Table of Contents Contemplations on the Wednesday Theotokia.Verse 1All the heavenly multitudes,Declare your blessedness,For you are the Second Heaven,Upon the earth.It is hard for us to picture such a thing!...
Table of Contents Contemplations on the Tuesday Theotokia Lobsh.Verse 1What bodily tongue,Can describe you,O holy Virgin,And Mother of God.“…but the glory of the heavenly is one thing, and that of...
Table of Contents Contemplations on the Monday Theotokia.Verse 1While Adam was sad,God was pleased,to bring him back,to his leadership.Fr. Matthew the Poor, the present Abbot of St. Macarius’ Monastery in...
Table of Contents Contemplations on the Friday Theotokia Lobsh.Verse 1-2What do I call you,O pure Virgin,Who gave birth to the Incomprehensible,And Infinite One?Many are your praises,O who is adorned with...
Table of Contents Contemplations on the Friday Theotokia.Verse 1Blessed are you among women,and blessed is your fruit,O Mary the Mother of God,the undefiled virgin.Indeed, O Mary, you are both blessed...
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...