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> "For assuredly, I say to you, till heaven and earth pass away, one jot or one tittle will by no means pass from the law till all is fulfilled." - Matthew 5:18
> The "jot" is the Iota - the tenth letter in the Hebrew alphabet, …
Another note: in Coptic and Greek, numbers are written with letters marked with a diacritic (a preceding apostrophe in Greek and an overline in Coptic). So the 10 Commandments (or the 10 Words, as they’re known in Coptic) would be written ⲡⲓⲓ̅ ⲛ̀ⲥⲁϫ…
I can guarantee there is not one standard.
There is a very popular Arabic book series that uses inline vertical hazzat (although i do not know the name). If your Abouna grew up and learned hymns in Egypt, I’m sure he was exposed to those books and …
@mabsoota we love a fun tune xD
From talking to some people at the Didymus Institute it seems like the response emphasizes the “sacrifice of praise” motif in Kiahk. The quote from Psalm 146 is put here because “a psalm is good”, since “*praise* plea…
Thank you for the amazing video @ophadece! many of the kids I serve have asked why we haven’t shifted our calendar to match the Gregorian and now I have a great video to reference
Hi! The Annunciation folder on the site has the hymns for the 29th of the Coptic Month, when the Annunciation, Nativity, and Resurrection are commemorated together. This is why some of the hymns (namely Psalm and Gospel responses, Psalm 150, and the…
@ophadece I’ve heard some talk of simply venerating him as ⲡⲁⲡⲁ Ⲁⲃⲃⲁ Ⲕⲩⲣⲓⲗⲗⲟⲥ ⲡⲓⲁⲣⲭⲏⲉⲣⲉⲩⲥ rather than ⲡⲓⲙⲁϩⲋ︦- is that what youre referring to or is there a deeper issue?
HE Anba Youssef tends to make his views on the rites known through Coptic Reader, and the removal of Tenen from annual signals a move in a direction I like… no complaints from me
@Yoan I think minatasgeel and ophadece are the best to recommend book…
I believe that ⲕⲥⲙⲁⲣⲱⲟⲩⲧ is said for visiting bishops and metropolitans, while ⲉⲩⲗⲟⲅⲓⲙⲉⲛⲟⲥ is said within their own diocese. Ⲭⲣⲓⲥⲧⲟⲥ ⲁⲛⲉⲥⲧⲏ is said for the Holy 50 when it isn't the feast of Resurrection itself, with Ⲭⲣⲓⲥⲧⲟⲥ ⲁⲛⲁⲗⲩⲙⲯⲓⲥ is said before…
His Eminence Metropolitan Youssef of the Southern Diocese of the U.S. has put this document online, and it's what I use as a reference for the Lenten readings. The readings listed are the Liturgy Gospels, around which the other readings are structur…
We had 7 bishops visit our church recently, none from our diocese, and we prayed liturgy with them. Here’s what we did:
Let’s say we’re visited by their fictional Graces Abba Basil, Abba Gregory, and Abba Kyrillos, in descending seniority. We would…
@ophadece my mistake- thats what I get for not double checking my work :)
I’ll revise my original point: in a spoken context*, it’s very likely someone might mistake ϫⲟⲙ for ϫⲱⲙ without the context clues
It’s worth saying, ϫⲟⲙ by itself doesn’t necessarily mean power. If we were to say pigom, the sentence would be grammatically correct, assuming you do the Coptic equivalent of dotting your i’s and crossing your t’s. The sentence you get (ⲫⲱⲕ ⲡⲉ ⲡⲓϫⲟ…
Wonderful article- thanks for sharing!
Re: fixing the date to the 1st of July, it seems that the date was chosen arbitrarily- as you said, it doesn’t even meet the symbolic 12 days! I think the arrival of the relics of St. Mark to Egypt could be a f…
To my knowledge there is not a standard combined Verse of Cymbals for female martyrs. Here’s my best attempt at following the conventions in other verses:
Ⲛⲓⲁⲗⲟⲩⲱⲓ ⲛ̀ⲥⲁⲃⲉⲩ ⲙ̀ⲡⲁⲣⲑⲉⲛⲟⲥ / ⲛⲓⲥⲱⲧⲡ ⲛ̀ⲕⲩⲣⲓⲁ ⲙ̀ⲙⲏⲓ / ⲛⲓϣⲉⲗⲉⲧ ⲛⲧⲉ Ⲡⲭ̅ⲥ̅ / Ϯⲁⲅⲓⲁ Ⲃⲁⲣⲃⲁⲣⲁ ⲛⲉⲙ Ⲓⲟⲩ…
As mabsoota said, the link is broken so I can’t be sure. But there are 2 hymns I can think of that might have the words “Se megali”
1- Shere Theotoke Parthene from the Veneration service (each verse ends with “se megalinomen” which means “We exalt y…
@ophadece thank you very much for correcting me- Coptic’s prefixes always mess me up. I can’t believe i overlooked the part of speech of the word!!
I’m aware I left the verb conjugation off of ⲙⲉϩ, but if I correctly understand it it can be ⲉϥⲙⲉϩ, …
Hello! Welcome to the forum.My Coptic knowledge is limited, but through comparison to Church texts we can get a primitive translation. If I get something wrong, please correct me!
"Glory" can be translated pretty straightforwardly- Piwou (lit. 'the …
This website cites it as from the Pseudo-Gospel of Matthew. The full text of the book can be found here, including 2 prefaces attributed to Jerome that are definitely worth reading.
I might be a bit late to this discussion, but in our church "May their holy blessing.." is said only when the deacon hasn't already said it (as part of the Great Ⲡⲓⲛⲓϣϯ). That said, our priests have never said the Diptych in its "proper place"- they…
Translation for completeness:
1. Let us praise and glorify / and worship the Holy / and Co-Essential Trinity / Who endures forever2. The incense is Mary / and the incense is in her womb / she gave birth to the Incense / Who forgives us our sins3. Th…
I'll try my hand at the translation, just so it exists for those looking at this in the future. Please note I do not have any familiarity with the hymn and am just going off of Remnkemi's Coptic in the link above. I'm by no means the most experience…
“They [Israel] have provoked Me to jealousy by what is not God; They have moved me to anger by their foolish idols…for a fire is kindled in My anger, and shall burn to the lowest hell.” (Deut. 32:21-22)
“For I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, v…