this is an orthodox Christian prenuptual agreement:
if we divorce because of your sin, i get your permission to remarry and you have to repent.if you change your ways before i remarry, i then have the option of reconciling with you.
if we divorce bc…
thanks for the slides so i can see how the words are spelt.i will spend some quality time with my dictionary and then comment:)(don't hold your breath, the dictionary has a busy schedule at the moment, so it may not have time for me for a few days!)…
yes, i have also found that coptic messes up your 'c's and you start saying 's' instead!;)thanks for all your work on this, a (protestant Christian) friend of mine asked me today why i celebrate Christmas on a 'different' date, and was able to give …
thanks for your reply and message.if anyone wants further reading on how suffering in life fits with blessing from God, i VERY strongly recommend
'the communion of love' by abouna matta el miskeen (matthew the poor).
mentioned here:https://tasbeha.…
welcome, brother.there is always a way to come back to God.remeber there is no eating or marriage in paradise, we enter alone, although we value the prayers of the saints in our journey.if you sincerely desire fellowship with God, He Himself will he…
thanks, ophadece for the explanation, that makes sense.i also understand minatasgeel's points, as it should be understood, however ophadece says the coptic makes sense and it is above my paygrade to dispute that (i opted out of further coptic studie…
coptic novice here, so excuse me if this should have been obvious -what is the difference between the coptic and arabic versions of pimici
ebol?i hope we do keep singing it, i have been looking forward to it!and it is also easier in the final hymn (…
(sorry about the big space above!)Then another joyful event happened when the
star led the wise men to worship the Child. But then fear and danger followed
when Herod wanted to kill the Child, who then needed to flee and hide like any
mortal person.…
Saint John Chrysostom; Matthew 2:12-16Paraphrased in modern English (from http://www.newadvent.org/fathers/200108.htm
2020).Bible quotes from The Orthodox Study Bible,
Thomas Nelson, 2008.Then being divinely warned in a dream that
they should not re…
hi tigran, you said it better than i could, thanks.dioscorus, sorry i didn't get in to a big debate, i have been busy in real life!could tigran and aba please tell us who is in their pictures?mine is saint matthias, the 12th apostle :)
for some reason, your last phrase came in grey:alef maddah on windows, it should be shift +n.thanks for your helpful hint (merci beaucoup!)may God give you peace and grace in your service.
ophadece, maybe it could be modernisation, sometimes these t…
i know i am chatting with myself here (i am not working today - yay!)but i have found the correct place for the mark (tanween fatha) on p144 of my 'teach yourself arabic' book (which i bought in 2005 and haven't quite finished yet).it is definitely …
hi aba, i like your icon, is it saint athanasius?
this is a really big topic, there is an interesting discussion on it here:http://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/comment/180961
obviously i agree with my viewpoint (!) but it is good to see it from…
hope some native arabic speakers can help here, but i think it has to be on the alef, as it is changing the sound 'a' into 'aan'are you a native speaker, yoan, or are you a foreigner like me?
on my lenovo, i get a hamza with shift + Hwhen i do shift + B, i get a lam-alef with alef maddah, so now i can do shift + B, then go back one space and delete the lam and now i get what i want!thanks to you and we thank God!نشكر آلله
;)
the first one is 'Lord have mercy', which is not in your list, so all 3 (the first one and the 2 you asked for) are here:(techinically there should be a little sqiggle on the letter alef of 'allah', but i didn't find it yet on my keyboard, if anyone…
hhm i think you just make it up as we do in the churches i go to!sing the line for the 1st bishop, then a tiny breath and then the line for the next bishop in the same tune.the person who can sing it fastest with the least breathing gets the prize!(…
o, i haven't come across that thought that Christianity does not involve transformation.certainly it does, i agree with you there.maybe you are disagreeing with ideas that i haven't been exposed to, so i didn't understand your point very well.we cer…
thanks for the reply, canadian copt, this is a nice discussion to have publically.also thanks for recommending the new book to your friends, that is great!:)
i'll quote the relevant part of homily 1 and then comment on it (probably the font will cha…
hi canadian copt,thanks for quoting that really lovely passage from the wonderful saint macarius.
in case anyone didn't realise, he is talking about the situation of Christians AFTER they enter heaven. it is clear from the context of the sermon, whi…