forgive me, i did not read all the posts, but 'night of the last supper' is good to sing during Holy Communion because people can understand it and can follow the tune.
this way, they can use this song to worship God.
in the end, it's about worshipi…
not rude, just u will not be taking communion if u don't stay!
i have been in churches before where visitors pop in and can't stay till the end.
i didn't realise yr church started so late. by all means go to the coptic one. maybe it will be qawe's …
then don't go to the coptic church for Christmas!!
the earliest i ever left church at Christmas was 1.30am.
it is the second longest service outside of Pascha and Holy Week.
thank God i was able to take annual leave for jan 7th...
hey, theophilus 1,
long time no 'see'?
how's it going, brother?
anastasia, u can find out more about eritrea and the dear and wise patriarch antonios here:
http://tasbeha.org/content/community/index.php/topic,12910.msg160835.html#msg160835
may God …
interesting.
our church values confession very much. if yr priest is not interested in hearing your confession, then maybe you should arrange to go for confession with the coptic priest before taking Holy Communion.
i tried to do the 2 services in …
best thing is to go to vespers and ask the priest there at the end.
or phone / email the priest first.
if you go to confession regularly (with us it seems to average once a month although once in 3 months is not so unusual) and take Holy Communion i…
hi,
can i call u anastasia for short?
i 'know' u from the other forum, great to see u here,
may God bless u.
:)
mabsoota
(which means 'happy' in arabic. i am especially happy after church, eg now!)
:) :)
well, having now discussed this with imikhail, i can conclude my discussion by saying
that it is OO, but not one of those OO courses that seek to upset EO people.
it is an official OO course, running with the full support of abba seraphim,
and if t…
try to discuss a little of it with your priest.
tell him there are things you find hard to talk about because you are afraid he will think you are weird.
we are all a little bit weird, each in our own way, but God loves us all.
translation of patriarch theodore's (greek one) address:
(warning: is so beautiful, you may cry...)
copied from here:
http://www.orthodoxchristianity.net/forum/index.php/topic,47866.45.html
(towards bottom of page)
On this blessed day, during whic…
soooooooo sorry, i meant to post the link!
of course it is the one above.
if u can't watch all of it, watch my favourite bit:
it's only 5 1/2 mins and it shows the fantastic relationship between baba tawadros 2nd (ours) and patriarch theodore 2nd …
found it!
:) :) :)
axios! axios! axios!
baba tawadros
thank you God for our kind shepherd,
thank you to all the saints and baba shenouda 3rd for yr intercessions.
hi, can the first person to find a recording of the ceremony please post it here?
we saw a little bit between baakar and the liturgy at church, and some of the interviews after, but i would love to see more!
and did anyone in america stay up all ni…
wow, i have just read the story of father arseny, the russian orthodox priest and how God helped him when in a communist prison, years ago.
really awesome.
thanks for this beautiful blog.
:)
it is good to turn to God with our problems.
however you should go to confession if you have not taken Holy Communion for a while, because God instituted the church to administer the sacrements so that our spiritual health can be taken care off.
yo…
do it for God.
then if God wants to take it away from you straight after, you will be willing to accept.
nothing is wasted if it is done for God.
even if you have a pharmacy degree and God wills for you to work in cleaning, you can put to use the ta…
it's not just that the arabic is difficult, the concepts are difficult too.
i managed 1.5 paragraphs before realising my dictionary and i need help!
the first paragraph is about the power of communal repentance, and it looks like abouna tadros is t…
do some songs, 'i spy' games and also let them have some free time, so they can do some of their own activities.
when i was a kid, i went on a few school trips and we had lots to sing.
most of it i wouldn't repeat though!
;)
in my defense, i didn't…