God bless you too✌

then stop cutting their heads off

​@@amethystflower8799 And turn to Jesus Christ

​@amethyst flower It is sad that you would respond in this manner. One who comes in peace as this beautiful person has is not among the wicked, and is worthy of hospitality and kindness. Reader Iakovos Servant of Christ

Greetings and peace to you my brother.

time to ask who is your master!

@@teacherdemoswhat do u mean😅

​@@teacherdemosseriously what do you mean

What is the Universe Christians? 1. The Creation is the immeasurable mystery suspended in immeasurable expanse. 2. The Creation is identical to 'Universal Consciousness', which guides and prevails in the BEING of consciousness; it is a double-helix, egg-shaped configuration that simultaneously constitutes the Universe in its growing expansion. Its pulsating double-helix arms live as spiritual energy, while rotating against each other. 3. The Universe is the Creation’s internal and external body. 4. The Creation --- through its entirety pulsate the Universal 'Gemüt' (a non-translatable German term for the spiritual counterpart to the psyche) and the Universal Consciousness, the power of life and existence in general. 5. The Creation pervades everything and everything pervades the Creation, therefore forming oneness within itself. Within this oneness occur all life and all of the evolution allotted to it. 6. The Creation has the identical developmental and evolutionary process as every life form, --- however, its values of time are anchored in very high values indeed. 7. The Creation itself exists in a conscious creative state for seven Great-Times. --- Subsequently it lays dormant for an equal number of Great-Times, but this time they last seven times as long. Following this period, the Creation is awake to create once again for a period seven times as longer once again than the previous one. (One Great-Time is equal to 311,040,000,000,000 terrestrial years; seven Great-Times add up to 2,177,280,000,000,000 terrestrial years, also called an eternity; 7 x 7 Great-Times make one All-Great-Time.) 8. The Creation is the Creation and there exists no Creation other than it within its own Universe. The Creation is the Creation of all creations such as the Universe, the galaxies, stars, earths (earth is equivalent to 'planets' in this context), skies, light and darkness, time, space and all multitudes of life forms in existence, each according to its own species. 9. The Creation is justice, love, strength, wisdom, knowledge, compassion, freedom, mercy, laws, directive, alliance, fulfillment, evolution, life, support, joy, beauty, peace, infallibility, equilibrium, spirit, forever, logic, growth, perfection, contentment, inexhaustibility, omnipotence, sweetness, infinity, solidarity, perception, harkening, elevation, the Sohar, gentleness, lucidity, purity, transformation, origin, future, power, reverence, allness and BEING. 10. The Creation is the BEING and non-BEING of life. It is the most immense mass of spiritual energy in the Universe. 11.The Creation is spirit in its purest form and immeasurable in its wisdom, knowledge, love and harmony in truth. 12. The Creation is a spiritually dynamic, pure-spirit energy that prevails over everything. Incomprehensible for human beings, it is an active, creative wisdom in the midst of its own incessant evolution; it is all-encompassing for all times. 13. The Creation is verity, the all-embracing, solace, comprehensiveness, guidance, equality, accuracy, cognition, empirical knowledge, admonition, discipline, recollection, revelation, praise, perfection, explanation and direction. 14. The Creation is the path of life; it is nature, light, fire and contemplation; The Creation is consciousness, and it is omnipresent.

You are not like most EO since most EO dooms all other christians

God bless the Catholic Church , we should unite common lol

We all believe in the same basic Christian tenets. The Trinity, Christ's Sacrifice for our sins, His Crucifixation and Resurrection,and Communion,and Evangelism to spread the Word and Fellowship of the Worldwide Church. Each is beautiful in it's own way and united by Belief in the Saving Grace of Christ.

God is raining down grace upon His People, that we might walk in love. There are many tribes in Christ, we will walk in love if we walk in Him. Peace to you in Christ Reader Iakovos Serbian Orthodox Metropolis of Chicago

The basic family are Catholics and Orthodoxs, the Apostolic Church. The post reformation family as kindly said has not the 7 sacraments of apostolics and are very far away

We are sooo lucky in the Americas that we have not had the level of strife as our Brothers and Sisters in other parts have had. Sadly we neglect our faith and take it for granted.

It is fasinating to me as a Protestant to hear this lovely music and the explainations of the liturgy.

