Coptic Orthodox demo
Tasbeha — the Midnight Praises.
Tasbeha is the Coptic Orthodox service of Midnight Praise — the Church standing through the night in canticles and hymns. Its order shifts with the day of the week and the season. Pick a night and watch the praises assemble.
Night (day of week)
Season
Tune of the day
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Kiahk. In the month before the Nativity, the praises expand into the famous “Seven & Four” — all seven daily Theotokias and their four explanatory canticles are chanted, with Kiahk Psalis and the long Saturday-night vigils that fill the Church until dawn.
An overview of the order of the praises in the Coptic Orthodox tradition — not the hymn texts themselves. Local practice and feast days vary the doxologies and additions.