this fraction indeed is beautiful. HOWEVER, when i asked about it i was told that it is most likely of ethiopian or syrian origin. it is not recognised by the coptic church and shouldn't be said. fr stephanos rezk said it before the pope made a fina…
the greek part is taken directly from the gregorian anaphora ("The love of God the Father, the grace of His only-begotten Son Jesus Christ...ETC). The coptic part was slammed on and they composed the music for it as a whole. so the coptic was added …
The quarter tone is essential to coptic hymns. it originated in the east and was used in ancient egypt. it the spread across the entire east (all the arab places). although most of our hymns use quarter tones, there are some that don't and some that…
Hi ophadece,
I have to agree with mina about the whole 'idol connotations' thing. My family has some private manuscripts from the 18 century (maybe seventeenth) with greek in them. Mina's point is correct. Every church in the world, all denominatio…
thanks for your response
when i mentioned the anaphora i meant the whole liturgy like when we say "the Anaphora of St. Basil the Great, or St. Gregory etc. but i still see where your coming from.
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