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The stalling comes from the EO side. There are groups of faithful who oppose the unity and the EO hierarchies are afraid of causing new schism while resolving an old schism. As for the OO, The Coptic Church stand is to recognize the sacrament of any EO church that recognizes ours.

I was born and raised in Alexandria. wassup? :)

Talk to your preist, he can help you best :)

Dear KernAlan, first I wanna apologize for not reading all the posts. So most likely someone already said what I'm going to say. Jesus didn't come to earth to leave us the bible. He came to build a Church. A pretty structured one too (12 disciples and 70 apostles). The disciples continued on...

Well put Lanky! (1) Judgement is the Lord's (2) Salvation is a process not an event.

Great! let me know how do you like the book when you read it.

Yeah, where is he? his post always brings me grace :)

Thanks! Good to meet you here brother :)

Many churches in the west don't ring bells (or do it rarely) The reason that if you are in residential area you can't make noises or the city will come after you. so next time you need renovation or expansion they will give us hard time because of the "noise" we make! Besides, the purpose of...

I would second Lanky, the Coptic church would have the standard version for selling

CopticOrthodoxy. What is the difference between us and non-Christians if we can't forgive? I would say that those saints who gave their lives back in the day because of interference between the Emperor and the Church back in the day are playing for the unity now. They would hate it if their...

Oriental Orthodox doesn't believe in inheriting sins. We believe in inheriting the fallen nature which means inclination to sin. God created Adam and Eve with an pure nature. They were not naturally inclined to sin (it was not part of their nature). But after they sinned there nature changed...

Congratulations :) What Church is that? @MariaRegina: The red ribbon represents the union with Christ, it is called zinnar. it is used in Baptism and matrimony. Sacred Ribbon (zinnar) - Dictionary of Church Terms

Blessed water or blessed bread can be given to people who were not able to come to Church to make them feel they are part of the group and that they can share in the blessings A lot of people drink this blessed water when they, or a loved one, is sick. It is one of the means to connect to The...

Here are couple of thoughts. The Church tries to engage all the believers senses. Candles are one example of the examples. They help people get in the mode. Candle give light and Jesus said He is the light and we are the light. The idea of a candle burning out to give light to others is like...

I think accepting the transformation of the bread and wine into true body and blood is a pre-request to accepting incarnation. If we refuse to accept this transformation how can we accept that God Himself became man? read John 6 carefully (it is at the end of the msg). there is a parallelism...

Spot on Andrew. The invocation of the name "peter" because it means "Rock" in Aramaic. It is just a play on words. Jesus said you are a Rock and on THIS Rock (the confession of Him being the Son of God) I build my Church Jesus didn't say: You are a Rock and on YOU I build my Church.

I know that the Antiochian Orthodox Church (EO) and the Syrian Orthodox Church (OO) have such an agreement allowing each other members to partake in the holy mysteries of the other. This was done mainly for marriage but it applies for the other mysteries as well.

I would say we share the same faith A lot of politics, pride and nationalism got between brothers though.

Sure, would love to help.