Follow the included instructions to create one for your child or a bunch for your students. Mary Magdalene in Gainesville put together a journal for kids to use through Holy Week and mark out the important events. Put the whole story of Christ’s ministry in context for the kids and build up anticipation for Good Friday, Bright Saturday, and the Feast of the Resurrection. If you are not able to attend or to stream all the services, Holy Week is a great time to crack open your Bibles and read the gospels. Read spiritual books, listen to sermons, or study the Bible together. Do things together as a family, not in the virtual realm. For one week, give up on video games and television. I wrote a post to help you get started: “Your Child Can Fast Holy Week If…'Įliminate secular entertainment. Even if they didn’t fast any of Lent, they can tackle Holy Week. Coptic Reader is optimized for iPhone 5.It’s important to sanctify Holy Week to God, to spend time with Him in prayer and fasting, and to set this example especially for the kids.Įncourage your kids to fast. This app requires many in-app purchases if you wish to access the full versionįor: iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, iPhone 5, iPod touch (3rd generation), iPod touch (4th generation), iPod touch (5th generation), and iPad with iOS 6.0 or later.A complete Coptic reader offering users a large selection of prayers in one location.It has to be one of the best Coptic translating apps out there. I'm not saying this design isn’t pleasing it’s just basic in its amount of features and functions. It’s clear the focus was on the content rather than a sleek and fancy looking user interface design. This app felt very well put together and complete where the content was concerned.Īs far as ease of use, this one was kept very basic and simple. I enjoyed the customization features, the ability to adjust the font size to make it easy to read, the wide array of prayers, and the fact that you could select prayers that matched a specific day. You save yourself a lot of time and energy by just having everything at your fingertips in this app. I have to agree with users: this is a very handy and quick way to access several books. One user even called it the 'Best Coptic app out there.'

Users like that rather than searching through a number of books they can find all the prayers in one convenient location. There are currently 11 customer ratings with an average rating of four and a half out of five stars. There are no updates available at this time. There are a number of in-app purchases available which are: Praises ($4.99), Liturgies ($9.99), Melodies and Distribution ($4.99), Antiphonary ($4.99), Crowning Prayers ($1.99), Baptism ($1.99), and Unction of the Sick ($1.99).

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