The Holy Spirit, awakened David, saying, "Arise and sing, for the Light has shone".

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CHURCH HYMNS

The Holy Spirit, awakened David, saying, "Arise and sing, for the Light has shone".

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Note: The Southern Diocese is currently working on a Deacons' Service Book (in all three languages), and a Melodies Book (in Arabic and English).
Many of the Hymn pages presented here are taken from those books.
The Books will be available soon, for everyone to obtain and use.

Special Seasons | Annual Season | Praises

Special Seasons:
 
• El-Nayrouz (Coptic New Year)
  • Liturgy Hymns
  • Doxology Hymn (For Communion)
• Glorious Feast of the Cross
  • Melody (For Communion)
    • English
    • Arabic
• Kiahk (Advent Fast)
  • Midnight Praises Rites
  • Liturgy Hymns
    • Complete Hymns and Rites (full)
    • Liturgy Hymns (abridged)
  • Psalm 150 (Hazzat): 1, 2, 3, 4 
• Glorious Feast of Nativity
  • Liturgy Hymns
• Glorious Feast of Theophany (Baptism of Christ)
  • Hymn of John the Baptist (Oran en-sho-sho)[notes]
  • Special Hymns for The Feast of Theophany
• Glorious Feast of the Wedding of Cana of Galilee
  • Doxology Hymn - For Communion
• The Holy Great Fast
  • Melody for Fast of Nineveh
  • The Great Fast Psalmody (Special Mid-Night Praises)
  • Liturgy Hymns for Saturdays and Sundays
  • Liturgy Hymns for Weekdays
  • Litanies of the Offering of Morning Incense
  • Doxology-Hymns/Melodies for Communion
    • General (All Sundays): English
    • First Sunday: Preparation: Arabic  English 
    • Second Sunday: Temptation: Arabic  English
    • Third Sunday: Prodigal Son Arabic  English
    • Fourth Sunday: Samaritan Woman: Arabic  English
    • Fifth Sunday: Palsied Man: Arabic  English
    • Sixth Sunday: Man Born-Blind: Arabic  English
    • Last Friday: English Melody   Rites
• Feast of Annunciation
  • Melody for Feast of Annunciation
• Lazarus' Saturday
• Hosanna Sunday
• Liturgy Hymns and Rites
• Psalmody
• Melodies for Palm Sunday
• First Melody (English) (Arabic)
• Second Melody (English)
• Third Melody (English)
• Holy Pascha Week
  • Common Burial Prayer
  • Pascha Book (English) by St. Mark Church, NJ
  • Pascha Book (Coptic)
  • Holy Thursday Hymns and Rites
  • Great Friday Hymns and Rites
  • Holy Week PPT Presentations by St. George Church, NJ
  • Explanation of Some of the Hymns of Great Friday
• Bright (Joyous) Saturday
  • Bright Saturday Psali and Melody
  • Reading of the Apocalypse
  • Distribution Hymn: "My God, my God..."
• Glorious Feast of Resurrection
  • Liturgy Hymns for the Resurrection
    • Complete Hymns and Rites (full)
    • (abbreviated)
    • Resurrection Psalmody (incomplete)
    • Resurrection PPT Presentations by St. George Church, NJ
  • Melodies for Resurrection Sunday (For Communion)
  • Resurrection Sunday(English) (Arabic)
  • Alleluia Risen is the King of Peace (English/Arabic)
  • First Sunday(English) (Arabic)
  • Second Sunday(English) (Arabic)
  • Third Sunday(English) (Arabic)
  • Fourth Sunday(English) (Arabic)
  • Fifth Sunday(English) (Arabic)
  • Glorious Feast of Ascension (English) (Arabic)
  • Sixth Sunday(English) (Arabic)
• Glorious Feast of Pentecost (Descent of the Holy Spirit)
  • Liturgy Hymns for Pentecost
  • Melody for Pentecost Sunday (For Communion)(English) (Arabic)
• Apostles' Fast
  • Liturgy Hymns for Apostles' Fast
  • Melodies for Apostles' Fast
    • First Melody(English) (Arabic)
    • Second Melody (Arabic)
    • Third Melody (English)
• St. Mary's Fast
  • Hymns for Virgin Mary
• Feast of Transfiguration
  • Melody for Feast of Transfiguration

 
• 29th of Each Coptic Month (Commemoration of Announciation, Nativity, and Ressurrection)
  • Special Hymns for the 29th of each Coptic Month

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Annual Season:
 

• Annual Melodies
•  Glorifications for the Saints
  • Hymns for Virgin St. Mary's Fast
  • Veneration Melodies for Virgin St. Mary
  • St. Ava Antonious
• Liturgy Book (Coptic)
•  Agpya - Book of the Hours
  • English
  • Coptic

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Praises (Coptic Psalmody):
 

• Annual Psalmody (Coptic)
• Annual Psalmody (Coptic/Arabic - 11 MB) 
• Kiahk (Advant) Psalmody (Coptic)
• Kiahk (Advant) Psalmody (Coptic/Arabic/English 6 MB)
• Annual Psalies
• Contemporary Doxologies

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Enhanced Format  Java Applet

Audio Hymns & Praises

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For some files, you may need to use the coptic fonts. You can download them from the Coptic Language page

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Questions or comments are welcome
Gerges Gad
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Audio Hymns & Praises

Notes:
For most hymns, three entries maybe found (unless specified otherwise): PS:       Post Script Format. : use GS View to view and print it; - alternatively -               Download the file and use the following DOS command to print to a PS Laser Printer:
          Copy <filename> prn /b
DOC:    M.S. Word 97 Format
PDF:     Portable Document Format (requires Adobe Acrobate Reader)
RTF:     Rich Text Format (this can be read by any word processor)
TXT:     ASCII text formatFor some files, you may need to use the coptic fonts. You can download them from the Coptic Language page