... Although I just posted this link a few days ago, please have another look: http://synaxis.info/synaxis/2_services/3_scriptures/3_scriptures.html I just...
... [ml] Silly question, probably, but -- although I know that the Biblical Odes are the basis for the Eirmosy of the Canons, where are the Odes *themselves*...
I apologize to everyone for a private message, intended for Nikita Simmons, that somehow got sent to the whole group. And I took another stab this morning at...
Dear Daniel, The 1959 Jordanville Psalter is indeed a reprint of a Kiev Caves Monastery edition, but as you noted, the year of publication and the specific...
Since the Meeting of the Lord falls on the first day of Lent in 2010, it will be transferred to the preceding day (Cheesefare Sunday). But since that is the...
... From: "Fr. John Whiteford" <frjohnwhiteford@...> To: <ustav@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Saturday, June 27, 2009 8:28 PM Subject: [ustav] First Day of Lent...
Thanks, Stephen. I found these yesterday and have already added them to my web site. Incidentally, I have been able to locate almost everything else in the...
Christ is risen! Truly risen! Dear Friends -- Since the Triodion indicates that we should add hymns for the saint of the Menaion to the Kanon of the Morning...
I could be wrong, but I don't think there is an afterfeast of the presentation under the circumstances of 2010. I think Fr. Kyril's suggestion probably makes...
The Athonite Typicon I have (in Greek) gives extensive rubrics as to what to do if the Meeting of the Lord falls on Clean Monday. The service for Clean Monday...
This is one place where the Athonite and Russian Typika differ. This is, I think, the only occasion in Russian usage where a Great Feast gets displaced from...
Thank you Matushka, but that's not it. Nicholas From: ustav@yahoogroups.com [mailto:ustav@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Rebekah Moser Sent: Monday, June 29,...
What is the correct title of the hemerologion published every year by the Moscow Patriarchate, the one that provides the rubrics for each day of the current...
Dear Fathers and Brothers & Sisters in Christ, I'd like to draw your attention to, and invite your participation in, a brief survey that the Eastern American...
An exciting and amazing bit of news for Biblical scholars! From Yahoo News (July 6, 2009): World's oldest Christian Bible digitized By NARDINE SAAD, Associated...
This text in the Greek Octoechos may be translated as follows: As the Ewe-Lamb and Virgin beheld thee led as a lamb to the slaughter, O Word, she cried: `O...
Except for the last sentence (roughly "God merciful" Vs. "God Immortal") and possibly for the first sentence (where the Slavonic version refers to the Cross),...
There are a number of short Staurotheotokia that are quite similar to one another. I don't think we can regard them as all just variants of a single sticheron....
Does anyone know if St. Athanasius' "Letter to Marcellinus" exists in Church Slavonic and, if so, whether it is accessible online or in print? David James...