The only advice that matter for such a path is find a monastery and go visit, ideally first as part of a larger group, then individual personal ones. If you are in the states, i recommend St. Mary & St Moses Texas.
We need to stop talking about specific individuals.
That being said, @David_the_King. No, that is not what defines a 'muallem' despite what some may advertise to be now (and I know that minamakar is one). For the last 50 years, the idea of a mualle…
The intros to the verses of cymbals ARE the same as the difnar. In fact, the intro of the difnar came first....the verses of cymbals are a bit modern.
- Ⲟⲩⲟⲛ ⲟⲩϩⲉⲗⲡⲓⲥ and Ⲟⲩⲟⲛ ⲟⲩⲙⲉⲧⲥⲉⲙⲛⲟⲥ is a hymn that has a unique tune and mainly recorded and said…
the difnar and the commentaries are kinda the same. in fact, a lot of the commentaries that are set for specific occasions (on modern day printed books) are just specific entries of the difnar of specific coptic dates.
Can you share the recording pl…
one of the commentaries in the kiahk psalmody have that introduction (I don't remember which). In addition to the vespers praise great commentary into of Tenouosht (longgg hymn). So it makes sense that the intro is applied to allllll commentaries.
It's good to hear from you Nader.
You can pm me directly about the recordings.
About the fonts...there are too many reasons to use industry standard unicode. It allows many more applications to be created this way. The main issue we have is the de…
Hmmmm. no.rites ARE to be controlled and developed as needed based on the Church's need.
What Coptic Reader did here, despite my many disagreements with it, is not bad. It has already been agreed on that Tenen is mainly said in Kiahk and Bright Satu…
@Kerlous,
I am not sure where did you get "The Great Fast" comment.
What is written in psalmody books, it is said in "Kiahk"...But then we can see it in rites books for Bright saturday, so some psalmodies started adding that. Then, some psalmodies s…
There is a spiritual teaching that says the priest needs to lower himself in the presence of the king.... And the King's presence in the liturgy is perfected after the descent of the Spirit after the Institution. But I think that only makes sense if…
I agree with minamakar....but Shere ne Maria is mostly considered part of the intro rather than being part of the saints. I don't have all my books out to check, but i'll share what i find later.
I know about this. but, the books say "ⲕⲩⲣⲓⲉ ⲉⲗⲉⲏⲥⲟⲛ" in the oblations tune is said, referring to the long Lord have mercy that is said in the long litany of Oblations.
Yes. If i am not mistaken, that verse is part of an old madeha, hence the rhyme. The Deacon's service book then took it as an arabic gospel response (may that was a specific church and cantor tradition). Somehow in that process, the arabic was chang…
I haven't made any changes to it yet....but the change should be made.
@Daniel_Kyrillos...this part has always sounded wrong because the second half is very clear to be St. John's the Evangelist. Only until recently that some have done some researc…
Unicode standards says that any marks, like a grave accent, comes after the base letter. This is the norm in Arabic letters with tashkeel. If a font "doesn't look right" when you follow the standards, then it might of not been designed using opentyp…
In older times, each hoos was done at a different time of the praise, which was more of a vigil rather then just the 1-3 hours tasbeha we have one. And each hoos had much more hymns said "on it" (before or after) that use to take more time. In fact,…
The "deacons of our Pope" are not the standard. Neither should live liturgies be a set source for anything. We follow specific written or handed down rites. Many bishops stray from that... but I am presenting you with what is proper and what should …
@minamakar that was just Anba Bisada talk. The committee he holds, if one can call it that, doesn't have final approval over anything. Final words take place in the General Meeting with all the bishops.