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[quote author=Zoxsasi link=topic=11903.msg142196#msg142196 date=1311969815] Epiphania, Please don't call me sweetheart. I am not trying to purge EVERY egypian aspect about me. On the contrary, on my CV, i have indeed written that I can read Arabi…
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[quote author=Zoxsasi link=topic=11903.msg142154#msg142154 date=1311915854] [quote author=epiphania link=topic=11903.msg142145#msg142145 date=1311913005] I'm sorry zoxasi but I disagree with you. I take almost as much pride in being Egyptian as I d…
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[quote author=Κηφᾶς link=topic=9585.msg142156#msg142156 date=1311916760] + Irini nem ehmot, Apocryphal Works on the Assumption of Mary said:The Account of St. John the Theologian of the Falling Asleep of the Holy Mother of God. [...] The apostles …
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Well, I'm writing my paper on Origen of Alexandria and his impact on the church. So I need a pretty broad selection of stuff. Stuff on doctrine, and biblical interpetation in the coptic church etc...
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baba shenouda wrote a book on the same subject. I'll look at it and tell u what he says.
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I have a friend names Israel (though admittedly, he's not coptic), and a friend named Kyria (close enough to kyrios)
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anubis, try going to some young professional coptic youth conferences. don't just go to ones in your area, spread out...most of my friends met their future husbands/wives at those things anyway. In fact pple joke that those things are called BYOD (b…
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[quote author=Zoxsasi link=topic=11903.msg142069#msg142069 date=1311840755] [quote author=Biboboy link=topic=11903.msg142043#msg142043 date=1311802818] Agape, While I am very conservative about the Coptic Orthodox Church's rites and hymns, which is…
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you should tell them to got to the COC's mission churches. Orthodox doctrine. White culture. St. Maurice and St. Verina is one! I don't know where u are tho...hope this helps
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There's an Ethiopian priest that prays the coptic liturgy with my priest at our church
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[quote author=lightening link=topic=9585.msg141818#msg141818 date=1311462302] [quote author=Meena_Ameen link=topic=9585.msg141156#msg141156 date=1310251101] In Pope Shenouda's Book Adam and Eve he says: what we inherit or what is transmitted to us …
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If you want, msg me, and I will set you up with some of my friends from toronto when you come to Canada. The can show you around. If you msg any of the churches as well, they'll find someone to meet you and help get settled.
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[quote author=imikhail link=topic=11719.msg142008#msg142008 date=1311773571] I am not sure what is the Lol for. If you really did study sahidic, you will notice that it is different than Bohairic which is what on www.speakcoptic.org [/quote] thats …
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[quote author=Tenacpi esna onkh link=topic=11917.msg142030#msg142030 date=1311797132] Actually yea, my first landing will be Toronto so i was wondering if people there are the same as I see the westerns in TV. [/quote] No. Egyptian tv is very mean …
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Lol. U don't have to do all that I studied sahidic Coptic at my university. It's a very easy language to learn. French grammar is much harder than Coptic grammar
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It's a symbolic thing. Before the cross he was in front of everyone because everyone is called to salvation. It's open to all people. But after the resurrction, he only appeared to a Few. It's symbolic because even though all are called, christ's sa…
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Well, that really depends on where in Canada you will go. I'm going to assume toronto, because everyone lands there first, and there's a really strong egyptian community there. I'm from western Canada, so all I know about toronto is from hear-say. …
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Hey! An albertan church will win! Because the convention this year is in ALBERTA!
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Ioannes, I understand your frustration. I love my Coptic church more than anything, but I know it has its flaws. Nothing makes me sadder than when people don't show up for bible study and prayer meetings, etc. I used to be so diligent and showed up …
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[quote author=mabsoota link=topic=10934.msg133986#msg133986 date=1301003185] how do people go without water for a long time (eg till 3pm or whenever)? i find it really hard, and can't usually do it when i'm working as i tend to get really faint. my …
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[quote author=dzheremi link=topic=11020.msg133428#msg133428 date=1300660259] Ah, thank you, everyone. So am I understanding you all correctly that a community would be recognized by the diocese as a full-fledged church only after it gets its own pri…
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We had 2 communities in 2 cities next to ours.One of them just got a priest recently. They had their own church building, but they didn't have a priest, so our priest would visit them one week, and a priest from another city would visit them the nex…
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The priest or bishop carries maintains their title even if they can't physically carry out their duties. Someone else does it in their place until they pass on.
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ok, well, what I understand, is that there's a whole bunch of coptic people who gather at this square across from tahrir square. They've been there 9 days now. They are there because there's a bunch of muslims in this little village south of cairo c…
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Hehe ^^ baba Shenouda is awesome ^^
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I thought that the pope had to do priest ordinations. Is he comming to your church to do it?
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Lol. This discussion reminds of when we were teaching a bible study to the junior high kids at my church. This one kid was like "How come they get 72 virgins and we don't?" He was trying to be funny, it wasn't a serious question.
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LOOL. I guess its not just a you tube belief after all. legitimately protestant... http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2011/03/08/end-of-the-world-comments/?iref=allsearch
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btw guyss. I HAAATTTEE fool w ta3mya (beans and falafel). I just got back from uni, and I don't know what I can eat here!
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My mom and I were talking about this the other day. We noticed that during fasting, its easy to go without breakfast, and you function fine. but for some reason, if we try to skip breakfast during non-fasting times--its like impossible!!! I get SOO …