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م ر ى م        مريم إسمك غالى على
ال م           مـــــرهم تداوينى بشفاعتك ليَّ
وال ر         ربــنـــا جاه منك يفدى البشرية
وال ى        ياســــلام على قلبك مليان حنية
وال م        تــاني ميـن زيك يا طاهرة نقية

م ر ي م مريم إسمك غالي عليا - بولس ملاك

When the Lord brought back the captives to Zion,
We were like those who were comforted.

Then our mouth was filled with joy,
And our tongues with exultation.

Then they shall say among the Gentiles,
“The Lord has done great things for them.”
The Lord has done great things for us,
We became joyful O Lord.

You shall bring back our captivity,
As the streams in the South.

Those who sow in tears
Shall reap in joy.

They went on and wept as they,
Werre carrying their seeds,
But they shall surely come with joy,
Carrying their sheaves. Alleluia.

Psalm 125

Wenta Ma3aya

Verse 1:
You're my Protector
From all that is evil
You hold me by the right hand
My heart with You rejoices

أنت اللى بتحمينى
من كل الشرور
ماسك بيمينى
قلبى معاك مسرور

Refrain:
You're the true Shepherd
You carry me on Your shoulders
You take me to green pastures
Your love is overwhelming

أنت الرب الراعى
على كتفك شايلنى
بتاخدنى المراعى
وبحبك غامرنى
وبحبك غامرنى

Verse 2:
You're always with me
You will never leave me
Your voice is within me
"Do not fear, My Child"

انت اللى معايا
ولا يمكن تسيبنى
وصوتك جوايا
متخافشى يا أبنى

Refrain

Verse 3:
You will elevate me
In the midst of my suffering
You strengthen my weakness
You are my true fortress

انت اللى بترفعنى
فى وسط الآمى
فى ضعفى تشجعنى
يا مصدر سلامى

Refrain

Verse 4:
You will support me 
in times of tribulation
Your hand guides me 
doing good for me

انت اللى بتسدنى
فى الظرف المرير
أيدك بتشكلنى
وبتعمل للخير

Refrain

You’re the True Shepherd -- St. Mark DC Youth Live

I can hear my Savior calling,
I can hear my Savior calling,
I can hear my Savior calling,
"Take the cross and follow, follow Me."

Where He leads me I will follow,
Where He leads me I will follow,
Where He leads me I will follow,
I'll go with Him, with Him all the way.

If He leads me to the judgement, 
If He leads me to the judgement, 
If He leads me to the judgement, 
I will go with Him, with Him all the way

If in jail or in chains,
If in jail or in chains,
If in jail or in chains,
I will go with Him, with Him all the way

If He leads me to crucifixion,
If He leads me to crucifixion,
If He leads me to crucifixion,
I will go with Him, with Him all the way

If in health or in sickness,
If in health or in sickness,
If in health or in sickness,
I will go with Him, with Him all the way

If I’m beaten or afflicted,
If I’m beaten or afflicted,
If I’m beaten or afflicted,
I will go with Him, with Him all the way

He will lead me to grace and glory,
He will lead me to grace and glory,
He will lead me to grace and glory,
And will go with me, with me all the way

Where He Leads Me

Once I wandered so far away
from my Good Savior Jesus.
He came to me, He who saved me,
and called for me to return.

Refrain:
His sweet voice did call me, call me:
“Prolong not thy straying away.
O dear child, return quickly,
and come to Me, come to Me!”

Cruel thorns left my feet to bleed out,
wounds and agony unparalleled.
I heard the Voice call out to me,
“Thou art in error, return.”

Refrain

Never did I ever care to
heed to Him, nor to His words.
Therefore I walked away with His
warnings of pain in contempt.

Refrain

My path grew ever more treacherous,
menacing darkness has prevailed.
I cried in my profound anguish:
“Where is Thy delightful Face?”

Refrain

My grief has exceeded limits
due to my straying away.
Desolated, I requested:
“O my Savior! Come to me!”

Refrain

Straightaway, a light shone brightly,
O how radiant it was!
My tender Redeemer with a
smile appeared to my aid.

