Hello dear Ustavians! Just before Holy Communion we sing "Of Thy mystical supper" in tone 6. My knowledge of Church Slavonic is less than I'd like it to be at...
Michael Malloy
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Nov 17, 1998 5:08 pm
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... The daily troparia & kontakia are used at weekday Liturgies for services of less than Doxology rank, i.e., Simple, Double, and Six-stichera. This is ...
Matthew Williams
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Nov 17, 1998 5:47 pm
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Hello dear Ustavians! ... "Veche-pi Tvoye-ya tai-ni-ya dnes, Sinye Bojii, prichastnika mya priimi: ne bo vragom tvoim tai-nu povem, nee lobzania tee damm yako...
Rev. Stefan Pavlenko
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Nov 17, 1998 7:55 pm
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... understand it, is reserved for Great and >Holy Thursday Liturgy when it is also sung in place of >the Cherubimic Hymn. ... I have seen "Of Thy Mystical...
Genevieve Holland
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Nov 17, 1998 10:24 pm
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I've collected a variety of typicon questions aobut reader's services. A few weekends ago, our priest was at a conference, so we did reader's services. The...
Genevieve Holland
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Nov 18, 1998 4:17 am
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... At Vespers: "...wherefore the world doth glorify Thee." Reader: Prokeimenon in the 6th tone: The Lord... Choir: The Lord... Rader: Stichos etc. Reader: A...
Matthew Williams
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Nov 18, 1998 2:06 pm
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Dear in Christ Matthew, ... [text removed] ... Thee, ... I am probably just misunderstanding you here -- the "Doxa Soi, Kyrie..." before and after the reading...
Thomas Carroll
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Nov 18, 1998 3:28 pm
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... "Glory to Thee..." is, of course, a doxology addressed to the Lord (I'm afraid I can't answer as to whether "Lord" refers to Christ or the Trinity). I...
Matthew Williams
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Nov 18, 1998 4:50 pm
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A Question on another mailing list, with a little of my possibly correct commentary. I will pass on the answers. "I am searching for information about the...
PRIEST SERAPHIM
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Nov 18, 1998 5:07 pm
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We usually sing the Tropar and Kontak of the Temple, sing "From My Youth." I've seen the Prolouge read for the Saint of the day, and the Homily that follows it...
Justin
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Nov 18, 1998 5:41 pm
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SJOKP (St. John of Kronstadt Press) publishes a book called "The Order of Divine Services" which is the most thorough Russian practice typicon in English that...
Genevieve Holland
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Nov 18, 1998 9:56 pm
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Does anyone here have a remedy (other than rest) for losing one's voice? I've lost, or nearly lost, my voice every weekend for the past month or so, which...
Genevieve Holland
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Nov 18, 1998 10:11 pm
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... From: Matthew Williams [SMTP:kd4wpr@...] <mailto:[SMTP:kd4wpr@...]> Sent: Wednesday, November 18, 1998 3:48 PM To: David James Subject: Re:...
David James
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Nov 18, 1998 10:18 pm
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For what it's worth, I think "Glory to Thee, O Lord" should be sung, treated as a call to the worshippers to contemplate what's about to be read, or what's...
Fekula, Peter
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Nov 18, 1998 10:27 pm
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Interesting question. I've been in several parishes where they use ripidia regularly, without a bishop present. They bring them out for the Gospel reading...
Fekula, Peter
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Nov 18, 1998 10:54 pm
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... (I sent the following in response to your post to the Synod List. I am cross-posting it here with a few modifications.) Dear Genevieve, (My daughter is...
Dr. Elizabeth W. Riggs
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Nov 19, 1998 1:59 am
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On Wed, 18 Nov 1998 16:29:00 -0500 "Fekula, Peter" ... Dear in Christ, All Russians with whom I am familiar make a 'metania' by making the Sign of the Cross...
Fr. David C. Straut
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Nov 19, 1998 2:57 am
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Jenny - I hate to mention this, but here it is anyway: Do they have incense where your choir at school practices? More to the point, are you exposed to heavy...
Michael Malloy
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Nov 19, 1998 3:55 am
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At Great Vespers (at a Vigil), during Lord I Have Cried and the ,the priest incenses the temple. As we near the end of the verses, the my superior has stated...
Tomas Rodriguez
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Nov 19, 1998 1:39 pm
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... And, of course, one should cross oneself first, then make a bow. There are times when one bows without crossing oneself, such as when someone is censing...
Russell Martin
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Nov 19, 1998 2:18 pm
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Although the liturgicl fans (ripidy) are in Russian practice customary for the most part at bishops' services, in Greek ppractice they are used at all Divine...
Rev. John R. Shaw
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Nov 19, 1998 2:19 pm
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... e.g., during the six psalms at Matins. ... I have been taught not to cross myself or bow at all during the 6 Pss, but to stand as still as possible. ...
Genevieve Holland
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Nov 19, 1998 2:26 pm
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Bless, Father David! I concede the point willingly unfamiliar as I am with non-Russian practices. I'm sure what you say is correct and sanctified as it were by...
Fekula, Peter
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Nov 19, 1998 2:33 pm
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The Slavonic Book of Hours calls for crossing oneself without bowing at the three Alleluias in the middle of the 6 Pss. Without bowing, precisely not to...
Fekula, Peter
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Nov 19, 1998 2:35 pm
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When I visited Greece as a teenager and was still learning about Orthodoxy, I met people who urged me to do this also--some Greeks have a custom of giving...
Rev. John R. Shaw
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Nov 19, 1998 2:40 pm
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... e.g., during the six psalms at Matins. ... Actually, Gen is showing that our parish has had spiritual formation in Byzantine (Greek) usage, and Russian....
PRIEST SERAPHIM
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Nov 19, 1998 2:51 pm
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... On Thu, 19 Nov 1998 09:23:00 -0500 "Fekula, Peter" ... The Russian and traditional Greek practices are different in this area. Genevieve Holland is...
Fr. David C. Straut
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Nov 19, 1998 3:04 pm
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On Thu, 19 Nov 1998 09:22:00 -0500 "Fekula, Peter" ... It also brings up a question. I've noticed among Greeks ... Dear Peter, The Lord bless you. I've...
Fr. David C. Straut
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Nov 19, 1998 3:04 pm
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My understanding is that Russian practice is to make the sign of the Cross while errect, so that the Cross of our Lord is not broken. We make the sign of the...
Matanna@...
Nov 19, 1998 4:37 pm
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I have always venerated the Holy Table before exiting during the 6 Psalms. The reason I was taught for not bowing at this point is that in the church there...