Midnight Praises

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• QIn the Midnight Praises we say "and also Your poor servant Sarkis, make him without condemnation, that we may join all those and say praise Him and exalt Him above all."…
• QWho is Sarkis that is mentioned in the last verse of Aripsalin? Is it necessary to include this verse in the hymn?
• QIn the eighth part of the Theotokia we say the following: "Hail to you Mary, the salvation of our father Adam, etc." Again, I understand what the church is trying to say,…

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