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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
  • Joyful Agios should be chanted

Month of Kiahk

  • Vespers Praise
    • Roumi every week
    • Week 1: Bohairic A+B, Abou El Saad, Cantor Gabriel A
    • Week 2: Moaqab, Cantor Gabriel B, Pope Markos
    • Week 3: Egyptian, Cantor Gabriel C, El Bardanohee
    • Week 4: Sahidic
  • Doxologies
    • Always "For when I speak about you"
    • Week 1: Fifth Doxology "When the lot fell on Zacharias..."
    • Week 2: Third Doxology "Gabriel the angel announced to..."
    • Week 3: Second Doxology "The adornment of the Virgin"
    • Always Doxology for Archangel Gabriel
    • Always Doxology for St John the Baptist
  • Rejoice O Mary
  • Gospel Responses
    • Week 1: "The Lord sent Gabriel to preach to Zacharias"
    • Week 2: "We send you greetings with Gabriel the angel"
    • Week 3: "We exalt you worthily with Elizabeth..."
    • Week 4: "Elizabeth gave birth to a son..."
    • These responses match the gospel reading of each week, in keeping with the original rite as outlined in "Tarteeb el Bey3a"

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

  • Veneration during Vespers
  • Chant the long Praxis Response Ⲭⲉⲣⲉ ⲛⲉ Ⲙⲁⲣⲓⲁ followed by the verse Ⲧⲟⲧⲉ ⲁⲗⲏⲑⲱⲥ
  • Chant Rejoice O Mary
  • Chant Ⲁⲧⲁⲓ ⲡⲁⲣⲑⲉⲛⲟⲥ during Distribution
  • Chant the Psalm Ϫⲉ ⲁⲩⲥⲁϫⲓ during Vespers of the Feast of St Mary


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