Intercultural Marriages

Faith Q&A › Metropolitan Youssef › Marriage and Family

16 questions

• QWhat does it mean for a Catholic to be anointed before getting married to a Copt?
• QFor a Russian Orthodox to get married to a Coptic Orthodox member, does he require to be baptized?
• QI am a practicing Catholic recently got engaged to a practicing Coptic Orthodox. We have always supported each other's religion, and attended services at both churches.…
• QMy boyfriend is a Coptic Orthodox. I am a Mormon. Can we be married in his church without me having to convert to his faith?
• QWhat are the different options available in marrying someone of a different Christian religion? What are the different steps involved?
• QI have a problem that involves an American girl whom I have known for the past 5 years. She met Abouna and had a few sessions with him to introduce her to our church. She…
• QIn May 2011, I will be getting engaged to a Coptic Christian in his Coptic Orthodox Church in Egypt. He and I have had many discussions about our faith, and I have done a…
• QIf an Orthodox girl marries a Catholic man and she does not change her religion, can she still have communion in her Orthodox Church?
• QMy fiancé, his mom, his sister, and I are protestant. My fiancé’s father is Coptic. He is putting a lot of pressure on us to have a Coptic ceremony. I agreed to it out of…
• QMy family and I are not religious, but I have fallen in love with a Coptic man. We are both still in college and it is a long distance relationship. We met in person and…
• QI have recently met a Coptic woman who is amazing. She is just a spiritual as I am, and I have felt closer to God since she has come into my life. I have also been…
• QIf a Coptic Orthodox woman and a Roman Catholic man wish to marry in the Coptic Orthodox Church, can the marriage be celebrated without the Catholic man converting to the…
• QCan members of the Coptic Orthodox Church (or Oriental Orthodox in general) marry someone who is Eastern Orthodox?
• QI am a non-Egyptian single male in my 40s and raised Roman Catholic. I have been reading as much as I can about Orthodox Christianity. I have come to love the Coptic…
• QI was recently baptized in the Coptic Church and will soon marry a Coptic man, the love of my life. Unfortunately, a very close relative in his immediate family just…
• QMy Coptic Orthodox boyfriend discussed with his priest our wish to get married based on it being approved if I convert. The priest said that under the views of the Church…

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