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[quote author=Michael Boutros link=topic=14012.msg166674#msg166674 date=1386276869]
Are there plans to release a spiral bound or at least hard cover version of this book…
Are there plans to release a spiral bound or at least hard cover version of this book? It's very difficult to keep these kinds of soft cover books on the mangalia, especially if the two lead deacons are playing the cymbals and triangle.
"In accordance with Apostolic faith delivered to us by tradition from the Fathers, I have delivered the tradition, without inventing anything extraneous to it. What I have learned, that I inscribed, comfortably with the Holy Scriptures." - St. Athan…
What follows is an extremely unsourced and mostly made-up version of what I believe is the truth. It pieces together a lot of things we are taught in the church into a bigger picture.
First of all, for some reason, deacons stopped holding the cross…
What we do on Wednesdays, Fridays, Advent, etc. is actually two things: fast from food and abstain from food. Fasting literally means eating nothing. The word "breakfast," reserved for the first meal of the day, literally means "break fast," meaning…
[quote author=drilago99 link=topic=13305.msg155538#msg155538 date=1337036325]
At my church, we are now beginning to establish our first deacon's chorus and our priest and servants were discussing which way the deacons would face while standing up on…
The only two I can think of in addition to your two are:
1. The "short" joyful, not sure if any other church does this.
2. The special Lord Have Mercy for the Litany of the Oblations during Feasts that's also said after Eklinomen taghonata and Nefs…
[quote author=mabsoota link=topic=13191.msg154779#msg154779 date=1334829591]
look here, where we discussed it recently.
http://tasbeha.org/content/community/index.php/topic,12908.msg151855.html#msg151855
basically, some orthodox Christians believe i…
In our Church it refers to the reading of the Acts of the Apostles. (Obviously though the Greek word came before the English.) According to Wikipedia: "Praxis, a transliteration of the Greek word πρᾶξις, which is derived from the stem of the verb πρ…
http://tasbeha.org/mp3/Hymns/Major_Feasts_of_the_Lord/Resurrection/2004_Liturgy_at_Cathedral.html
http://tasbeha.org/mp3/Hymns/Major_Feasts_of_the_Lord/Nativity/2005_Liturgy_at_Cathedral.html
It's there under "Acts in Coptic."
Indeed, and Ibrahim Ayad's son (whose name I can't remember at the moment) does an excellent job with it. Not just sounding angelic - I feel like he's actually praying. There are a few recordings of it here on the site but no "lessons" that I can fi…
"As for the rite of the first Monday in the Great Lent, and the last Friday of the Forty Days, it is a combination between the rite of the weekdays and the rite of Saturdays and Sundays of the Great Lent. During the Prime Raising of Incense, the pra…
[quote author=George_Mina_Awad link=topic=12956.msg152963#msg152963 date=1331601813]
Lettuce was joking.
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Hands down the funniest thing ever posted to these forums.
On a similar note, at St. Moses Abbey in Texas, if HG Bishop Youssef is praying the Divine Liturgy or the Vespers/Matins, a deacon will proceed around the altar opposite HG with a similar rod during the Procession of the Incense.
Remnkemi,
Why do you believe there is the departure from the regular pattern around the word "Azarias" in this hymn? What was/were the author(s) trying to emphasize? I can't imagine it was a random decision.
Thanks,
- Michael Boutros
[quote author=GabrielYakub link=topic=12639.msg148621#msg148621 date=1323253606]
Michael,
what do you mean by define God with science? and Fathom God with our senses?
~Gabe
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Gabriel, it sounds to me like you're a logical, st…
[quote author=GabrielYakub link=topic=12639.msg148608#msg148608 date=1323238281]I agree that there are certain things that science cannot answer but its the best thing we have so far to analyze our world in an objective way, and no one has provided …
My heart bleeds at the loss of rank in our Church. It literally hurts me to see "deacon" being tossed around like nothing. But what can I do when my own priests and bishops are the ones who urge the children of five years to be ordained? I can only …
Do you mean Coptic the language or Coptic the tradition? Coptic the language is just that - a language. If it is eventually extinct, it is a sad loss, but does not affect our spirituality or religion. Coptic the tradition is more alive than ever hym…
[quote author=ilovesaintmark link=topic=12574.msg147664#msg147664 date=1321580896]He is maligned for having accepted the presidential decree to assign him in the Oversight Committee that was established by Sadat to take the place of Pope Shenouda. …
It's very haram and I'd even say "3ab" to respond to "Obal meet senna" with "Well, actually, science tells us otherwise." If the Lord wants to keep HH for 100 more years, then His Will be done. And I pray that this is His Will. I can't possibly stat…
Where's the link to yours? :) I love the recordings of Good Friday by Ibrahim Ayad and the Chorus in 1984 on this website. They move me every time, in particular Omonogenees and Ti-Epistolee.
[quote author=Κηφᾶς link=topic=12513.msg146830#msg146830 date=1319999271]
+ Irini nem ehmot,
With all respect to His Grace, the article presents a great deal of misinformation and is very poorly referenced (i.e. not referenced at all). The Wikipedi…
The Church has spoken on the matter - just as St. John the Short watered the piece of wood and obedience, let us do the same. Even if you aren't convinced of the reasoning behind the decision, for the sake of obedience and love, do not celebrate Hal…