Coptic Reader
Reference
Free
Coptic Reader is a mobile application that contains the liturgical texts, rites, psalmodies, hymns, melodies, services, and sacraments of the Coptic Orthodox Church. It is not simply a static reader; it dynamically assembles each service according to the rites of the current day or any selected feast or date. Each document is generated on the fly with the appropriate hymns, rubrics, and instructions, removing uncertainty in the order of services.
Coptic Reader supports English, Arabic, and Coptic, and allows flexible combinations of languages within the same document. The interface is available in both English and Arabic. The application is highly customizable, enabling you to show or hide liturgical roles (Priest, Deacon, Congregation), inaudible prayers, rubrics, and language layers according to your needs.
The application has been rebuilt from the ground up using modern technology, enabling improved performance, maintainability, and future expansion. In addition to mobile platforms, Coptic Reader is now available on Windows, Mac OS, and the web at copticreader.org.
A presentation mode allows projection of content for use in church services. Additional customization options include themes, text scaling, and control over commemorations for saints and archangels in doxologies, hymns, responses, and prayers.
Navigation throughout the app is calendar-aware, allowing seamless movement between readings, commemorations, and service documents while maintaining context.
Key Features
-Dynamic Service Generation
-Bookmarks: Organize frequently used documents for quick access
-Advanced Search: Search across Bible text, liturgical documents, Synaxarion, Antiphonary, and seasonal content with categorized results
-Synaxarion Calendar: Browse the full liturgical year, search by saint name, and jump directly to entries
-Presets: Save and switch between complete configuration profiles for different churches or services
-Bible Navigation: Quickly move between chapters using an expandable navigation control without disrupting layout
-Copy passages from Bible chapters and Katameros readings for sharing or reference
-Auto Rotate Support: Interface adapts to device orientation where supported
Content List
-Complete Bible including Coptic New Testament and Deuterocanonical books
-Book of Hours (Agpeya)
-Holy Psalmody including Midnight Praises, Vesper Praises, Morning Praises (Standard, Koiahk, Nativity, Theophany, Great Fast, Pentecostal, including all festal and saint psalies)
-Antiphonary (Difnar)
-Divine Liturgies with integrated Service of the Deacons (St. Basil, St. Gregory, and St. Cyril, including Vespers and Matins)
-Katameros (Sundays, weekdays, Great Fast, Pentecostal period, and feasts)
-Synaxarion
-Distribution Melodies
-Unction of the Sick
-Baptism Prayers
-Crowning and Engagement Prayers
-Pascha Prayers
-Prostration Prayers
-Liturgy of the Waters (Lakkan)
-Veneration services
-Funeral services (Men, Women, Boys, Girls, Monks, Memorials, Prayer at the Tomb)
-Consecration services (Church, Vessels, Censers, Icons, Baptistery, -Ordinations, Reception of a New Priest, Home Blessing)
For more information or to submit feedback, visit copticreader.org.
Corrected Psalm and Gospel texts and references for the fourth and fifth weeks of Great Lent.
Corrected Pauline, Catholic Epistle, Praxis, Psalm, and Gospel readings for the fourth and fifth weeks of Great Lent.
Completed corrections to Great Lent readings and prophecies, including their associated Bible passages.
Corrected the 6th-, 9th-, and 11th-Hour readings for Thursday Eve of Holy Pascha.
Updated Arabic and Coptic text for the five hours and Gospel material of Friday Eve of Holy Pascha.
Corrected Resurrection Sunday readings, including Psalm references, epistles, Praxis, and Gospels.
Corrected the Resurrection Expositions and their associated readings.
Corrected the readings for Monday of the first week of the Holy Fifty.
Corrected the Arabic Synaxarion text for Epep 12.
Updated the readings for the Ascension, Pentecost, and the Entry into Egypt feast.
Corrected Holy Fifty readings for Friday of Week 6, Saturday and Sunday of Week 6, and Saturday of Week 7.
Updated readings for the 1st, 3rd, 6th, 9th, and 11th Hours of Tuesday of Holy Pascha.
Corrected the spelling of St. Euphronia.
Corrected the text of the Book of Habakkuk and updated its Joyous Saturday reading.
Corrected the First Prostration silent procession.
Corrected English text in the Sunday Theotokias.
Corrected text in the O Mary hymn and the Watos Psali on Wednesday Theotokia.
Corrected the "The mention of Your name" ending in saint melodies.
Corrected Coptic text in the Doxology of St. Anthony.
Added Resurrection Feast prophecies and corrected the Resurrection prophecy readings.
Corrected the Arabic deacon response in the St. Basil Liturgy Confession.
Replaced "Pause" with "Selah" in the Habakkuk and Psalm 66 readings.
Corrected readings for Monday through Friday, and Saturday and Sunday, of the fifth week of Pentecost.
Corrected readings for Monday, Tuesday, and Friday of the sixth week of Pentecost.
Added the people's response to the conclusions of the Pascha Expositions.
Added St. Simon the Tanner content, including commemorations, intercessions, and Verses of the Cymbals.
Corrected readings for Saturday and Sunday of the second week of Pentecost.
Corrected Arabic text in Acts readings for the Katameros.
Corrected Arabic text in the St. Mary Praise "Intercede for us" hymn.
Corrected readings for Saturday and Sunday of the third week of Pentecost.
Updated readings for the 1st and 3rd Hours of Wednesday of Holy Pascha.
Corrected readings for Saturday and Sunday of the fourth week of Pentecost.
Corrected Psalm numbering and references for the first through fourth and seventh weeks of Pentecost.
Corrected readings for Monday through Friday of the seventh week of Pentecost.
Corrected nesting of the "Your Mercies" hymn in the Kiahk Psalmody.
Corrected readings for the first week of Pentecost.
Removed a stray numeral from John 12:36.
Corrected the first-hour text for Covenant Thursday.
Corrected text in the Pascha Exposition.
Corrected "Eemon" to "our" in the Eaghapy hymn.
Corrected English text in the prayer after Confession.
Added Arabic diacritics to Pascha prayers, including the Lord Have Mercy and Glory to the Father responses.
Corrected a word in the Resurrection Psalie.
Added the Pauline silent prayer to the General Funeral Prayer.
Corrected English text in the Tenen hymn.
Corrected the "One (nature) out of two" text in the Sunday Theotokia.
Corrected Arabic text in the 6th Hour of Good Friday.
Corrected Coptic text in the Commemoration, Fourth Hoos, Tuesday and Thursday Theotokias, Psalm 150, and Psalm 46 readings.
Improved stability for an iOS black-screen issue.
Fixed stale document content when opening an item from the left-side menu.
The developer, Coptic Orthodox Diocese of the Southern USA, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
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The developer does not collect any data from this app.
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Information
- Seller
- Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate D
- Size
- 228.7 MB
- Category
- Reference
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 13.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 13.0 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 13.0 or later. - iPod touch
Requires iOS 13.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 10.15 or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- Copyright
- © Coptic Orthodox Diocese of the Southern USA
