Maybe I could answer some of those questions.
1. Gay marriage - Why does the government have to approve marriage? Holy Sacraments are only bound or loosened by the Holy Spirit not the Department of Births, Deaths and Marriages. We know that the Holy…
"He chose him since childhood, the Theotokos named him "Shenouda", how cherished! It means "the son of God". - Melody of St Shenouda the Archmandite
Maybe 'She' is the equivalent of 'Sheeri' in the south.
Those saints whose birthday we celebrate (St. Mary, John the baptist, St Takla) were born to parents who were either too old or barren. That's why we celebrate the 'miracle' of their birth. And I think St Takla's birthday commemoration has been remo…
No. Christianity is the struggle to be Christ-like and partakers of the Divine Nature. Religion is a set of beliefs that sums up what you get to do and not do as a way of keeping life interesting for an otherwise dull, boring and soul-crushing human…
Calling Christianity a religion implies that it is in the mixing pot with the rest of the religions. Didn't Christ say something like 'you are not of this world'?
@Remnkemi Thanks.
However, you mentioned this stuff about 'church and state'. Our head of state is the Queen and leader of the Church of England. Our law may espouse freedom of religion and freedom from discrimination (even though our attorney gene…
Matthew 22:21 doesn't specify what belongs to Caesar. Couldn't He have meant nothing belongs to Caesar? Furthermore, when were marriage licenses and certificates invented? It just seems like a scam (like every sort of crap the government tries to sp…
I've been dying for someone to discuss this topic. I thought we were just supposed to celebrate name days. And if you have some weird non-saint arabic name, then you celebrate your baptismal name-day.
@ReturnOrthodoxy Thanks for summing up everything I pretty much believed in anyway. Vive l'anarchie!
@minatasgeel Why? It just seems like a waste of time, money and a pollution of the Church by the State. Why do Copts think that the State is a good…
Can I just point out that Matins refers to the prayers of the First Hour of the day just as Vespers refers to the prayers of the Eleventh and Twelfth Hours of the Day. The correct term you are looking for of "Offering of Morning Incense" / "Offering…
Why aren't the apostolic constitutions (Didascalia Apostolorum) given the same level of dignity and worship as the bible? Most people don't even know they exist. We seem to have become protestant, where people constantly quote the bible out of conte…
Me too. But unfortunately the status quo in our diocese, (whereby people are ordained deacons because they have some sort of prestige) dictates this sort of distinction. Much like the stupid distinction between 'deacon' and 'full deacon'.
I've heard that one too.
I was told by a priest that Gabriel V moved the offertory from its original place (after the Liturgy of the Word) to its current place. Too be honest the old way seems to make more sense. I was wondering of anyone had confir…