Please don't listen to the liturgy while driving :-)
I would say you don't need to stand and aren't even expected to. But if you are compelled to, I can't say there is anything wrong with it.
However, if you are not actively participating (reading …
1) Reason using Mexican Americans as an analogy is faulty is because the immigrant population is steady and might even be increasing, this infusion preserves the ties to the motherland.
2) Moses example is also faulty since the adopted customs were…
Remnkemi,
Always a delight when you weigh in on a subject. I agree with you regarding the American
New Year’s Celebration done in churches today.
However, I don’t agree with your
comments on ethnicity. Analogizing between African Americans and Copt…
Mina, don't be naive. You cannot expect nothing to change in the States. We already have two "American Coptic Orthodox Churches" in Southern California that pray fully in English. In a couple of generations the youth will have almost no real ties to…
Two questions:
1) How can I change my username back to "Andrew" and not my sign-in username?
2) How can I change the settings to show the most recent comment first, so I don't have to scroll through several pages?
P.S. It would be nice to bring bac…
My inclination is to agree with you guys. But with all the changes that are coming to the Coptic church in America, I see the calendar as the next logical change. Why would Americans celebrate the New Year according to the Egyptian calender? Nayrou…
Hi CopticStrength,
Thanks for your concern. I still visit the forum to learn from others' posts. Studies have kept me from participating as much as I would like. In any case, there are still great contributors to answer questions. You can always fe…
[quote author=AntoniousNikolas link=topic=14375.msg165894#msg165894 date=1378915976]
Agape Qawe. The article you are talking about will soon be posted on returntoorthodoxy.com. We will post the Arabic original and an English translation.
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[quote author=Bishoy.Adel link=topic=14590.msg165772#msg165772 date=1377618522]
Hey there, that's my first time to post here my name is Bishoy I'm from Egypt and I'm 20 years old, I was baptized and raised in the Coptic orthodox church, but when I w…
The best way to answer this question is to ask the priest directly: "Your reverence, why are you insisting I kiss your hand?"
There is no need for us to speculate. Please share his response, if it isn't something private.
I appreciate your patience with me as I try to wrap my mind around this...
So, it seems that heresy and sin have the same result, that is, separation from God. But that the former seems to be a somehow greater separation...
I gather from your post…
[quote author=imikhail link=topic=14515.msg165283#msg165283 date=1372505448]
There is a difference between heresy and sinning as a result of spiritual weakness.
Heresy has to do with faith and accepting the Truth. A heretic does not submit to the T…
[quote author=Remnkemi link=topic=14448.msg164849#msg164849 date=1369794463]
There is no sufficient evidence that Greek hymns were added within the last two centuries. There is only a lack of evidence that these hymns existed before the last two cen…
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[quote author=Andrew link=topic=10538.msg164767#msg164767 date=1369298115]
I just have to put this out there...am I the only one who thinks that the antagonist in RO's video so…
[quote author=dthoxsasiPhilanethrope link=topic=10538.msg164743#msg164743 date=1369214706]
[quote author=Andrew link=topic=10538.msg164711#msg164711 date=1369160207]
As long as the liturgy remains uncompromised, I don't see why you need to leave. An…
[quote author=ReturnOrthodoxy link=topic=10538.msg164717#msg164717 date=1369166321]
Agape, Andrew,
I'm feeling a little bit of distaste from your side, but that is fine, and I hope you find a way to let that go. We can stop the discussion as you w…
Antonious,
I wasn't referring the issue of praise in the church, but rather the Hollywood theme the video referred to.
RO,
I don't really want to get into a discussion about whether there is such a thing as peripheral issues in the church. I t…
As long as the liturgy remains uncompromised, I don't see why you need to leave. And I don't think it will better the situation.
Perhaps you may find peace, but if you feel that the position you hold is the truth, you will have robbed people of th…
[quote author=Archdeacon link=topic=14428.msg164678#msg164678 date=1369069899]
Pretty much every youtube video or online recording of this hymn says it the long way. This is probably due to influence from modern cantors like Ibrahim Ayad and Gad Le…
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[quote author=Archdeacon link=topic=14428.msg164649#msg164649 date=1368902177]
They are all the same pattern.
Evsop from Kata Nikhoros and Afrek Etfe,
Efnouti Nai Nan t…
[quote author=dthoxsasiPhilanethrope link=topic=14406.msg164400#msg164400 date=1367446331]
OK.. regardless - what is the official view of the COC? is it ok to confess during the Holy week? i haven't confessed in ages, and I feel so bad to have commu…