2.98
2023-10-06
- BUG FIX: Corrected calculation of the months of Koiahk when the Nativity lands on a Sunday on a leap year
- Added Synaxarion entry for Pope Shenouda III on Paremhotep 8
- Added Liturgy of the Word for weddings under the Crowning Menu
- Added Watos Exposition for the Feast of the Pentecost after Liturgy Gospel Reading
- Changed 'indestructible' to 'indescribable' in Another Prayer of Reconciliation to the Son in St. Basil Liturgy
- Changed 'was' to 'were' in various prayers
- Added St. Mikhail El-Behirey
- Added Koiahk Praise for the Holy Trinity on The Third Canticle of Midnight Praises
- Change to Friday Theotokia: "He took our flesh" instead of "He took our body"
- In crowning prayer, changed 'increase your obedience' to 'submit'
- Changed "manger" to "cave" in E-Parthenos
- Psali Adam for 2nd Hoos change - He made man: in His image: and His likeness: that He may bless Him.
- Transition from Standard to Great Fast rites occurs only at Gospel Response of the Liturgy of the Sunday before the Great Fast (not on Saturday or during Vespers)
- Updated Old English words in the Altar Consecration Prayer
- Tenen to appear during Koiahk Midnight Praises and Bright Saturday only
- Removed some seasonal expositions from Midnight Praises
- Corrected psalies and expositions for the Theophany Paramoun
- Corrected expositions for the Nativity and Theophany
- Corrected English translation in Galatians 4:14 in the Katameros
- Pray for the salvation of men and the safety (instead of salvation) of animals.
- Added "Glory be to Our God" congregation response before the prophecies in Matins for Great Fast weekday liturgies
- Added Litany of the Gospel before each Gospel reading in the Procession of the Cross for the Feast of the Cross and Hosanna Sunday
- Moved the deacon response to the thanksgiving prayer in the presence of a bishop into a collapsed section for clarity
- Corrected the rites for the Reception of a New Priest
- Added Arabic for Synaxarion for St. Narcissus
- Miscellaneous Synaxarion updates
- Minor changes to Koiahk Saturday Theotokia
- Miscellaneous Arabic corrections
- Miscellaneous spelling and grammar corrections
2.97
2022-12-23
- Major update to Unction English translation
- Good Friday litanies of the 6th and 9th hours start with deacons, not priest
- Added Coptic text to Ezekiel prophecy in General Funeral Prayer
- Minor corrections to Liturgy of the Waters
- Updated Arabic text for Resurrection psalies for Resurrection Monday
- Added vows for bishop ordination
- Update to English translation for Apostles doxology and aspasmos: 'Their voice went forth / upon the face of the whole earth / and their words have reached / the ends of the world.'
- Updated English translation for Watos Psali for the Three Saintly Children: 'We follow You with all our heart (singular)'
- Added missing word to Psalm 86:2,5,7
- "Our Savior" distribution hymn, changed text to: "And the mind of the heavenly".
- Made minor change to Transfiguration gospel response.
- Removed Paope 5 as feast day for St. Victor Romanus
- Moved misplaced verse in the exposition for the Resurrection
- In Adam Psali for Thomas Sunday, changed "rose" to "arose"
- Corrected Antiphonary entry for Tatos and Koubitlas by removing mention of St. Julius
- Updated the conclusion canon for Pentecost Matins
- Added intro to the expositions of Vesper Praises during Koiahk
- Added missing English to Psalm 72:17,18,21 in katameros
- Removed non-papal hymns from papal hymns menu
- Reverted to original Nativity Mohayyer'
- Updated first verse of Apekran
- Added "metropolitan" to Rejoice O Mary'
- Added Arabic text for the Synaxarion entry of Coptic Engineer Sa-eed Ebn Kateb El-Faraghany
- Readings for Koiahk 13 are from Thoout 26
- Miscellaneous Arabic and Coptic corrections
2.95
2022-03-05
- Removed Prayer of Incense to the Son from the Engagement Prayer.
- Restored missing psalm from the Funeral for Nuns.
- Corrected mistake in Matins Gospel Response for Jonah's Passover.
- Added diacritical marks to Arabic of Psalm 150.
