Table of Contents Contemplations on the hymn Fa-Nitenh Enhat, chanted for the Archangel Michael after the reading of the Synaxarion. Verse 1 – Part 1 The one who possesses wings of silver,The one to whom belongs the crown of gold,He who possesses some jewels:Michael the Archangel. Now here is a marvel on which we must contemplate: one in servitude wears a crown of gold and jewels, before his master. How can it be that in front of the Lord of Hosts, an angel wears the crown? In allowing this to be, the Lord of Glory is honoring him. The Lord

Table of Contents Contemplations on the Melismatic Praxis Response – Part 1. Part 1 Hail to you, Mary, The fair dove,Who has borne unto usGod the Logos. Blessed are You in truth, With Your Good Father, And the Holy Spirit, For You have come and saved us. The melismatic Praxis Response begins with the words “Hail to you, Mary.” The length of the hymn itself is helpful in allowing us to have time to speak with our mother, the Virgin Mary, pray to God, and contemplate o­n the mysteries of salvation that was accomplished because the fair dove accepted to

Table of Contents Contemplations on the Melismatic Praxis Response – Part 2. Part 1 The Annual Praxis Response ends with the words, `m`V] Pilogoc, which may be chanted in a melismatic tune. The fact that it may be chanted in this way gives us an opportunity in our prayer to contemplate for a moment on the Coptic and Greek words: “God the Logos.” Who is God the Logos, whom we say that the Virgin Mary gave birth to? You, God the Logos, is our Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God, the Second Hypostasis who is begotten of the Father before all