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Biboboy
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Jun 12, 2004 - 05:05 PM |
 
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Lord Jesus Christ, who ascended to heaven and sent us the Paraclete, have mercy on us.
Agape, everyone,
As most of you are probably aware, members of the HCOC use a section of the online forums to post daily contemplations on hymns that we are in the process of learning. For example, we are currently learning the Wednesday Theotokia and the hymn Fa-nitenh Enhat, and while we learn them, we take time to think about the words of the hymn and contemplate on its significance. Later on, these daily contemplations posted on the forums are compiled into one whole text per hymn, and then put up in the Contemplations section of the Articles and Research category on the copticheritage.org website.
The contemplations are up to serve as a reminder, and perhaps even suggest a way of chanting hymns with understanding and with a true spirit of prayer. By providing these contemplations, the HCOC members intend to direct its readers into further contemplations on the beautiful hymns of our Coptic Orthodox Church on their own. Thus, we are trying our best to pave a way through writing and sharing our own thoughts on the hymns we've learnt and loved.
While working on the hymns we're continuing to learn, some HCOC members are engaging themselves in writing further contemplations on the Annual Sunday Midnight Praise. Since we've learnt the hymns of this Praise before we thought of writing the contemplations (and before the website was even created), we thought that it will be beneficial to write the contemplations at our own pace and then include them in the Contemplations section of the website.
Since the project for the Annual Sunday Midnight Praise contemplations is large, we would like to invite other people everywhere to join in writing contemplations. You are free to write anything you think, feel and understand from a hymn that you will be assigned to contemplate on. The point is to pray the hymn and see what you can learn from it, and then share it in writing with others. The writing must be clear and the thoughts should be concise, though, in order to truly benefit others.
If you feel that you can help - even by taking one hymn only - then contact Ragy Sharkawy, who is responsible for distributing the hymns for the contemplations, by sending him a PM - his username is: Min_Al_Momkin.
Thanks for reading, and keep this service in your prayers |
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"Pray gently and calmly,
Chant hymns with understanding and rhythm;
Then you will soar like a young eagle
High in the heavens"
+ St. Evagrius the Solitary, On Prayer, 82.
Why do I believe in Christianity??
Answer: "I believe because it is impossible!"
+ Tertullian, On the Flesh of Christ, 5:10.
In Christ,
Bishoy
HCOC Member
+ To Protect and Preserve +
HCOC: Sing it! Live it! Love it!
Questions or comments on the copticheritage.org website? Send me a PM. |
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Biboboy
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Posts: 324
Joined: Jun 09, 2003
Location: Mississauga, ON
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Jun 13, 2004 - 08:40 PM |
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Oh, if u have any questions/comments, feel free to post here, or send me a PM. |
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"Pray gently and calmly,
Chant hymns with understanding and rhythm;
Then you will soar like a young eagle
High in the heavens"
+ St. Evagrius the Solitary, On Prayer, 82.
Why do I believe in Christianity??
Answer: "I believe because it is impossible!"
+ Tertullian, On the Flesh of Christ, 5:10.
In Christ,
Bishoy
HCOC Member
+ To Protect and Preserve +
HCOC: Sing it! Live it! Love it!
Questions or comments on the copticheritage.org website? Send me a PM. |
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theophilos
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Location: Silicon Valley
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Jun 14, 2004 - 08:29 PM |
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Put in another way: what is it that you think of when you pray your favourite hymn during the Sunday Midnight Praise?
Do you contemplate God's awesome power while singing
Qen ouswt
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Do you thank Christ for His creation in
Marenouonh
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Do you meditate on God's glory during
arihoou [acf
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Do you think of God's liberation and caring for His children during
Tenen
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Coptica
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Joined: Mar 13, 2004
Location: USA
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Jun 14, 2004 - 08:52 PM |
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Hi,
I was wondering if knowing Coptic is a requirement in order to be able to contemplate on the various hymns? I don't know how to read or write in Coptic, but if knowing Coptic is not a requirement I'd love to help out in any way I know how.
Thanks!
God Bless,
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Biboboy
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Jun 14, 2004 - 08:59 PM |
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No, you don't need to know Copticl. The contemplations' verses are taken from the English translations available, and the contemplations themselves are all in English.
However, it will be useful to know the hymn in Coptic - or at least to have listened to the hymn before attempting the contemplation on the hymn itself - especially the melismatic hymns, where one may contemplate on the music of the hymn (rhythm, hazzats, etc.), as well as the lyrics.
Have a look at the Contemplations section of our site for examples:
http://www.copticheritage.org/index.php ... ctoview=19 |
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"Pray gently and calmly,
Chant hymns with understanding and rhythm;
Then you will soar like a young eagle
High in the heavens"
+ St. Evagrius the Solitary, On Prayer, 82.
Why do I believe in Christianity??
Answer: "I believe because it is impossible!"
+ Tertullian, On the Flesh of Christ, 5:10.
In Christ,
Bishoy
HCOC Member
+ To Protect and Preserve +
HCOC: Sing it! Live it! Love it!
Questions or comments on the copticheritage.org website? Send me a PM. |
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Coptica
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Jun 14, 2004 - 09:44 PM |
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One more question, are most of these hymns available for one to listen to online? If not then I’m probably not going to have any way of being able to listen to these hymns. If they are then I'm more than happy to give it a try, and if for some reason my contemplations on the hymn is below your standards then by all means give someone else the chance to contemplate on the hymn, but I don't think it will hurt if I give it a try and see how I do. Please let me know what my assigned hymn is via PM at your earliest convenience. Thanks again for your help!
God Bless,
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Biboboy
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Jun 15, 2004 - 04:49 PM |
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| Coptica wrote: |
| One more question, are most of these hymns available for one to listen to online? |
All the hymns we're gonna be working on for the contemplations for the Midnight Praise is available in the HCOC CD's of the Annual Sunday Midnight Praise - i.e. if u bought them.
But, yes, all the hymns are also available online - PaulS and the coptichymns team added more than a 100 streaming files of the Midnight Praise, and you can use those as a reference as well. |
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"Pray gently and calmly,
Chant hymns with understanding and rhythm;
Then you will soar like a young eagle
High in the heavens"
+ St. Evagrius the Solitary, On Prayer, 82.
Why do I believe in Christianity??
Answer: "I believe because it is impossible!"
+ Tertullian, On the Flesh of Christ, 5:10.
In Christ,
Bishoy
HCOC Member
+ To Protect and Preserve +
HCOC: Sing it! Live it! Love it!
Questions or comments on the copticheritage.org website? Send me a PM. |
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