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The picture that comes to my mind when thinking of the phrase is a monk or nun who have given themselves over completely to Christ.
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[quote author=jfarag92 link=topic=8396.msg106775#msg106775 date=1255125067] What do we as Christians haves to say about some taboo topics that atheists and non-Christians bring up -what do we say regarding the Holocaust, the "holy" inquisition, the …
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Here is something that might help: http://vatopaidi.wordpress.com/2009/09/29/dialogue-between-a-geron-and-an-atheist/ It is a debate between an atheist communist and Elder Epiphanios Theodoropoulos who was a Greek Elder. The Elder also points out t…
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[quote author=abanoub2000 link=topic=8359.msg106472#msg106472 date=1253747358] [quote author=andrew21091 link=topic=8359.msg106470#msg106470 date=1253746120] Forgive me Hymn competition? What is this? Hymns are meant to praise God and isn't kind of…
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Forgive me Hymn competition? What is this? Hymns are meant to praise God and isn't kind of inappropriate to turn hymn singing into a game? Sorry, I'm just a little puzzled by this.
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If your going to probably end up specializing in electronics then I don't see where either of those three are needed. Biomedical engineering though sounds like it would involve a lot about those subjects and if you hate those and they are used a lot…
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Lottery is a form of gambling so you have to see what the Coptic Church teaches about gambling. It is a waste of money to play lottery since think of how much you would spend on it weekly. The post above me said that one person spends $27.00 two tim…
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[quote author=SuperMAN(BAM) link=topic=620.msg106371#msg106371 date=1253300015] andrew, we do a monthly lit. in GR if you ever want to join us! [/quote] Really? I had no idea that there is a Coptic community in GR. Could you PM me more details abou…
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I think some Oriental Orthodox accept it though looking at one prayer from the Syriac Church's funeral rites: O Lord God, by Whose Godhead's command and Lordship's authority this Your servant N. has departed from this temporal life, send unto him f…
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The toll-houses isn't anything like purgatory. Purgatory is a place you go after death to be cleansed of your sins. The toll-houses are something one encounters after death when demons will accuse you of various sins that you have commited and they …
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Wow, that hymn is very beautiful. I love how everyone in the church is singing. Amazing! Glory to God!
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St. Nicholas Antiochian Orthodox Church (EO) in Grand Rapids, MI.
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[quote author=JustinWilliams link=topic=8337.msg106343#msg106343 date=1253152835] And the bookstore at Virgin Mary and Archangel Michael Coptic Orthodox Church only sell in bulk. I would like this copy specifically because it is a "pocket size" and…
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[quote author=Ηεζεκιελ link=topic=8315.msg106336#msg106336 date=1253140406] [quote author=andrew21091 link=topic=8315.msg106334#msg106334 date=1253138431] Just a side question about the Agpeya. Is there one available that uses the KJV type English a…
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Some sayings from the book Living Without Hypocrisy: Spiritual Counsels of the Optina Elders that may help. These Elders lived in the Optina Monastery in Russia and in the 19th century there were quite a few holy Elders who shone forth from that hol…
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Read the Bible or some other spiritual writing. When I'm suffering from spiritual dryness I'll usually read some writings by monks such as the letters of Elder Joseph the Hesychast or my book on the sayings of the Optina Elders. Those are not Orient…
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Just a side question about the Agpeya. Is there one available that uses the KJV type English and Psalms around? The one I have is NKJV with Septuagint numbering for Psalms which is nice but is there one similar but with older style English?
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[quote author=Hos Erof link=topic=8319.msg106259#msg106259 date=1252926078] In the first watch of the midnight prayers of the Agpeya we say in the troparia (litanies): Behold, the Bridegroom is coming at midnight, blessed is the servant whom He fin…
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A book that might interest you is Witnesses for Christ by Fr. Michael Vaporis which contains the stories of around 200 New Matryrs who died at the hand of the Turks. What makes this book great is that it has an account of the dialogue between the ma…
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Monastic Wisdom: The Letters of Elder Joseph the Hesychast - This is a wonderful book and my favorite. It contains the letters of a modern day Eastern Orthodox Elder (who will most likely be officially canonized one day). The letters are wonderful w…
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I don't think our practices are as extreme as the Roman Catholic practice since they go as far as to say that the Theotokos is the co-redemtrix of Christ which we see as heretical. They also have other dogmas that we also consider wrong. They in a w…
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Thanks for all the links! :) I will add one that I didn't see on your list. http://www.orthodoxbookstore.org/
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[quote author=mabsoota link=topic=8308.msg106070#msg106070 date=1252232385] i love the agpeya so much. also most published books have prayers at the back for before and after communion and confession and other prayers.[/quote] Many Eastern Orthodox…
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You will find the Eastern Orthodox equivalent of the Agpiya is the Great Horologion (Book of Hours) which includes Vespers, Matins, the Hours, Compline, and Midnight Office as the Coptic prayer book has as well. The Coptic Hours use more Psalms. I b…
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Ignoring is good. When they do it, ignore it. When they see that it bothers you then they may be tempted all the more to do it. Or you could tell them to stop the silliness because you don't like it.
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Such it is with siblings. Siblings always poke fun at each other. I've had to (and still do) deal with being picked on by my older brother my whole life pretty much but he means well and we have fun with each other. I'm sure your brothers are the sa…
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[quote author=Ηεζεκιελ link=topic=8232.msg105736#msg105736 date=1251234444] [quote author=andrew21091 link=topic=8232.msg105385#msg105385 date=1250205609] [http://www.skete.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=product.display&Product_ID=1189&Category_ID…
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[quote author=jydeacon link=topic=8272.msg105621#msg105621 date=1250821024] Alhan is the arabic word for hymns [/quote] Ah, thank you.
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[quote author=marina008 link=topic=8272.msg105599#msg105599 date=1250733277] when ur bored. pray, read the Holy Bible, practise alhan or read a book. [/quote] Not to deviate but what is alhan? whenever you feel like you are about to fall into sin,…