Photius Lipsio comments on the direction that the ecclesiarch "rings the great bell while reciting psalm fifty twelve times." Surely this is the most common...
R.A. Mlodzik (monk Am...
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Mar 1, 2000 1:38 pm
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~ Photius Lipsio comments on the direction that the ecclesiarch "rings ~ the great bell while reciting psalm fifty twelve times." Surely this is ~ the most...
Photius Lipsio
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Mar 1, 2000 1:42 pm
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Dear Christopher: While I would love to carry on a discourse and reply in detail to all you said, that will have to wait for some time in the nebulous future...
Photius Lipsio
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Mar 1, 2000 2:40 pm
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Dear Jeffrey, Let me attempt an answer to your questions. 1. The "triadicon" can appear in the 7th, 8th, & 9th odes. My favorite example is tone 4. In the...
Subdeacon Sergius Mil...
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Mar 1, 2000 3:08 pm
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USUAL DISCLAIMER: Please review these materials for typos and just plain old mistakes! My spell-checker won't catch some words that are misusages (like bare...
Dr. Elizabeth W. Riggs
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Mar 1, 2000 4:27 pm
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... According to the Typicon, the "Ladder" is appointed to be read on weekdays (Monday through Friday) of the First through Sixth Weeks of Great Lent during...
Daniel Olson
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Mar 1, 2000 4:47 pm
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I am really sorry - but the truth is, that he is reciting Psalm 50 - twelve time, while ringing. Here is the quotation from the Typicon: " ...v velikiy kampan...
Veronika
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Mar 1, 2000 6:17 pm
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I think leap year messed with my head too much. Are we in Cheesefare or Meatfare? In other words, dairy is permitted this week (meat stopped last week?) and...
Michael Malloy
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Mar 1, 2000 6:55 pm
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On the contrary, I believe that Reader Daniel Olson has quite accurately translated this passage of the Typikon and the bell-ringer is, indeed, instructed to...
Christopher Rakowski
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Mar 1, 2000 7:24 pm
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Dear Michael, Last week was fast free. This is the last normal week until after St. Thomas Sunday. So today is a fast day. This coming Sunday is the last day...
Matanna@...
Mar 1, 2000 7:28 pm
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... Skaballonovich, in his "The Typicon Interpreted," says this about the passage in question: "The duration of the tolling of the one bell ought to be equal...
Daniel Olson
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Mar 2, 2000 1:04 am
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can someone on this list please tell me when the great canon of St. Andrew of Crete is served? I have the Triodion, but cannot find it. Thanks in advance,...
proto alban
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Mar 2, 2000 1:18 am
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... The Great Canon is served at Great Compline on the first four days of Great Lent, broken into 4 parts. It is then served in full at Matins on the Thursday...
Deacon James Carles
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Mar 2, 2000 1:27 am
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Dear in Christ, Christopher, You mention that in the Old Roman Rite, the Priest lies prostrate for the space of a Miserere beginning the Presanctified on what...
Fr. Aidan Keller
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Mar 2, 2000 4:23 am
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Thanks to Veronika and Daniel Olson for the clarifications on just what "twelve times" modifies in the original. It takes about two minutes to chant psalm 50...
R.A. Mlodzik (monk Am...
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Mar 2, 2000 1:19 pm
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Dear Seraphim, In the Lenten Triodion of Mother Mary/Bishop Kallistos see the following pages: 198ff., 218ff., 237ff., 255ff., 377-8ff. I hope this helps. In...
Subdeacon Sergius Mil...
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Mar 2, 2000 1:48 pm
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forgive me, this is off the ustav subject. a nun friend of mine is looking for all or any of vol. 8 of the philokalia in english. is this available anywhere? ...
Paul Ferrari
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Mar 2, 2000 2:36 pm
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In compliance with Christopher Rakowski's request, here is a very literal translation of Chapter One of the Typicon: "Chapter One: The Order of Small Vespers ...
Daniel Olson
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Mar 2, 2000 3:49 pm
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Dear Paul, As far as I recall, the Philokalia has never been issued, in any language, in any more than 5 volumes. Is the "8" in your note a typo? If so,...
Isaac E. Lambertsen
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Mar 2, 2000 4:04 pm
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~ The practice of serving Small Compline immediately before Great Vespers has ~ always seemed questionable to me because it reverses the proper sequence of ~...
Photius Lipsio
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Mar 2, 2000 4:20 pm
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... The rather interesting practice of serving two separate Vespers services -- Small and Great -- consecutively is a matter which might provide an basis for...
Daniel Olson
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Mar 2, 2000 5:57 pm
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~ Thus, it seems that the Typicon's intent is for both Small Compline and the ~ Midnight Office to be omitted whenever a Vigil is held. True, at least for the...
Christopher Rakowski
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Mar 2, 2000 6:54 pm
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Dear-in-Christ Fr Aidan, I'm afraid I haven't been able to locate the direction to lie prostrate for the duration of a "Miserere" in any liturgical text.The...
Christopher Rakowski
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Mar 2, 2000 7:59 pm
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Dear-in-Christ Reader Photius, ... I, too, am going to have wait a while before I can contribute more fully to this parti-cular discussion. For the next couple...
Christopher Rakowski
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Mar 2, 2000 8:18 pm
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Many thanks, again, to Reader Daniel for providing us with this extract from the Typikon. I, too, would be interested to know more about the origins of the...
Christopher Rakowski
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Mar 2, 2000 9:01 pm
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I called her and asked for clarity. She said the handwritten note she received requesting her to read this volume for lent is nearly unintelligible writing....
Paul Ferrari
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Mar 3, 2000 12:52 am
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Dear Paul, The Philokalia was originally compiled by St. Nicodemus of the Holy Mountain as a guide to the Prayer of the Heart. The patristic writings it...
Isaac E. Lambertsen
ilector@...
Mar 3, 2000 1:02 am
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I remember being tought that when the " Blagovest" is rung, Psalm 50 should be chanted by the bell ringer between each strike so as to space the strikes out...
X140@...
Mar 3, 2000 3:11 am
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... Here's something from Archpriest Rostislav Gan of blessed memory. The link to the original is (I think): http://www.ocf.org/orthodoxpage/read ...
Deacon James Carles
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Mar 3, 2000 4:25 am
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Hello Fr. James how are you? no link with that URL. it's not long until Lent now. My new boss started on Monday. she is wonderful. very approachable,...