i am not sure if anyone lives there, i will send a p.m. about that.
top tip:learn some french!they are generally rude (like londoners) and don't speak english even if they understand it.
also they don't speak coptic...;-)
no, God didn't need to create us before He knew what would happen next. He knows everything.try not to think about it too much, your mind is smaller than His and you might get a headache!;-)
yes, it needs a formal agreement before it happens.
please remember aboune antonius of the eritrean orthodox church in your prayers and the hundreds of other Christians who suffer for their faith by imprisonment and persecution.may God comfort them …
no, it varies from place to place.when a man or woman has it (monk or nun), they have to pray a lot and recite a lot of the Bible every day.also they are expected to do a lot of good things; i don't know the details.i know tamav ireny had it before …
God made the world.He got all the atoms and all the rain drops in the right place to create a planet full of living, breathing beings.i think He won't struggle to coordinate your life.:-)
no, they don't always need to go to seminary.they don't all become priests either, though some do later.
i know someone who was just ordained full deacon!:-)he is studying orthodox theology now.http://britishorthodox.org/4325/recent-ordinations/
yes, he is teaching an online course in orthodox theology and is busy in his parish and with outreach liturgies in 2 different locations!
did you change your online name because of the change in website layout?good to 'see' you again.:-)
hey, theophilus1,great to 'see' you. please don't pull all of your hair out, your amharic and tigrinya is better than mine!temesgen Fitari!
(something like 'praise God' in bad tigrinya):-)
zoxsasi, please just read 'have you seen the One i love' by H.H. pope shenouda.
no sola scriptura there, you can be sure. his holiness explains many things about the writings of the early church fathers.
the book is awesome, i am now on the last cha…
you can find orthodox11 over on 'orthodoxChristianity.net'.
he and his wife are very cool people
:-)
father peter is very busy with his church, missions in london and nearby and with online orthodox christian teaching.
find out more on 'britishorth…
interesting, i would like to know the answer to this too.
syriac and armenian orthodox subdeacons use the censer, and greek orthodox too.
remember to make a distinction between full deacon, subdeacon and chanter / reader as they are very different.
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it is really very deep, about God's love, our half hearted love, our repentance and our deep relationship with God through His sacrifice and His forgiveness.
maybe you can find something on line from Pope Shenouda about it. i was blown away by his w…
this book is so awesome and so deep that i started it a few months ago and haven't finished yet.
i am so glad u have read it, jg, may God bless u and yr studies and yr family.
:)
may God give u great grace and patience.
the enemy is like a roaring lion who loves to hurt us, so he tempts our loved ones to say things they don't mean.
sometimes we reply with things we wish we did not say.
keep praying and thanking God for each …
quick correction:
it is the 'mini pill' (progesterone only pill) that prevents implantation of the unborn baby into the uterus and so may act to cause abortion.
the combined contraceptive pill does not do this as it prevents ovulation.
i am not sure it's possible!
i tried here:
http://tasbeha.org/content/community/index.php/topic,12148.msg143500.html#msg143500
and could only do it on word for mac but not on internet chat forums.
i will be watching this space to see if anyone sort…
don't avoid church.
but if you feel it is too difficult or stressful to serve in church please discuss this with a priest or deacon.
you can go there to worship God, you don't have to always serve.
may God bless you.
we shouldn't honour the spirits of the dead and gods of the dead like the pagans do by making scary costumes and pretending that communicating with the spirits is just a bit of fun.
we are Christians, and we can only ask the Christian dead to remem…
this is truly beautiful.
:)
the english words are put into the tune really well, i mean without long pauses in the middle of words that people do in coptic, but sounds awful to a native english speaker.
it is really, really well done, with all the …