- Changed rites of the first Monday of the Great Fast to match those of the last Friday of the Great Fast.
- Changed the rites of the Saturday before the Great Fast to be standard throughout without switching to Great Fast tune.
- Updated Arabic text of Annual Katameros to new text approved by the Holy Synod.
- Minor changes to litanies of St. Cyril Liturgy.
- Added prayers for St. Cyriacus and St. Julitta.
- During Great Fast weekdays, verses of the cymbals should not be chanted for the Unction of the Sick prayers and other special prayers.
- Made Arabic corrections to Unction and Home Blessing prayers.
- Removed invalid character in Acts 1:20 that was causing iOS 15.3 to crash.
2.93
2022-02-15
- Corrected issue where the Hymn of Intercessions would not appear when a Lord's Feast coincides with Jonah's Fast.
- No Vespers or Vesper Praises on Paramoun weekdays.
- Miscellaneous grammar and spelling errors.
2.92
2022-01-29
- When there is a 5th Sunday of Tobe, move the Sundays of Meshir up by one week to avoid duplicate readings on the 5th Sunday of Tobe and the 2nd Sunday of Meshir.
- Corrected Trisagion for Theophany
- Corrected spelling of "Nativity of Wonder"
2.91
2022-01-13
- Reverting to 1st edition of the Synaxarion pending final Synaxarion review
- Added prayers for the Patriarch of Ethiopia in the Litany of the Fathers during the Resurrection, Nativity, and Theophany
- Added missing verse to "Hymn After Praise of the Three Young Men"
- Updated English translation for Refrain of 4th Canticle for Koiahk
- Updated English translation of the first two verses of Genethlion for Nativity
- Corrected readings for Koiahk 13
- Corrected rites when a feast day lands during Jonah's Fast
- Added Koiahk Watos Praise After the Saturday Theotokia
- Corrected St. Cosmas verses of the cymbals Arabic text
- Moved intro to the Canticles (Amen Alleluia) to immediately before the Canticles during Koiahk
- Corrected Adam Aspasmos for St. Philopater and added Watos Aspasmos
- Changed intro to doxologies to read "...that He may grant us the forgiveness of our sins"
- Made updates to the New Priest Reception
- Added psalies for Pope Kyrillos
- Added Praxis responses for Archangel Suriel and St. Joseph the Carpenter
- Added St. Timothy the Apostle
- Corrected error of having 2 Thanksgiving Prayers in Reader Ordination
- Updated translation of alternate confession response to match the standard response
- Removed St. Catherine
- Corrected Coptic typo in Intercessions verse for St. Verena
- Made updates to Hymn of the Virtues
- Added missing verses to Koiahk melodies
- Fraction for the Angels now appears on the feast of the Four Incorporeal Creatures
- Moved Intro to the Coptic Pauline in funerals to the correct location
- Corrected Arabic that appeared in Communion Prayers while Arabic is turned off
- Updated Patriarch doxology
- Corrected order of verses of the cymbals for the Annunciation feast and the 29th of the month
- Changed all instances of "is seated" to "sat" for the Ascension
- Added doxology and gospel response for St. Habib Girgis
- Added Patriarch verses of the cymbals to major night feasts (Nativity, Resurrection, Theophany)
- Fixed minor error in Prayer Before Communion
- Corrected Coptic errors in Matthew 23 verses 13 and 14
- Removed incorrect Adam Psali for Midnight Praises on the Feast of the Resurrection
- Miscellaneous other typos and grammatical corrections
2.90
2021-09-21
- Added doxology for St. Catherine
- Added Third Watos Friday Koiahk Lobsh
- Added Koiahk Watos Praise after Friday Theotokia
- Added St. Augustine and St. Monica doxology
- Added Arabic text for prayers after communion in the Agpeya
- Added "Amen. Lord Have Mercy (3x)" before "Yes We Ask You" in Gregorian Liturgy.
- Added expositions
- Changed English for Praxis Response for Ascension and Pentecost
- Fixed incorrect English verses for Psali Adam for Entrance of the Lord into Egypt
- Changed references to the marriage of Jacob to Leah and Rachel in Crowning to "in his marriage.
