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Annunciation10 hymnsWe celebrate the fulfillment of the OldTestament prophecies and the attainment of the Word of God, who was incarnate in the Holy Virgin's womb. |
Ascension19 hymnsThe Feast of the Ascension is celebrated on the fortieth day after the feast of the Resurrection, always on a Thursday. In this feast we recall Him who raises and lifts us up to sit with Him in heaven (Ephesians. 2:6). After Jesus was resurrected from the dead, He spent forty days on earth teaching His disciples. On the fortieth day, after instructing them to wait for the descent of the Holy Spirit, while at Mount of Olives, He was taken up into the heavens in a cloud. Then two angels in white clothes said to the disciples, "Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? This same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen Him go into heaven." Then the disciples returned to Jerusalem (Acts 1:9-11). In this icon Christ is above, with angels, being escorted back to His heavenly home. Below stand His Mother Mary, two angels in white, and the faithful disciples. |
Entry into Jerusalem (Palm Sunday)30 hymnsIt is the Sunday that precedes Easter. It has its characteristic joyful hymns (the Shannon -Hosanna (Matthew 21:9)), and its delightful rite. The church commemorates the entrance of our Lord Jesus into our inward Jerusalem to establish His Kingdom in us and gather all in Him. A procession moves towards the nave of the church were it stops before the icons of St. Mary, the Archangels, St. John the Baptist, the Apostles, the martyrs, the ascetics, etc…and before the church doors and the baptismal basin, praising God who embraces all together in His Son Jesus Christ. The procession ends by re-entering the sanctuary of God as the saints of the Old and New testaments meet with the heavenly in heaven (sanctuary) forever. At the end of the Liturgy of Eucharist, a general funeral service is held over water, which is sprinkled on everyone just in case anyone may die during the Holy Week, since the regular funeral prayers are not conducted during this week. By this rite, the church stresses on her pre-occupation with the passion and crucifixion of Christ only. |
Feasts of the Cross7 hymns
On Tute 17, the Church commemorates the discovery of the Holy Cross in 326 A.D., when Empress Helen ordered it excavated from Golgotha. |
Miracle at Cana of Galilee4 hymnsThis feast is celebrated on Tuba 13 (around January 12.) Our Lord changed the water into wine, as His first miracle, at the wedding in Cana of Galilee, confirming His eagerness to see us attain the heavenly wedding, and granting us the wine of His exceeding love. |
Nativity51 hymns
The Church celebrates the birth of the Savior of the world and the Savior of our souls. This feast takes place on Kiahk 29 (January 7) of each year and is preceded by a fast of 43 days. It is the confirmation of the divine love, when God sent His Only-begotten Son incarnate. Its aim is to prepare the hearts of the believers to receive Jesus Christ; the Word of the New Testament, in the same way Moses fasted in order to receive the Ten Commandments, the Word of the Old Testament. |
Nayrouz (Coptic New Year)9 hymnsThe Feast of Nayrouz marks the beginning of the Coptic New Year, which in the Coptic calendar is Tute 1. The readings on this day all relate to this celebration. It is, therefore, our obligation to repent and return to God with all our hearts, offering to Him a blessed New Year. St. Luke emphasizes this point in the Book of Acts, "The times of ignorance God overlooked, but now he commands all men everywhere to repent" (Acts 17:30). It is worth mentioning that the readings of the first of Tute, the Feast of the Nayrouz, must be read on that day, regardless of what day it is in the week, including Sundays. If the Nayrouz falls on a Sunday, the month of Tute will still include four other Sundays. |
Pentecost35 hymnsIt represents the birthday of the Christian Church. The Only-begotten Son paid the price for Her salvation, ascended into heaven to prepare a place for Her, and sent His Holy Spirit to Her, offering her existence, guidance, sanctification and adornment as the Heavenly Bride. In this feast, the church chants hymns, being joyful with the resurrection of Christ, His ascension and the dwelling of His Holy Spirit in Her, thus she connects the three feasts together. |
Resurrection77 hymnsIt is preceded by the Great Lent of 55 days) and is considered by the Coptic Church as the “Feast.” Its joy continues for fifty days until the Feast of the Pentecost (the Pentecost is actually the fifty day period). The feast of the Resurrection is also essentially celebrated on every Sunday. |
The 29th of Every Coptic Month3 hymnsOn the 29th of every Coptic month, except the months of Touba and Meshir, the church commemorates the feasts of the Annunciation, the Nativity and the Resurrection. |
The Lord's Entry to the Land of Egypt2 hymnsThe Church celebrates the Feast of our Lord's Entry into Egypt on the 24th day of the month of Pashons. This feast is among the Seven Minor Feasts of the Lord. As the Holy Family entered the land of Egypt, St. Mary the Virgin mother carried the child Jesus in her arms, with Joseph the Carpenter at her side and Salome, who accompanied them. They had done so in order to escape from Herod, who had sought to kill the Child. This was instructed to Joseph by the Archangel Gabriel in a dream where the Gabriel told him: "'Get up, take the child and his mother, and flee to Egypt, and remain there until I tell you; for Herod is about to search for the child, to destroy him.' Then Joseph got up, took the child and his mother by night, and went to Egypt, and remained there until the death of Herod. This was to fulfill what had been spoken by the Lord through the prophet, 'Out of Egypt I have called my son'" (Mt. 2:13-15). |
Theophany or Epiphany19 hymnsThe Epiphany or the Baptism of Christ on Tuba 11, c. January 19/20. It is connected with Nativity and the circumcision feasts for in the Nativity, the Word of God took what is ours (our humanity), and in the “circumcision”, He subjected Himself to the Law, as He became one of us. But in the Epiphany, He offered us what is His own. By His incarnation, He became a true man while still being the Only-begotten Son of God, and by baptism we became children of God in Him while we are yet human beings. In this feast, the liturgy of blessing the water is conducted, and the priest blesses the people by the water on their foreheads and hands to commemorate baptism. |
New Coptic Hymns
Cantor Faheem Girgis
'Worthy and right' priests' prayer in the Anaphora of the Liturgy of Saint Basil
Cantor Faheem Girgis
'Worthy and right' Greek response during the Anaphora. Includes a rare second method of chanting this response towards the end.
Cantor Faheem Girgis
'We have with the Lord' Greek response during the Anaphora