Route S01 E08: Being a monk or a nun

[@romanyfahim3688]

He goes everywhere he was at my church like 2 years ago

[@jonathantadros7636]

did this abouna recently visit australia

[@ploopploop9569]

The girl has an American accent so I don't think so.

[@nickmoser7785]

How do I become a priest

[@byzantinephilosopher]

You don't. Never think like this. You are only chosen, it is not up to you but God. You are unworthy to be a priest. We must all remember this.

[@jcannan2]

I hope you did not take @CadeL682 to heart. They are wrong. The very fact that you were thinking this may in fact be a sign that God was offering this to you, or drawing you to it. No one is unworthy, because Christ has made us worthy. I hope you continue your discernment and wherever you end up, may you know God is with you.

[@elizabethbayley7627]

@@jcannan2 In the Coptic Orthodox Church, one does not choose to become a priest. God and his bishop chooses him, and often those who are seeking the priesthood are not chosen. The man then chooses to accept God's call or not.

[@jcannan2]

@@elizabethbayley7627 I’m not sure how this applies to my comment. I actually said that God may be drawing him to it. No one has said that a person “chooses” to become a priest (but we DO cooperate with God in discerning that call, as do the bishops). I am a priest, and I know full well it is a calling from God, recognised and approved by the bishop.

[@respectkindness-oj6xz]

​@@jcannan2priesthood is a serious task. some charlatans destroyed many naive people who listened to their advice. some greedy candidates bribed bishops ("simony")