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These are just some of the arguments that prove politicians and people in the political sphere are as clueless as the day is long. It is surprising to compare politicians with the Pharisees. When Christ asked them abou…
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Last year we had a federal election. There exists in Australia an obscure political party called the One Nation Party. It is the equivalent of the Tea Party although not as widely followed. While their entire ideology i…
Hey,
I thought I would add my 2 cents worth and summarise what everyone else is saying but also add some minor details.
As mentioned in an earlier reply, the Three Divine Liturgies used in our church all began life as greek texts. This includes th…
wouldn't it be theodorus instead of theodosius?
i kind of agree with cyril97 but in the big liturgy books that list all the patriarchs of alexandria they are all written in modern greek, instead of their actual name, eg. Kyrillou instead of kyrillos…
Clearly there has been confusion in regard to what I said. In reference to other denominations I was speaking of anyone who is not in communion with us. There was also a question about other denominations before the schism. What I was trying to say …
clearly my post was in response to someone who mentioned historical significance. I resent the accusation that I have no respect for St. Athanasius, or Christ Himself for that matter. It is obvious that it evolved into a necessary custom, much like …
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This thread is for those who (1) agree that Protestant songs are not ideal (at least; a stronger word could be inserted here) for use in Church and (2) do not stand against Cop…
actually wearing black is in an indirect way essential to orthodoxy. to quote HH Pope Shenouda, wearing black is a sign of class, respect and honour. And because priests are a representation of Christ we must distinguish them in the highest regard p…
All the Mlm. Mikhail Hymns are currently in the United States Library of Congress. All the original vinyl records of anything they recorded were donated by Ragheb Moftah to Congress. This whole thing about his family hiding stuff is pretty far fetch…
Dear coptic and proud
I small quandary in relation to the comment below. As far as I know, there has never been a SH sound in the entire history of the Greek language in all its forms; Ancient, Koine, Medieval, Classical and Modern. I would like to …
I remember since my primary school days I used to stay the entire Pascha Week at the monastery here in sydney. There was this one reading that starts something like "I am more stupid than any other man..." I'm not exactly sure but it was something l…
This happened to one of my good friends.
He was still very young. It was the Litany of the Gospel and one of the older deacons told him to say "[coptic]Epiproceu,y[/coptic] bel farayhy".
So he went up and said exactly that: "[coptic]Epiproceu,y[/…
To expand on what minagir is saying, some hymns/tunes are known by the region in which they originated.
1. The chanting of the Psalms in Holy Week. The tune is known as the Athribite tune. This is because it originated from the town of Athrib in E…
This is what i know.
The four original Sees that were preached by the apostles are Alexandria, Rome, Antioch and Jerusalem (of course Jesus was there but they continued after him etc.). I know they preached elsewhere but these four were very import…
if you think about it, the cost of those massive 50 inch displays could buy you enough books for an entire congregation. and when you have a book in your hand, you feel more connected to the liturgy (liturgy=work of the people). i find that reading …
jydeacon, i have to disagree with you. the word apa and abba are exactly the same. the reason is simple. the coptic tradition is one of the last to have been written down. it was a very oral tradition. thus when two different people write the same w…
wasn't st paul chosen by christ himself on the road to damascus? therefore unless you were called on the road to cairo, new york or sydney then you're not an apostle :)
it depends on whether you consider the twelve to be apostles or disciples. They are indeed both, however, when referring to the other seventy we say apostles. in this case, to differentiate, we would say that the 12 are the disciples. St mark was no…