tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156067001294795434.post8545806468828057123..comments2023-10-28T20:21:50.376+11:00Comments on Bishop Suriel's Blog: Clerical Vestments and Evangelism!Bishop Anba Surielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18022436193895073743noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156067001294795434.post-81242108409748467062015-11-08T01:05:15.206+11:002015-11-08T01:05:15.206+11:00 Your Eminence,
Full deacons, priests and bishops ... Your Eminence,<br />Full deacons, priests and bishops should be dressed in their clerical vestments when going about normal everyday tasks, and be proud to say that they are Coptic Orthodox Christians. At times I get asked what religion I am as I have the Coptic cross on both hands (between the thumb and forefinger) so I say I am a member of the Coptic Orthodox Church, they generally reply Oh you are catholic, I reply NO I am Oriental Orthodox and we have been in disagreement with the church of Rome since 451 AD and that church broke away from Orthodoxy.<br />Your Humble servant <br />James - Antony KellyAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11410791487168601744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156067001294795434.post-69839407512814964562010-12-12T15:43:59.300+11:002010-12-12T15:43:59.300+11:00I agree with you Sayedna, when I speak about Copti...I agree with you Sayedna, when I speak about Coptic Orthodox religion in my place of work, they think am not part of the Christianity especially when they hold the mass for the students during Christmas season and I don't get the catholic communion explaining that am Coptic.. they think am coming from another planet and they refer to it as "your religion" though we worship the same God.Mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08052506882009166224noreply@blogger.com