Refrain

His Sweet Voice - College Ministry at St. Mark DC (Live)

I Praise the Virgin (Amdah Fel Batool)- Fr. Philopateer Kamal & Chorous

Verse 1: 
(Forgive me my Redeemer
And bless me O Lord Jesus) x2
(My eyes are filled with tears
Pleading for forgiveness) x2   

Verse 2: 
(You are the living God
Very soon you will come) x2
(You'll come and forgive us
And wipe away our tears) x2

Verse 3:  
(With all the world's temptations
We fall into tribulations) x2
(O strengthen us Lord Jesus
We are pleading O Lord) x2

Verse 4: 
(Lord, overlook our sins
Be gracious unto us) x2
(And place Your hands upon us
Please bless us one and all) x2


Verse 5: 
(We are Your hand's creation
Your servants and Your children) x2
(All sinners and believers
Lead us to still waters) x2

Verse 6: 
(O Lord, we are not worthy
Your gifts we're not deserving) x2
(Your love is overwhelming
In reverence we bow down) x2

Verse 7: 
​​(Our hearts You are seeking
And blessed is the one listening) x2
​​​​(With all his heart repenting
And with no turning back) x2

Verse 8: 
(Forgive me my Redeemer
And bless me O Lord Jesus) x2
(My eyes are filled with tears
Pleading for forgiveness) x2

Forgive Me, My Redeemer (feat. The Ten Strings)

English translation of Qalby El Khafaq...shout out to @paula-sameh-samaan for his amazing oud playing

My Throbbing Heart

My throbbing heart has become Your bed, 
In the curves of my chest, I have hid Your dwelling,

I have left the universe, in its disorder
And abandoned everything, so I may live with You

I have no thought, nor opinion nor 
Any other desire, but to follow You

And my father Jacob, I know his secret; 
I know now how, he wrestled You

O you the kindest-hearted, how sweet are You, 
Exalted above all and feared, how glorious are you

O mighty One holding, a whip in your palm 
And your love for us yields tears for You

The universe cannot contain You, how small it is, 
How then can the heart be sufficient for You

I have left the universe, in its disorder
And abandoned everything, so I may live with You

I have left everything, my Lord except You, 
I have none but You in the sojourn of my life.

And I prevented my thoughts, from wandering, 
So wherever You are, there my thoughts will be

I have forgotten family and friends,
And also I have forgotten my soul in Your love

I have forgotten everything in Your love, 
O the joy of the heart, so don’t forget Your child

You are not far from my spirit which is
In the calmness of silence waiting for Your calling

You are truly in the Heavens
But every heart that lives in love is Your Heaven

This is my eye and I have closed it, 
From seeing everything so I could see You

And likewise my ear, I have covered it 
From hearing everyone so I could hear You.


Pope Shenouda's Poem "My Throbbing Heart"  قلبي الخفاق (Qalby El Khafaq in English) with Oud

The song is a translation of the Arabic spiritual song “Khaberny Ya You7ana.” The youth that recorded the song are:

- Andrew Abdalla
- Sami Botros
- Fadi Guirguis
- Jan Mikhail
- John Rezk
- Mina Rezk
- Bishoy Samy

O Tell Me John

Judge me, O Lord, for I have walked in my innocence, and trusted in the Lord; I shall not be weakened. Prove me, O Lord, and try me; purify my heart and my reins. For your mercy is before my eyes, and I am pleased with your truth. I have not sat with the vain council, nor shall I enter in with the transgressors. I have hated the assembly of evil doers, and shall not sit with ungodly men. I will wash my hands in purity, and go around Your altar, O Lord, to hear the voice of Your praise, and to speak of all your works. O Lord, I have loved the beauty of Your house, and the dwelling place of Your glory. Do not destroy my soul together with the ungodly, nor my life with bloody men, in whose hands are iniquity, and their right hand is filled with bribe. But I have walked in my innocence; save me, and have mercy upon me. My foot stood in uprightness; in the congregation I will praise You, O Lord. ALLELUIA

Psalm 25

Kalos (Coptic)

