PSALMIST CHOIR, A CHOIR FORMED BY THE YOUTH OF ST MARY AND ST ABRAAM CHURCH IN BRIGHTON, ENGLAND; GLADLY PRESENT TO YOU OUR DEBUT ALBUM 'ARISE O CHILDREN' THE FOCUS OF THIS ALBUM IS TO PRESENT THE ANCIENT HYMNS OF THE MIDNIGHT PRAISES IN THE COPTIC ORTHODOX CHURCH. OUR AIM IS TO REFLECT THESE HYMNS IN A WAY THAT CAN APPEAL SPIRITUALLY AND MUSICALLY TO ALL AGES. THESE HYMNS HAVE BEEN PRESERVED AND PASSED DOWN FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION. THESE HYMNS WILL BRING SPIRITUAL GROWTH,
CONTEMPLATION AND JOY TO THE WORSHIPPER. DURING THE TASBEHA, THE INHABITANTS OF EARTH JOIN THE HEAVENLY HOSTS TO PRAISE OUR SAVIOUR. THE FIRST HYMN TENTHINO, WHICH IS
TRANSLATED TO ARISE O CHILDREN IS CHANTED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MIDNIGHT PRAISES, WHICH CRIES UNTO THE LORD TO AWAKEN US FROM OUR SLUMBER TO PRAISE HIM BEFITTINGLY.

Bless the lord - Esmo Epchoice

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Chanted Psalm + Epchois Ayosh

Enthotenze- Abanoub Shahata and Mena Bawy

Commemoration of the Saints St.John patmos monastery - Fr.Tadros

Liturgy Sermon @ Coptic Community - Keys, TX ~ September 14, 2024

Examples of Hypocrisy

1978 Resurrection Long Singari Psalm

Coptic hymn for St. Mary's veneration, Shere Theotoke sung during the 2016 Coptic Hymns Competition at Archangel Michael & St. Mina's church in Staten Island, NY by the youth of St. Mary & St. George's church of Albany accompanying the starring hymnist, Fr. Gregory Bekhit.

Shere Theotoke - Fr. Gregory Bekhit and Albany youth

Weekday Praises - 2

Wednesday Psali Watos

The Psalm 150 to be prayed during the distribution of the Holy Mysteries during the month of Kiahk. 

For the Praise God/Him verses, there was an attempt to standardize each verse for ease of chanting. Every verse, except one, has an extra two in "Him" and almost all verses were left with only two syllables for the concluding musical line of each verse.  It's important to note that every verse in English has half of the syllables as its Coptic counterpart - making direct renditions impossible. This could have been rendered in any number of ways but it is hard to say one version could have been better than another. 

God bless this Nativity Fast of 2019.

General Psalm 150 information: https://danielngirgis.com/2017/07/17/psalm-150-communion-hymn-coptic-rite/

Kiahk Psalm 150 English

Tini Nak- Abouna Makar Anis

Cantor Tharwat Nady from the Coptic Orthodox Church of Virgin Mary and Saint Athanasius in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada.

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