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hi and welcome from another former protestant (i also didn't realise i was one for ages, due to being in a 'non denominational' denomination). try looking for the coptic prayer book (agpeya), it's easy to find online, and praying the Lords' prayer, …
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it's ok, i have welcomed bots before and even prayed for them! :o
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that was a bot sending spam. the bot will not be able to elaborate! ;) (check the signature for websites and adverts, then u know it's not a real person)
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so u r making progress :) sometimes i start the same prayer 3 times coz i'm thinking of something else half way through :-[ then i finishing praying it and then tell God what i am worrying about so that i stop worrying about it :)
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we love u too, rony, may God give u peace.
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thanks, coptic and proud, i couldn't find it on here, that's great. titL, yr coptic is not bad enough to take lessons from me! ;) this is why i laugh when i end up translating when everyone else is too shy. i give people 30 - 40% of what's being sa…
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yes, it was the Holy Spirit.
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father peter's post is lovely, i wrote this as he was typing so i'll post it anyway in case it helps. how old are you? (u can answer by pm if u like) coz if u are still under 30, there is no rush to get married as there is so much else u can be doi…
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it sounds much better in arabic (is saleh) - it's quite a normal word, so maybe it looses something in translation. i found in church sometimes normal arabic gets translated into great grandfather's english ;)
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so 'beneficient' isn't a big word? ;) i agree with everything u say except i would say, 'thanks, God u r awesome and so good to us and we don't deserve any of it, it's just so amazing that we can even pray to u and u listen.' which is sort of what …
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sorry, i must have been confusing it with the eastern orthodox church.
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yes, eg. u can go out to eat with yr mates, then when they want to go clubbing till 2am, just politely decline and arrange to meet them next time they are shopping, eating, going for a walk etc. i've tried going to the club, drinking coke, getting …
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as pharoah 714 says, usually catholics who are previously baptised do not have to be baptised again.
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u can be a good example, and also try to be humble, so yr friends don't think u r above them. like don't let them know how much u r fasting, and when they gossip, don't tell them off for gossiping, but instead try to turn the conversation to somethi…
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i agree. hi, mnc_hnn, good to 'see' you again. :)
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go to yr church, rent out all the movies (one at a time) and watch them with yr friends, grandparents, anyone really. i never saw one that was not worth watching. i liked saint ba-issa (forgot how to write it) the repentant, anba boula (paul the her…
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dear rony, please write " 'father' maximus' ", not "father maximus"!
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just logged on soon enough to join with u in prayer towards the end. :) may God give u patience and much fruit.
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we are orthodox and say a prayer before praying. so why not a preparation for the preparation?! ;) joking, it's al refa'a next sunday (i argued about that last week and was wrong), but we are sort of preparing for lent by clearing out our cupboard…
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this is 10% of the things i love about the church, i'm not posting everything, to leave space for others to post! i love the teaching on how we can deal with suffering, the crowd of witnesses (martyrs), the Holy Communion (it should go on top, but i…
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yes, i will be too busy to post in Holy Week (i hope so anyway, as i may not have a job by then!). i think closing down for the whole of lent will be a problem coz people often ask questions about the church during lent, so this should be allowed.
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yes, khen piKhristos is right. the eastern orthodox church uses the term 'essence' and 'energies' to describe 'God likeness' and 'God Himself'. i find the terms a bit confusing, myself, and oriental orthodox scholars don't use them. basically what …
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i also did not grow up speaking arabic or coptic, and although i love these languages (certainly i love them much more than i speak them!), i don't think it's right to expect my friends to love them as much as i do. i would like to ask lanyknight199…
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off topic (sorry) message for titL; dzheremi says he misses u too and everyone else here, but he is a bit busy. i didn't pass on the other messages, sorry, so i don't qualify for the payment! ;)
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in the ancient churches all the anaphora was always sung (chanted) loudly. then later (i think 800s or 1100s, i forget which), in the eastern orthodox and catholic churches, they changed it so the anaphora was quiet and the people chanted psalms whi…
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oh, i'm really sorry, i didn't realise it was a joke. i know some young people come on the site, so i didn't want anyone to take the previous joke about going to the wilderness too seriously! some people (like me, for example!) take things seriously…
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you seem to have many questions. so it is best to go to church and hear the reading of the Bible and the preaching as this can answer your questions. you need to be patient though. maybe the questions you have this week will be answered next week, s…
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we can't tell u what to do as we don't know about yr life. so if we say 'go out more' or 'stay at home more', it might be the wrong thing to you. you need to ask someone who knows you, like an uncle in the church or yr priest. if you have any quest…
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welcome back! :)
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dear user157, everything that happens in the world is in God's control. we don't have to worry how God is running the world. so you just have to try to please God each day, then at the end of the day pray to God and repent for any wrong you have do…