Coptic Reader

Name: Coptic Reader
Rating: 4.9 (8657 reviews)
Author: Coptic Orthodox Diocese of the Southern USA

Reference

Free · Designed for iPad

8.7K Ratings
Ages

4+
Years
Category

Reference
Developer

Coptic Orthodox Diocese of the Southern USA
Language

EN
English
Size

65.4
MB

Coptic Reader is a mobile application that contains the liturgical text, rites, psalmodies, hymns, melodies, services, and sacraments of the Coptic Orthodox Church. See below for a full list of included content. Coptic Reader is not simply a text reader but rather it dynamically creates each document/service according to the rites of the current day, or selected day/feast. Coptic Reader builds each document on the fly with all appropriate hymns, rites and instructions to take the guess work out of the order of a church service. Coptic Reader can generate documents in a combination of English, Arabic, and Coptic and supports both English and Arabic as the application interface language. Coptic Reader is fully customizable and allows you to show/hide different liturgical roles (i.e., Priest, Deacon, and Congregation), inaudible prayers, rubrics/comments, and languages. You may choose between different graphical themes as well as change the document text size. A presentation mode is also supported that allows you to project the content in your church for a complete experience. The application also allows you to control which saint or archangel commemorations will be shown in doxologies, hymns, responses, and other prayers for your church's intercessors. 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 psalies) - Antiphonary (Difnar) - Divine Liturgies with integrated Service of the Deacons (St. Basil, St.Gregory, and St. Cyril, as well as Vespers and Matins service) - Katameros (Sundays, Weekdays, Great Fast, Pentecostal, 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 - Funerals (Men, Women, Boys, Girls, Monks, Memorials, and Prayer at the Tomb) - Consecrations (Church, Vessels, Censers, Icons, Baptistery, Ordinations, Reception of a New Priest, and Home Blessing) For more information about Coptic Reader, visit: http://suscopts.org/wiki/Coptic_Reader Please direct any comments or questions to: copticreader@suscopts.org https://www.facebook.com/CopticReader

Ratings & Reviews

4.9

out of 5

8.7K Ratings

Finally a unifying effort. This app is such a tremendous benefit to our wonderful Church.
08/11/2024

Southsidejam
I have been attending Coptic churches in America since the 1970’s. God bless all those who dedicated time and effort on those early translations. Thank you to Coptic Reader for being a unifying force for the English language in the Coptic Orthodox Chirch in a very professional and tech-savvy way!!!I have one technical request. I often find myself wanting to share from the app - whether it be a Bible reading or a passage from the liturgy or the Synexarium. Currently the only way to do this is to either find the passage elsewhere or screenshot; however, sometimes multiple screenshots are needed and this is not ideal. Please make it possible to cut and past from this app. Thanks again for all of your efforts!!!
Finally a unifying effort. This app is such a tremendous benefit to our wonderful Church.
08/11/2024

Southsidejam

I have been attending Coptic churches in America since the 1970’s. God bless all those who dedicated time and effort on those early translations. Thank you to Coptic Reader for being a unifying force for the English language in the Coptic Orthodox Chirch in a very professional and tech-savvy way!!!I have one technical request. I often find myself wanting to share from the app - whether it be a Bible reading or a passage from the liturgy or the Synexarium. Currently the only way to do this is to either find the passage elsewhere or screenshot; however, sometimes multiple screenshots are needed and this is not ideal. Please make it possible to cut and past from this app. Thanks again for all of your efforts!!!
Greatest spiritual tool in the age of technology!
08/27/2024

DickHerDownnn
The Coptic Reader app has made true Orthodox spirituality more accessible than ever before. As a free resource, this app has given me access to the breadth of wisdom passed down from our Holy Father’s to carry with me through out the day and grow in understanding. Through the difficulties of life, it is a blessing to be able turn to open the app at anytime and receive the Word of God and follow the prayers of the faith. God bless the creators of this app and thank you for the continuous improvements you make to it! 🙏🏽
Greatest spiritual tool in the age of technology!
08/27/2024

DickHerDownnn

The Coptic Reader app has made true Orthodox spirituality more accessible than ever before. As a free resource, this app has given me access to the breadth of wisdom passed down from our Holy Father’s to carry with me through out the day and grow in understanding. Through the difficulties of life, it is a blessing to be able turn to open the app at anytime and receive the Word of God and follow the prayers of the faith. God bless the creators of this app and thank you for the continuous improvements you make to it! 🙏🏽
Enhancement
Mar 24

The original Doula
(1) Add a quick short cut switch between St. Basil and St. Cyril and back, similar to that from St. Basil and St. Gregory. (2) When using () embedded in the text, there should be no space between ( and the first character and no space between the last character and ). E.g. This is an example (this is embedded text) to illustrate my point.(3) In several places in the Arabic column, the first Arabic letter of the new line in a new segment seems to be also present after the end of the previous line.
Enhancement
Mar 24

The original Doula

(1) Add a quick short cut switch between St. Basil and St. Cyril and back, similar to that from St. Basil and St. Gregory. (2) When using () embedded in the text, there should be no space between ( and the first character and no space between the last character and ). E.g. This is an example (this is embedded text) to illustrate my point.(3) In several places in the Arabic column, the first Arabic letter of the new line in a new segment seems to be also present after the end of the previous line.
An amazing app!
01/19/2024

BESHOY DANIEL
Hi there! I truly love this app for all the work that you guys have done and gained through making it super easy and simple to use! One thing I suggest, and a lot of people requested this before, is to specify the amount of days we celebrate a feast through a little note under the feast title. Let’s be honest, not a lot of people know how many for the school feast we celebrate, but I think it would be a crucial part to avoid confusion and teach people at the same time!
An amazing app!
01/19/2024

BESHOY DANIEL

Hi there! I truly love this app for all the work that you guys have done and gained through making it super easy and simple to use! One thing I suggest, and a lot of people requested this before, is to specify the amount of days we celebrate a feast through a little note under the feast title. Let’s be honest, not a lot of people know how many for the school feast we celebrate, but I think it would be a crucial part to avoid confusion and teach people at the same time!

-If Entrance of the Lord Christ into Egypt is on a Sunday during the Holy 50 days, read the Sunday readings instead. -Corrected psalms of the Great Fast (English, Arabic and Coptic) to match Katameros -Arabic text Correction in the St. George Psali -Corrected English translation in praxis response of Pentecost from (He is risen) to (He rose) to match the response of Resurrection -Removed 'Our Father' at the End of Engagement Prayer -Arabic Text Correction Psalm Matins 1st Day Jonah's Fast -Added Arabic Title to the Synaxarion of St. Besa (6th Mesore) -Removed Doxa Patri From 6th Hour Confession Thief -English Text Correction Great Fast Vespers Second Melody (Translated wrong)