Coptic book of hours

This beautiful life is likened to that of angels on earth. Agpeya coptic book of hours coptic horologion the prayers of. The book of agpeya contains the seven canonical prayers which have been cherished and practiced by the faithful copts of the orhtodox church of alexandria, egypt. Coptic reader for android free download and software. The seven canonical prayers have their root in the psalms. The prayer of the first hour of the blessed day, i offer to christ my king and my god, beseeching him to forgive my sins. It contains psalms, gospel readings and prayers to be said at. The core of each prayer is comprised of the psalms, as david the prophet. The application present the traditional coptic rosary in a digital form to enable coptic christians continuing their twomillennia tradition with the aid of the daily used technology. The agpeya coptic book of hours by john paul abdelsayed. In the eastern orthodox and byzantine catholic churches, the canonical hours may be referred to as the divine services, and the book of hours is called the horologion greek.

Coptic prayers is a mobile application that contains the coptic orthodox prayers agpeya, kholagy, katamars and contains also the holy bible. Streaming audio and guest book download each hour in word, pdf and palm formats. Until the emergence of the book of hours in the late middle ages, psalters were the books most widely owned by wealthy lay persons. Description this book contains the offices for the seven canonical hours used by the coptic orthodox church. Home claremont coptic encyclopedia canonical hours, book of reference url share. The eleventh hour from the prayer book of hours the. Psalms coptic numbers between parentheses because they are. His book was gradually expanded to include additional material, such as hymns, during the century following from its inception. A psalter is a volume containing the book of psalms, often with other devotional material bound in as well, such as a liturgical calendar and litany of the saints. The book includes all canonical hours prayers including the veil, as well as the absolution of the priests, and some personal prayers. Mother of god, from the coptic orthodox agpeya book of hours from prime o theotokos mother of god, the second heaven you are the honoured mother of the light. Coptic reader is not simply a text reader but rather it.

The agpeya is in fact, biblecentered prayers, composed for the most part of a selection of psalms from the old testament, and gospel readings from the new testament, with some added hymns of praise and other prayers. Coptic reader builds each document on the fly with all appropriate hymns, rites and instructions to take the guess work out of the order of a church service. This app contains an arabic text and high definition audio tracks of this prayer that you. Coptic reader is a mobile application that contains the liturgical text, rites, psalmodies, hymns, melodies, services, and sacraments of the coptic orthodox church. This is the coptic book of hours, a prayer book that contains seven canonical prayers, each with its own theme, preserved and practiced by the. The agpeya the coptic prayer book of the seven hours pocket size, in both modern english and arabic the agpeya is primarily used by the coptic orthodox church. It contains psalms, gospel readings and prayers to be said at specific hours by day and night, arranged in accordance with analagous events in the life of our lord jesus christ. The agpeya is primarily used by the coptic orthodox church. The hours are chronologically laid out, each containing a theme corresponding to events in the life of our lord. The first hour from the prayer book of hours the agpeya. The eleventh hour from the prayer book of hours the agpeya 2010 coptic youth cd 2010 the liturgy of st.

The agpeyathe coptic book of hours orthodox bookstore. Coptic reader coptic orthodox diocese of the southern. The book of agpeya contains the seven canonical prayers which have been cherished and practiced by the faithful copts of the orhtodox church. Selection file type icon file name description size revision time user. The first hour from the prayer book of hours the agpeya 2010 coptic youth cd 2010 the liturgy of st. Coptic book of hours agpeya android application v1. Despite numerous small differences in practice according to local custom, the overall order is the same among byzantine rite monasteries, although. Coptic reader is not simply a text reader but rather it dynamically creates each documentservice according to the rites of the current day, or selected dayfeast. Daily at 5pm, the nuns meet once again in the church to communally pray the psalms from the coptic book of hours. C choir the ninth hour from the prayer book of hours the agpeya. Blessed is the man who has not walked in the counsel of the ungodly, and has not stood in the way of sinners, nor sat in the seat of the pestilent.

The hours are chronologically laid out, each containing a theme corresponding to events in the life of our lord jesus christ. The word, agbeya, is a coptic ancient egyptian word meaning book of hours. The word agpeya the word agpeya takes origin from the coptic word tiagp, which literally means the hour. The hours according to the use of the orthodox church 1st, 3rd, 6th and 9th hours as chanted on sundays, saturdays, and certain major feast days. The coptic book of the prayers of the hours pope of the. The prayers are available in the swedish and arabic languages. Coptic rosary is a mobile application supported on android 4. This is the coptic book of hours, a prayer book that contains seven canonical prayers, each with its own theme, preserved and practiced by the faithful of the coptic orthodox church of alexandria, egypt for centuries. The coptic orthodox cycle of canonical hours is primarily composed of psalm readings from the old testament and gospel readings from the new testament.

The coptic text of the prayer book of the hours of the. It is based on the coptic root word, ti agp, which means hour. Agpeya is the christian coptic orthodox daily prayer, book of hours. Easily the best agpeya application on the app store. Cyril the great in english 20 the twelfth hour from the prayer book of hours the agpeya 2016.

The coptic orthodox cycle of canonical hours is primarily composed of psalm readings from the old testament and gospel readings from the new testament, with some. Seven times a day, do i praise you of your righteous judgement psalm 118. The prayers of the hours, known in the coptic language as the agpeya, are popular prayers used by the vast majority of the christians of egypt, the copts. From sunrise to sunset the faithful offer you praises you are the bright and unchanging flower and the mother who remained a virgin for the father chose you. It contains prayers for seven different hours to be said throughout the day. It contains the official diocese translation of all the prayer books of the coptic orthodox church in english, coptic, and arabic table 1. The agpeya prayers are popular prayers recited by both individuals and families at home, as well as for communal prayers as an introduction to mass at church. Coptic reader can generate documents in a combination of english, arabic, and coptic and supports both english and arabic as the application interface language. Canonical hours, book of claremont coptic encyclopedia. Between work and communal prayer, a nun spends time alone in her cell in prayer and meditation. The agpeya is the coptic prayer book of the hours, and is equivalent to the byzantine horologion and roman liturgy of the hours used by the eastern orthodox and catholic churches, respectively.