- 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...
Thank you Reader Michael, I would like to publicly say thank you for your website and your material it has been a life saver at times. Thank you.. ... I was...
Dear fellow Orthodox Christians, I want to let you all in on a deal I came across... You can get a full version CD of Windows XP Professional Edition from...
... full version CD of Windows XP Professional Edition from Microsoft. An even better deal (in my opinion) is to go with Linux, which can be purchased on cds...
... Specifically what books are these? Our parish has congregational singing not so much out of a purposeful choice as from the lack of singers. Right now...
Ephrem, Perhaps you could suggest to your choir leader to use 4-part Obikhod melodies, they are beautiful and very easy to sing. Real simple. If you had the...
Glory to Christ! Ephrem, regarding your questions about skufias and belts: I have not seen any readers weard skufia's; although i did read (can't quite...
Thank you for the suggestion. Our current music director is the subdeacon who is looking forward to being ordained a Deacon sometime next year. At that time he...
Regarding learning about Orthodox Music: Resources: Orthodox Psalm: see their web site that clearly states their mission - OrthodoxPSALM@yahoogroups.com -...
... In the practice of the Russian Church, a reader does not wear a belt outside his cassock (podriasknik). The belt is generally associated with monasticism...
Dear Ephrem, Some bars are still houses of ill repute. I do not see a problem with a restaurant that also happens to serve beer and wine, but if the place is...
This is interesting, the Lord's Prayer spoken in Aramaic, the language of Christ. We generally tend forget that Christ is not "Jeffrey Hunter." He was...
