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The word "transubstantiation" cannot be separated from its Aristotelian framework since it is used directly in relation to the notions of substance and accidents within that framework. Thus, if one accepts the framework and terminology, I personally…
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[quote author=Graioner link=topic=3161.msg160025#msg160025 date=1348044338] YES GIRLS CAN SURELY BE DEACONS AS THE TREND OF GIRLS BECOMING DEACONS IS GROWING POPULAR THESE DAYS AS IN CALIFORNIA IT IS VERY POPULAR TREND [/quote] This is an extremely…
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Dear Friends, I wonder if any of you have read this critique: http://www.orthodoxchristianbooks.com/downloads/311_THE_NEW_SOTERIOLOGY.pdf While I firmly believe that there is a legitimate distinction in emphasis between the so called "western" an…
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Yes, that was Abouna Elia. When I saw him he was of course much older. He started out with Fr. Matthew the Poor at St. Macarius but later ended up at St. Bishoy (I don't know why). He was living as a recluse but within the monastery in a special res…
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Thanks Arsenios...I am at St. Marina in Irvine, CA.
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[quote author=arsenios link=topic=13569.msg158138#msg158138 date=1343353619] [quote author=aidan link=topic=13569.msg158129#msg158129 date=1343337949] It was good to see Fr Matta nearly thirty years before his repose. Has anyone read Fr matta's boo…
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For the record, if indeed you are speaking about a trip I made with some youth to the OCA Monastery in Manton CA (St. John of SF), then I just want to point out that I did pray on their altar at their request but I brought with me a consecrated "hol…
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[quote author=arsenios link=topic=13581.msg158565#msg158565 date=1344313356] Just to get people more excited: I recently spent 7 months at an Eastern Orthodox monastery in Northern California, where I was planning on becoming a monk, but certain th…
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[quote author=jonathan_ link=topic=13516.msg157663#msg157663 date=1342295330] [quote author=Fr. Kyrillos link=topic=13516.msg157660#msg157660 date=1342291283] I won't comment on the historical development of clerical garb...but in terms of my own pe…
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[quote author=Father Peter link=topic=13516.msg157661#msg157661 date=1342292238] Thank you for sharing your experience Father. But are you supported entirely by the Church or do you have to provide by some other means for your family? I think that …
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I won't comment on the historical development of clerical garb...but in terms of my own personal experience of being a priest just over five years now I can say that I have had some of the most blessed experiences in public because of my cassock and…
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I do not personally know Athanasius Paul. I do know that he was indeed ordained a Coptic Orthodox priest by HH Ppe Shenouda III after he had spent over a year in Egypt studying Orthodoxy. HH ordained him as a kind of missionary priest in the early 9…
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[quote author=Mixalhs link=topic=8778.msg110530#msg110530 date=1266021968] Most esteemed Father Kyrillos, there is a stark difference between immortality and eternalness; such being that the eternal Being has no beginning or end, being existent thro…
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Dear Fr. Peter, Thank you for your warm welcome...I sorry to be so late in acknowledging your kindness. I have always considered myself a student of yours and I very grateful that our church has won such a witness to our faith in you. Mixalhs ask…
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Fr. Peter is absolutely correct in his assessment and while I cannot add to his contribution, I will just post a few quotes that support his previous posts: “Man was mortal by the very nature of his body, but immortal by grace.” (St. Augustine) “…
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Hi Matt, Yes, his name is Fr. Lazarus...he converted to Serbian Orthodoxy then Coptic Orthodoxy and last I heard he was living the life of a hermit near St. Anthony's in the Red Sea. You should ask our friend Fortunatus who has met with him a numb…