by Hidden Treasures Group | Dec 29, 2020 | Advent Series, Hidden Treasures
Introduction to the 3rd Hos (Canticle) The 3rd Hos is the praise of the whole creation led by the church. It is the praise said by The Three Saintly Children in the furnace. When we all chant it in the church, we are symbolizing the world with all its bitterness and...
by Hidden Treasures Group | Dec 19, 2020 | Advent Series, Hidden Treasures
Introduction During the month of Kiahk, the whole church lives in a state of preparedness so that we may be ready to receive the Incarnate Son of God. The most prominent sign of the Divine Incarnation in the Old Testament was the appearance of the Lord to Moses, the...
by Hidden Treasures Group | Dec 13, 2020 | Advent Series, Hidden Treasures
**Correction: In this video, it is mentioned that Hos is an Arabic word. However, it is a Coptic word NOT an Arabic word.** Introduction to Psali Prayers The praise “My Heart and My Tongue” (or “Apahyt nem palac”) is a Psali Adam for the second Canticle (Hos), and is...
by Hidden Treasures Group | Dec 7, 2020 | Advent Series, Hidden Treasures
Part I Part II Psalmody History Annual Midnight Praises The Coptic Church inherited the tradition of praising with Psalms from the Jewish worship in the synagogue. The Psalms were the basis of the vigils of the early Church, and later the Church added more prayers...
by Mina Azer | Jan 5, 2020 | Advent Series, Hidden Treasures
A Contemplation on the Long Praxis Response: “Shere Ne…” Hail to Bethlehem, the city of the prophets in which Christ was born, the Second Adam. Background The Praxis Response is sung before the reading of the Book of Acts of our Fathers the Apostles. The word praxis...
by Mina Azer | Dec 30, 2019 | Advent Series, Hidden Treasures
A contemplation on the Hymn “E-Parthenos” Today the Virgin gives birth to the Supreme Essence and the earth offers the manger to the Unapproachable. The angels with the Shepherds glorify, and the wise men with the star journey, for to us is born a new Child, God...
