What's this hymn thomas you guys are talkin about? and also, based on the above conversation, does this mean that the paralex does not have to have the same tune? or do u just consider the last part (that is more or less demgan) the paralex?
Good to know, mina. thx. now does anyone have anything on the spirituality of the hymn, ouran enshoo-shoo? (which is the main reason i posted this). Like why does the first and the fourth part of the ekchosi are the same, while the second part has …
so then what's the point of the mo7ayer? like the paralex, from my understanding, means "next to the word" (it being a Greek word), and is meant to explain what was just said or to be an addition to what was said. So what does the mo7ayer serve as?…
well i found stuff on coptichymns.net and im not sure how legitimate it is but this is what i found on genethlion and as i was meditating on it, it makes sense to me terms of the the tune of the hymn and its possible meaning:
"Fr. Benjamin of St. A…