the Great Fast!

In Christ
Theophilus ]]> https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/7032/the-hermit-fathers Sun, 10 Aug 2008 07:33:07 +0000 micmek 7032@/community/discussions
St Shenouda Monastery, with the Kind permission of the translators and after a long time being out of print, has reprinted “The Hermit Fathers”. If you are interested in buying copies for your bookshop or youth group please email us [email]pimonakhos@copticmail.com[/email]. An excerpt which is made out of, The Table of contents, and the lives of two of those great saints can be seen here as PDF.

The Hermit Fathers is an account of the virtuous asceticism and admirable ways of life of the holy and blessed wilderness fathers. They are meant to inspire and instruct those who want to imitate their heavenly lives, so that they may make progress on the way that leads to the kingdom of heaven. The holy fathers who were the initiators and masters of the blessed monastic way of life, being entirely on fire with divine and heavenly love and counting as nothing at all that men hold to be beautiful and estimable, trained themselves on earth to do nothing whatsoever out of vainglory. They hid themselves away, and by their supreme humility in keeping most of their good works hidden, they made progress on the way that leads to God. Moreover, no one has been able to describe their virtuous lives for us in detail, for those who have taken the greatest pains in this matter have only committed to writing a few fragments of their more admirable deeds and words.  In this book you will find twenty eight examples of the lives of those Holy men and women which are sweeter than honey and honeycomb.

The price of the book is

1-49 Copies AUD $ 8.00 Each + Shipping
50 and over AUD $ 6.00 Each + Shipping
           
             Title: The Hermit Fathers
         Author: Fr Samaan El Souriany
        Binding: Perfect Bound
     Trim Size: 215mm x 140 mm
No of Pages: 192 Pages
         Weight: 250 g

]]> https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/14366/pope-tawadoros-wishes-to-meet-pope-francis Wed, 10 Apr 2013 03:39:06 +0000 Zoxsasi 14366@/community/discussions I was just reading the news articles in the Coptic Corner app - if you go in the news section, you'll see that the main headlines are about the attacks on the Church, then there's a French news article saying that H.H Pope Tawadaros wishes to meet H.H Pope Francis at the Vatican.

Does anyone here have further information about this?

I cannot use my iphone at work, so I cannot check the news, but if you have any more information on this, could you let me know:

* Why does he wish to meet the Catholic Pope for?
* Is it to discuss unity?

This is terribly exciting stuff.

I can't wait for these two to meet. Both seem to have a lot of energy, and i'm sure they wish unity.

In the meantime, if I find the same news article on the web, I'll post it on this thread.

Thanks]]> https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/14357/saint-makarius Thu, 04 Apr 2013 16:13:30 +0000 mabsoota 14357@/community/discussions it's the feast of saint makarius tomorrow!
:D

please celebrate by posting your favourite bits from saint makarius' homilies or stories about saint makarius.

to start you off, i will explain that 'makarius' means blessed or happy.
it is the word in the original greek in matthew 5 where it says 'blessed are the poor in spirit' etc. (toba in arabic)]]> https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/14348/new-iloghos-update-best-coptic-app-ever Wed, 27 Mar 2013 11:43:42 +0000 kuscho1 14348@/community/discussions •News (About the coptic world in arabic, german, english & france)
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AppStore Link:
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iLoghos on Facebook:
facebook.com/iLoghos

YouTube Video:
youtu.be/nd91HsgxdhA]]> https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/13840/his-holiness-should-be-called-theodorus-ii Mon, 05 Nov 2012 12:45:29 +0000 metouro 13840@/community/discussions
As Coptic Orthodoxy spreads throughout the world, the name of Theodorus II will facilitate affininity with previous Orthodox Patriarchs, will be easier to remember among the Other Orthodox Patriarchates, both Eastern and Oriental, and will be easier to pronounce for all Orthodox along with English speakers.

His Holiness is already called by the name Theodoros II on Wikipedia at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Coptic_Popes]]> https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/13898/tav-or-theeta Mon, 19 Nov 2012 20:20:40 +0000 copticuser20 13898@/community/discussions https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/10974/hh-pope-shenouda-s-sermons-with-english-subtitles Sun, 13 Mar 2011 21:46:21 +0000 anba bola 10974@/community/discussions
Anyway there are so far two of HH Pope Shenouda's sermons that have English captions (both done by CYC):
On Doubt
Hidden and Manifested Sins

The translations aren't always the best, but they can almost always be understood. May God Bless the work done by CYC.

I will also try to post the links to the sermons as they come out.]]> https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/14337/attacks-on-coptic-church-in-libya Sun, 17 Mar 2013 18:34:47 +0000 servant33 14337@/community/discussions https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/14335/our-dear-departed-baba-shenouda Sun, 17 Mar 2013 14:41:33 +0000 mabsoota 14335@/community/discussions
may God repose him in the paradise of joy.

i imagine him getting a big hug from saint matthias, who was busy enjoying his feast day (i think they enjoy these days!) as they can now celebrate together.
:)

pray for us, our dear and much missed pope shenouda 3rd.]]> https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/14324/bishop-ordination Sun, 10 Mar 2013 18:14:41 +0000 copticuser20 14324@/community/discussions
Please pray for me and my mom.]]> https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/14311/joshua-6-26 Wed, 06 Mar 2013 00:10:55 +0000 mark.naguib7 14311@/community/discussions