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Have fun!
Is there anything wrong with going to parties?
It is up to you to decide this and to consider what
occurs in parties. Is the party going to be in a Christian
atmosphere, or are you going to lose your spiritual
blessings by attending? We do not want you to live in
isolation and seriousness, we want you to be happy,
but you must select the party that will not hurt you
spiritually.
Anba Moussa
Why do priests wear black hats and black
clothes?
The priest's hat is shaped like a dome, representing
the fact that the priest belongs to the church. As for
the black clothes, there are three types of people who
wear black: the lawyers, the judges and the university
professors. Thus the priest wears black because he is
a lawyer who defends us before God, he is a judge who
hears our confessions and gives us the absolution, and
he is a professor who teaches us Christianity.
Anba Moussa