https://tasbeha.org/community/categories/coptic-orthodox-church/p41/feed.rss Fri, 19 Jun 2026 18:28:20 +0000 Coptic Orthodox Church - Tasbeha.org Community en-CA https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/10341/bishop-suriel-s-message Sat, 01 Jan 2011 20:34:20 +0000 Zoxsasi 10341@/community/discussions
I would like to share an amazing speech delivered by H.G Bishop Suriel.


http://bishopsuriel.blogspot.com/2010/12/words-and-prayers-from-ecumenical-day.html


]]> https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/10338/lakkan-prayers Sat, 01 Jan 2011 07:28:44 +0000 peterfarrington 10338@/community/discussions
Thanks

Father Peter]]> https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/10339/ Sat, 01 Jan 2011 08:55:24 +0000 copt_believer 10339@/community/discussions https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/10336/explosion-kills-seven-outside-egyptian-church Sat, 01 Jan 2011 00:44:09 +0000 JustinWilliams 10336@/community/discussions http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-12101748

"After the explosion, Christians were seen chanting beside a burnt-out car in front of the church: "We sacrifice our souls and blood for the Cross."

Lord have mercy on our brothers and sisters in Egypt and may You strengthen and protect them.]]> https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/10327/old-unidentified-liturgy Fri, 31 Dec 2010 00:58:01 +0000 PopeKyrillos 10327@/community/discussions
Piekhristos Av Masf.

Can anyone give me some details on this awesome, old liturgy?

PK

]]> https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/10329/kiahk-psalmody Fri, 31 Dec 2010 05:40:45 +0000 aidan 10329@/community/discussions
I live in London, England and I want to get hold of the Kiahk Psalmody (not the download). Does anyone have a copy or know where to get one?

Thanks and God bless ]]> https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/10303/church Tue, 28 Dec 2010 23:00:52 +0000 nnelly 10303@/community/discussions https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/10158/more-persecution-news Fri, 10 Dec 2010 06:12:40 +0000 peterfarrington 10158@/community/discussions
http://www.persecution.org/2010/12/09/38-children-injured-after-police-open-fire-on-protesters-in-egypt/

http://www.persecution.org/2010/12/09/house-converted-into-mosque-overnight-in-egypt-to-prevent-church-services/]]> https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/10247/who-s-this-saint Tue, 21 Dec 2010 03:13:47 +0000 Batates74 10247@/community/discussions
It's a beautiful story that I've been thinking a lot about for some reason... thing is though, I don't know this saint's name. Does anyone here know who this saint is?

thanks]]> https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/10281/difference-in-translations Sun, 26 Dec 2010 03:53:50 +0000 yousiegtennis 10281@/community/discussions https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/10288/deaconesses-anyone Mon, 27 Dec 2010 13:00:20 +0000 lvnvrfails 10288@/community/discussions im open to any thoughts you all might have  :)
Thanks!
God bless]]> https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/10315/wedding-rings Wed, 29 Dec 2010 12:33:23 +0000 Zoxsasi 10315@/community/discussions
Can someone tell me the importance of wedding rings in the sacrament of marriage?

Are they necessary?

Can a couple be married without them?

Does their marriage depend on each one wearing their rings?

Can these rings be replaced? If they can be replaced/exchanged, does abouna have to put them on again.

Thanks]]> https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/10284/why-do-we-celebrate-nativity-on-jan-7-and-not-december-25 Sun, 26 Dec 2010 16:36:47 +0000 PaulSamir 10284@/community/discussions https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/10287/figured-i-d-share-this-group-i-made-on-facebook Mon, 27 Dec 2010 10:13:54 +0000 Anthonypk7 10287@/community/discussions I know everybody has been very concerned about the hate groups against H.H. Pope Shenouda III, but here I created a group where all of his sons and daughters who love him all unite to report the hate groups against him :). It's called "We Unite to Report Every Hate Group Against our father, H.H. Pope Shenouda". This group will post links to the groups you NEED to report, rare pictures about the Pope, and you guys could write what you think we should do to stop the madness happening against H.H. Over 5,000 of his children (and still growing) unite to report the hate groups against him.

