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 Theotokias and how we should praise in the church.
Holy mass is the essence of group prayer and worship in our Orthodox Church. The church, where mass is celebrated, is the house of God and the door to heaven. It is the home of the angels and the meeting place of the saints.
While mass is being celebrated, the angels, archangels, the seraphim and the cherubim, all come to attend in heavenly arrays of great glory around the altar. At the awesome moment
when the priest invites the Holy Spirit, He comes in power amidst the joy of the angels and
transforms the bread and wine into the body and blood of our Lord Jesus Christ, in an unfathomable mystery that the human mind cannot penetrate.