No Dont Leave Me Alone - Arsany

Lyrics:

I love you Lord, in my solitude
You call to my heart with deep words
I love you Lord, in my tribulation 
In my time of need, in my time of pain (whole verse 2x)

I love you Lord, in my repentance 
In times of tears, in times of regret
I love you Lord, in times of prosperity 
And also love you in times of scarcity (last line 2x)

I love you if you build a palace for me
And also love you if it is destroyed (3x)

I love when your heart heals my wounds
And I rejoice greatly
I love when your spirit hovers around me 
Offering my soul the greatest grace (whole verse 2x)

Offering my soul the greatest grace (3x)

I Love You, Lord- Poem by Pope Shenouda III

A stranger I lived in the world, 
A foreigner like my forefathers.
A pilgrim in my attitude, 
In my thoughts and my desires. 
A stranger, I have no one to, 
Unload on him, my thoughts so true

The people do not like my roots
Nor do they understand my end
In craze arise the multitude
In maddening noise without an end
And I remain in solitude, 
Serenity in my heart felt
A stranger, I can find no home,
Nor a corner to rest alone. 


I cast away the world's pleasures, 
Ignoring her callings to me
I went, I dragged away my things, 
Away from their merry-makings
My heart silent indifferent 
To all they think is important
My listening will never yield
To loud and worldly conversing

I wander off all  on my own
So happy to be in the vast
With my timbrel and my cymbal
And melodies of praise I sing
And now comes the holy moment
In which I retreat with my King
I roam about as a spirit
Invisible to on- lookers
The world alien I am to it
A foreigner like my forefathers

My existence is a triumph
No wealth ,power to disturb me
No house is here to delay me
Nor any friend or family
And with me are sweet verses
And great proverbs to console me

The bible here my only lamp
And nothing else to concern me

I do not know of any fear
Nor any bonds that hinder me
No longer does the world rule me
Against me and at times for me
No longer does the world rule me
Against me and at times for me
I say to every enemy
Who only wants to seduce me

Be aware that now i'am alive
I stranger as were my fathers




Stranger - By Pope Shenouda

Psalm 60

In the midst of the raging sea ترنيمة وسط البحر الهايج - Mena Fawzy & Mike Morkos

Hear My Prayer! The first of many Biblically-inspired albums, Prayers by our favourite Bible characters come to life with the prayerful tunes of our youth...

Prayer Of Manasseh

This melody is found in Upper Egypt, specifically in Moharraq Monastery, the church of St. John of Heraclia and in Assiut. The cantors that preserved this song were Cantor Tawfik Youssef, Cantor Habib Hennawy and Cantor Fayez of Assiut.. In Arabic its title is "Ah ya nayem". It is to be chanted liturgically during communion on Bright Saturday AFTER Banoudi Banoudi (Panouti Panouti). 

Refrain: 
Lord at rest, • Lord at rest, • Lord at rest, • in the tomb. 
Are you living, • or dead? • "I live • forever." 

On the day of • your crucifixion, • you were silent • and still. 
Rise quickly, • O beloved. • Scoffers claim that • you’ve been killed.

Hearts afflicted • wait for you. • Those who mourn • call out to you.
We have no other • comforter. • There is no other • king but you.

David the prophet, • concerning me, • said my body • will not decay.
Rest assured, then, • that my body • is not abandoned, • left to lay.

Lazarus, come • forth untied; • see the tomb of • mystery.
Jesus Christ, • who gave you life, • was crucified • on the tree.

I am living. • I am coming • to take those • who believe
To my throne, • to my glory, • to my kingdom, • eternally.

I will wipe • every tear • from the eyes • of my sheep.
I will gird myself • and serve you, • O my children, • with victory.

Our souls yearn • for you deeply, • O dormant one in • the sepulcher.
Will you rise • and return, • or from us • have you turned?

I have finished • my saving work, • as was written • in the scriptures.
Your redemption • was not completed • till I bore death • and suffered.

Cast away • all fear, • and remove •all worry.
I've defeated • my enemies. • I will rise and • set you free.

