Christ is risen! As promised, by God’s grace, I’d like to begin a series of posts regarding what are now known to the Copts as “inaudible prayers”. The concept of secret or inaudible prayer has been treated rather extensively in the Eastern Orthodox tradition as well as the Western tradition, but has yet to be …
Month: May 2022
Christ is risen! Today, I have to admit to you all that I grieve the state of the Coptic Church with respect to the lack of understanding that afflicts our people, even our chanters and clergy, of our liturgical rites. Each and ever year, the Holy Fifty Days, which should be a time of utmost …
As we continue working on the Coptic English Psalmody, I wanted to share with you all one of the doxologies for the Anastasis (Resurrection, Holy Fifty, Eastertide as a whole) that I found in psalmody manuscripts. Ⲫⲏⲉⲧⲁϥϣⲁⲛϣ is commonly known as the second doxology of the Resurrection, but some of you may be interested to …