SSCN Voumes 1-10, 1994-2004

St. Shenouda Coptic Newsletter

,ere nek 62 pimenecwou 63 n eliyinon 64 n te p ,c pinis] n er,iereuc 65 peniwt e yu alaxandroc ak a moni m piohi e yu n te koctentinoupoli qen pitoubo n te pekh/t nem peknah] eycwtwn mv r/] m pencwt/r ateft/if 66 h r/i e jon pen 67 hwkon m pekr/] e tekt/k peklaoc akaitou atotf 68 m petroc fa 69 ]ekxoci a e yu acounh 70 nem e bol 71 e bol n ninoubi nem nienoumi a 72 It is very hard to identify this patriarch. Some of the Manuscripts of the Synaxarium mentioned Alexander of Alexandria while others mentioned him as Alexander of Constantinople. 73 It seems that our text make allusion to Alexander of Alexandria, successor of Peter of Alexandria. The Synaxarium gives additional names of the Popes of Rome and Patriarchs of Contantinople: Felix of Rome (6 Hâtûr), Clement of Rome (29 Hâtûr), Silverter of Rome (7 Tûbah), Clement of Rome (28 Tûbah), Hippolyte of Rome (5-6 Amshîr), Fabian of Rome (11 Amshîr), Valtentinus of Rome (11 Amshir), Celestinus of Rome (3 Abîb), Alexander of Constantinople/

Hail to you true Pastor of Christ the great archpriest, our holy father Alexander. You pastured the holy flock of Constantinople by the purity of your heart and your straight faith Like our Saviour who gave himself for us; also you too, you gave yourself for your people. They made you by Peter, who has the holy authority to bind and to loosen the sins and the offenses Conclusion: The Antiphonarion provides another tradition from the Synaxarium. When the compilor of this book did not have enough material about a Roman pope, he is presented either as a martyr (taken from the epic martyrdoms) or welcome him according to the Coptic rite for bishops; hence it gives a vivid report about the development of this rite. The edition of O'Leary is full of mis-spelling, we hope that another more accurate edition will be published soon. Alexandria (18 Masrî), Liberius of Rome (4 Nasî).

End Notes: 1. Youhanna Nessim Youssef, "Liturgical Connections between Copts (anti-Chalcedonian) and Greeks (Chalcedonian) After the Council of Chalcedon" Ephemerides Liturgicae 114/4, 2000 , p 394-400. 2. For the liturgical books, cf. H. Malak, "Les Livres Liturgiques de l'Eglise Copte" Mélanges Eugène Tisserant, III, (= Studi e Testi, 233) Vatican 1964, p1-35. U. Zanetti, "Bohairic Liturgical Manuscripts" OCP 60, (1995), p65-94. 3. Cf. G. Gabra, "Untersuchungen zum Difnar der koptischen Kirche. I Quellenlage, Forschungsgeschichichte und künftige Aufgaben" BSAC 35, 1996, p 37-52, Id. "Untersuchungen zum Difnar der koptischen Kirche. II zur Kompilation" BSAC 37, 1998, p 49-68. 4. Qommos Philotaos al-Maqari, ,Cairo1913

St. Shenouda Coptic Newsletter 5. This book contains various hymns in honour of Saints. For this book cf. Youhanna Nessim Youssef, "Un témoin méconnu de la littérature copte. " BSAC 32, 1993, pp. 139-147. Id. "Une relecture des glorifications coptes" BSAC 34, 1995, pp. 77-83. 6. O'Leary De Lacy, The Difnar of the Coptic Church from the manuscript in the John Rylands with fragments of a Difnar recently discovered at Dêr Abu Makar in Wadîn-Natrun, Vol.1, London 1926, p 32. 7. The tone to which hymns are sung on Sundays, Mondays and Tuesdays. The name is taken from the first word of the first verse of the Theotokia for Monday. "Adam was yet sorrowful of heart" cf. O.H.E. Burmester, Koptische Handschriften I, VOHD XXI, 1, Wiesbaden 1975, p321. 8. Ps. 44 (45):2. 9. misreading, I am not able to identify this word. 10. The tone to which hymns are sung on Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays. The name is taken from the first word of the first verse of the Theotokia for Thursday "The Bush which Moses saw in the desert". O.H.E. Burmester, Koptische Handschriften I, VOHD XXI, 1, Wiesbaden 1975, p322. 11. Read apeilh

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