Holy God prayer in coptic Catholic and othodox church , it's very beautiful prayer

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the link:
youtube.com/watch?v=PKLo-T7W-ow

the prayer text :
Holy God, Holy Mighty, Holy Immortal, Who was born of the Virgin, have mercy on us.

Holy God, Holy Mighty, Holy Immortal, Who was crucified for us, have mercy on us.

Holy God, Holy Mighty, Holy Immortal, Who rose from the dead and ascended into the heavens, have mercy on us.

Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, now and forever and unto the ages of all ages. Amen.

O Holy Trinity, have mercy on us. O Holy Trinity, have mercy on us. O Holy Trinity, have mercy on us.

O Lord, forgive us our sins. O Lord, forgive us our iniquities. O Lord, forgive us our trespasses.

O Lord, visit the sick of Your people, heal them for the sake of Your holy name. Our fathers and brethren who have slept, O Lord, repose their souls.

O You Who are without sin, Lord have mercy on us. O You Who are without sin, Lord help us and receive our supplications. For Yours is the glory, the dominion, and triple holiness. Lord have mercy. Lord have mercy. Lord bless. Amen.
 
I would recommend Catholic, considering that is the only Church that God himself founded.
 
I am very happy to see that the Coptic Orthodox way of prayer has affected you, Godismybestpal. It truly is holy and beautiful. For your edification, here is one of the prayers we pray from the sixth hour, so that you can hear how it sounds not just from a computer-voiced narrator 🙂

Agpeya Prayers- Psalm 57 (56)
 
fadyadel215 said:
the link:
youtube.com/watch?v=PKLo-T7W-ow

the prayer text :
Holy God, Holy Mighty, Holy Immortal, Who was born of the Virgin, have mercy on us.

Holy God, Holy Mighty, Holy Immortal, Who was crucified for us, have mercy on us.

Holy God, Holy Mighty, Holy Immortal, Who rose from the dead and ascended into the heavens, have mercy on us.

Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, now and forever and unto the ages of all ages. Amen.

O Holy Trinity, have mercy on us. O Holy Trinity, have mercy on us. O Holy Trinity, have mercy on us.

O Lord, forgive us our sins. O Lord, forgive us our iniquities. O Lord, forgive us our trespasses.

O Lord, visit the sick of Your people, heal them for the sake of Your holy name. Our fathers and brethren who have slept, O Lord, repose their souls.

O You Who are without sin, Lord have mercy on us. O You Who are without sin, Lord help us and receive our supplications. For Yours is the glory, the dominion, and triple holiness. Lord have mercy. Lord have mercy. Lord bless. Amen.
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thank-you for sharing, this is just beautiful!
 
It is great that our Coptic Brothers and Sisters have come here to post: this makes me very happy.

I was sad to hear that Shenouda III had passed away, may he sit at the right hand of God and may the Copts know love and understanding with the Roman Catholics!!!
 
It’s interesting that this rendition gives a decidedly Christological spin/interpretation of the Trisagion. If memory serves me correctly this is typical of the Oriental tradition.

The Byzantine tradition, on the other hand, gives this hymn a decidedly Trinitarian interpretation.

Just goes to show that there is a diversity within the Eastern tradition as well as between East and West. 👍
 
Phillip_Rolfes said:
It’s interesting that this rendition gives a decidedly Christological spin/interpretation of the Trisagion. If memory serves me correctly this is typical of the Oriental tradition.
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Yes. Coptic tradition states that it came down to us from Joseph and Nicodemus. This is referenced in the ancient Coptic hymn “Golgotha”, which contains a verse about it: "The righteous Joseph and Nicodemus came took away the Body of Christ, wrapped it in linen cloths with spices, and put it in a sepulcher and praised Him saying, “Holy God, Holy Mighty, Holy Immortal, who was crucified for us, have mercy on us.”

“Golgotha” hymn, chanted in Coptic by the Higher Institute of Coptic Studies in Germany
 
dzheremi said:
Yes. Coptic tradition states that it came down to us from Joseph and Nicodemus. This is referenced in the ancient Coptic hymn “Golgotha”, which contains a verse about it: "The righteous Joseph and Nicodemus came took away the Body of Christ, wrapped it in linen cloths with spices, and put it in a sepulcher and praised Him saying, “Holy God, Holy Mighty, Holy Immortal, who was crucified for us, have mercy on us.”