Link: http://www.facebook.com/pages/We-Unite-to-Report-Every-Hate-Group-Against-our-father-HH-Pope-Shenouda/166841263331543

God Bless,

Rabena Mawgood]]> https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/9961/pope-shenouda-hate-group-removed Sun, 07 Nov 2010 03:38:17 +0000 epchois_nai_nan 9961@/community/discussions
God bless]]> https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/10271/theosis-and-the-coptic-church Fri, 24 Dec 2010 00:12:16 +0000 anba bola 10271@/community/discussions
So later on in the day I was browsing the internet and found that His Eminence wrote a book against the Davinci Code called "The Real Holy Grail", so I went to his site to see if it was posted there, and found this instead : http://www.metroplit-bishoy.org/files/deificationEng.doc

I always thought theosis was orthodox. Perhaps, I'm misunderstanding. The way its spoken of in the document seems to be speaking of it in a different concept than what the Eastern Orthodox (and what I thought we) believe. I know that Fr. Matthew the Poor (Matta el-Meskeen) said that in theosis we hypostatically unite with God which isn't taught by the Eastern Orthodox (they say the unification is with the energies of God).

Is it possible that this is directed towards the theosis taught by Fr. Matthew the Poor, and not that of Eastern Orthodoxy. I know there are patristics that seem to support the union with the energies of God. Is it possible that this is a misunderstanding on the side of His Eminence probably because of the heretical teaching on it of Fr. Matthew the Poor? Or am I misunderstanding all of this and the deification of man is different than theosis, and all His Eminence speaks against is the heretical teaching of being hypostatically united with God?

please pray for my weak self ]]> https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/10269/confession-to-a-catholic-priest Thu, 23 Dec 2010 12:52:47 +0000 Zoxsasi 10269@/community/discussions
Is confession to a Catholic priest allowed?

If not, then is it OK to have an RC priest as a spiritual father?

Thanks]]> https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/10198/transcription-of-words-from-the-ecumenical-day-of-prayer Wed, 15 Dec 2010 22:33:49 +0000 mikesl 10198@/community/discussions
To get started, pick a bishop's word and start writing down their entire speech word by word then post to this forum. To avoid duplication, please post which speech you'll be working on here.

Thanks for supporting our Coptic brothers in Egypt.

Completed
* H.G. Bishop Serapion's Word
* H.G. Bishop Suriel's Word]]> https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/10259/st-mary-the-coptic Tue, 21 Dec 2010 22:48:54 +0000 Galations5:22 10259@/community/discussions https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/7598/communion-in-the-catholic-church-for-coptic-orthodox-christians Tue, 27 Jan 2009 13:06:33 +0000 7598@/community/discussions
If a coptic christian is living in a country where there are no Coptic Churches, is he or she allowed to have communion in the Catholic Church, only for the period when they are working in that country?

Please also bear in mind, when answering, that it may be too costly or impractical for this person to travel to a place where there is a Coptic Church on a regular basis; it may even be impractical on any basis also.

What is their position in front of the Church? Does the CoC consider them ex-communicated? Are they heretics? If their faith is just Orthodox, and they "need" to have the Holy Communion, then is this allowed for such situations? The Catholics do accept us in their Church, but we do not acknowledge their baptism.

I think it is really dangerous to not have communion for a long period of time, and given that we do consider that the Body of Christ is in the Eucharist in the Catholic Church, then is this case permissible for a Coptic Christian?

The same for repentance. If a Coptic Christian lives in a place where he or she is not visited by any Coptic priest, can they confess to a Catholic Priest? Although our Churches are divided, do we still acknowledge their priesthood?

