The rubrics in the Slavonic Menaion indicate just four verses for the Saint. I would take these to be the first four. The "Glory" verse is specified to be for...
What that means is you take the first three verses written at Lord I have Cried, but then use the Doxasticon for the 4th verse. Presbyter John Whiteford St....
Christ is risen! The order for this service is taken from the SJKP "Order of Divine Services: Pentecostarion [§4B7] (ODS, p. 190). The order for Troparia and...
I am in need of the e-text of tonsure of a reader, including the admonition. We will be conducting monthly classes for our readers and I want to start with...
Saint Nicholas Orthodox Church has posted a new item, 'I will bless the Lord at all times, Psalm 33, sung at the end of Vespers' Psalm 33, as sung by our...
Christ is risen! I suggest that after the priest's blessing one should do the Great Reading expected by the Typikon rather than an ad lib. homily neither...
I am interested in obtaining the troparion to St. George in Slavonic and would be very thankful to anyone who can send this to me. Thank you very much and...
Christ is Risen! Julian, Were you looking for just the words, or the words with notes? The latter can be found here, along with a wealth of other music...
 Indeed He is Risen!  Dear Matushka:  Thank you very much for your timely response, this is what I was looking for.  In Christ.  Julian ... From:...
Christ is risen! The rubrics for this Sunday are taken from the Order of Divine Services [§4B7 - Fifth Sunday of Pascha combined with a Saint of Polyeleos or...
Dear friends, Christ is risen! I have found a troparion and kontakion of St Melangell but seem to be struggling to locate a canon. I know that many of the...
Christ is risen! The St. Innocent Press Calendar indicates that a Six-Stichera-rank service is commemorated on the Sunday of the Blind Man for the Apparition...
If you do not find anything else, consider using this translation which I did, without having enough time to make it more poetic (or improve it yourself). This...
Two selections from the recent Choir conference, hosted by our parish. I am not too good at descriptions and reviews, but this was a wonderful conference, with...
Saint Nicholas Orthodox Church has posted a new item, 'Selections from Vespers, Liturgical Music Committee of the Diocese of Chicago and Mid-America, Choral ...
... Interestingly, the troparion for this Icon is the same as for the Pochaev Icon of the Mother of God. Daniel Olson [Non-text portions of this message have...
Thanks! What I ended up doing was using an previously existing English trans. of this for the "Joy of All Who Sorrow" icon, once I realized it was the same...
A lady in the parish was getting married after Liturgy on Sun. and there was a whole romantic story involving this icon - something to do with roses. So we...
Would it be acceptable for a church in the Russian tradition to celebrate the Apodosis of Pascha according to Greek usage, where the service is basically the...
I recently put together a cantor's edition of Panakhyda/Parastas/Funeral for Galician chant (not yet fully ready; currently being reviewed by several people...
FWIW - in the Ruthenian Church, I've now cantored a funeral on the leave-taking of Pascha two years in a row. Our parish priest is very knowledgeable about...
The order for Troparia and Kontakia is for a Temple dedicated to a Saint. If your temple is dedicated to the Lord or to the Theotokos, please make the...