Name: Letter to Diognetus (Narrated by Aidan McLachlan) by Upper Room Media
Duration: 17 min 51 s
Description: Written in the second century by an anonymous author, this letter is addressed to Diognetus; whose name suggests he is a member of a dignified society and as such it is an apologetic piece.

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Aikoti Ensok (Festive Tune) - Anton Ibrahim Ayad and Sanaa Asaad

Fr. BIshoy Chorus led by Deacon Philopateer Abdelmessih praises a selection of Resurrection Hymns. 


Icon by Kirollos Kilada. www.kkilada.com

Ton Cina

Control- St. Mary Troy - Keraza 2023

Al el A3sr- Anthony Atietalla and Abanoub Shahata

Ari epresvevin - Bola Mounir

Return To Your Father - Abouna Arsanious 🤍

Chanted during Vespers & Matins after the Doxologies and the Distribution)

Today the sayings are fulfilled,
From the prophecies and the proverbs,
As Zechariah prophesied and said,
A prophecy about Jesus Christ.

O Zion’s daughter, a just King comes,
He passes by, riding on a foal,
To purify your inhabitants,
He is the Savior of every soul.

Though He is our Judge and King,
He rode on a colt in humility,
Surrounded by angelic hosts,
He took the likeness of men humbly.

Today Jerusalem rejoices,
And the land of Naphtali declares,
With a great voice saying,
“Save us, O holy King.”

From the trees they cut branches,
And on the road they spread garments,
Chanting with hymns and saying,
“Glory to the holy God.”

Branches from palm and olive trees,
The people cried out and proclaimed,
“This is our King who came,
The Reviver of every soul.”

This is the promised day,
Of which King David prayed,
As in the psalms, he says,
“This is the day the Lord has made.”

“Let us rejoice and be glad in it,”
Joyful are the souls of man,
The light of dawn has emerged,
And has shown on every Christian.

Today the blind received vision,
And the children have spoken,
While they are still nursing infants,
As David said in the psalms.

“Out of the mouths of nursing infants,
You have perfected praise,”
Today his saying came to pass,
As the Lord Jesus was praised.

When the residents heard His coming,
At the Mount of Olives, they met Him,
They saw scribes and Pharisees with Him,
And His Apostles, like stars around Him.

We were all in Satan’s snare,
Through Adam’s sin, the first man,
He came and saved every believer,
His salvation reached every human.

The pagans drew near to Him,
Each one received what he sought,
But Israel did not know the Lord,
They disobeyed, and the Law they fought.

The ignorant walked in uprightness,
But the wise ignored the evidence,
Denying the power of the glorified,
And were blind to the tangible truth.

Hosanna (Palm) Sunday - Hymn for Vespers, Matins and Distribution

Recorded on Saturday the 30th of April, 2016.

Saturday Theotokia & Lobsh - English Bright Saturday Service

Written in the second century by an anonymous author, this letter is addressed to Diognetus; whose name suggests he is a member of a dignified society and as such it is an apologetic piece.

Letter to Diognetus (Narrated by Aidan McLachlan)

Pashcal Praise (Thok Te Ti Gom) - SMSANJ.org

+ [Live] O Beloved
+ Fr. James Gendi
+ St. Mary & Archangel Michael Coptic Orthodox Church, Houston, TX
+ August 24, 2020 AD
+ Mesore 19, 1736 AM
+ ⲙⲉⲥⲟⲣⲏ ⲓ̅ⲑ̅ ⲁ̿ⲯ̅ⲗ̅ⲋ̅ ⲙ⳥

Text of the Song
+++ O Beloved, O Beloved, • nailed onto the Cross for me. • O what sins have You committed, • You who calls all to be?
+++ O Beloved, wish that I could • spend the rest of life with You; • worshipping Your holy Passion, • crucifying the flesh for You.
+++ Daughter of Zion, behold me, • stricken and smitten for you. • 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 you to ransom • and My flesh for you to sup.
+++ I was bound and I was smitten • and they did spit on My face. • I was stripped and I was scourged, • I was condemned in your place.
+++ Your sins became My crown of thorns, • O that you would understand. • Every time you sin anew, • it’s one more nail in My hand.
+++ Like a lamb brought to the slaughter, • like a dumb sheep to be sheared. • 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 our heart, contrite and broken; • and the Spirit within, renew.
+++ O that we could shed the tears • over Your feet, pierced and bruised. • O that we always remember • for our sins, You were abused.

O Beloved – Fr James Gendi

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