Dear Pavel, Yes it was a wonderful trip from Sophia! I was there for Pascha in 2005! Contact me offlist please. Forgive me psaltisuk <psaltisuk@...>...
Christopher Boyer
bcmonk_2000@...
May 2, 2008 1:41 pm
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I will be out of the office starting 05/01/2008 and will not return until 05/05/2008. I will respond to your message when I return. ...
On behalf of the Cathedral Dean, Fr. Alexei Kotar and the parishioners, you are cordially invited to the celebration of the 75th anniversary of the founding of...
Well, that was a little longer "break" than I had anticipated! I had mislaid both my Liturgical Calendar and the Order of Divine Services, and only came...
Dear Fathers and brothers in Christ, We are receiving the Bishop in a few weeks and we are doing Small Compline with an Akathist. I've been to Compline every...
... I doubt he will want to do this, but this is a "know your bishop" sort of question. My guess is he will keep it simple, serving Compline as celebrating...
Question, what would a deacon do at the Small Compline? Ierei Kirill ... ____________________________________________________________________________________ ...
... Answer: Nothing. Since there is nothing appointed for a deacon to do during Small Compline (or the Midnight Office), he cannot serve, and it is quite...
In Greece the small compline is solemnly served on the Fridays I-IV of Lent with a portion (stasis) of the Akathist to the Theotokos or all the Akathist...
Thank you Panagiotis for some insides on liturgical customs of the Greek Church. In Russian Church Small Compline is part of the everyday circle of the...
Christ is Risen! For everyone who is interested in Russian Orthodox Church music, is a singer in a church choir, or a reader, the website for the Summer School...
We sincerely hope all members and friends of Saint Nicholas Russian Orthodox Cathedral will join together in commemorating the 75 years that the parish has...
Christ is Risen! Should this be helpful to anyone, I am posting my choir sheets for Vigil readings, Liturgy, and Liturgy readings for Mid-Pentecost/Ap. John to...
Dear Fathers, and Brothers and Sisters in Christ, Christ is Risen! It was a joy to see so many of you in New York for the enthronement of Metropolitan...
Simon, Steven
ssimon@...
May 21, 2008 4:54 pm
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In my parish we have quite a number of Russian speaking people and we often do parts of the service in Slavonic. I need the words in Slavonic for the deacon...
Dear Ustavniki, What are the moments of incensing at a priest's funeral? What, where, who gets incensed by the deacon or priest? Reader Oleh [Non-text portions...
OB
teach1@...
May 22, 2008 11:50 pm
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Christ is Risen! Hopefully no-one gets too incensed by the clergy…especially at a funeral. ;-) Sorry. The term is “censed”…”incensed” means to...
Dear Subdeacon Martinian, I write these question usually quite late at night, so forgive me for putting 'incensed'! To clarify with another question: At what...
OB
teach1@...
May 25, 2008 10:36 pm
21896
... One of my all-time favourite words which I read on one of the Yahoo forums several years ago (and again in fairly recent history), is when someone referred...
... One of
my all-time favourite words which I read on one of the
Yahoo forums several years ago (and again in fairly recent
history), is when someone referred...
Christ is Risen! My sons recalls that when he was a seminarian at Holy Trinity Seminary, the Royal Doors were opened for the singing of "Christ is Risen" at...
XB! As a point of interest (or not!) Both my Oxford English Dictionary and my American Heritage Dictionary allow the verb 'to incense' for the ritual act as...
Christ is risen! I used to misplace my tuning fork several times per service, inversely proportionally to the number of people on kliros. If there were a lot...
... Truly He is risen! ... [ml] Somehow, I don't feel quite right saying, "Wisdom! Let us attend!" but that's what I feel like saying. Absolutely brilliant....
Matushka: Christ is risen! What your son describes is what I've always seen -- the Royal doors are open whenever "Christ is risen" is sung thrice -- at the...
Christ is risen! Truly risen! Dear Friends -- Since we recognize 'cense' as meaning only the wafting of the fragrant smoke of burning spices, and since...
In my copy of 'A Prayerbook for Orthodox Christians' by Holy Transfiguration Monastery published in 1987, on page 189 there is a rubric which states, And from...
XB! ... I agree with your parish priest: this seems like an error and/or like a local tradition. The usual (russian) tradition is to sing/read "Christ is...
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