A note concerning the following: Normally, we do not publish the rubrics for the Great Feasts, since nearly everyone has access to the Festal Menaion of...
Dear Meg, I think there is a problem with the Prokeimenon, Alleluia , & Communion verse. These three belong to the Vesperal Liturgy of the eve of the...
Hello Sergius, Can you clarify what the daily Prokeimenon, Alleluia, & Communion Verse would be for this coming Saturday, December 24 (Jan 6)? Where do these...
... Where ... Dear Kenneth, These are in the Epistle Book. Reference is made to them in the Order of Divine Services, p. 216. I haven't an Apostol w/me in...
Would anyone know of an online source for the ustav *in Russian* for the Sunday & other services? In other words a Russian online version like what Fr John...
I set the text up according to the rubrics in the St. John of Kronstadt Calendar. I assumed that the rubrics were a correction of the information in the Order...
Father, I think the SJKP calendar has made a mess of it. The readings of the Vesperal Liturgy of St. Basil are never done on Sat. or Sun. Liturgy when these...
Dear Fr. John, Assuming all the rest is correct, I still have a question about the troparion. There is one unique to the 24th : Tone 4 "Once Mary being with...
That's the troparion I understood we were to use (Once Mary being with child...). Kenneth Doll <dollpka@...> wrote: Dear Fr. John, Assuming all the rest...
The readings appointed in the SKOP calendar are different than those done at the Vesperal liturgy. The prokimenon and Alleluia verses appear to be the same,...
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I just copied the following from the Church of the Nativity, Erie, PA website. I am curious as to whether the old rite has a difference from the new rite as...
Dear Kenneth, My son who is the parish's webmaster must have simply plugged in some of these service times from years past. There are, of course, no Royal...
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... Yes, there is an interesting difference here. According to our usage the Royal Hours could not be served on a Saturday. We would always serve them today,...
... The festal Prokeimenon, Alleluia and Communion Verse at the Liturgy on 24 December when it falls on a Saturday was prescribed by the Moscow Patriarchate's...
... Because it is the festal period of a great feast of the Lord, the troparion and a kontakion of the temple are not sung when it is a temple of the Lord. In...
Dear Daniel, That is very interesting. I do understand not wanting to do the ordinary Saturday prokeimenon etc., but I don't understand plugging in the festal...
In a message dated 1/5/2007 2:54:22 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, danielolson@... writes: The festal Prokeimenon, Alleluia and Communion Verse at the...
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Tehee! And Cranmer thought the "rules called the Pye" were difficult. He, of course, did not know the Orthodox Typikon in any of its manifestations. Sergius ...
... JRS: Here are some of the rules from the Old Rite December Menaion: 1) The icon of the Nativity is supposed to be put out, not after the Hours and Vesperal...
I am curious about the priest's exclamation at the end of each hour. I was taught "God be bountiful to us and bless us..." for 1st and 9th, with "Through the...
... JRS: Myself, I followed the Old Rite books for this service, according to which "God be bountiful to us..." was used only at the First Hour, with "Through...
I have followed the posts of Sergius Miller for the past several years with interest. His posts are always informative and he is obviously (with Archpriest...
I just wondered how common this is -- do many other churches celebrate the Liturgy for Nativity after midnight? Thanks. Natasha Mulligan Sylmar, CA ... Liturgy...
Many, many thanks, Father David, for your kind words & prayers. Yes, I was ordained deacon by Metropolitan Herman on 24 Dec., at St. Nicholas' Cathedral in...
Dear All, Feeling sad that I'm not in shape to drive up the Allegheny Front for an Old Calendar Christmas. But not too sad, because I just downloaded some ...
I completely agree with Fr. David and so does our choir director, Serafim Cardell. I am guessing that he was probably ordained on 25 December 2006. Reader...