He whose hands were • pierced has risen. • Risen is the • King of Peace.
Putting to shame the • adversary. • Truly risen, • King of Glory.

I would like to thank all those that helped with the translation and production of this melody. Jimmy Awad, Sammy Girgis, Mina Makar, Anthony Doss, Peter Mansour and Sandra Shaker, Joseph and Daniel Bibawy, Benjamin Youssef, Andrew Wassef and George and Kyrillos Ibrahim. This recording is being released now so that the translation can be made available to everyone who would like to use it along with a source for listening.

Lord at Rest - English Apocalypse Saturday Melody

youtube.com/watch?v=e0LleY73_pY

Agpeya Prayers- Psalm 57 (56)

Your Love Oh Mary

Very Early Sunday Morning
Virgin Mary & St. John 
Coptic Orthodox Church
Bayonne New Jersey USA
Solos
Makary Ayad
Marina Ebrahim
Mena Raafat
Sandy Makram
Kirillos Samuel
Madona Aziz
Adult Choir
Milad Adel
Georgette Anis
Mariam Gamal
Deacons
Mark Apadeer
Kyrollos Boktor 
Mena Gawargy
Bavly Halaka 
Anthony Ashraf Ibrahim
Anthony Awny Ibrahim
Bavly Shehata
Kids 
Andrew Milad
Adam Milad
Eriny Atta
Veronica Beshai 
Sandra Boktor 
Sara Habeb
Joyce Naeim
Mirolla Shafik
Mehrael Tawadrous
Philopatir Atta
Kyrellos Beshai 
Anthony Henein
Athanasios Raafat
Marielle Gwargious
the Song Recorded @ 
Elkomos Studio - NJ
Music & Sound Eng & Mix
Mina Elkomos Bsada
Shooting Location 
St. Abanoub & St. Antonious Church
Bayonne NJ
Special Thanks 
Fr Antonious Emil
Fr Bishoy Malak Sadek
Fr Elijah Ebrahim 
Adel Fahim
Amane Shawki
Madonna Wadea
Director Assistant
Mena Gawargy
Crane - Shooting - Editing 
 Directed By
Mina Elkomos Bsada
Easter 2017

Very Early Sunday Morning By Mina Elkomos

You Are My Hiding Place (English, Arabic, French)

Kayfa Ansa (English version)
Music arrangements: Remon Shokry
Recorded at "Track 1" Studion, New Jersey, USA 
Pray for the service!
How could I forget, the One who died for me
How could I forget His side that had to bleed
He who saw me in my misery so He came running to meet me
He who bought me and redeemed me broke my chains and set me free

How could I forget your kindness through the years
Your right hand always reaching out to me
In my joys and in my sorrows, in all of lives storms
You've become my friend and fortress, You are the One to whom I call

Help me Lord I want to lose myself in You
All my pride has blinded me from seeing You.
So I'll keep watching and praying setting my eyes on You 
Trusting in your sure promises that You will be there for me soon

https://youtu.be/fNRBWLYeIRM
Pray for the service 🙏🏻
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How Could I Forget _ كيف انسي - Kayfa Ansa

Virgin Mary & St John 
Coptic Orthodox Church 
Bayonne, New Jersey USA

Presents

A selection of the
 joys of Resurrection

Music By
Peter Farah

The song recorded 
@ Elkomos Studio - NJ

Sound eng & Mix & Mastering
Mina Elkomos Bsada

Solos ( in order )

Marina Ebrahim
Sandy Makram
Nermeen Wasfy
Fr Kyrillos Said
Makary Ayad
Kirillos Samuel
Mena Raafat
Kerollos Kelada

Participated in choir recording

Nancy Aziz

A selection of the  joys of Resurrection. Easter 2018 by Mina Elkomos

The Three Saintly Youth Team  Let Us Praise The Lord by Mina Elkomos

Lyrics:

One day You passed by me
You saw chains on my hands
I saw with my own eyes
Tears for me in Your eyes

One day I passed by You
I saw my chains on Your hands
I’m free because of You
Then tears filled my eyes

