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  • + In the beginning of the creation God gave man to eat just plant food   "And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to…
    in Kosher Comment by Safaa September 2007
  • Indeed, the first Christians did use the deuterocanonical books. Proof of this can be found in art versions of the Scriptures (Vulgate, Syriac, and Coptic) as well as by looking at early Church liturgy. Our Orthodox Church prefer to refer to them a…
  • From St Takla Haymanout, Alexandria, Egypt The Deuterocanon The Deuterocanon books are a part of the Holy Bible..  The Protestants removed them from the Bible saying they were not the word of God, Although there are many evidences and historical p…
  • Dear all Mountains mentioned in the Holy Bible: Name the following mountains: + 1- What is the mountain that Noah’s Ark rested on? + 2- What is the mountain that God spoke to Moses from the bush? + 3- On which mountain did Moses receive …
  • Dear Cevac and John, Thank you very much, I still think the jury is still out. Orthodox Christians should approach this subject of deification very carefully, otherwise we will join the New-Age Christians in their heresy. Our Coptic Church dose not…
    in Theosis Comment by Safaa August 2007
  • Dear Cevac, May I ask you kindly who is the author of the last article submitted by you in the end of the first page? I want to know if the Coptic Church approves what is written in this article. .
    in Theosis Comment by Safaa August 2007
  • Dear Cevac, Thank you for sharing with us this excellent article, I just have one slight disagreement with it,   By application, the divine energies interpenetrate the human nature of Christ I might be wrong, but the second person of the Holy Trin…
    in Theosis Comment by Safaa August 2007
  • Dear Orthodox 11, The only one who entered the “Heaven of Heavens” is our Lord, God and Saviour Jesus Christ. The assumption of the holy body of the Theotokos Virgin St. Mary is now in the Paradise. No one will entered the the Kimgdom of Heaven, in…
  • I am pretty sure that the Protestant would not be allowed to use a consecrated church with the Holy Myroon for their worship. Occasionally, on this forum,  someone would  come with a strange claim as a fact, out of his/her own imagination,  without …
  • Dear Thomas, Nazareth is a Hebrew word which means ROD or BRANCHThere is a prophecy about Our Lord Jesus Christ in chapter 11 of the book of Isaiah     1:"And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of h…
  • Dear all, Tamav Ereni photo gallery, 16 pictures including her blessed departure: http://www.st-takla.org/Gallery/05-Coptic-Saints-images/01-Coptic-Orthodox-Saints_Alef/Christian-Coptic-Album_Saint-Omena-Tamav-Erene-01.html
    in Mother Ireni Comment by Safaa July 2007
  • Dear Saint Nina, If you know how to read Arabic, I have it on the internet.
  • Dear charitablesoul, This is from Coptic Diocese of the Southern USA: Fortune Telling Q) Concerning evil spirits and fortunetelling, St Anthony the Great writes: "to reveal secret things and to make known aforetime what is to be performed are mat…
  • Dear He Wept, excellent response Cevac, may I add another point!! When you read the story of Jacob in the Book of Genesis, you will know that he was very terrified of his brother Esso and was in run for his life from him. This situation happened to…
    in Jacob... Comment by Safaa July 2007
  • Dear shnoda, here you can find four icons of St. Mercurios, Abu Sefain, Philopateur http://www.st-takla.org/Gallery/05-Coptic-Saints-images/06-Coptic-Orthodox-Saints_Ein-Ghein-Feh/Christian-Coptic-Album_Saint-Philopateur-Mercurius-01.html
  • Dear matt88, Here is the opinion from the Coptic Orthodox Diocese of the Southern USA concerning the stigmata phenomena: Stigmata is a phenomenon foreign to the Orthodox experience and, as such, the Church has no official position towards it. Such…
    in Stigmata? Comment by Safaa June 2007
  • Dear jydeacon, In the Holy Communion we partake of the body and Blood of our Lord, we do not partake of His Divinity. The definition of Church’s Mysteries: Partaking of Divine and unseen Grace under a visible and seen substance,( water of Baptism,…
  • Dear Jydeacon, Dose Our God, Lord, Saviour and King of us all have His Humanity united with His Divinity in the Person of Jesus Christ? The answer of course is Yes,  and this is the believe of all Christians regardless of their denominations, and th…
  • Dear ophadece and jydeacon, No body mentioned that we are not the dwelling of the Holy Spirit, of course this is the most important spiritual blessing of being baptised and anointed believers of the Lord. So forget about this issue and calm down, …
  • Dear all, I agree with you ophadece The only human being who received the Person ( Hypostasis, Oknoom ) of the Holy Spirit is the holy Theotokos Virgin St. Mary, and that happened during her holy pregnancy. All of us after we’ve anointed with the …
  • Dear Mary, I usually do not respond to attack against me because I feel it speaks volume about the attackers and it is up tp him/her to be aggressive. But in this case, I was taken by your harsh words, knowing that you are lovely person with joyful…
  • Iqbal, I read the article by His Grace Metropolitan Bishop Pishoy, and I am really troubled by your assertion that there might be a chance for an unbeliever to obtain salvation outside the Apostolic Church. I did not find an Iota in His Grace’s arti…
  • PrincessMary, Your question is very important and valid, I think it can be due to two reasons:, 1- Although you mentioned that the parents raised their children in a Christian home and taught them the fear of God, yet they may have not been a good e…
  • “ 11: And Moses charged the people the same day, saying, 12: "When you have passed over the Jordan, these shall stand upon Mount Ger'izim to bless the people: Simeon, Levi, Judah, Is'sachar, Joseph, and Benjamin. 13: And these shall stand upon Mou…
  • Adeotatus, Personal attack removed. If we as the Orthodox people belive in a GOD that would send all who do not belive in him to Hell what kind of god is that it would go against all we learn in sunday school as young kids we were told that God is …