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if u do lent fully, on weekdays, u eat and drink nothing between midnight and 3pm. that is often longer than the ramadan abstinence, plus u then eat only vegan food. at weekends u can eat and drink in the morning, unless, of course u r taking Holy C…
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there exists something called 'pseudoseizures' which is when someone throws themself on the ground and jerks around, but medical tests show it is not epilepsy. they are usually due to a psychiatric problem. the phrase 'my mum will have a fit if she…
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the muslims copied us. we were here first! we should also abstain from eating and drinking until noon or whatever time your spiritual advisor (priest) says. usually children are not expected to abstain, but people can start abstaining until 9 or 10 …
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zoxsasi, u have told us of this incident before. i really doubt it's a common occurrence. i worshipped regularly (about twice a month, i went to orthodox mass on saturdays in a church far from home) in a catholic church from 2007 to 2009 and i spent…
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some of the catholic liturgical practices are a bit strange, but the people who are allowed to distribute the consecrated bread are very carefully chosen. it is really difficult to do this and each church only has 1 or 2 people who are allowed to do…
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i think it's fine in itself, just in some cultures chewing gum is considered to be impolite. i remember my dad (uk) telling us not to chew gum in the street as it looked rude to walk along chewing and opening the mouth with gum in it, pulling out st…
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the Bible also says those who preach should make their living from preaching. so small churches benefit from visits from people from a bigger church who meet with newcomers, give out leaflets, and give financial support so that priests and deacons d…
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good points ;D
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ilovesaintmark - abib 28 is the departure of mary magdalene. i guess we can't call you mary, but u can learn a lot from her life. minatasgeel - nasie 4 is the departure of saint leparius, bishop of rome and the departure of saint poimen, the hermit.
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yeah, also try the coptic churches ;) seriously though, u could tell them about history of Christianity, show them an open church with some interesting icons (and people as well!) and also take them to other historic places that teach them about U…
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i think it was a tradition that started fairly late in the church history, so we don't have it. but we can certainly celebrate our name days if you like :) i became orthodox on the feast day of saint matthias (according to the eastern orthodox cale…
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i think it was a tradition that started fairly late in the church history, so we don't have it. but we can certainly celebrate our name days if you like :) i became orthodox on the feast day of saint matthias (according to the eastern orthodox cale…
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hi, nicholas myra and welcome :) i assume i 'saw' you on the other forum and it is great to have u here too. i am sorry i can't provide any links on the subject, but i can recommend the book by father peter as he has read very very widely on this s…
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hi zoxsasi, i admit there are problems in our church. if it was a perfect church, i could not have joined it (i would have spoiled it). but it seems the problems you describe are particularly relevant to your belgium church; things elsewhere in the…
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thanks for that. also u can't go into a culture and just abolish the slavery without changing lots of other things first. i have been reading a book about sudan, and europeans and americans tried to do that 150 years ago and they made a real mess. t…
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the blessed bread can be eaten or burned. the consecrated bread (body of our Lord) can't and has to be all eaten.
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not sure about the agpeya, mine got quite wet as well once, but it dried out fine and the pages eventually unstick when i turned them carefully. i hope that by 'orban' and 'baraka' you mean the same thing, and you don't have some actually consecrate…
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george mina awad, u find lots of interesting explanation in romans chapters 1-5 which explain that the existence of a creator is clear through the 'voice' of creation (also see psalm 18 (19)). also the assyrian church of the east preached in eastern…
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good points but it's a great idea. how about a speech persuading people that knowing God is good for you? anyone else got any good ideas about this? i believe, i think you have a great idea, keep working on it.
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people who are possessed may be thrown on the floor by the demon, such as the child in the gospel story. this may have been called 'epilepsy' at the time. this is different to the present medical use of the word 'epilepsy' which is a physical diseas…
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it's a great idea, do u have a link or information on where we can get a recording?
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get a cheap one if u get one. no need to spend $100 on something that will go out of fashion in a few years. ones without brand names are the best and u can get them second hand. hope someone else answers the hymns question!
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do u have an mp3 player? if you have or can borrow one and plug it in to the computer then maybe you can download the music to it and then listen from that. if that doesn't work, try anything from this page: http://www.youtube.com/results?search_que…
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may God guide you. study, pray and get some sleep. take a picture of your favourite saint. of course you have to leave it outside, but you can look at it just before you go in. it doesn't have to be an official saint. for my last exam, i took a pict…
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i didn't know the origin of the word mass. i will stop using it. i will probably say 'communion service' or 'service', as i don't know anyone who speaks liturgical english except father peter! and with him i would say 'liturgy' anyway as he is ortho…
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jerusalem 2 - very good points. i hope u get the chance to go back to that church and give them feedback :)
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hi, how did it go? :)
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you are way ahead of me! i memorised psalm 100 but could only remember it for 2 days, it's all gone now. i tried 2 verses of psalm 8 today, but can only remember 1! keep up the good work.
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zoxsasi, we love you, but when you moan a lot about our church it annoys us. we love our church. we know it's not perfect, but if it was we would spoil it by being there ourselves. please help us to make it better with practical suggestions.
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and as a doctor u can easily work in poor countries and get v little money. also u spend yr whole life studying, so don't do it unless u love it more than any other career. doctors in us often work 80 hours a week! it's 'only' about 50-60 hours in o…