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  • pray for her. maybe she is mad (angry) at her family so this is why she is being rebellious. if her family don't know she doesn't go to an orthodox church any more, maybe they are already too far apart emotionally. so if either of these is true, whi…
  • i think it's today. so there are still a few mins left in uk and a few hours in west coast usa. but several churches are doing it late, eg. one church i know in uk is doing it sat 5th may. i was going to keep my pope shenouda 'wallpaper' (computer p…
  • wow. i had some vague idea about this, but this is very clear. thanks especially for breaking it up into paragraphs and explaining it.
  • welcome, it is great to have u on the site. no need to 'switch' churches, we are all one orthodox church. :)
  • [quote author=childofaKing link=topic=13222.msg154952#msg154952 date=1335313152] When I became a monk, I gave up many things in my life. But there was one thing I couldn't stop, and that was laughing. - HH Pope Shenouda III [/quote] awesome! i also…
  • lovely thread! but i think this quote has a word missing, which i have added here: Remember your weakness, then you will be more cautious and you NOT will submit to the thoughts of pride and false glory which may attack you. is that right?
  • don't cry, just ask yr church to put extra services on during the 'easter holidays'. it will be lent anyway, so it's a good time to do extra services. if the priest is too busy, then get together and pray or do tasbeha. anyone can sing midnight prai…
  • wow, that makes it may 5th, and catholic/protestant easter march 31st. that's 5 weeks watching people eat chocolate! :( also kids will have to go to school in Holy week. maybe i should emigrate to egypt to avoid the confusion.
  • thanks a lot, copticandproud and with the words! :)
  • in ethiopia and eritrea, they are like this. i think it's because of the big jewish influence; there have been jews in ethiopia and eritrea since before Jesus came to earth. the first jewish Christians would not have eaten pork either. some consider…
  • i have this: http://tasbeha.org/mp3/Praises/Midnight_Praises/St_Anthony_Monastery,_English_Midnight_Praises.html on my mp3. i know it's in english but there are arabic ones as well. also from here: http://tasbeha.org/mp3/Songs/Arabic/Prayer.html i …
  • this is a good summary. we don't have to all believe the same in this, but we need to remember that the theories we learn in school are just theories. they may be true, but they are not as important as realising God is the creator and He has made us…
  • i agree, binC
  • look here, where we discussed it recently. http://tasbeha.org/content/community/index.php/topic,12908.msg151855.html#msg151855 basically, some orthodox Christians believe in a literal 6 days; others do not. we all basically believe that God created …
  • good link, marmar. i will pray for both of you who are feeling like this, truly God loves us and will show us the way. it is good to pray from the agpeya, even if you can only manage 'our Father' and the prayer of thanksgiving.
  • we don't believe prayers allow for 'transfers'. but only God knows where the souls are in the first place.
  • may God continue to give u strength and courage dear brother. thank u for posting this. may the joy of the resurrection be yours tonight.
  • is it the long scarf-like thing? one of our priests wears that.
  • may God have mercy on yr mum and yr whole family.
  • what is the shamla? is it those little wooly hats the celibate priests wear?
  • i wonder why u r so busy this week, father peter? ;) ;D may the blessing of Holy Week be with all yr church.
  • this is right. i add that we should check ourselves every day or every week and ask ourselves honestly, if our friends are influencing us or if we are influencing them. so i believe it is right to hang out with people who behave in sinful ways, but …
    in Lifestyle Comment by mabsoota April 2012
  • try here: http://www.copticchurch.net/topics/pope/#books and scroll down to 'comparative theology' for a start. i have not read all of our dear departed pope's books (  :o ) but have read several of them and found them easy to understand and giving…
  • first, ioannes, i am still praying for u. may God have mercy and give u patience to endure these difficult trials. about baba kyrillos, is he not canonised? does that mean we should not have his relics and mention him in the commemoration of the sa…
  • r u allowed to fill it with 'blah blah'? eg. i saw miss x on (date) and she presented with y symptoms. examination revealed z. the differential diagnosis includes (a, b, c, d, e, and f). further investigations were done.... we could have done other …
  • great post! also try: 'i'm not going to post anything else on tasbeha.org until i pray and read the Bible' ;)
  • ok, now i am eagerly waiting to find out which it was! i am away with no coptic churches near by, so i celebrated pascha last night at the catholic church opposite and then palm sunday at the eastern orthodox church down the road today. (in case u r…
  • we pray God will bless him, heal him and give him and all the family joy and peace this Pascha / feast of resurrection.
  • i am sure they are all good, just i only listened to one recently! :o
  • so can someone pls fix the tasbeha.org synaxarium? :)