(“How much, Lord, did You pay
To set me free?” I asked
“My son, it is a lot,
But not too much for you.”) x2

One day by me You’ll pass
About my freedom You’ll ask
Feeling my slavery
Although in You I’m free

My sins have bounded me
Loving the world around me
I seek my place in it
That I am Yours I forget

(Free yet I am Your slave
Yours for all of my days
Your slave and free I’ll live
To You myself I give.) x2

One Day You Passed By Me

Refrain:
My cross, my cross
You're made of lowly wood
But in my heart, my cross
(You're more precious than gold) x2

Verse 1: 
My cross, my cross
I always boast in you
In front of all the nations
(I exalt and praise you) x2

Refrain:
My cross, my cross
You're made of lowly wood
But in my heart, my cross
(You're more precious than gold) x2

Verse 2:
My cross, my cross
Is with me everywhere
I sign you every morning
(And whenever I fear) x2

Refrain:
My cross, my cross
You're made of lowly wood
But in my heart, my cross
(You're more precious than gold) x2

Verse 3:
My cross, my cross
My victory is in you
The pledge of my success
(In whatever I do) x2

Refrain:
My cross, my cross
You're made of lowly wood
But in my heart, my cross
(You're more precious than gold) x2

Ending:
(You're more precious than gold) x2
My cross, my cross
You're made of lowly wood
But in my heart, my cross
(You're more precious than gold) x2

My Cross, My Cross

O beloved, oh beloved; nailed unto the cross for me
O what sin hast Thou committed; Thou who callest all to be
O beloved, wish that I could; spend the rest of life with Thee
Worshipping Thine holy passion, crucifying the flesh for Thee

Daughter of Zion behold Me; stricken and smitten for Thee
Friend and kin, me have forsaken; there is none to comfort me
All alone I'll tread the winepress, all alone I'll drink the cup
Shedding my blood for Thee to ransom, and my flesh for Thee to sup

I was bound, and I was smitten, and they did spit in my face
I was stripped, and I was scourged, I was condemned in your place
Your sins became my crown of thorns; Oh that you would understand
Every time you sin a new, it's one more nail in my hand

Like a lamb brought to the slaughter, like a dumb sheep to be sheered
King, Creator, Lord, and Master, by His creatures, mocked and jeered
Despised, rejected, with grief acquainted, and of men was not esteemed
Bruised and wounded, sore afflicted, yet, with His stripes we were healed

Lord create in us a fountain; that with tears will ever flow
And a heart contrite and broken, and the spirit within renew
Oh that we could shed the tears over Thy feet pierced and bruised
Oh that we always remember, for our sins Thou were abused

O Beloved

Shepherd of My Soul

I am a Soldier

Chorus: I am a soldier for Jesus Christ
Leader: He is my God and King, 
Chorus: He fights before us, so who can war us 
Leader: We can now do all things. 

Chorus: I am a soldier for Jesus Christ
Leader: He is the Lord of Hosts
Chorus: He fights before us, so who can war us 
Leader: In His cross we will boast. 

Refrain:
Leader: He is my King, He is my King,
Chorus: He is our King, He is our King. 

Leader: I can't describe Him, there's no one like Him, He is my everything. 
Chorus: I wish you knew Him, you're precious to Him, He is our everything. 

Chorus: I am a soldier for Jesus Christ
Leader: He is the Good Shepherd, 
Chorus: He fights before us, so who can war us?
Leader: In Him we will conquer. 

Chorus: I am a soldier for Jesus Christ
Leader: The Son of the most High, 
Chorus: He fights before us, so who can war us? 
Leader: For Him we gladly die.

Refrain:
Leader: He is my King, He is my King,
Chorus: He is our King, He is our King.

I Am a Soldier for Jesus Christ

Coptic Lighthouse Ministry is composed of a group of youth from St. Mark Coptic Orthodox Church of Washington, D.C. that hopes to provide some light in a dark and stormy world through praising the True Light, our Lord Jesus Christ.  

“Oh, send out Your light and Your truth! Let them lead me; Let them bring me to Your holy hill And to Your tabernacle.”
Psalms 43:3