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  • erm, the sunglasses lady looks ok to me.. ???
    in Dress code. Comment by mabsoota May 2009
  • another link, this is an old one, i just didn't know about it before. it is from abba seraphim of the british othodox church (therefore also one of the coptic orhodox metropolitans) http://www.abuneantonios.com/ it is all about abune antonius, wi…
  • i read the transcript of that, very nice. i have just been v impressed by this interview from the same website, from April this year. its an explaination of some of the renewing work of the Holy Spirit in the life of the orthodox Christian, by fath…
    in OCA? Comment by mabsoota May 2009
  • can u give us a bit of a longer quote to help us find it? :)
  • welcome! we all made loads of mistakes too, we can learn together :)
    in New Life~ Comment by mabsoota May 2009
  • what is this part of? a psalm or a song?
  • most of us aren't too impressed with it, but don't want to say it's 100% wrong. here is the link to where this was discussed recently: http://tasbeha.org/content/community/index.php?topic=7618.0 what is important is to realise that God made us hum…
    in Evolution Comment by mabsoota May 2009
  • another brief update from release international: 3 Christian women were freed recently who had been unjustly detained for spreading Christianity in their village. Praise God. please continue to pray for the other prisoners, estimates range between …
  • hi, your news article is from 1999, do you know if the situation changed at all? maybe we should work hard towards fellowship with other Christians so other people have no excuse for controlling our Christian heritage.
  • hi, an interesting topic. i think a lot of people just believe what they are brought up with and don't ask too many questions. that includes athiests plus lots of people from other religions. i don't think athiests are more closed-minded than anyone…
  • mmm... all the palestinian Christians i met (and iraqis etc etc) sypmathise v strongly with the muslim/Christian/atheist palestinians and not with israel. this is also predominantly true of internet groups. i didn't meet any arabic-speaking Christia…
  • hi, this link is v interesting, is it widely accepted as an accurate historical document by our current church fathers? e.g i have heard of the discourse between theodosius the jew and philip before but didn't before hear about the idea that Jesus h…
  • what is OCA?
    in OCA? Comment by mabsoota May 2009
  • ok, i would advise people not to go into the wilderness, alone, this is not monasticism but rather suicide  ;) so 1st try 'serving God in the world' and being the best at whatever you are currently doing (work, helping your parents in their busines…
  • i am glad u all like hymns, me too! 1. my favourite of all time is thoak ta te gom (yours is the power, the glory, the blessing and the majesty), this is the 1st coptic hymn i learnt and i think it's funky. 2. very early sunday morning (does anyone …
  • in response to my friend theophilus, yeah pray 4 someone showing 2 much. maybe ask a lady u know well to have a quiet word, if it's a regular thing. (don't talk to her yourself as a guy, she will die of embarassment!) at the same time check out you…
    in Dress code. Comment by mabsoota May 2009
  • yeah, i agree with no showing 2 much (that should be outside of church as well!) and for men, no really tight t-shirts or tight trousers, we ladies can be weak as well! but i don't agree 100% u have 2 be smart, God accepts u as u r. ok, maybe it's a…
    in Dress code. Comment by mabsoota May 2009
  • yup. someone has invented a Christian martial art! check this as well, i'm on lunch break at work, don't have sound on this. so all i can see is a guy with a pretty big sword. not sure this is one u should try at home  ;)  but i wouldn't be 2 negat…
  • hot off the press! actually publihed 10 days ago but i just found it.. from 'church in chains' an irish charity (mentioned in the british orthodox website), discussing the human rights watch report that came out last month: http://www.ccfc.ie/node…
  • the above is a great summary of the situation, better than i could have put it. i would like to add that my own interest in eritrea was stimulated by an article in the british orthodox magazine, the glastonbury review, which was given to me by abba …
  • the post above is quite long, but read it! it's worth more than 20 short posts  :)
  • guys, didn't u notice GArgiriadis was being sarcastic? he has a point, though. if one person disagrees with another, that's ok, it's why we have discussion. but when lots of people start disagreeing with one person, it might get a bit intimidating f…
  • ths is an excellent topic, and i nearly understand it  ;) the above posts are amazing. i want to ask a simple question, in the coptic church we say agios, o theos, agios, es shiros, agios athanatos.. ...eleison emas and i think this bit is greek (co…
    in Trisagion Comment by mabsoota May 2009
  • thanks so much, Godislove, will be singing it on way to work!! God bless u :)
  • thanks so much, jy deacon! i looked for this for about a year and you replied in the same day! the translation is v beautiful. :)  :) i don't suppose anyone has it in arabic...
  • hi marina and all women who would like to serve more, there are loads of things girls and women can do, like giving out envelopes for the collection of money, washing and filling the cups for the water after communion, teaching sunday school, cookin…
  • there is also some discussion on this topic at http://tasbeha.org/content/community/index.php?topic=7302.0 and this link has itself got a link in the last post to another discussion that is also related. it is the grace of God which is important.
  • well done, good work  :)
  • i agree with theophilus1  :) many people have believed on evidence and many others on faith. some people work out the philosophy, others have dreams and visions and others are drawn to Jesus by the life and kind and challenging words of Christians. …
  • ok, guess i'm just 2 empathic, had 2 many terribly embarrasing incidents in childhood... ;)