Prayer Before the Setting of the Sun
St. Gregory of Nazianzus.
Hymn 2.1.25. 

Lyrics:

Word of God
and Truth itself, 
I gave this day to you; 
But now night has fallen. 
my lamp is barely bright;
This I prayed over
But even so my feet 
still stumbled, 
darkness fell around me,
That hater of salvation. 
Oh, Christ! Relight my lamp, 
And shine on me once more.

Shine on Me

I Place My Soul (Jam Session)

You're The True Shepherd (Live)

Cha kutumaini sina
Ila damu yake bwana
Si - na wema wakutosha
Dhambi zangu kuziosha

Chorus: 
Kwa-ke Yesu nasimama,
Ndi-ye mwamba ni salama.
Ndi-ye mwamba ni salama.
Ndi-ye mwamba ni salama.

On Christ the Solid Rock, I stand;
All other ground is sinking sand.
Other ground is sinking sand.
Other ground is sinking sand.

Verse 2:
Nja yangu iwe ndefu
Yeye hunipa wokovu
Mawimbi yakinipiga
Nguvu zake ndizo nanga

When darkness veils His loving face,
I rest on His unchanging grace.
In every high and stormy gale,
my anchor holds within the vale.

Chorus: 
Kwa-ke Yesu nasimama,
Ndi-ye mwamba ni salama.
Ndi-ye mwamba ni salama.
Ndi-ye mwamba ni salama.

On Christ the Solid Rock, I stand;
All other ground is sinking sand.
Other ground is sinking sand.
Other ground is sinking sand.

Verse 3:
Damu yake na sadaka 
natagemea daima
Yote chini yakiisha
mwokozi atanitosha.

His oath, His covenant, His blood,
support me in the ‘whelming flood.
When all around my soul gives way,
He then is all my hope and stay.

Chorus: 
Kwa-ke Yesu nasimama,
Ndi-ye mwamba ni salama.
Ndi-ye mwamba ni salama.
Ndi-ye mwamba ni salama.

On Christ the Solid Rock, I stand;
All other ground is sinking sand.
Other ground is sinking sand.
Other ground is sinking sand.

Verse 4:
Nikitwa hukumuni
rohoni nina amani
Nikivikwa haki yake
sina hofu mbele zake.

When He shall come with trumpet sound,
Oh, may I then in Him be found,
dressed-in His righteousness alone,
faultless to stand before the throne.

Chorus: 
Kwa-ke Yesu nasimama,
Ndi-ye mwamba ni salama.
Ndi-ye mwamba ni salama.
Ndi-ye mwamba ni salama.

On Christ the Solid Rock, I stand;
All other ground is sinking sand.
Other ground is sinking sand.
Other ground is sinking sand.

Chorus:
Kwa-ke Yesu nasimama,
Ndi-ye mwamba ni salama.
Ndi-ye mwamba ni salama.
Ndi-ye mwamba ni salama.

Kwa-ke Yesu nasimama,
Ndi-ye mwamba ni salama.
Ndi-ye mwamba ni salama.
Ndi-ye mwamba ni salama.

On Christ the Solid Rock I Stand (Kwake Yesu Nasimama)

Hold my Hand O Lord - Emilie & Erin

Doxology for the presentation of the Lord Christ in the Temple

Excerpts of the divine liturgy according to St Gregory during the holy days of Pentecost, prayed by Fr Antonious Ibrahim Ayad, and Fr Antony Mansour, with the chanters of St Mary & St Mina's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral Sydney, Australia. Prayed on the morning of Friday 24 May, 2024.

Complete liturgy: https://youtu.be/LlaLfA4HI5I

St Mary & St Mina's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral
Bexley, Sydney, Australia

psalm 1

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