Coptic Liturgy of St Basil

The liturgy is attributed to St Basil, bishop of Caesarea, dated to the late 4th century and largely built on the liturgy of St Mark^[2]. It is the most commonly used liturgy in the Coptic Church, used most of the year^[2]. The oldest known form of the Coptic text is an incomplete 7th-century Sahidic manuscript found in 1960, from which today's Bohairic version derives^[1]. No historical evidence shows that Basil wrote the older Egyptian version; the article suggests he may have met Egyptian texts during his visit to Egypt in 356–7 and later modified them^[1].

The Prayer of Reconciliation comes after the Creed and before "Holy, Holy, Holy"^[2]; the priest washes his hands three times and sprinkles water on the congregation as it is recited^[1]. Neither source gives its text, so the incipit «يا الله العظيم الأبدي» quoted on the site was not verified.