Dear list, I recently came across a website where I saw the Greek text of St Nektarios' hymn "Agni Parthene", but of course, I failed to bookmark it thinking...
OK, here I come with more questions: We did a Liturgy of St. Basil today (New Calendar obviously), and I didn't have rubrics that indicated what the proper...
Dear Edward, My comments are obviously based on the Greek practice. :-) On January 1st we have common introit with response 'who were circumcised in the flesh"...
My parish does compline on Wednesday evenings, and for civil New Year we just did the Midnight hour. In both cases, we sing the troparia. Otherwise hours are...
... wrote: Ditto for the Canon at Compline. > Dear Bradley, One item to note -- and this was discussed several years ago on this list -- is that unless...
Dear Fr John, Bless! Thank you kindly for you help. Of course, I failed to look further down than the texts for Liturgy in your Liturgical Resources page! ...
Dear List, Well, I have finally done it: I have posted to the List a private message. My spotless record is now sullied! How can I knowingly chuckle when...
USUAL DISCLAIMER: Please review these materials for typos and just plain old mistakes! My spell-checker won't catch some words that are misusages (like bare...
There is an error in the Choir Cues for tomorrow¹s Liturgy. The kontakion of the Holy Fathers in Tone 6 (³O thrice-blessed ones...²) is incorrect. This...
See: http://www.saintjonah.org/lit/lit_wkbfnat_ff.htm (hopefully there isn't a different error on that page) ... kontakion ... incorrect. ... Nativity ... 19 ...
Does this mean that when reading the Canon to the Theotokos at Compline, we omit the irmos and begin each ode with the refrain and then the first troparion?...
... Yes, this is what it means. Those who use the HTM Horologion may have noted that some of the votive canons in the latter part of the volume have no...
Do we assume, then, that the only reason the irmosi appear in the Octoechos for the canons to the Theotokos at Compline is as a metrical "cue" for the melody...
You are right about the canons at compline; the Irmos is indeed a metrical cue. When canons or other troparia are written in Greek, the hymnographer cannot...
It is useful to bear in mind a history that is not obvious in practice, except perhaps on Mt Athos--the troparia of the canon were meant to be sung, not just...
On the Beatitudes, the troparia of the Fathers are in Tone 6; the troparia of the Forefeast are in Tone 1. The troparion of the Forefeast, Make ready, O...
... *** In the Old Rite the Irmosy (Heirmoi) of the Canons at Campline and Midnight Office are always sung (or read if there are not many chanters present). In...
Dear List Members: Your thoughts please as to the correct translation of three phrases of the Nativity tropar which vary widely among translators: 1. Do the...
... and ... or ... This my understanding also. In ROCOR parishes that I know of the Irmosi are read usually and is used as the first troparian if a second...
... and ... Is that the Horologion from Holy Trinity or from Holy Transfiguration? And which votive Canons are included? (I don't have either and am...
I would definately recommend the Horologion by the Holy Transfiguration Monastery; but then again I am Greek and thus slightly biased in a positive way towards...
My experience with such things is that I usually end up with both versions; almost always, each contains some valuable material not found in the other. Since...
Glory to God for all things! I have seen both. They are both the same size, approx. 8 1/2 x 11 pages, but the Holy Transfiguration is twice the size of Holy...
Dear Stephen and others: Is there any hope of having an English Irmologion some day? Maybe something with lots of melodies? With musical notes? Rdr. James ...
It could be done, of course. As long as most parishes are content to sing the generic melodies, there will not be sufficient demand; and then there is the...
Dear Stephen, All the irmoi that are contained in the printed (non-notated) Irmologion do exist in a single version. So, when someone who is musically adept,...
