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  • [quote author=Zoxsasi link=topic=9050.msg112665#msg112665 date=1270049221] Hi, Do you guys know the long joyful tune of Apekhrestos that is sung in the tasbeha? The tune has been bugging me for ages, and I forgot the words. I'd like it if you can …
  • [quote author=DimyanCoptic link=topic=9049.msg112664#msg112664 date=1270049035] During the Easter liturgy, do we sing "Teno osht" ? If so, when during the liturgy do we sing this? [/quote] you don't have to but maybe during wearing the vestments.
  • [quote author=ophadece link=topic=9046.msg112655#msg112655 date=1270037092] Dear all, Would like to ask for some credible opinion on that. Now we have several recordings here on tasbeha.org, and they are all more or less conflicting in some melismat…
  • [quote author=Sheba link=topic=9045.msg112650#msg112650 date=1270007035] Also, why didn't God the Father or God the Holy Spirit come in flesh? Why is it that it is God the Son that became human? Do the Egptian protestants raise such questions on the…
  • [quote author=Crazy4Christ1 link=topic=9043.msg112636#msg112636 date=1269992876] its for sure a hymn. becaue our teacher talked to ibrahim ayad and its a new eve of friday hymn and there is a long version and a short version. [/quote] you are scari…
  • [quote author=Crazy4Christ1 link=topic=9043.msg112632#msg112632 date=1269991612] our teacher told us that its sung on thursday night pascha and that its a pretty new hymn that he made a little while ago. [/quote] but there isn't a hymn. maybe a son…
  • [quote author=Crazy4Christ1 link=topic=9043.msg112623#msg112623 date=1269983311] if anyone has the audio of this hymn that ibrahim ayad made, please post a link to download it. its called anok pe and he made it just a little while ago [/quote] Cant…
  • [quote author=davidawad94 link=topic=9040.msg112593#msg112593 date=1269974530] Why are the Aspasmos Watos and the Aspasmos Adam named with Adam and Watos if we say them any day whether it is Adam or Watos? [/quote] they name refers to the tune of t…
  • watch min 9:56 of this video: http://cof.blip.tv/file/3367831/
  • [quote author=aidan link=topic=8994.msg112472#msg112472 date=1269713331] Pardon my thick headedness, Minagir, but I didn't understand why this was a miracle. Could you explain at length please. Sounds intriguing. [/quote] ignore the miracle part …
  • OK.....i have heard Ioannes's recording of Fr. Rafael the disciple of Pope Kerrelos VI...and as i expected, the general saying of "Pope Kerrelos refusing unity" is a misunderstanding of the whole story that Fr. Rafael is saying. I can translate the …
  • Out of my general knowledge, I think this is true. That's why most of our Coptic hymns cannot be playing on instruments that easily as on a piano for example since it only have 1 full or half tones; white is full 1, black is half.......I don't under…
  • [quote author=kirollos3 link=topic=9010.msg112363#msg112363 date=1269491228] i was looking for the commemoration of the saints in the tasbeha during the great lent, it is said differently from the normal days . it could be in Coptic, English or Ara…
  • [quote author=Ioannes link=topic=8994.msg112359#msg112359 date=1269479641] Minagir, you do not know me enough to accuse me of hate, that is a very strong word. While I use plain speak and strong words I have never accused anyone of hate simply becau…
  • Ioannes, please please watch what you say and how you say it. If you would like to disagree, you may do so is a respected manner as others are doing. Do not, and I am stressing this, DO NOT take advantage of the freedom that the admins and especiall…
  • [quote author=Ioannes link=topic=9006.msg112319#msg112319 date=1269398014] I believe the Didache is actually accepted, but I am not sure. There is also the gospel of Mary magdalene, very bad and very gnostic. [/quote] the Didache is NOT part of "Gno…
  • [quote author=Zoxsasi link=topic=8994.msg112254#msg112254 date=1269328656] So, for you,  Mina  - you don't believe in a literal transformation? [/quote] It's not only a matter of a belief but also if you can prove that belief. We believe that this…
  • This would explain what i mean: (http://www.suscopts.org/q&a/index.php?qid=157&catid=136) Question: What is the nature of the Eucharist? Catholics believe a molecular change happens to the bread and wine as the priest blesses it; and it lite…
  • [quote author=Ioannes link=topic=8994.msg112228#msg112228 date=1269271421] No. I dont know why anyone would want to partake in what these other churches consider "communion", it would be heresy if done knowingly. [/quote] actually RC belief in commu…
  • [quote author=marmar_26_4eva link=topic=8988.msg112168#msg112168 date=1269112218] If a person was to die during holy week can there be a funeral after Holy Week is over? [/quote] there would be a funeral after bright saturday yes. actually it would…
  • All 4 responses are recorded by M Fahim. Actually, to be exact, they are what the whole cathedral prayed with in his time. I heard the gospel responses on a live recording of palm sunday in the cathedral, can't remember which year. As for the text…
  • it's not even about it being "Arabicised" from the general arab language but rather the tune being of "quranic recitations"
  • http://tasbeha.org/hymn_library/view/2303
  • i also fully agree.....that's why i think the best way is Abouna Mettias Nasr..
  • Fourth response: [coptic]Vyethemci hijen ni
  • [quote author=Neniotee Ethoab link=topic=8986.msg112114#msg112114 date=1269024821] My Church does tasbeha on fridays.  Since tonight is the Feast of the Cross, will the tasbeha be annual (1-4 hoos without psalis in the middle) plus palm sunday tune …
  • WHy think to much?! This "diamond" that you are talking about is just a cross....more specifically a coptic cross. In some other icons of saint Mark, and also the other 3 evangelists, have the "Book" in their hands and instead of the Cross in the m…
  • first, Omonogenees is written in Greek but it is coptic. 2 teachings: Saint Athanasius the Apostolic wrote it or Saint Severus of Antioch. the reason for this "pharaonic-like" tune is that Pharaohs, or the ancient Egyptian old religions on general …
  • [quote author=Marmoura99 link=topic=8912.msg111574#msg111574 date=1267766096] hmm... I just got a little confused! I know these are different dialects, but what's the difference between Sahidic, fayumic, and old bohairic? [/quote] - Sahidic refers …