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The Feast:

The church celebrates three feasts o�n the 29th of each Coptic month, the Annunciation, Nativity, and the Resurrection. This is so because the Feast of the Annunciation falls o�n the 29th of Paramhat, the Feast of the Nativity o�n the 29th of Kiahk, and the the Feast of the Resurrection o�n the 29th of Paramhat as written in the Synaxarium. As a result, the Church has set the 29th of each coptic month to celebrate these feasts except for the months of Toobah and Amsheer for these two reasons:

+ Prevalent teaching says that this is so because they lie outside of the period between the Annunciation and the Nativity (Paramhat-Kiahk)
+ Another opinion says that these two months are symbols for the Laws and the Prophets in the Old Testament.

Remarks o�n the Readings of that Feast:

The readings should remain unconditionally the readings of the 29th of Paramhat no matter when the feast lies.

Order of the Rites:

I. Vespers Praise

• To be prayed as usual with the addition of a Psali Adam or Watos for the feast from the Book of Psalis. The Psali is chanted in the festal tune. Exposition for the Feast of Annunciation is read before the conclusion of Theotokias.

II. Vespers and Matins

• Prayed in the joyous tune


• Verses of cymbals for the annunciation, nativity and resurrection


• In Vespers, the Litany of the Departed is prayed. In Matins, the Litany of the Sick and oblations are prayed.


• Doxologies for the Annunciation, Nativity and Resurrection, all in festal tune.


• Psalm Reply: Allylouia allylouia Iycouc Pi,rictoc `psyri `mVnou] af[icarx ebol qen ]par;enoc: ouoh acmacf qen by;leem kata ni`cmy `m`provitikon: aftonf ebol qen ni e;mwout qen piehoou `mmah somt allylouia allylouia.


• Gospel Reply: four alleluias and to be completed like the psalm reply


• End of service hymn: `psyri `mVnou] then continued like the psalm reply. Note
  : no matter in what day the feast falls, Je Aktonk replaces Je Ak`i whenever present in a hymn.

III. Midnight praise

• Tenoueh encwk is chanted in the festal tune.


• Doxologies as explained in Vespers and Matins.


• Psali as explained in Vesper Praise.

Liturgy

• Aleiloia fai pe pi and Tai shoory is chanted


• Intercessions:




• St. Mary


• Resurrection "Archangel Michael"


• Archangel Gabriel


• Seven Angels
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• Nativity


• Apostles


• St.Mark


• Joseph, Nicodimus and St.Mary Magdalene "Resurrection"


• St. George etc




• Praxis reply: Annunciation, Nativity and Resurrection and can be followed by St. Mary and the church's intercessor


• Same psalm and gospel reply as stated before


• Aspasmos Adam: Annunciation (HICS teaching)


• Aspasmos Watos: Resurrection


• Fraction for Lordly feasts is to be prayed


• Communion Psalm: the following order continues in alternation until the end of the psalm




• After the first verse - Iycouc Pi,rictoc `psyri `mVnou] af[icarx ebol qen ]par;enoc


• After the second verse - Iycouc Pi,rictoc `psyri `mVnou] vyetavmacf qen By;leem


• After the third verse - Iycouc Pi,rictoc `pouro `nte `pwou aftonf ebol qen nie;mwout




• Resurrection Communion hymn Kata ni,oroc can be chanted after the psalm.


• End of Service hymn as explained in Vespers and Matins