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if your faith is as small as a mustard seed, you will see great miracles.
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cyril, we worship God with our bodies, mind and spirit, not just our mind. so when we make the sign of the cross, we say in our mind 'in the name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit, one God, amen', and our body joins in. so our thoughts and our body…
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very interesting. do you have any links to recipes without oil? do you have any links to the lenten triodian? what does the word mean? i will email my catholic friend and see if he knows about historic lentern fasting. it may be a while before i get…
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yes, don't obsess over the details, but also don't fill your fast with dairy substitutes so that you are not really giving anything up. also try a more balanced llfe with the right amount of study, prayer and sleep and plan your study well so you do…
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i agree, it is a load of rubbish based on pagan religion, and it is very bad to wear 'evil eye' charms or worry about it. there are many evil spirits who want us to fail and be afraid, but most humans (even 'bad' ones) do not have the power to make …
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if, eg. u shouted at someone on the way to church, u can apologise to them during the prayer of reconciliation (that is why we have it). if u had a disagreement with someone who is not in church, u can promise God to sort it out after church. these …
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let's keep the dialogue open at the unofficial level, eg. by visiting each other's churches and making long-lasting friendships. this supports the work done by the clergy on our behalf. those of us in europe and north america and australia have many…
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what's important is your relationship with God, not the minutes fasting. but i do look at the clock when i am working nights, as i spend a lot of the night awake (and eating!)
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yea! the great fast is coming :) this is what we call it in arabic. i have also been researching and it seems like the food customs are a bit different in the eastern and oriental orthodox churches. so i would love it if you could tell me more abo…
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hmm, i think it's about 0.1% protestants that actually believe this, and only the ones that watch dodgy internet videos. i didn't meet anyone who takes it seriously (i know a lot of protestants). i will be very disappointed if the world ends then a…
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awesome post! very deep and also beautiful. :) chris, don't leave, you are a valuable member here and i look forward to your posts. :)
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yes, it is posted on the main page here now as well. :)
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yes, i like these posts. i found i was much more comfortable with myself (not hating myself, not thinking i was amazing either) when i stopped thinking about myself so much. instead, when i was worrying about myself or my spiritual life i started to…
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get off line then! ;) seriously, though, may God help you :) remember, in university (college), it's important only to pass. the exams are very hard, so don't bust a gut trying to get 80%! but if u do bust a gut, u know where to come...
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to complete the recipe you need the liturgy and several doses of repentance!
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this is what you need: an area or room set aside just for making qurban. a priest or deacon. lots of memorised psalms. special tools for marking the qurban. an oven used for nothing else. flour, water and yeast (NO SALT!). prayers and the grace of …
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dearest to Christ, john s2000, may God give you all you need and more. if i ever end up working in egypt, i will give u a call. may God bless you very much.
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thanks, this is so useful! :) does anyone know what is the origin of the coptic word 'rom' for man? i think it's the same in quite a few different languages. eg the romany (gypsy) word for man is also 'rom'.
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really? about 5 people were telling me about it! but we were in a noisy cafe so maybe i didn't hear them right! sorry! i'm sure your version is better, you seem to know 1 or 2 coptic words... ;)
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the assyrian church of the east did many great things, and they were probably the first missionaries in china. however many of them followed the heresy of a guy called nestorius, who basically said that Jesus our Lord and Saviour was a man who becam…
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ahlan wa sahlan! (you can learn a little bit of arabic here!) welcome. :)
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my friend the monk is back, and our friends back in egypt are worried about the situation there. we are praying that the new leadership will not be worse than the last. may God give us peace and may we use this situation to show our trust in God and…
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one of the things that worries protestants about the orthodox church is that joining the church is always personalised. what i mean is, if you go to a protestant church (for eg.) and ask to join, they'll hand you a leaflet about the church's beliefs…
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yalla, calm down, it's in God's hands. may He have mercy on us. i also pray that the monk i know can get back home, i pray God uses him to calm people as he is still delayed in his return.
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maybe he is serious? not everyone has good friends to ask these questions. i think we should assume everyone is genuine at first. also i don't think this guy has criticized protestants. but i agree our answers are not great :( may God guide him :)
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we are praying lots.
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hey, if u get someone with the 'wrong' colour hair, don't worry, it will eventually go grey or fall out ;) seriously though, first you should ask God if it's His will for you to marry. then work hard on your spiritual life so you're a really good …
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i agree with father peter, i posted my views here: http://tasbeha.org/content/community/index.php/topic,10598.msg130368.html#msg130368 i agree that it's very important we pray sincerely, not just repeating words, however, we also need to check out …
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u know what, EVERY church has a specific set of beliefs, even if they pretend they don't. i honestly believed when i was a teenager that the church i was in then had no denomination. maybe some new age believers and bahais have no set beliefs, they …
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haha zoxsasi, good thing some men like skinny women, or we would get worried reading posts like that! ;)