- Added Synaxarion entries for the Grand Opening of the Cathedral of the Nativity and the Arrival of the Relics of the Coptic Martyrs of Libya.
- Added new synaxarion entry on Hathor 9 for the consecration of the Great Cathedral in Abbasia
- Corrected Psalm Coptic for Psalm of Tuesday of 7th week of the Great Fast
- Added Arabic text for the Synaxarion entry for St. Didymus the Blind on Paone 6
- Added new melody for Hosanna Sunday
- Added missing doxologies to index
- Added procession of incense for all Thanksgiving Prayers
- Removed Veneration link from Raising of Incense during the Great Fast
- Revised Arabic for Agpeya Midnight Hour
- English update to verse in melody for the 2nd week of the Great Fast
- Fixed Arabic of Exodus 36:1
- Added psalies menu to Index
- Fixed Arabic verse in Songs 8:5
- Updated English conclusion response for Great Fast weekends
- Fixed response for St. Macarius in the Hymn of the Intercessions
- Corrected Matins gospel ending for Procession of the Cross
- Minor change to Great Fast weekday concluding canon
- Corrected Matins gospel ending for Procession of the Cross
- Major changes to Standard Adam Sunday Psali and Psali Watos for the Virgin Mary
- Fixed departure date of St. Malatius the Confessor in Arabic text of Synaxarion on 18th of Meshir
- Added missing Arabic of Songs 7:13
- Miscellaneous other typos and grammatical corrections
2.86
2020-12-13
- Changed "He is also God" to "He remained God" in Tuesday Theotokia
- Changed "Yea" to "Yes" everywhere in the app
- Fixed issue with English in Synaxarion of Thoout 21
- Corrected Coptic in Matthew 22:30-31
- Added St. Misael
- Added tashkeel to Arabic of Rejoice O Mary
- Fixed Arabic of 2 Macabees 1
- Added doxology for any female martyr or saint. Will appear when you select - "Any Martyr" or "Any Saint" from the Annual Commemorations Menu
- Updated Arabic of Synaxarion entry for Hathor 23 (Cornelius)
- Fixed Arabic of Synaxarion entry of Hathor 27 for St. Victor
- Added second melody for St. Philopateer
- Changed "reserved" to "guarded" in Saturday Theotokia
- Updated Feast of the Pentecost Liturgy Gospel Response
- Added hymn Pi-ehlog to veneration
- Made corrections to exposition of the 1st Hour of Monday of Holy Pascha
2.84
2020-04-15
- NEW CONTENT: Added Holy Week Interpretations for Great Friday and Great Friday Eve.
- Corrected Matins psalm for Last Friday of the Great Fast
2.83
2020-03-23
- Due to high demand for Coptic Reader during the current situation, we have decided to make all content free for a limited time. God bless you.
2.82.1
2020-03-21
- Fixed duplicate Agios in Liturgy of the Faithful
2.82
2020-03-21
- Added Second Marriage Prayer
- Added Saint Psalies
- Miscellaneous corrections
2.81
2020-01-14
- Added English for Adam Psali for Wedding of Cana.
- Corrected Liturgy Gospel reading for Koiahk 23.
- Removed Koiahk 24 as feast for St. Takla.
- Changed "dwelt in us" to "dwelt among us".
- Change to Arabic word "eternal" in Nativity Fraction.
- Display verse numbers for all biblical references except for liturgical psalms.
- Removed Psalm 150 refrain during Nativity Fast.
- Removed Evlogimenos from Midnight Praises on Palm Sunday and Feast of the Cross.
2.80
2019-12-02
- Synaxarion for 28th Koiahk updated if Nativity is celebrated on that day.
- Added melodies for St. Athanasius, St. Stephen, St. Theodore, and St. Rebecca.
- Spelling, grammar, and translation corrections.
- Added Koiahk psalies.
- Removed link to Agpeya communion prayers from Liturgy and Distribution.
- Added alternate English-Revised Psali Adam on the Third Ode for Koiahk.
- Corrected Pi-epnemva translation in Crowning Prayer.
- Corrected Arabic text for Verses of the Cymbals for the Patriarchs.
- Added Adam Psali for St. Demiana.
- Updated melody for St. Julius.
- Removed St. Cyril Prayer of reconciliation section from St. Basil Liturgy.