Thanks
]]> https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/10196/fasting-and-communion Wed, 15 Dec 2010 17:45:13 +0000 jshouk 10196@/community/discussions
However, someone asked me, 'Why do we have to be fasting in order to take communion?' Fasting here refers to the fast of Nativity or Great Lent or any fast occurring on a day we take communion. So, 'Why are we obligated to fast to take communion when fasting is a decision for you to focus on your relationship with God?' Is it because it sounds hypocritical that you would say I want to take communion and be with God through communion, but would not be willing to fast to focus on your relationship with God? If so, what if the person 'believes' they don't have the strength to fast the whole length of time, but still wouldn't want to be forbidden from the blessing of communion as they truly believe in its mystery?

GB
John]]> https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/10192/post-deleted Wed, 15 Dec 2010 03:04:45 +0000 cildara 10192@/community/discussions https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/10129/orthodox-church-is-defective Mon, 06 Dec 2010 16:43:14 +0000 copticuser20 10129@/community/discussions
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19692094/ns/world_news-europe/]]> https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/10036/influence-of-catholicism Wed, 24 Nov 2010 06:13:47 +0000 coptic_deacon 10036@/community/discussions https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/10126/wikipedia-articles Mon, 06 Dec 2010 10:58:13 +0000 servant33 10126@/community/discussions
I was looking through the wikipedia articles related to the church and some of them need a lot of work. It would be very good to keep these all up-to-date and have a good amount of information because I know a lot of people use wikipedia as the first place to go when they search for something. It would also be nice to direct friends to a wikipedia article if they want an intro to something related to the church.

So I figure the Tasbeha.org community will do an awesome job at posting and editing. To start off, this article currently only has 1 sentence:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tasbeha

Feel free to post any other article you find that need work so we can all work on them.
]]> https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/10102/church-membership Sun, 05 Dec 2010 01:11:26 +0000 kalsam 10102@/community/discussions https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/10059/constantine-the-great Sun, 28 Nov 2010 06:31:06 +0000 gregorytheSinner 10059@/community/discussions
So why does the Church consider him a saint?  ]]> https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/10055/lots-of-questions-the-liturgy Sat, 27 Nov 2010 13:08:35 +0000 abanoub2000 10055@/community/discussions
a. Vespers- A chance for the congregation to repent, and remember their sins.
b. Matins-
c. Liturgy of the offertory
d. Liturgy of the Catechumens
e. Liturgy of the Believers

What are the 7 processions that rebellious the fall of Jericho?

What parts of the liturgy represent the following...

Our Lord Jesus falling on the ground while holding the cross going to Golgotha to be
cricified

The body of Jesus was brought down from cross, wrapped in a coffin and  put in the tomb.The resurrection and the Ascension of our Lord Jesus Christ

Finally,
.  After lifting the Prosfarin, Abouna moves the covers around and ends up with his hands covered and the Chalice covered, explain the movements of the covers and it symbolic significance?]]> https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/10078/priests-in-the-old-testament Wed, 01 Dec 2010 16:02:32 +0000 Zoxsasi 10078@/community/discussions
Can someone tell me what was the function of the priests in the OT?

What did they have to do exactly?

Thanks]]> https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/10075/re-marriage-in-the-coptic-church Wed, 01 Dec 2010 06:38:23 +0000 Zoxsasi 10075@/community/discussions
However, according to this news report, it appears that there is a situation where a woman's husband left her (out of adultary) yet she was unable to remarry simply because she couldn't prove that her husband had in fact committed adultery.

http://bikyamasr.com/wordpress/?p=22145

Is proof required that your spouse has committed adultery in order to re-marry?

Also, can someone explain to me the implications of the latest news on the re-marriage issue?

http://www.almasryalyoum.com/en/news/egyptian-court-upholds-verdict-allowing-divorced-copts-remarry

What does this mean exactly? Is the state forcing the Church to allow re-marriages for reasons other than adultary? or is it only for reasons of adultery where adultery cannot be "proven" but assumed.

Thanks

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