And for the Church in general

Find a church, they are incredibly nice and welcoming! I may suggest that you write a little email to the abuna beforehand. (You don't need to do this, but it's easier to get into the first step.)

@@angeloelimelech6346 thanks for the advice in my country we don’t have Coptic Christian here

@@brilliancelive3472 I didn't know. God will guide you to right place, I'm sure. Blessings

@@angeloelimelech6346 thanks so much

The western church is claiming to be the first, the eastern church is claiming to be the first, the far eastern church is claiming to be the first so which one should be the first now?

​@@shams3055They were all one church untill the three major schisms

Happy to meet u on the other end or i can sa on the oriental end brother wish u nice journey .

@@tewodroseleulseged4409 Thanks, right back at you. God bless!

I have attended Orthodox Jewish services and they sing the Psalms too.

Give me the early version.

I love learning about the roots of our shared faith in Christ. I admire the rituals and liturgy of the Orthodox Churches. But the plainess and simplicity of old country Protestant Churches is beautiful too. I remember my great Uncle singing out the first lines and the congregation following him with each verse of the hymn. This was the old way because many early settlers in America could not read. They came to escape religious persecution and the religious/ political wars. My family alone has Greek Orthodox, Roman Catholics, Baptists,Anglican, Methodists, Jehovah Witnesses and Jewish members among my cousins. Lol! Needless to say we respect each others preferences at the family reunions.

Orthodox do not believe in faith alone. That is a western innovation

@@Stephen-uz8dm "Abraham believed God and it was credited as righteousness". Genesis 15:6 and Romans 4:3-5. Faith alone is from about 2,000 BC. From God.

@@billhesford6098 But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead? Was not our father Abraham justified by works, when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar? Seest thou how faith wrought with his works, and by works was faith made perfect? And the scripture was fulfilled which saith, Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness: and he was called the friend of God. Ye see then how that by works a man is justified and not by faith only. Likewise also was Rahab the harlot justified by works when she had received the messengers, and had sent them out another way? For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also. - James 2

@@Stephen-uz8dm I was not commenting about works. Abraham proved his faith which was righteous in and of itself, with anything added to it it. Abraham was righteous because of his faith alone. When one has faith like Abraham, then we see works follow. It was because Abraham believed God he would sacrifice his son because God asked. Works prove to any who see, that that person has faith. But it is the faith that makes that man righteous, not the works. James is in complete agreement, there is no contradiction. This happened in Genesis, it is not a relatively modern western invention.

@@billhesford6098 Bill Hesford I did not feel James to be in conflict with Genesis but with your comment. Yes faith in and of itself is righteous. But a man is not justified by faith alone. Abraham was justified in his works. The two are not separate unless the faith is no faith at all. As is said in faith without works is dead as the body without spirit is dead.

I think Russian? lol

the language is called Coptic but it is no longer a spoken language but rather a liturgical one, used for hymns and prayers as well.

She sings in Russian

In Russian

That hymn is not hymn of coptic orthodox church at all. This hymn is clearly european

It’s Greek

Красиво спела

The coptic orthodox church says that there is about 12 millions related to it in egypt not including catholic and protestant minorities so the number would be 12-13 millions I think (the whole population of egypt is 104 millions)

the official number declared by the church in egypt is 17% to 18% of the total population of 103 million

@@bijohanna6282 it is real?

@@bogu7288 yes it is confirmed by the pope himself

We do brother

@Jim Jamed Yes i agree but of that i know they don't believe that Jesus is God-human before and after His crucifixion by the Jews.If i am wrong please tell me to know, thanks

@@mmaragou4128 Maybe you are thinking of Arianism?

Actually they do, and its not up to you to judge.

@@jgappy5643 i didn't judge anyone,you understand wrong

Exactly, these white washed symbols are problematic

Most of the apostles and saints painted in the icons were of Hebrew, Syrian, Greek, Egyptian, Roman and other West Asian ethnicities. Perhaps there were a small number of black saints (most likely Ethiopians), but real Egyptians were not as black as you might think. And it’s not known if there were any Arab saints, though there were many Arab Christians pre-Islamic conquests.

@@akirahojo2 real Egyptians weren't as black as I would think? How did herotodus describe the Egyptians when he visited their?

You missed the entire point of iconography. Also the Apostles were neither black nor Arab.

@@al4381 Arab, black, jew...you act as if they're stand alone definitions lol. It tells me all I need to know here