- Updated Engagement Prayer translation.
- Added Hymn of Intercessions for St. Barbara.
- Updated Psalies for Coptic New Year and Feast of the Cross.
2.79
2019-10-10
- Updated Consecration of Women prayer.
- Spelling, grammar, and translation corrections.
- Added Koiahk 13 as a feast day of Archangel Raphael.
- Added St. Moses the Strong melody to Koiahk Midnight Praises.
- Adding link to all saint melodies to Koiahk Midnight Praises.
- Moved position of Feast of the Cross doxology relative to other doxologies.
- Corrected English error in antiphonary entry for Paone 23.
- Added Praxis Response for St. Shenute.
- Updated Praxis Response for Apostle Feast.
- Added Episcopal Pauline Responses in various prayers.
2.78
2019-07-17
- Corrected last verse of St. Moses doxology.
- Corrected English error in Antiphonary entry for Paone 23.
- Miscellaneous Arabic corrections.
- Added Praxis Response for St. Shenute.
- Updated Praxis Response for Apostle Feast.
- Added Episcopal Pauline Responses in various prayers.
- Added St. Pachom Praxis Response.
- Added melody for St. Mary Magdelene.
- Corrected order of Apostles Psali.
2.77
2019-06-23
- Updated Coptic Psalms.
- Added psalies for Archangel Michael and St. Moses.
- Miscellaneous Arabic corrections.
- Moved Psali for Entrance of the Lord into Egypt before Resurrection Psali.
- Updated responses and melody for St. Moses the Strong.
- Added Praxis Response for St. Pachom and St. Theodore.
- Added melody for St. Verena.
- Added 2nd Friday Koiahk Psali.
- Added St. Monica and St. Augustine responses.
- Corrected Arabic word in Matt 13:23.
- Removed final refrain of Asomen.
- Added Amen in Arabic to 'We believe, we confess, and we glorify'.
- Unlock content in Kenya.
- Updated to Holy Week Praise to: 'The Lord is my strength, and my praise, He has become to me a sacred salvation'.
- Notify of St. Mary feasts as pop-ups like other saints.
- Corrected to: 'Blessed be the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God; the sanctification is by the Holy Spirit. Amen.'.
- Added Creed to Crowning Prayer.
- Miscellaneous grammar and spelling fixes.
- Added Nim Ghar before Lobsh during Vesper Praises for Holy 50 days.
2.76
2019-04-18
- Updated English translation for Bright Saturday Hymn.
- Updated Arabic Psalms translations for many psalms.
- Only show Paramoun psalies during Praises on the first day of the Paramoun.
2.75
2019-03-30
- Updated translation of Thanksgiving Prayer to: 'Let us also ask Him, the Lord our God, the Pantocrator, to guard us in all peace this holy day and all the days of our life'
- Enable Vespers for the Sunday before Jonah's Fast\n" +
- Fractions for St. Mary and the angels should not override the fractions for Jonah's Fast and the Great Fast
- Many grammar and spelling corrections
- Arabic bible corrections in Ezra 2:12 and 2 Cor 13:9
- Added missing Arabic text to 3 John 14
- Fixed type in Synaxarion for Paremhotep 14
- Fixed Arabic issue in Psalm 109:12
- During the Great Fast, prefer Meghalo over St. John the Baptist hymns after Synaxarion
- Remove Litany of the Oblations from Vespers of 2nd Day of the Resurrection
- Remove duplicate verse of the cymbals for St. John on Theophany
- Mount Tabor changed to Mount Sinai in Great Fast melody
- Fixed Arabic issue in 1 Chr 15:26.
2.74
2019-02-08
- Don't pray Midnight Prayers before Midnight Praises on Nativity, Theophany, and Resurrection.
- Update order of Koiahk Midnight Praises.
- Updates to clergy funeral rites.
- Updates to order of baptism prayers.
- In Crowning Prayer, replaced Three Short Litanies with Three Great Litanies.
- Remove Tennav and Nim ghar from Koiahk Midnight Praises when 1st Sunday of Koiahk is in the month of Hathor.
- Added baptism commandment for adults.
- Miscellaneous typos and text corrections.
- Missing Arabic word in Wisdom 4:14.
