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...
I dont wear my cassock except in church, and in 3 months I'll be up at Holy Cross working towards my M. Div. so I know new rules will apply. This was more...
Along the same lines, when I was tonsured, I was told to wear my cassock at services everywhere (i.e. every jurisdiction) except for at the Greek monastery...
I don't know about any clear rules, but I have been told that when I am in my cassock on the streets, always wear a cross. But the cross is not a priest's...
Reader Chrysostom is correct. In the Slavic tradition, a priest is giving a cross to wear upon ordination to the priesthood. The reason for this is that once...
Usually the nuns know who is a priest and who isn't when you visit the monastery; wearing a rasso with a cross or without one shouldn't confuse them! When in...
When my son was fifteen years old he was tonsured and wore his altar server robe and the bishop put the small phelonion on him when he was asked to read from...
When my son was fifteen years old he was tonsured and wore his altar server robe and the bishop put the small phelonion on him when he was asked to read from...
The only time Im mistaken for a priest is during our Greekfest and even though I'm wearing slacks and a collared shirt, I do most of the tours. Since I wear...
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