Usual Disclaimer about spelling, and other errors. etc. As I understand the Order of Divine Services, the Apodosis of the Dormition takes precedence, and most...
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Sev Borzak
sev@...
Sep 1, 1999 2:01 pm
Dearest Ustav Friends! I would like to ask a question regarding the fast periods we have in the Orthodox Church. Is there any place, parish or monastery or...
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Trfcc@...
Sep 1, 1999 2:46 pm
We have, in the past followed the lenten order for daily Vespers and Matins on specified (not all) weekdays of the Nativity Fast, including the Prayer of St....
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Daniel Olson
daniellector@...
Sep 1, 1999 3:23 pm
... The first part of this hymn is based upon Matthew 1:23, which is itself based upon Isaias 7:14. The main difference between the text in Matthew 1:23 and...
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Rev. John R. Shaw
vrevjrs@...
Sep 1, 1999 10:01 pm
Some of the larger and older monasteries come closer to this than others, but if you read the Typicon you will find many details that very few observe--such as...
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Genevieve Holland
genevieveholland@...
Sep 1, 1999 11:44 pm
We are doing a wedding this Sunday consisting only of the crowning - no betrothal. My question is, do we begin with Ps. 127 (Glory to Thee, O God...), as is...
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Fr. Michael Spainhoward
father@...
Sep 2, 1999 1:50 am
I almost faced this same scenario myself until I discovered that it was a Syrian Jacobite priest who had served the betrothal. My plan was simply to pick-up...
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FrJohnMa@...
Sep 2, 1999 3:10 am
In regards to Bishop Tikhon's question regarding the Greek Typicon and the Feast of the Protection of the Theotokos: The celebration of the feast of the...
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Rev. John R. Shaw
vrevjrs@...
Sep 2, 1999 12:22 pm
I take it the betrothal service already took place before. Such cases are not foreseen by our current service books, since, according to Bulgakov's...
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FrJohnMa@...
Sep 2, 1999 2:39 pm
In a message dated 9/2/99 7:25:15 AM Central Daylight Time, ... In further reflection upon this comment, it seems good to mention that Psalm 127 is really the...
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Daniel Olson
daniellector@...
Sep 2, 1999 2:47 pm
... The refrain given above, i.e., "The angelic hosts were amazed...", is incorrect. This is not the refrain, but rather the first troparion of the first...
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Daniel Olson
daniellector@...
Sep 2, 1999 3:01 pm
... The serving of the Lenten services outside of Great Lent has been reduced for the most part to peforming them only on the first day of the Apostles Fast...
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Janet M Damian
damianj@...
Sep 3, 1999 3:55 pm
Dear choirsters: I would like some different opinions about positioning the singers in the choir. In our choir, we use seven non-adjustable wooden choir...
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Michael Malloy
malloy.2@...
Sep 3, 1999 4:54 pm
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Michael Malloy
malloy.2@...
Sep 3, 1999 4:54 pm
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pkon@...
Sep 4, 1999 2:41 am
After the eighth ode do we sing the Magnificat (since we are including troparia from the Octoechos) or do we sing the refrain of the feast "All of us, the...
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John Moses
mosesj@...
Sep 4, 1999 3:34 am
Christ is in our midst. As a convert and a new priest, I wonder about the Orthodox way of death as a matter of Ortho-praxis. This is a particularly pressing...
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Trfcc@...
Sep 4, 1999 4:01 am
Every aspect of death from the time of the parting of the soul from the body through the burial up to the 40th day have clearly defined guidelines to be ...
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Daniel Olson
daniellector@...
Sep 4, 1999 2:47 pm
... When the apodosis of a great feast occurs on a Sunday, the Magnificat is sung after the 8th Ode, and the refrains for the feast are omitted. The rule in...
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Orthodixie@...
Sep 4, 1999 6:23 pm
... Years back, I heard that the faithful of Ss Peter & Paul Church, Ben Lomond, actually built their own coffins. The men would gather, from time to time, ...
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Reverend Dcn. Raphael...
rcole@...
Sep 6, 1999 5:39 am
Is there anywhere on the net, where a copy of Bulgakow's "Nastol'naya Kniga" might be downloaded - for genereal reference purposes. Father John R. Shaw seems...
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fralexis@...
Sep 6, 1999 11:30 am
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Rev. John R. Shaw
vrevjrs@...
Sep 6, 1999 1:57 pm
The book may very well be on the internet, but it would be in the original Russian. It has never yet been translated--which is why few English-speakers know...
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Reverend Dcn. Raphael...
rcole@...
Sep 6, 1999 3:08 pm
... Christ is in our midst! He is and ever shall be! Dear Fr. Alexis: Thankyou for taking the trouble in returning a reply to my question! Yours in Christ, ...
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Reverend Dcn. Raphael...
rcole@...
Sep 6, 1999 3:16 pm
... Glory be to Jesus Christ! Glory be forever! Dear Father John: Thankyou for returning a reply to my question. It's too bad that there isn't a site where...
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Michael Malloy
mmalloy@...
Sep 6, 1999 6:59 pm
So far I have found two editions of this book in the catalog of the Ohio State University Libraries (where I work). Using the catalog at home is not as...
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Reverend Dcn. Raphael...
rcole@...
Sep 6, 1999 9:33 pm
... Christ is in our midst! He is and ever shall be! Dear Michael: I thank you for the lastest information on the "mystery book". Even though it still doesn't...
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Rev. John R. Shaw
vrevjrs@...
Sep 6, 1999 10:53 pm
There is also a newer edition of the complete book in two large volumes that is currently in print in Russia. Neither of the two listed below is complete. The...
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Simplify3@...
Sep 7, 1999 1:36 am
This is especially possible because of the many Orthodox publications that were compiled before copyright laws, and have never been republished. There are also...
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Daniel Olson
daniellector@...
Sep 7, 1999 3:45 pm
... The use of music stands seems to be quite common in church choirs. In fact, the only time I have not encountered music stands was at special church...
