Leading Guidelines

General

• Respond in the same language as Abouna prayed
  • If there is a visiting priest on a Friday or Sunday, and they pray in Arabic, response should be in English
• Deacon Responses are never skipped
• Maintain a pitch that is fair to both the men and the women - if you don't find the congregation singing along, the pitch may be too high

Annual Days

• One of the Coptic Readings (Ⲡⲁⲩⲗⲟⲥ ⲫⲃⲱⲕ, ⲕⲁⲑⲟⲗⲓⲕⲟⲛ, ⲡⲣⲁⲝⲓⲥ) should be chanted
  • If Ⲕⲁⲑⲟⲗⲓⲕⲟⲛ is chanted, it should be preceded by ⲁⲡⲉⲧϫⲏⲕ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ

Feast of Nayrouz

• Chant the Adam or Watos Aspasmos in every Liturgy

Month of Kiahk

Feast of the Nativity

• The long "Pray that God have mercy" (Ⲧⲱⲃϩ ϩⲓⲛⲁ) should be chanted

Feast of the Theophany

• The long "One is the Holy Father" (Ⲓⲥ Ⲡⲁⲧⲏⲣ) should be chanted

Great Lent

• No Coptic Readings should be chanted
• Ⲙⲉⲅⲁⲗⲟⲩ should be chanted every Sunday

Palm Sunday

Feast of the Resurrection

• The long "Greet one another" (Ⲁⲥⲡⲁⲍⲉⲥⲑⲉ) should be chanted

Holy Fifty Days

• No Coptic Readings should be chanted

Ascension Feast

Pentecost

• Ⲡⲓⲡⲛⲉⲩⲙⲁ should be chanted during the Liturgy of the Word and the Kneeling Prayer

Apostles Fast and Feast

• On the Apostles Feast, chant the verses for Peter and Paul during Ⲟⲛⲧⲟⲥ

Fast and Feast of St Mary