Verse 1:
O dates your color is red like the martyrs’ blood shed for Christ
(the martyrs’ blood shed for Christ) x2
Verse 2:
O dates your inside is white like the martyrs’ heart pure and white
(the martyrs’ heart pure and white) x2
Verse 3:
O dates your seed is strong like the martyrs’ faith strong as a rock
(the martyrs’ faith strong as a rock) x2

O Dates

Our hearts were made for you, O Lord, and they are restless until they rest in you. 
- St. Augustine of Hippo

“Don’t let anyone come to you without taking away their pain and giving them your joy” ♰ Pope Shenouda ♰

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