“Golgotha” hymn, chanted in Coptic by the Higher Institute of Coptic Studies in Germany
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The Syriac tradition gives the account of the Angels surrounding Our Lord’s body chanting the first three verses and Joseph of Arimathea finishing it off with the “who was crucified…”

The Maronites were interfered with by having the verse expunged at times and the current practice at least allows for a version “O Christ, crucified for us…” Etc. so as to somehow prove that we aren’t claiming the whole Trinity was crucified, born, baptized, or risen from the dead. 🤷
 
That is very interesting, Denho. I had read that the Syriacs have a similar origin story, but never know exactly what it said. As a point of comparison, here is what I found from the Byzantine (EO) synaxarion:
The same day (Sept. 25), Commemoration of the Great Earthquake at Constantinople AD 447, and of the Miracle of the TRISAGION
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In the reign of the Emperor Theodosius II (408-50) God, bountiful and rich in mercy, caused the ground to shake dreadfully for almost four months to warn Christian people to be always ready for the Great Day when the dead shall be raised, heaven and earth shall be changed into a new form, and every man shall be summoned to judgment upon the uprightness of his faith and the purity of his life. Fear gripped the entire City. The Emperor, the Patriarch Saint Proclus (20 Nov.) and all the people of Constantinople, went in procession barefoot to the parade ground of the Hebdomon, where they made earnest prayer to God for their safety. About the third hour, the ground once more began shaking, and a young boy was suddenly taken up into the skies by the strength of the Almighty, while the terrified people cried: Kyrie eleison with redoubled fervor. When he came down from on high, the child declared he had been taken up amid the choirs of angels, who were singing: Holy God, Holy Mighty, Holy Immortal, have mercy upon us! and that a voice had commanded him to tell the Patriarch that the people ought to make their supplications to God in this way, without adding anything. The Patriarch instructed the chanters and people to intone this hymn, that joins confession of the three Divine Persons, to the cry of the Seraphim in the vision of Isaiah (Isa. 6:3). Whereupon the earth stopped shaking and the child gave up his soul to God.
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The most pious Empress Pulcheria (10 Sept.) enjoined Saint Proclus to order this hymn to be solemnly chanted henceforth in the Liturgy. At the holy Council of Chalcedon (451), the Fathers from the Roman diocese of Asia greeted the proclamation of the true Faith by chanting the Trisagion, which has since become an essential element in the private as well as in the common prayer of Orthodox Christians.
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When Peter the Fuller, the usurping Patriarch of Antioch, wanted to spread the poison of the theopaschite heresy (a type of Monophysism), he had the expression: who was crucified for us, added to the Thrice-holy hymn (c. 468). The Orthodox remembered that when the child was miraculously taken into heaven, the divine voice had distinctly forbidden any addition to the hymn, and they strove hard to maintain the Trinitarian understanding of the Trisagion against a Christological interpretation. So by right glorification of the one only God in three Persons the Orthodox Faith was kept.
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It is interesting to me that the EO have this tradition of it coming from the angels, as well (though less interesting that this entry comes with a massive dose of polemic against the OO, though I guess if there’s anywhere you could expect to find that, it makes sense to find it in this text).
 
Holy God, Holy Mighty, Holy Immortal, have mercy upon us!
Holy God, Holy Mighty, Holy Immortal, have mercy upon us!
Holy God, Holy Mighty, Holy Immortal, have mercy upon us!
 
Dolezal said:
I do not much support liturgies in the vernacular, but are Coptic liturgical prayers allowed to be said in vernacular?
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Yes. I would wager that the majority our churches around the world use primarily the vernacular (Arabic in Egypt, English in America, etc.), though of course the exact percentage used will vary, but at my church we’re about 75-80% vernacular to 20% Coptic. Our Bishop, HG Bishop Youssef, has written about this and related issues on the Southern United States Dioceses’ website:

Why don’t we use Arabic in the readings on Sundays? (read: Why do we use English?)

Why is Coptic specifically important in the Church when God created all languages?

Still it is possible to find liturgy in Coptic (also Tasbeha in Coptic), as our church is committed both to growing around the world (which necessitates the use of local/national languages) and keeping its ancient traditions that have formed its unique identity and worship (such as the use of Coptic, as HG pointed out in the writings linked above).
 
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