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St. Mary’s Fast While we celebrate St. Mary’s fast annually, there are many other...

Introduction to the Hymn This hymn is dedicated to St. Mary and chanted during St....

Psalmody History Annual Midnight Praises The Coptic Church inherited the tradition...

Introduction During the month of Kiahk, the whole church lives in a state of...

**Correction: In this video, it is mentioned that Hos is an Arabic word. However, it is...

A Contemplation on the Long Praxis Response: “Shere Ne…” Hail to Bethlehem, the...

A contemplation on the Hymn “E-Parthenos” Today the Virgin gives birth to the...

Readings of the Great Lent For God, who said, “Let light shine out of...

With Background Music 1st Week of Lent 2nd Week of Lent 3rd Week of...

Pearls of the Great Fast “Fasting during certain days is as medicine but not...

Background This hymn is the signature hymn for the weekends of the Great Fast....

Introduction to the hymn “Je Peniot” is a short hymn that is chanted as the...

How to Understand the Divine Liturgy The word Liturgy means the corporate service...

Introduction to the hymn Palm Sunday is one of the Major Feasts of our Lord, and...

Pascha Week Background Without question, the Pascha week is the holiest week of...

The Spiritual Depth of the hymn The hymn Pekethronos is a magnificent symphony,...

Introduction Like most of the hymns on Great Friday, the theme of ‘Fai Etaf Enf’...

Introduction to the hymn Of all the hymns chanted in the church, (especially...

Introduction to the hymn It is chanted in memorial of the burial of the Lord...

Introduction to the hymn The hymn “O Nim Nai” is part of a longer hymn known as...

Introduction During the Holy Fifty days we celebrate the Glorious Feast of...

History and Structure of the Holy 50 Days The Holy Fifty Days is the period...

Understanding the Ascension Feast Introduction to the Feast The Church...

Introduction to the Feast This major feast in the Church commemorates the descent...

Background & Introduction to the Prayers It is the custom of the church to...

History of the Apostles Fast The Fast of the Apostles was instituted by our Lord...

Introduction to the 3rd Hos (Canticle) The 3rd Hos is the praise of the whole...

What is a saint? The word saint comes from the Latin sanctus which means holy....