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Ⲭⲣⲓⲥⲧⲟⲥ ⲁⲛⲉⲥⲧⲏ Dear @Constantance, In my church education I came to learn that the faithful will go astray in the end of times before Israel is brought to the belief in Christ as the true God as supported by many interpreters. Now I don't know if t…
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Ⲭⲣⲓⲥⲧⲟⲥ ⲁⲛⲉⲥⲧⲏ There you go, under the subheading "months" https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coptic_calendar Ⲟⲩϫⲁⲓ ϧⲉⲛ Ⲡϭⲥ
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Ⲭⲣⲓⲥⲧⲟⲥ ⲁⲛⲉⲥⲧⲏ Hi @Theodosia, The Coptic year consists of 365 days and 366 days every four years, so it is congruent with the Julian calendar year as you rightly said, and deviates from the Gregorian calendar 3 times every 400 years. Next deviation…
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Ⲭⲣⲓⲥⲧⲟⲥ ⲁⲛⲉⲥⲧⲏ No offence taken at all and I am sorry that I sounded that way. I cannot agree more about the status of God's word and I never alluded to any traditions. Orthodox writing and teaching is not a tradition and this is where I see us in d…
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Ⲭⲣⲓⲥⲧⲟⲥ ⲁⲛⲉⲥⲧⲏ OK guys this is turning into an election like campaign but I am sorry to disappoint you, I am not prepared to run for the office taking the seat of Trump, Trudeau or Boris Johnson just yet.. I have no knowledge of theology but thank …
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Ⲭⲣⲓⲥⲧⲟⲥ ⲁⲛⲉⲥⲧⲏ Hi @Ricci, I do believe that as mentioned in another post you are not a Coptic Orthodox. I for one do not dispute at all the Bible verses you have kindly provided but I think we should agree to disagree on our views. In the Coptic Or…
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Ⲭⲣⲓⲥⲧⲟⲥ ⲁⲛⲉⲥⲧⲏ I can't agree more with all your statements @mabsoota.. It's been quite busy at work as you rightly say.. @Jojo_Hanna has been a great blessing in my life, I am honoured to have known someone like him.. I am lucky he can do a much bet…
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Ⲭⲣⲓⲥⲧⲟⲥ ⲁⲛⲉⲥⲧⲏ Yes @Jojo_Hanna I think I heard the same comment probably it's in one of the books on ajbeya by Fr Tadros Yakoob but I can't remember exactly. He said that Copts, in their great awe of the Holy Trinity used ⲇⲟⲝⲁⲥⲓ ⲟ Ⲑⲉⲟⲥ ⲏⲙⲱⲛ as the i…
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Ⲭⲣⲓⲥⲧⲟⲥ ⲁⲛⲉⲥⲧⲏ Very well said @Jojo_Hanna.. Thanks a million.. Ⲟⲩϫⲁⲓ ϧⲉⲛ Ⲡϭⲥ
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Ⲭⲣⲓⲥⲧⲟⲥ ⲁⲛⲉⲥⲧⲏ Thanks @minatasgeel, I didn't know that before.. I agree with you that perhaps not a particular tune for each psalm as such but I have a feeling that they were more than a couple.. Ⲟⲩϫⲁⲓ ϧⲉⲛ Ⲡϭⲥ
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Ⲭⲣⲓⲥⲧⲟⲥ ⲁⲛⲉⲥⲧⲏ Some people argue that the arabicisation of the services and the prayers lost us the special tunes of psalms, which leads me to think that each psalm had its own tune one day.. Ⲟⲩϫⲁⲓ ϧⲉⲛ Ⲡϭⲥ
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Hi all Ⲭⲣⲓⲥⲧⲟⲥ ⲁⲛⲉⲥⲧⲏ The church is the Bride of Christ and who misses Christ misses the church as everyone here had said already. Please beware there is no salvation outside the church.. Ⲟⲩϫⲁⲓ ϧⲉⲛ Ⲡϭⲥ
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Ⲁ̅ : ϯⲙⲉⲓ ⲙ̀ⲙⲟⲕ ⲃ̅ : ⲡⲁⲙⲉⲛⲣⲓⲧ ⲅ̅ : ⲡⲉϯⲙⲉⲓ ⲙ̀ⲙⲟϥ (came in the psalmody with this translation "my beloved" although literally it translates into "who I love" (for a male)) Ⲟⲩϫⲁⲓ ϧⲉⲛ Ⲡϭⲥ
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Dear @ShareTheLord, Thank you very much for your words and your respectful thoughts for me. Please pray for me that God give me faith - I am a vain bigot who doesn't have any faith but likes to blag.. Dear @pharoh123, Fair enough.. Thanks for your …
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Dear @ShareTheLord, Of course God was susceptible to illness, He was fully human. However He did not promise to protect us from disease or illness, but He promised us to be protected in His presence, inside His house. Dear @pharoh123, You may be sur…
