Andrew Assad
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.