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having a wash is a perfectly natural and holy activity. i often sing agios o theos in the shower or other hymns. God made u, so it's no big deal that He sees u naked. He sees u anyway, so u might as well sing! hymns and prayers and psalms can be som…
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if u go into a british orthodox church building (from my vast experience of 2!), it looks coptic. a coptic Christian will definately feel at home there. the icons are similar, even those of the british saints are in a similar style. u will see saint…
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summary of the talk by bishop youssef of the southern usa: Have a positive mindset to the challenges. Praise God for the spiritual riches of our church. Don’t think that things like baptism or the long liturgy will be a barrier. Jesus said ‘You sha…
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wow, i just watched a brilliant presentation with lots of questions and answers, from abouna pishoy salama from ontario, canada. he and 5 of the church servants described their experiences of church and what they found helpful. only 1 of the church …
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streaming half an hour from now here: http://www.webcast-tv.com/StMaryOrlandoChurch/
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thanks, father peter. we will stop asking more questions so u can write yr book! :)
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i used to have anger issues too. i realised it was a problem when all my dreams had me smashing glass or tearing down houses with my bare hands. so, well done, u have diagnosed a problem. God has all the solutions. pray and ask Him to gently show u …
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hey, we love u. like really a lot. hope to meet u sometime, send pm if u come to europe :)
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i could never hate u, ilovesaintmark, and although i can't promise to always agree with u mia mia, u r my dear brother. so i will correct my arabic eenglish just for u ;) about the main topic (sorry for hijacking it!), it's normal to have ups and …
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zees means u is really coptic, u sbeak zee bad eenglish like we! ;)
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dees ees zo true! ze beebel wen i talk to zem, zey zay, where u from? u no sbeak zee good eenglish. i zay i zorry, i bin zee church, we like sbeak 'arabee wa la eenglish ma' 'arabee accent! :D
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have u noticed how exciting it is to have new friends? wow! a new person likes me! u r so pleased to be liked, u overlook all their faults. until u get to know them better, then u can get 'bored' with them and irritated by their faults. the Christia…
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it's really important to check out God's will on this and think what yr motives are. what do u think is God's plan for yr church? how can u encourage people to get closer to God? remember u will meet most of those guys in heaven and u have to spend …
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...so it doesn't matter. when i visited a greek orthodox church on sunday, i did it the eastern orthodox way, coz it's not important and so they realised i was also orthodox. it was a beautiful service and we had a nice chat afterwards. so u can no…
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it's true, the founders of evolution were really racist! what i did in school was to answer all questions like this: 'according to darwin's theory of evolution...etc.' the teacher laughed because i always wrote like this, but i got very good marks a…
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you're not stupid, like the rest of us u need time out sometimes. pls don't go into the wilderness, it's not the right time for that when u feel vulnerable. if God wants u there, He can lead u there at the right time, which would not be at a time li…
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comprehensive. thanks, father peter. btw, i also used to be a protestant, then i studied church history (from protestant, catholic, orthodox and non-Christian sources, so i could get a wide variety of viewpoints) and it was when i arrived in the ort…
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they do sing parts of it. when a british orthodox priest does part of the coptic liturgy, though, he tends not to sing it as the tunes are very different and it is really difficult to learn. eg i have an idea of most of the tunes after 2 years (1 ye…
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welcome to u and yr new priest, congratulations! (alf mabrook) maybe won't pop over and see u soon as the atlantic ocean is in the way, but hope to 'see' u more on this forum :)
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read the Bible every day and ask questions of your priest or some older person in church. i hope yr questions will remind everyone of the need to stay close to God. read any book by hh shenouda or tadros malaty and also other books from our church. …
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aramaic and syriac are terms for dialects of the same language. some Christians in iraq and syria still speak these at home. these dialects for them are a bit like coptic for us. they are similar to the dialects jews and assyrians and other people i…
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we love u! :) btw i think only british people over the age of 30 will have seen the series, it was a very funny tv series with annimated puppets who flew around the world in spaceships and saved lives.
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pray at all times on all occasions. btw the demons can't read our thoughts. also it doesn't matter if they know we are praying. james says 'submit to God, resist the devil and he will flee from you.' so, submission means doing God's will and prayer …
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hi user00, fresh of the blane! :D u crease me up! i love the way father peter thought it was fish or beans, that's cute and british (of course, i'm speaking as an egyptian...) ;) btw did u guys know that indians use 'fob'? and probably also englis…
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yes, the BOC uses the liturgy of saint james of jerusalem, which is really nice. and we (british) have funny accents!! LOL
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i downloaded this one about 2 yrs ago and it helped me a lot. http://tasbeha.org/mp3/Divine_Liturgies/Father_Estefanos_Shehata,_Liturgy_of_St_Basil.html u have it broken into little chunks so u don't have to listen all in one go, this helps when u…
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ya'ani meditate on the Bible, and clear yr mind of other stuff. Christian meditation is so beautiful coz u fill yr mind so much with God's love for u that the other stuff has no space. reading the Bible, eg acts of the apostles, gospels, psalms etc …
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hey father peter, say 'hi' from me when u hang out with him! ;)
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listen to father peter's advice, and choose a job where u can give God the glory. i also had no idea at 15 what i wanted to do. i certainly didn't think of a career in hospital medicine. btw, medicine can be very hard. i am in my late 30s and still …
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here's another interview in english i understand it better! http://interruptingthesilence.com/category/asceticism/ it's great to be inspired by people like him, may God bless him and all the monks who pray for us.