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Brothers and Sisters in Christ, I am searching for the Troparia and Kontakion for St. Mary Magdalene, the patron saint of our new mission. I have the text but...
I think I have this in a couple of melodies. Let me check (may take me a day or two depending on my work schedule.) -Rdr John (Black) ... Magdalene, ... have ...
Reader John, St. Mary Magdalene is the patron of our Mission here in Savannah, too. Send me your snail mail and I will send you her troparion and kontakion in ...
Denise, Thank you for your note. Here is my address. John Manutes 8304 Parkside Dr. Grand Blanc Michigan 48439 I am not familiar with Noteworthy files but if...
Christ is in our midst ! Does anyone know the availability of a good bound General Menaion for home use ? I've looked in all my favorite catalogs and don't see...
Isn't this the "fill in the blanks" type manaion? As in "How can we forget your mighty deeds, O Holy Hierarch __________________!" If so, I've got one at...
Dear Reader Kevin, Try this page. I don't know anything about the quality or contents really, but for $15, I'd be willing to risk it. Anyone know anything...
Orloff was not a native speaker (or writer) of English. His work predates Hapgood and the "five-pounder". Translations are extremely clumsy and hard to sing...
... Tony adds: I'm told that Orloff reads like the translator sat down with a Russian-English dictionary and tried to translate the words one for one. Thus...
- GLORY TO JESUS CHRIST - GLORY TO HIME FOREVER I know how to chant the Epistle in the Slavic Custom, but I really don't know how to explain it on line. Would...
In Slavic churches, the Epistle is typically chanted, but I don't believe there is no 'prescribed' manner of doing so. One usually would begin by chanting in...
If no one answered you privately, I'll go public in my ignorance! I myself chant the epistle mainly on one note, with a simple inflection at the main phrases...
... Indeed there was. IIRC, the conclusion was that the rising stair-step pattern is actually not such a good thing, as it is operatic and tends to draw...
... IIRC, the conclusion was that the ... Tony adds: I tend to concur. I tend to get distracted from the meaning of the text, instead wondering if the reader ...
Thanks everyone for the information! I am just beginning some training with my priest to be tonsured a reader. One more question about the Epistle reading,...
... Tony responds: Well, generally, at the beginning of "Holy God..." you would take the Epistle Book and, holding it in front of you, enter the Altar by the...
Glory to Jesus Christ! Glory forever! Any reader should receive a blessing from the head-celebrant (priest or bishop) before reading the Epistle. If this is...
Dear Friends, I feel it my duty to bring the following to your attention. This article by Archimandrite George of Grigoriou, a most respected Abbot of Mount...
Greetings in the Name of Christ, A NEW Prologue list, has been re-established, for those interested in receiving the daily scripture reading (Gospel and...
Greetings! I am a relatively new Orthodox--anniversary will be on the Elevation of the Cross--and my priest has determined to prepare me to become a tonsured...
Glorify Christ! Happy anniversary on your chrismation, Ephrem. Becoming a reader is a wonderful opporunity for parish ministry, so it is also seen in the...
Dear in Christ Ephrem, Congratulations on your journey into the first level of the priesthood. :o) Regarding the Canons: My humble advice is that the specific...
... Does anyone have any recipes they could share? Or know of a website where we can find recipes for prosphora, perhaps? Very respectfully, Raul Zuniga ...
http://www.prosphora.org ... From: "Raul Zuniga" <gipuzkoa2002@...> To: <orthodox-readers@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Friday, September 13, 2002 11:58 AM ...
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Basically Reader Nectarios gave a wonderful answer and covered all the basis. But he left out a very important thing. The canons against going to taverns and...