Kiahk Praises Explained
The praise of Kiahk (also known as “7 and 4”) on the Eve of Sunday is the praise of every Eve of Sunday all year since Sunday is the day of the Resurrection when the Church stays awake until daybreak. Eventually, it contacts the dawn of eternity, whose sun never leaves, because the Lord Jesus, the true Light, the Sun of Righteousness, will be its light. This article will explain the prayer of the midnight watch, the divisions of the midnight praise, including the diptych, the Psalias, and the Theotokos, and how we should praise in the church.
It begins with the Agpeya prayer in which the gospel of the meeting with the virgins who lit their lamps (Mat 25:1-13) is read, then the gospel of repentance out of love for Christ, offering feelings of their love with the fragrant oil which the woman poured (Luke 7:36-50). Then it concludes the appointed times of the Lord for the little flock separated from the world whom the Lord became their share (Luke 12:32-46).
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