The HTM Pentecostarion has been out of print for several years now. I am sure that they will be reprinting it, but until they do, it is very difficult to get...
Dear all, Thanks for the responses. I am trying to get the service books - it just takes awhile to get them over here. If it comes in a month, I am fortunate....
Thanks by accept me in your group. DESDE LA CIUDAD DE TOLUCA DE LERDO EN CRISTO. Alfonso Esteban López Hernandez Esteban Ibn Najjar Al Qassar ... Do You...
Hello, Brother in Christ. If you have trouble obtaining any Orthodox materials, let me know. I would be glad to help out. Here in the states we can obatin most...
Hi James, It would help if you could post your street address and email address. Many thanks, Nathaniel in Malaysia ... know. I would be glad to help out. Here...
Dear Fr. John, Thnaks for your post. I managed to call the Monastery yesterday and was informed that it was reprinted and went out of print again and that it...
Please forgive this uneducated question: I believe that I understand correctly that the 'refrain' chanted with the Canon of the Resurrection is "Glory, O Lord,...
Hello Eli, The refrain for a canon of repentance is "Have mercy on me, O God, have mercy on me!" Since most canons during Great Lent are such canons, this...
Dear Father Dn. Alexander, Do the refrains change for the canon at Matins of the Resurrection for Sunday mornings? I thought Eli was specifically asking about...
CRISTO ESTA ENTRE NOSOTROS ESTA Y ESTARÁ. Orad Padres y Hermanos en Cristo:http://www.proceso.com.mx/noticia.html?nid=37708&cat=0 CHRIST IS AMONG WE .IS AND...
Reader Alexander, Congratulations on your tonsuring! Axios! Sorry for the delay in response. The refrains to the canons on Sundays during the time of the...
Does anyone have any thoughts about a Reader's Service equivalent for the Blessing of Graves, usually done on Thomas Sunday or the Day of Rejoicing (second...
I have a question for my Antiochian brothers and sisters who have seen the Tonsuring of a reader: is it our custom for a reader to have a small phelonion for...
I am not Antiochian but I have seen the tonsuring of a reader and ordination of a subdeacon several times. I have seen the small phelonion used only at one...
Talmadge, When I was tonsured a reader about 3 years ago by Bishop Joseph of L.A. only a cassock was used--this is true for the multiple other tonsurings I...
Our church is not Antiochian (it is OCA), but it was explained to me that a special phelonion is supposed to be used, but because it is usually not available,...
Hi fellow readers, I have a couple of questions about reading the Our Father in church at various services. Often after "deliver us from the evil one" the ...
I was tonsured about a year and a half ago by Bishop BASIL. I was brought to the center of the solea, facing the holy doors, and I made three small reverences...
... One person I know whom you might ask directly is the recently ordained Dcn Andrew Damick whose web page is here: http://www.chrysostom.org/andrew/ He's in...
Dear Reader Vyacheslav, ... ****That's correct. It would be anomalous for the reader to continue with "Through the prayers" if the hours (to which I presume...
... I've seen that at St Herman Monastery: the reader stopped at the end of the prayer, waited a moment, and if the priest didn't come out and say "For Thine...
When I was tonsured a Reader, in 1994, in the OCA Diocese of the West, I first went to the deadon's door, cassock folded in my hands, and was blessed by our...
Are you allowed to wear a cross on the outside of the cassock during the service? The cross necklace that I received from my sponsor when I was crismated is...
Reader Chyrsostom wrote, Are you allowed to wear a cross on the outside of the cassock during the service? The cross necklace that I received from my sponsor...
... during the service? The cross necklace that I received from my sponsor when I was crismated is about 4" x 2" olive wood with a silver corpus with a brass...
I believe the subdeacon is mistaken: all priests in the Byzantine tradition wear a pectoral cross (in the US they are given a cross at the ceremony of ...
Anyone have a copy of the text for the canon, or be able to direct me to an on-line source? Thanks, Fr. Dcn. Raphael St. George, NF, NY AOA [Non-text portions...
... tradition ... ceremony of ... require a ... before ... priest ... From "These Truths We Hold": "In addition, at ordination to the Priesthood, the Priest is...
