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The hymn Pi Oik ("the Bread")
Ⲡⲓⲱⲓⲕ (Piwik)
A Coptic hymn sung during Communion on annual days, after Psalm 150, on Christ the Bread of Life and the Virgin who bore the spiritual Manna.
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Pi Oik, "the Bread", is chanted after Psalm 150 during Communion on annual days [1]. Its themes are the Bread of Life come down from heaven, the Virgin Mary, the cherubim and seraphim, and the intercession of the Theotokos [1]. No source was found for its date or author, and the Arabic text quoted on the site was not matched against a service book.
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- Heritage of the Coptic Orthodox Church, «Piwik» contemplations — Devotional commentary, not a rubric.