February 6, 2012

Great Friday Hymn — Omonogenees (O Only Begotten)

The Advanced Dea­cons and Chanters’ class gath­ered on Sat­ur­day, March 20, 2010 and learned the com­plete hymn “Omono­ge­nees.” The record­ing below reflects the hymn as it was taught and received through the record­ings of the late Mas­ter Can­tor Mikhail Gir­gis El Bata­nouny and the Her­itage of the Cop­tic Orthodox Choir.

Aspasmos Watos for the Great Lent

The Advanced Dea­cons and Chanters class gath­ered on Sat­ur­day, Feb­ru­ary 13, 2010 and learned the Aspas­mos Watos for the Great in Ara­bic. The attached record­ing reflects the hymn as it was received through the record­ings of Mu’allim Naeem and Mu’allim Habib Hanna El Mirahimi.

Anxiety and the Samaritan Woman

Christ and the Samaritan Woman

Our gospel read­ing for the Ves­pers Rais­ing of Incense on the Fourth Sun­day of the Great Lent, the Sun­day of the Samar­i­tan Woman, came from the Ser­mon on the Mount in the Gospel accord­ing to St. Luke 12:22–31. Our Lord Jesus Christ teaches us not to worry or have any anx­i­ety about what we will […]