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at risk of oversimplifying it, this is the brief version: 1. believe in the divinity, death and bodily resurrection of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, one with God the Father and the Holy Spirit and believe that His death paid for your sins. 2. t…
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which in the west european calendar is 12th June ;)
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ok, i had a quick look on the internet and found this: http://www.coloradocopts.org/index.php?option=com_docman&Itemid=207 the church seems to be nice (i don't know it) and the priest there has worked at one time in the diocese of my bishop, so …
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dear sister, we will pray for you. i also had trouble finding friends when i was younger. i thought there must be something wrong with me and it did get me down. now i am older, i have reallised that people don't make friends with 'nice' people. peo…
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awesome post! i will remember that story of abba macarius and try to follow it (i am not good at this!)
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thanks, brother, you confirmed my point that we don't have to totally agree on everything to be united in Christ :)
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let them talk. let them see the light of Christ in your eyes and the assurance that you are doing God's will in your heart. let them get confused by this. you see we have the choice; do we advance the kingdom of God or do we run a cosy social club? …
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think of your own sin. imagine every one of the wounds Jesus received on our behalf. read the 'agios' from st gregory's liturgy, where it says 'for my sake, you did not hide your face from the spitting' etc etc (this bit always gets me and is incomp…
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amen. and this is something i heard in a sermon from an orthodox bishop: Jesus said 'come to me all you who are heavy laden' He did not say, come to me all you who are cool, who wash properly before coming to church, who are fun to hang out with. no…
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i agree with these great posts, except i too don't believe in all evolution theory (though there are some good points in it). i think it is more common for catholics and eastern orthodox (from what i have seen) to believe in it and for protestants a…
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we are praying for you. school is tough for many people. the good news is 'it gets better!' i remember my last day at school with great joy ;) may God give you peace and support in the trials you are facing, He is faithful and gives the Holy spirit…
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hi brother, try reading through parts of the Bible http://tasbeha.org/content/community/index.php?topic=8064.0 and then thank God for small things, like seeing a butterfly on a sunny day, the sound of children laughing, the ability to wake up in t…
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dear brother dimyan, you may think no-one can imagine the trials you are going through, or that no-one has doubted like this. in fact, many of the desert fathers (and mothers) went though testing times. as i read your post and prayed, these words fr…
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[quote author=peterfarrington link=topic=8064.msg103765#msg103765 date=1244045088] Begin it by telling God that you do not feel anything but wish to offer the prayer in any case. Read through the Gospels. Pray for others. Offer all of this to God ev…
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i once asked a jewish friend if there were any jewish religious festivals which did not involve alcohol. he laughed... ;)
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i have read somewhere (ant the antiochian priest confirmed it on sunday) that they cross from right to left because the right symbolises our status as made righteous in Christ and so they do the right side first. i agree with taishory that we do the…
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amen, let's stand up for righteousness
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dear george, don't give up serving, you have no idea how many people need your inspiration and the wisdom God gives you. keep asking, keep seeking and God will give you and your spiritual fathers guidance.
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please note, this is not the coptic medical association! its a different one, and they were officially anti-abortion, although not strongly so. i am a member of the coptic med assoc. and they are sound. i was shocked at your post, i expected copts t…
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thanks, father peter :)
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i also heard this sad news and was asking the same thing myself. as a medical student, i got into trouble for not going to watch an abortion (it was part of the syllabus), and later, when working in accident and emergency, i was asked to prescibe th…
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ok, coptic and greek experts, i have another one for you! on saturday i went into an anglican cathedral in uk and saw a lovely icon of the virgin mary and our Lord Jesus painted by a russian painter, they said, and this was written there: MP with a …
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oops, sorry, i was being slow! :-[
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we get answers on tasbeha.org free ;)
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welcome north star! which saint is in your icon? mine's st matthias, i like the way he was given a great work to do by God almost unexpectedly.
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efharisto, george, i often wondered this too :)