SEASON OF DENHAGeneral preface about the Fridays of Denha:1) If there are 9 Fridays, they celebrate [on the first Friday] the memorial of Mar John the Baptist. If not, theycelebrate it on the 7th of January as noted in the Gaza and on this Friday they recite the slota of ferial days asindicated below in its place. (2nd Friday): the memorial of Mar Peter and Paul and we follow the order indicatedin the Gaza on the feast of the apostles on the 29th June. (3rd Friday) the Evangelists; see Gaza. (4th Friday) MarStephen: see Gaza. (5th Friday) the Greek Doctors: see Gaza. (6th Friday) the Syrian and Roman Doctors: seeGaza. (7th Friday) One particular saint (patron of the church): see Gaza; (8th Friday the Forty Martyrs: see theFriday of the Confessors. (9th Friday) the Departed: see the 9th Friday after Denha.2) If there are 8 Fridays: they celebrate the memorial of Mar John rightly on the 1st of them and do not celebratethe memorial of the forty martyrs but on March 9, they follow the order of Friday of the Confessors.3) If there are 7 Fridays: they celebrate the memorial of Mar John rightly on the 1st and do not celebrate thememorial of Mar Peter and Paul, but on the June 29 only.4) If there are 6 Fridays: they celebrate the memorial of Mar John on the 1st and do not celebrate the memorialof mar Stephen on the 4th Friday, but on the 1st Sunday after Denha.5) If there are 5 Fridays: they celebrate in them the 5 remaining memorials.6) If there are 4 Fridays, they celebrate on the same day the memorial of the Greek, Syrian and Roman doctors.Friday before Denha: they recite the prayer of ramsa and lelya as indicated on the 7th Friday after Denha.Saturday before Denha: they pray the prayer of ramsa and lelya as indicated on the 2nd Saturday after Nativity.Assyrian Hudra: If there are 9 Fridays: 1) John Baptist; 2) Peter and Paul; 3) Four Evangelists; 4) Stephan; 5)Greek Doctors; 6) Syriac Doctors; 7) One Person; 8) 40 Martyrs; 9) Departed.If there are 8 Fridays: the Forty M...
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