Dear List, In case some of you are preparing the service for the Sunday Before Nativity: I noticed on Fr. John's rubrics, he has (I think this is for the...
Glory to God for all things! What is the rubric for the daily Troparia and Kondakia during a festal season? For example, on the feast of the Nativity I *know*...
... wouldn't sing ... days ... or does ... The daily Troparia and Kontakia, as well as the daily Prokeimena, Alleluia verses and Communion verses, are *omitted...
... Prophet ... beareth ... birth./ ... JRS: What you have is the Kondak of the Fore-feast of the Nativity: that would be sung after "Both now..." What Fr....
... According to the Horologion and other service books, "God is with us" is to be performed as follows: Choir 1: "God is with us, understand, O ye nations,...
Dear All, Can someone post the troparion for many martyrs from the General Menaion? My abbot is in need of it. Thank you for any assistance. I think it starts...
... Father, bless, Thank you, I mislabeled it as the kontakion of the fathers and copied it, but should have been labeled as the forefeast. Sorry, my mistake....
Glory to God for all things! Should have thought of this before, but at my age it takes awhile for the brain to catch up.... If we aren't using the daily...
... what do ... Menaion? ... During the Nativity season, we use the Prokeimenon of the Feast (Nativity) in place of any "daily" Prokeimena. The same applies...
Dear Father, As no one more knowledgable has answered yet, I will do so: Troparion for Several Martyrs (Tone 4) In their sufferings O Christ, * Thy martyrs...
Glory to God for all things! Dear Stephen, Dratted Christmas holidays -- they throw *everything* out of whack, and to top it all off, we *still* aren't into...
Dear Michael, If the Sunday before the Nativity is on the 18th or 19th Fr. John's kondak is correct. If the Sunday before is within the prefeast your kondak is...
Thank you for you reply Father David. In Christ, Monk Justin From: "Father David Straut" <fr.straut@...> Reply-To: ustav@yahoogroups.com Date: Thu, 2...
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... There seems to be some confusion over which kontakion of the Fathers should be sung on the Sunday of the Holy Fathers (Sunday before the Nativity). There...
Dear Cues Members: Please change the Kontakion of the Fathers (after the Glory...) for this Sunday to: Tone 1 (Spec. Mel.: "The choir of angels..." Be glad, O...
... What Fr. John has written about the prokeimena during a festal period is correct; however, he has not addressed the question of the prokeimena on a ...
Sorry, Fr. Alexis - It was a slip of my finger. I told you to doublecheck the spelling!! :-) It's supposed to be "lactescent". In Christ, Elizabeth On 2 Jan...
... is ... on a ... Quite so. However, The original question had only concerned daily Troparia, and not Prokeimena, Alleluia verses, or Communion verses, which...
Greetings to all! I am attempting to find someone who has a copy of a particular iconography manual. The book is entitled "Podlinnik ikonopisnyi", izdanie...
A priest has asked me to post the following note: Those who are serving in English (or in Greek) and who are using service-books of Greek provenance should...
Dear in Christ: Blessed Forefeast! A few questions: 1) At Royal Hours, is the first great censing begun at the altar, after which the Gospel is brought to the...
I was wondering if anyone might know of an English translation to an Akathist to an icon of the Mother of God entitled, "Ekonomissa". I found one on line...