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Silouan Philip Thompson
silouanthompson
Nov 30, 2012 1:45 am
Please forgive the off-topic post; this is the only place I know I can reach Russian speakers. My college is sending out Christmas cards; on the cover it will...
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Silouan Philip Thompson
silouanthompson
Nov 30, 2012 1:49 am
This showed up in my in box with no Cyrillic text. I meant to ask: * Radovat'sya! * Raduites'! * Or something else entirely? Thanks again, DnS. ... [Non-text...
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Meg Lark
skovranok
Nov 30, 2012 9:19 pm
My apologies for the lateness of the Cues this week - too much to do around here, all of it good! :-) The St. Innocent Press Liturgical Calendar indicates a...
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Meg Lark
skovranok
Dec 3, 2012 4:36 pm
The St. Innocent Press Liturgical Calendar indicates a Great Feast for the Entry of the Theotokos into the Temple. If you have corrections, please be sure to...
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Meg Lark
skovranok
Dec 3, 2012 5:04 pm
The St. Innocent Press Liturgical Calendar indicates a Six-stichera-rank service for St. Innocent of Irkutsk (Ā§1C in the Order of Divine Services - GIVEN...
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stephen_r1937
Dec 4, 2012 10:58 pm
Radovat'sya is the infinitive. The imperative: Raduytesya (pl.) or Raduysya (sing.) If I try to send Cyrillic, it will come out as gibberish. Stephen...
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stephen_r1937
Dec 4, 2012 11:05 pm
Look at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Bogoroditse.jpg It is the third word in the Slavonic text, given here is real Slavonic Cyrillic. Stephen...
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stephen_r1937
Dec 4, 2012 11:17 pm
And here you will find the plural in Civil letters: http://files.seminaria.ru/notes/bortn_concerts/13.pdf Stephen...
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Fr. John Whiteford
frjohnwhiteford
Dec 8, 2012 3:39 pm
The Kontakion was wrong, but it is corrected now: http://www.saintjonah.org/lit/lit_november26.htm Presbyter John Whiteford St. Jonah Orthodox Church Parish...
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Aidanus
hieromonachu...
Dec 11, 2012 6:05 am
Greetings with the fast. Some folks at our parish (Holy Protection, Austin, Texas, ROCOR) are preparing a bilingual resource for worshippers. It is probably...
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Aidanus
hieromonachu...
Dec 11, 2012 6:19 am
In the previous message, I mentioned repeating the Irmosi at the end of the Odes as katavasiae "as at Vigil." This may be a bit misleading, since at Vigil...
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S. Miller
srbm73
Dec 11, 2012 2:57 pm
Father, The katavasiae on Sundays and all days of Gr. Doxology rank and higher are done at Matins after each Ode and governed text-wise by Chap. 19 of the...
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S. Miller
srbm73
Dec 11, 2012 3:03 pm
Father, I find no. 7 neither logical nor accurate. "Mother of God" translates a different expression than "Theotokos." Accuracy would require the rather...
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Elias G. Gorsky
gorskel1
Dec 11, 2012 4:22 pm
In my opinion, the use of the Greek Theotokos for Birthgiver of God is a copout as far as the English language is concerned. If "Birthgiver of God" is too...
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Fr David Straut
frdavidstraut
Dec 11, 2012 5:09 pm
The English language is very flexible. It has borrowed many words from Greek (and French and Latin too) with very little alteration of the words. This is...
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Silouan Philip Thompson
silouanthompson
Dec 11, 2012 5:31 pm
... Birthgiver or Godbirther do make sense after a fashion - but they're not actual English words. I'm reluctant to consider making up a new English word when...
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jsbaglien
Dec 11, 2012 7:21 pm
Father Aidan, Jordanville is about to publish an updated bilingual Liturgy that reflects our current ROCOR usage, in Slavonic (Russian orthography) and...
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S. Miller
srbm73
Dec 11, 2012 8:05 pm
Well done, Father David. dnSergius...
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Fr. John Whiteford
frjohnwhiteford
Dec 11, 2012 11:14 pm
Is this a sluzhebnik, or a book for the laity? Presbyter John Whiteford St. Jonah Orthodox Church Parish Home Page: http://www.saintjonah.org/ ROCOR...
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Anna Voellmecke
annavoellmecke
Dec 12, 2012 3:01 am
... "Very Most Reverend" is *not* English. You cannot use an intensifier to modify a superlative. The translator who started this monstrosity of expression was...
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S. Miller
srbm73
Dec 12, 2012 5:35 am
Amen!! Anne! The same goes for the OCA. Dn. Sergius...
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Michel Englert
michelenglert
Dec 12, 2012 8:33 am
Is then "my very best friend" *not* English? Is it a "monstrosity" used by those who "have not mastered the elegant English language"? But for those who want...
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Dale Dickerson
hobbitofny
Dec 12, 2012 11:13 am
"My very best friend"Ā is English, but "very best" uses very as an intensifier. "Very Most Reverend" uses very in the archaicĀ meaningĀ of real or true...
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S. Miller
srbm73
Dec 12, 2012 12:57 pm
It certainly is the very most unfortunate use of the language. Dn. Sergius...
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Michel Englert
michelenglert
Dec 12, 2012 1:02 pm
... ... of the veriest English language... :-) ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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jsbaglien
Dec 12, 2012 8:09 pm
... A bit of both, I believe. The text that I saw had the priestly prayers included, but also the antiphons, etc.. My expectation is that it will be sized...
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Meg Lark
skovranok
Dec 12, 2012 10:29 pm
Could whoever get this information please post what they find out to the List? It sounds like it would be a great choir resource. Thanks! In Christ, Margaret...
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T. R. Valentine
trvalentine
Dec 13, 2012 5:52 am
... Since I have access to the OED, I checked. The earliest usage of Theotokos the OED has is in 1874 by E(dward) B(ouverie) Pusey (of the Oxford Movement) in...