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Dear @ShareTheLord,I am sorry as I was not clear in my thoughts, or arguments (as always), but the bottom line is if I go to church with corona virus and all the people in the church have faith that God protects them, and they won't get it, then the…
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Dear @Daniel_Kyrillos I never wished to have read these words from you but I am more than certain that your spiritual "stature" is far away above all of us and you are only doing that as a ruse to trick the evil one - at least so I hope.Without ment…
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@Zoxsasi No comment. Ⲟⲩϫⲁⲓ ϧⲉⲛ Ⲡϭⲥ
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@Zoxsasi, You went to a grocery store? I am really surprised! You risked your life and lives of the people around you, or did you predict that they were wearing masks? Yes that is the whole issue I agree with you, if we don't go to the grocery store…
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Dear @ItalianCoptic, I believe that going to church protects anyone from being infected because it is God's house. However if He wills for me to be infected and infect others inside His house, then that is His will. We should not stop going to churc…
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@Zoxsasi I am OK thank God and thank you very much for asking.. I am just disappointed about what is happening. First time I am seeing evidence of disbelief and impiety (I think that is how it spells, for the sake of avoiding saying ungodliness or a…
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That is very true @Zoxsasi and that is why I would expect that my wife, brother, son, or parents to not mind me staying in God's house with them - but should this be the attitude of the rest of the congregation? Oops, actually it should, but I will …
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@Zoxsasi, Difficult for me to answer, but I would rather go to God's house and be infected there (or rather die there). Should this be the hierarchical view? I don't know, they are in a difficult position but I think they should.. Ⲟⲩϫⲁⲓ ϧⲉⲛ Ⲡϭⲥ
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@Zoxsasi and @minatasgeel please let's agree to disagree. I am someone with odd ideas. The church was wrong to comply with the government decision to close Sunday schools on the day of the opening match of the African Cup. The church was wrong to s…
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Very well said @mabsoota.. I disagree with @minatasgeel's comment that the church ought to be concerned with our physical lives. Her primary aim is not to be of this world, however you would like to interpret my statement.. Ⲟⲩϫⲁⲓ ϧⲉⲛ Ⲡϭⲥ
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@mabsoota, I can't agree more. I think @minatasgeel and @Daniel_Kyrillos have already touched upon this but as you rightly say the translation in a wide variety of hymns and melodies is poor. I don't know about French, Italian or the other languages…
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Thanks @Daniel_Kyrillos and no comment Ⲟⲩϫⲁⲓ ϧⲉⲛ Ⲡϭⲥ
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The hymn is not old Bohairic it is Sa'idic mixed with other dialects of Coptic on a smaller sense, hence it was a challenge for anyone to attempt to translate it, especially that Sa'idic as a dialect ceased to be in use in the early century teens an…
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Thanks @CopticBoy101 Ⲟⲩϫⲁⲓ ϧⲉⲛ Ⲡϭⲥ
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@Daniel_Kyrillos This is Fr Shenouda Maher's version of ⲁⲅⲓⲟⲥ ⲓⲥⲧⲏⲛ, I believe I came across it a while ago but I can't remember how it goes in terms of the tune.. Ⲟⲩϫⲁⲓ ϧⲉⲛ Ⲡϭⲥ