... I assume that you are referring to the Holy Doors (in the Iconostasis) rather than to the Royal Doors (between the narthex and the nave). In this case...
Dear Carol, thank you so much for the posting and sharing of your musical arrangements. We never had the podoben melodies before, and only sung plain chant. We...
... Royal Doors (between the narthex and the nave). JRS: In Russian, the term "Tsarskie Vrata" always refers to the Royal Gates of the iconostasis -- and to no...
At Vigils in our parish, which follows Russian usage, the Royal (altar) Doors are: - Opened at the beginning for Ps 103 and shut when the censing concludes -...
Peter Fekula
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Jul 1, 2005 2:40 pm
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Dear Peter, You have summarised the opening and closing of the Holy Doors at Vigil clearly and succinctly. However, is it not true that if there are New ...
I don't know, but at a glance I think they are in some ways an improvement on some of the things we have, both from St. Vlad's and from SJOKP. What do others...
According to the sabbaite Typikon, the great censing at the beginning of the Vigil is performed before the beginning of the service. So the Holy Doors are...
Dear Father Alexey, I ask your priestly blessing and kiss your right hand! The Russian Church Abroad has not instituted a commemoration of the Saints of...
Isaac Lambertsen
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Jul 2, 2005 12:13 am
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Dear Fr. Alexey (Chumakov): Glory to Jesus Christ! Are you a priest in the Moscow Patriarchate? And, where are you located. Our parish is a ROCOR mission in...
fr.seraphim@...
Jul 2, 2005 12:55 am
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Dear Fr. Seraphim, No, I am in ROCOR, Holy Trinity Church in Oxnard, CA. We are a small parish, and I was odained just this past year....
Thanks to everyone for explanations. We also open the Doors during censing and ps103, before Dogmatic theotokion until after prokimenon. It seems like there is...
Dear friends In Christ, we are looking for plans on the construction methods of a Slav Cupola and cross. We have individuals in our parish who wish to take on...
... JRS: The Typicon is not a series of rules imposed by an Ecumenical Council. There are several Typicons in use today in the Orthodox Church, and many...
Bishop Peter told me that it is parish practice to open the doors at "O Theotokos and Virgin". This is not what they do at Jordanville, but since he told me...
... JRS: There are many such divergences. For example, in Jordanville, at the Presanctified Liturgy, the Royal Gates are closed during the singing of "Da...
It seems OK, but I would like to know the source. Otherwise, I think one would have to look it over very carefully before using. ... Whiteford ... rocor/...
Father John, bless! The "Resurrectional Oktoechos", at least, seems to be Archimandrite Ephrem Lash's translation, but significantly revised. As far as I can ...
Earlier this week there was a posting on one of the Orthodox egroups identifying a website which featured liturgical text in Church Slavnoic. I would great...
pvgol@...
Jul 3, 2005 6:52 am
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Can someone tell me the history of All Saint of Russia and All Saints of Athos. How long has it been the practice to celebrate these feasts? Also when were...
In Romanian practice, the 2nd Sunday is dedicated to all the Romanian Saints. So in my view, the 2nd Sunday is a Sunday dedicated to all the local Saints: in...
In Greece there is no Sunday of all Greek Saints. Nonetheless, there are several Sundays dedicted to the saints of some region (e.g. II Sunday after Easter...
I know that the feast of all saints of Russia was instituted at the 1917-1918 Sobor, because they felt a need to implore the saints of the Russian land to save...
There are only five troparia of the Octoechos listed. Was one inadvertently left out, or should one be repeated? And if the latter, does anyone know which...
The Sunday of All Saints of Russia Beatitude Verses: Octoechos: 6; All Saints of Russia: 4 1. Through food did the enemy lead Adam forth from paradise; but by...
Dear Philosoph, Notes at the end of the Service for All Saints of Athos, as printed in the expanded Menaion published by the Moscow Patriarchate in the last ...
Isaac Lambertsen
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Jul 3, 2005 1:44 pm
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Hello Isaac and other ustavniks! ... Yes, is was! A commitee of 3 bishops was appointed by the Council to write the service. One of the bishops was the...
... JRS: The Patriarchate also has at least two editions (one folio-sized, one in octavo format) that are in Slavonic type. These are offset reprints of...
... Do you refer (you probably do) to the ones publied by the Sretenskij Monastyr', that is, not by the MP press itself (But of course still in the MP's...