- Removed all non-liturgical melodies from Distribution during the month of Koiahk.
2.73
2018-11-29
- Added Psali for St. Mary during Koiahk Saturday Midnight praise
- Added Koiahk Psali for Archangel Gabriel during Saturday midnight praise
- Added St. Luke Praxis Response
- Arabic updates to Koiahk melodies
- Moved Exposition on Saturday Theotokia
2.72
2018-11-15
- In Sunday Midnight Praises, updated existing Koiahk hymns with new English translation.
- Added additional prayers for St. Luke the Evangelist.
2.71
2018-11-08
- NEW CONTENT: Added newly translated English-only Koiahk hymns for Sunday Midnight Praises.
- Added melody for St. Luke the Evangelist.
- Added prayers for St. Eskhyron of Callin.
- Fixed comment to indicate that Psalm 150 should be chanted in the Koiahk tune during the month of Koiahk.
- Removed Night of the Last Supper from Distribution as it is not an authentic distribution hymn.
- Corrected Arabic text of Judges 20:34.
2.70.1
2018-10-07
- Corrected internal issue related to unlocking content
2.70
2018-09-17
- Minor corrections to Antiphonary and Synaxarion.
- Removed Melody from the end of Koiahk Vesper Praises.
- Corrected truncated sentence in Synaxarion of Nesi 4.
- Changed Arabic intro for readings from the book of Hebrews.
- Removed non-authentic prayers for communion from Agpeya.
- Updated Synaxarion entry for Epep 8.
- Removed Asomen from Apostles' Feast.
- Updated one verse of the doxology for the heavenly hosts.
- Corrected rites for Entrance of the Lord Christ into Egypt.
- Don't show Apostles Fast psali on Feast of the Entrance of The Lord to Egypt.
- Removed Wednesday Theotokia after the Gospel reading on the Feast of the Entrance of the Lord Christ into Egypt.
- Grammar and spelling corrections.
2.69
2018-05-30
- Added iPhone X full screen support.
- Updated Sunday Evening Prayers for Easter Monday to include Paralex and Trisagion before Litany of the Gospel.
- Corrected rite in Reception of New Priest.
- Replaced St. Basil version of the Litany of the Place with the St. Cyril version in the First Prostration Prayer.
- Forced comment visible for deacon response Thanksgiving Prayer in presence of bishop.
- Grammar and spelling corrections.
2.68
2018-03-28
- Removed extra Agpeya prayers that are not prayed in each hour.
- Shorten title of Great Fast Litanies.
- Unlocked content for Fiji.
- Removed missing verses from Psali Watos for Presentation of the Lord into the Temple.
- Fixed Arabic issues in Psali Watos for Presentation of the Lord into the Temple.
- Updated funeral rites for bishop.
- Fixed issue where the Psali Adam on the Fourth Canticle during the Great Fast was not appearing.
- Unlocked content for Fiji.
- Added prayers for King David and St. Karas the Anchorite.
- Added Arabic text for Synaxarion entry for Pope Kyrillos VI.
2.67
2018-01-27
- Corrected readings for Koiahk 13.
- Moved Koiahk Exposition for the Fourth Canticle during Koiahk immediately after the Fourth Canticle.
- Made the alternate conclusion hymn during Koiahk weekday liturgies to be non-customary.
- Added Amen to Lord Have Mercy (3) at the end of the Institution.
- Added Litany of the Departed to 3rd and 40th day funeral prayers.
- Added missing Arabic words to Wisdom 7:1.
- Changed Luke 1:28 to read 'O full of grace'.
- Updated Verses of the Cymbals and Praxis for St. Demiana.
- Updated Gospel Response for Patriarch.
- Updated nun consecrate rite.
- Numerous grammar, punctuation, and spelling corrections.
2.66
2017-11-29
- NEW CONTENT: Added Koiahk Expositions for Praises.
- NEW CONTENT: Added melody for St. Marina the Martyr.
- NEW CONTENT: Added doxology for St. Gregory the Theologian.
- Updated St. Thomas the Hermit prayers to include Arabic.
- Numerous grammar, punctuation, and spelling corrections.
