Mina/Mena is a nice Coptic name, but just in case anyone here does not know, outside of the Coptic world it is a female name, so it could cause some confusion or maybe even teasing of the boy depending on the familiarity of the people around you wit…
Chalcedonianism is not in itself Orthodox, so I don't really understand why the question would be asked as though we need to prove why we exist or else why won't people just become 'Eastern Orthodox' instead. Rather, the Chalcedonians just trample t…
It was the only time I ever saw Abouna cry. He finished the prayers but was crying through them, which alarmed us all. Then he told us, and other people cried too. I did not cry because I was too new to know HH very well, even though it was listenin…
I was finally able to buy this a bit ago. It's pretty great! I will second Mabsoota's good recommendation. I hope that Agora will be working on more works in this vein in the future. I would love to see more affordable alternatives to, e.g., the Fat…
I don't write anything to slander or further misconceptions of the Catholic community among Orthodox or anyone.
As for Montfort or whether or not any RC Pope has been misunderstood, that's immaterial to the question of whether or not such things sh…
The Rosary is, quite simply, not a feature of Coptic Orthodox spirituality. The same would be traditionally said about the Jesus Prayer (this prayer in the form it is widely known having its roots in the schismatic Chalcedonian church, specificially…
I can't remember exactly where I read it (it was probably during the research for my master's thesis, which was about OB and GB as they are actually used in the liturgy), but from memory the oldest extant Coptic recordings were made sometime in the …
@ophadece it is part of a larger article dealing with Coptic music more generally, from the electronic version of the Coptic Encyclopedia: https://ccdl.claremont.edu/digital/collection/cce/id/1446/rec/1
While there are transcriptions done by western musicologists dating back to the 19th century (which are suspect not only due to the difficulty of accurately transcribing Coptic music, as it was not systematized according to the ochtechos system used…
I've had two shots of the Moderna vaccine, as recommended by my doctor. My doctor is not "the world", unless the world is a younger Indian guy who works for the local community health clinic, and I am not trying to appease anything or anyone. I'm tr…
I got a text message from my cousin today that said they are taking him off of life support. He has been alive until now but not responsive to either treatment or stimuli more generally (family visits, doctor examinations, etc.), so the decision was…
Thank you for all of your responses. It's nice to see a new name and a few I remember. May God protect and strengthen all of you and protect you and your families.
Unfortunately, Mabsoota, there aren't any churches open around me right now that woul…