Table of Contents Contemplations on the Saturday Theotokia Lobsh.IntroductionSt. Paul teaches us saying, “I will pray with the spirit, but I will pray with the mind also; I will sing praise...

Table of Contents Contemplations on “Jacob’s Ladder” Verse in the Saturday Theotokia.You were likened to the ladder,Which Jacob saw,rising to heaven,With the awesome God standing above it.“Areten-thontee” is a long...

Table of Contents Contemplations on the Saturday Theotokia.IntroductionAs appointed servants of the Lord God and His holy altar, we continuously renew our commitment in learning the hymns, cherished by our...

Table of Contents Contemplations on the Saturday Psali.IntroductionThe Saturday Psali, also known by its first words, Aftee Em Ep onof, has a continuous form of the Jesus Prayer, which, in its...

Table of Contents Contemplations on the Vespers Alleluia - Alle el-Asr.IntroductionThe hymn “Alle el-Asr” is chanted during the Sunday Vespers Praise, usually during the month of Koiahk and during the...

Table of Contents Contemplations on the hymn of Psalm 116 (Ni-ethnos Teero).IntroductionThe Holy Psalmody consists of the Prayer of the Vespers hour, the Vespers Raising of Incense, the Midnight Psalmody,...