2.65
2017-08-08
- NEW CONTENT: Added Psalis for St. Mary Fast and Assumption Feast to Vespers and Midnight Praises.
2.64
2017-07-20
- NEW CONTENT: Synaxarion updated to newer version.
- Fixed bug where the Sundays of Koiahk can be miscalculated during certain years.
2.63
2017-06-02
- Numerous punctuation, capitalization, and spelling fixes.
- Removed Litany of the Sick and Graciously Accord from Funeral Prayer.
2.62
2017-04-05
- BUG FIX: Corrected Arabic text being cut off due to text justification bug in iOS 10.3. Note that Arabic text will not be justified until iOS bug is fixed.
- Minor Arabic corrections to Pascha prayers
- Added Psali for Resurrection Monday
2.61
2017-03-21
- NEW CONTENT: Added Holy Week Insights book content under each day of Pascha menu.
- NEW CONTENT: Added Resurrection prophecies under Pascha menu.
- Updated Aspasmos titles to preview content.
- Updated Rites of Midnight Praises of the Last Friday of the Great Fast to include the Sunday Psalis of the Great Fast.
- On Vespers and Matins of the Saturday and Sunday before the Great Fast, the lenten Gospel Response and Conclusion hymn should be prayed.
- About Menu now shows all saint commemorations from 3 days prior to 3 days after current date.
- Removed the first of the three verses of the cymbals verses for the pope/bishop.
- Corrected truncated last verse in Liturgy Gospel of 3rd Sunday of Tobe.
- Updated Aspasmos titles to preview content.
- Numerous punctuation, capitalization, and spelling corrections.
2.60
2017-01-10
- Added doxology and gospel response for St. Peter the Seal of the Martyrs.
- Numerous punctuation, capitalization, and spelling corrections.
2.59
2016-10-07
- NEW CONTENT: Added Nun Consecration prayers to the Ordination menu.
- Fixed readings on the 4th Sunday of Thoout when it lands on the 29th of the month.
2.58
2016-10-06
- BUG FIX: Fixed bug where if the 29th of the month landed on the 4th Sunday of Thoout, it would not show the correct hymns.
- Removed Taishoree from Crowning.
- Added verse numbering to melodies.
- Minor grammatical and spelling fixes.
2.57
2016-09-13
- BUG FIX: Fixed issue with Sundays of Thoout when the Coptic New Year is on a Sunday.
- Added readings to be used when the Crowning Ceremony is held as a part of a Divine Liturgy.
- Minor English translation edits.
2.56
2016-08-26
- BUG FIX: When the month of Mesore has 5 Sundays and Nesi does not have any Sundays, the 5th Sunday of Mesore should be considered the 1st Sunday of Nesi.
- Fixed miscellaneous capitalization, punctuation, and spelling mistakes.
- Changed 'marriage' to 'wedding' in the Gospel of the first watch of the Midnight hour.
- Exposition for St. Mary should only appear on the 21st of the month, and not everyday during St. Mary's fast.
- Minor English translation edits.
2.55
2016-07-20
- Fixed bug that incorrectly considers the 4th Sunday of Thoout to be the 5th Sunday when Thoout 1 lands on a Sunday
- Fixed issue where Joyous Saturday doxology not appearing in Matins
- Added Psali for St. Demiana
- Updated Baptism prayers to 2nd edition
- Added antiphonetic coloring to Verses of the Cymbals
- The combined Resurrection and Ascension Praxis Response now displays only on and after the Feast of the Ascension
- Added Matins Resurrection Melody to Distribution melodies
- Renamed Feast of the Presentation of the Lord Christ in the Temple
- Made Thomas Sunday Gospel Response and Paralex non-customary
- Fixed issue with Arabic text of Joshua 17
- Miscellaneous spelling, capitalization, and grammatical corrections
2.54.2
2016-04-23
- Critical release to fix bug that causes crash on startup.
2.54
2016-04-20
- Added interpretations to selected Holy Week prophecies and Gospel readings.
- Made numerous grammatical corrections to the Synaxarion entry of Pope Petros VII on 28 Paremhotep.
- Minor change to English translation of the Absolution of the priests.
- Corrected second verse of Great Fast Weekdays gospel response.
- Added Praxis response for St. Athanasius.