I hear some Greek--"Christos anesti ek nekron." Why is this done? In my church, Ukrainian Orthodox, we sing "Christ is risen from the dead, by death he trampled death, and to those in the graves he gave life" in Ukrainian. Then during Communion, the choir sings it in Greek.
@minhali This is done because the Greek language had a great influence on the Coptic. Christos anesti ek nekron is in Coptic equally valid as "Bekhrestos aftonf awol khen ni-etmowt"
@Flexituigster Thank you for the reply. It is true that there were Greeks in Egypt, especially Alexandria. Probably Greek was spoken as the main language. The great Father of the Church St Cyril lived there. I love the Greek chants.
there was the heiroglyphs, which were the religious writing, then demotic, which was spoken by the people, hence the etymology of the word from demos meaning people. Coptic is a mixture of ancient Greek with some demotic characters. The spoken language however has never changed. Even many of the hymns we sing are the same exact tune the Pharaohs sang in, of course different lyrics.
The language is Coptic. Coptic is the language of the ancient Egyptians and is still used as a liturgical language in the Coptic Orthodox church. Coptic simply means Egyptian.
what's he saying in the beginning?
henrikhankhagnell 4 months ago
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theodrethecoptic2 7 months ago
I hear some Greek--"Christos anesti ek nekron." Why is this done? In my church, Ukrainian Orthodox, we sing "Christ is risen from the dead, by death he trampled death, and to those in the graves he gave life" in Ukrainian. Then during Communion, the choir sings it in Greek.
minhali 8 months ago
@minhali This is done because the Greek language had a great influence on the Coptic. Christos anesti ek nekron is in Coptic equally valid as "Bekhrestos aftonf awol khen ni-etmowt"
Flexituigster 3 months ago
@Flexituigster Thank you for the reply. It is true that there were Greeks in Egypt, especially Alexandria. Probably Greek was spoken as the main language. The great Father of the Church St Cyril lived there. I love the Greek chants.
minhali 3 months ago
there was the heiroglyphs, which were the religious writing, then demotic, which was spoken by the people, hence the etymology of the word from demos meaning people. Coptic is a mixture of ancient Greek with some demotic characters. The spoken language however has never changed. Even many of the hymns we sing are the same exact tune the Pharaohs sang in, of course different lyrics.
emekonen 10 months ago
what language is that ?
agitanna 1 year ago
@agitanna
The language is Coptic. Coptic is the language of the ancient Egyptians and is still used as a liturgical language in the Coptic Orthodox church. Coptic simply means Egyptian.
ibba23 1 year ago
حلو .. جميل .. أحسنت
botroc100 1 year ago