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  • To my dear sister Susu, I hope you are ok.  I am so sorry to hear of your situation.  I know that you have been through a lot to follow Christ and I know that you are so precious to Christ and your sacrifice is very precious in His eyes.  From what…
  • When we sin, it is good that we feel sorry and a hate towards sin as this helps us stay away from sin.  But it is important that your sadness brings you closer to Christ, that it leads to repentance.  Sorrow that does not lead to Christ, is not from…
  • o dear! :-\ to our EO brother, i sincerely hope that we have not upset you with all our discussion.  I guess you need to speak to the priest at the OO church you would like to join.  We love very much the EO church.  However, sadly, because of the …
  • hi Antonio  :) you are very welcome here! bienvenido! - which church to join? i am a Coptic Orthodox Christian and i love my church very much.  it has much beauty and depth and i believe our teachings and traditions are good and Christ-like.  we h…
  • 'The form of God is ineffable and indescribable, and cannot be seen with the eyes of flesh.  He is in glory incontainable, in greatness incomprehensible, in loftiness inconceivable, in strength incomparable, in wisdom inaccessible, in love inimatibl…
  • i think love them, take them to church and pray. i read this and really loved it.. On the Upbringing of Children by Elder Porphyrios http://www.stparaskevi.org.au/the_upbringing_of_children God bless u and ur family
  • i've really learnt a lot from reading ur posts and am very grateful that you have shared ur thoughts.  i am so glad that this problem is on your minds too, as i too know of people who have moved further+further away from the church to my deep sorrow…
  • Dear Henrik, i am happy to see that someone from Sweden is on our forum :) you are very welcome here.  you are right that Coptic Christians speak a lot about Egypt.  As mentioned above, the people have a lot of love for their homeland.  Due to the …
  • Psalm 103 (my favourite!) i hope it helps.. your sister in Christ
  • dear bros+sisters in Christ, i dont usually post but bumped into this thread+got a little worried. i can see u guys have good intentions+that this guys story has affected u. me too.. i might be wrong but i think u shud b very careful wot u say.  ev…
  • Dear Ioannes, i am very sorry i think i must have misunderstood ur comment. i did not consider that the tattoo was meant as an act of defiance but thought it wud be an act to reaffirm that you belong to Christ.  my mistake, i guess coz that wud be …
  • i generally don't like tatoos either.. but a couple of times i was thinking to myself if i ever had a tatoo wot wud i get, and i thot... mmm might be cool to hav a tattoo that says 'property of God/Christ' or 'daughter/child of God'  :) but then i …
  • i kinda think being gentle is probably best too.  u hav a gift in that you know their beliefs and you can explain to them the Truth, and give them answers to their replies.. i could not reply to wot they say, and i reckon the majority of people they…
  • i mean no offense, but please be careful.  treat others as you would like to be treated.  Although it is good and loving to guide them into the truth, it is unkind to laugh at them or call them names.  Imagine if you went on a website and heard peop…
  • 'Continue earnestly in prayer, being vigilant in it with thanksgiving; meanwhile praying also for us, that God would open to us a door for the word, to speak the mystery of Christ, for which I am also in chains, that I may make it manifest, as I oug…
  • u r right  :) our Jesus is real.  He is a historical figure and there is so much evidence to support this.  if u want to know more about it i recommend listening to www.orthodoxsermons.org go to section called just starting your spiritual life, t…
  • dear aripsalin23, i am so sorry that ur parents r arguing a lot. i will pray too and hopefully these problems will pass by.. i think a lot of parents argue and often about things that seem so unimportant. remember that God is with you and will neve…
  • here u go! sorry 4 the delay.. i wish it looked better but i cudn't get it to [IMG width=800]http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/7371/img2441t.jpg[/img] Gb!
  • ur welcome!  :)  i took the photo but it doesn't turn out very good im afraid..i'll try+post one up as soon as possible tc+God bless!
  • lol.. they came out a little big! i think if u press on them u can c it in a smaller size.. may they keep us all in their prayers!
  • ok here it goes!! =)! thanks John! [IMG width=800]http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/5308/img2438h.jpg[/img] Uploaded with ImageShack.us [IMG width=800]http://img709.imageshack.us/img709/3563/img2443f.jpg[/img] Uploaded with ImageShack.us
  • wow!  :) that's brilliant John_S2000. i took some photos of our icon at home, does anyone know how i can put them up? (i tried copying and pasting and i tried using the image button) otherwise i cud email them to u markh113
  • i hav one at home  :) unfortunately im not home at the moment but i'll try+put it up in the next few days!! Gb!
  • hey superMAN.. im sorry to hear ur feeling so bad.  sounds to me like ur doing ok, in the past u did bad things but now u r doing well. u love Christ and u desire His righteousnes and to be close to Him.  u realise ur sins and hav repented for the…
  • oops it sent before i'd finished.. altho u feel really rubbish now. pick urself up. be brave.  things go wrong for all of us but in the end if you pray and hang on troubles pass. "Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why so disturbed within me? Put yo…
  • history is hard..  :-\ i find essays hard+remembering facts too  ??? i remember just before my history GCSE is was so so so worried i only had a few days left and the whole folder to learn+i cudnt concentrate+my head was like a sieve.. so i tried si…
  • i like the above advice very much :) just wanted to add that maybe you should pray for her.  Try to be patient and love her even if she is not that nice to u (think of the Parable of the Prodigal Son.. sometimes we act like this with God too, so if…
  • hey! i find that if u look out for the good things in the church about women if helps.. Women saints are shown much honour in our Church and we have praises for many other women saints like St. Mary, St. Demiana, St. Marina and St. Rebecca.  There …