At our church Abouna is very adamant on keeping it to the bare minimum when it comes to theatrics. Lights turn off, the enactment is... enacted, lights turn on and the deacon just hits the deaf a couple of times. Best part is when some Tonts in the …
Hmm... I've never heard that before. Is that written in one of the service books? Maybe, maybe true during the weekdays, but would not the weekends be exempt from this then?
If you notice, this is also done at priest (and I assume bishop) and deacon ordinations, and in those cases I believe it is a passing of the Holy Spirit. Additionally, the priest blows on the Holy Oblations during the Divine Liturgy during the Insti…
I had replied to this topic during my lunch break but alas, it's gone...
Mina, I reread my post and it comes off as extremely terse! Of course God does not care about one small hazza. But in my own short time on this earth, I have already started w…
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Yes, to me, even one misplaced hazza makes a difference. If I can do something right,…
I don't understand why it would be four and not three, it doesn't sound right with four. Does anyone have any other recording? The ones on CH.net are down.
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i learned it as 3. It's not such a big deal if u r saying it by urself. If u r saying it with a group of people then discuss it with them and pick a way to do it. Just remem…
Once again, your post shows a blatant disrespect towards myself and those in the video. Those "little brats" might have made a mistake, but it is not our place to call them names.
This discussion has resolved to nothing. Clearly, you see no fault i…
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Praising God? in their own way?
Is that a portion of the "egyptian" interpretation of the Coptic Orthodox Church or the "coptic" interpretation of the Coptic Orthodo…
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Thank you Michael for proving I am a coward. What if I am so poor as not to be able to afford a recording device with which to post on this thread to satisfy your nee…
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My dear Michael, I use a pseudonym, because I know the realities of the internet. In real life, and beyond the divide of the electronic medium, I would have arisen fr…
Nay, I do not contradict by my own writing, since I do not have a pseudonym for online forums, but I go by my real name. I do not agree with the videos. I too do not think they were funny or very tasteful, and indeed if I were in a position to pass …
It's easy to type all of this sitting behind a keyboard, isn't it? You speak of respecting God's House yet you disrespect God's Children. What is more holy, the Church, or those who inhabit the Church? I agree that it wasn't a very good thing to do …
Thanks a lot for this! I'm just wondering, what is the "Tar7" exactly? I've never heard of such a hymn...
EDIT: Additionally, there is no fourth Gospel?
A bit offtopic, but St. Athanasius provides an excellent defence of our faith in light of the Jews in his work "On the Incarnation." Highly recommended!
Mikhail, I'll leave it to others to answer your main question but as for Saturday and Sunday, there is no strict abstinence until 3 or 6 PM, that's only during the week.
Indeed, funny story...
I was vacationing in Myrtle Beach with my family and we decided to visit the local Coptic church there for the Vespers and Divine Liturgy and it happened to be this Abouna's entrance into the church. I distinctly remembered i…
Another thing I've realized that brings it down to a practical level:
Week 1: I can't go watch this movie because I'm taking communion tomorrow.
The person then takes communion that week. However:
Week 2: I have too much work and I won't be able …
On the CopticHeritage.org website, under the Rite of the Epiphany, it says:
"In the Vespers and Prime Offering of Incense, the Verses of the Cymbals and the Doxology specific to the Paramoun of the Nativity are chanted. After the Gospel reading, th…
It appears as if the new Service book is based off Al Bair's translated Rite at CopticHeritage.org, but according to an earlier post referencing p. 298 of his book, the website's translation is all wrong!