Dear List: I have uploaded the revised Resurrectional apolytikia to the site. This is a major revision. Originally, these apolytikia were an exercise at a...
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Stan Takis
takistan
Jul 9, 2007 11:58 pm
Dear List: This is just a reminder to snip the previous posts from the bottom of your replies. Those who receive the emails from this forum, whether separately...
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Stan Takis
takistan
Jul 17, 2007 12:39 am
Dear List: Latest on newbyz.org: 1. The troparion of the prophet Elias (Elijah.) http://newbyz.org/eliastrop.pdf 2. A short article on the use of Tone vs. Mode...
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byzmusic
Jul 17, 2007 1:46 am
Dear Stan, Thanks for sharing with us your article "Tone vs. Mode." A few years ago I had a discussion about this with Dr. Dimitri Conomos, who as you know is...
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Stan Takis
takistan
Jul 17, 2007 2:46 pm
... Lexicon." Dear Papa Ephraim: Actually, I'm sure Conomos is justified for that position. I readily concede that "mode" is the preferred term for...
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alingas1
Jul 17, 2007 3:42 pm
... Lexicon."...
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alingas1
Jul 17, 2007 4:18 pm
Dear Stan et al., I had just composed a fairly lengthy reply with lots of historical background on usage, but once I pressed 'send' Yahoo's Beta RTF editor...
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alingas1
Jul 17, 2007 4:22 pm
... I meant to write 'fewer', since I acknowledge the existence of a host of problems. A L...
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Stan Takis
takistan
Jul 17, 2007 4:59 pm
Dear List: This week, the Mid-Eastern Federation of Greek Orthodox Church Musicians is holding its 60th Anniversary Convention at Holy Trinity Cathedral in...
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Stan Takis
takistan
Jul 24, 2007 3:11 am
Dear List: As a result of our very successful federation convention, which included a Vespers service chanted congregationally by the participants, I have...
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Stan Takis
takistan
Jul 24, 2007 11:27 am
Dear List: Papa Ephraim has offered a couple of small corrections to the Vespers article, so if you have downloaded it already, you may want to update it at...
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Stan Takis
takistan
Jul 25, 2007 12:40 am
Dear List: I have put links to the Vespers book that we used at the MEFGOX convention last weekend. This is for anyone who attended who may want a copy, or for...
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Stan Takis
takistan
Jul 26, 2007 10:33 pm
NOTE: The following post works best with a mono-spaced font, like New Courier. Dear Alex (or anyone who knows): Last week I was in a used bookstore in East...
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Stan Takis
takistan
Jul 26, 2007 11:06 pm
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Stan Takis
takistan
Jul 30, 2007 5:00 pm
Dear List: A very dear Internet friend of mine sent me this link and thought it might interest me: http://www.orthodox-jp.com/maria/Nikolai-JAPAN.htm It did....
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Stan Takis
takistan
Aug 7, 2007 10:31 pm
Maybe this is off-topic, but it has to do with music and religion. On a whim I tried my hand at making a musical collage. I had never done this before, even...
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Stan Takis
takistan
Aug 24, 2007 2:14 pm
Dear List: I have corrected some typos and formatting errors in the Divine Liturgy Pew Book and Hymnal. Please download it again at: ...
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Stan Takis
takistan
Aug 24, 2007 3:11 pm
Excuse me, http://www.newbyz.org/liturgypewhymnal8.pdf not ".ort"...
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Stan Takis
takistan
Aug 31, 2007 1:36 pm
Dear List: I thought I would share the document below. I stumbled upon this doctoral thesis of Andrew Walker White purely by accident, but it offers a...
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Stan Takis
takistan
Sep 12, 2007 1:22 pm
A ministry is a service. Clery are ministers of religion. I've often heard that the church musicians are a ministry as well. Perhaps, but our service is not...
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Stan Takis
takistan
Sep 12, 2007 2:20 pm
I have uploaded a version of Agni Parthene (O Virgin Pure) with both Greek and English lyrics. It includes a transliteration for Greek, as does all of the...
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George Dalagelis
gdalpetra
Sep 12, 2007 2:32 pm
Thank you Stan! This would be a good bilingual piece for a youth choir that I am trying to put together in my parish In Christ George D ...
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Stan Takis
takistan
Oct 9, 2007 4:31 am
Dear List: The following file is an article Nancy recently wrote for the Byzantine Echo, the newsletter of our federation. I am planning to put a link to it on...
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Stan Takis
takistan
Oct 9, 2007 4:36 am
If you are just receiving emails from this list, may I remind you to go to the website, http://groups.yahoo.com/group/greekorthodoxmusic and look at some of...
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Stan Takis
takistan
Oct 11, 2007 6:26 pm
Below is a link to an article written for our Church newsletter, The Epistle, Assumption Greek Orthodox Church in St. Clair Shores, Michigan. It was written by...
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George Dalagelis
gdalpetra
Oct 12, 2007 1:59 pm
Well written and very convincing article Stan. Fr. Anthony is a good writer in addition to an accomplished musician. Your parish is blessed to have him! Thanks...
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Apostolos Combitsis
apostolosc2003
Oct 13, 2007 3:53 am
EXCELLENT article, Stan! Your Fr. Anthony is right on the money. Most people do not even think about these differences. Glad to see that he supports your...
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Stan Takis
takistan
Oct 13, 2007 10:12 am
Dear Apostolos: I teach hymnody to our Sunday School classes after the liturgy, and when I ask them the question, "Why does our book have Greek in addition to...
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Father Ephraim
byzmusic
Oct 13, 2007 11:59 am
Dear Apostolos, Praying in Greek is certainly preferable if you understand that language. But if you don't, only your spirit is praying, while your mind is ...
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Stan Takis
takistan
Oct 17, 2007 9:43 pm
The hymns for the Protecting Veil of the Theotokos are now available. Many thanks to Papa Ephraim for providing the English versions of the troparion and the...
