... Although << paschally speaking He is already Ressurected >> He has not yet Ascended. He was still present walking,teaching, and otherwise appearing to His...
I have seen deacon's intoning the litanies when a priest is not present, but not with the priest's exclamations (substituting "Through the prayers of our holy...
The key to the question must be in why it is removed at Ascension. Ascension is the end of the Lord's sojourning on the earth in his glorified form prior to...
The discussion of deacons' vs. priests' vs. laymen privileges is interesting and, the mention of the Gospel book to be used when a priest is not present (i.e....
... No problem if the priest tells someone to fetch these items. It's just that simple. Those making this a problem should consult the priest and obey him. ...
Christ is Risen! Dear Elizabeth, There is no reason that your priest has to be involved in the moving of a Gospel Book, unless it's on the Holy Table. Just...
Subdeacon Sergius always has excellent answers and I look forward to his comments. I wish that I could get down to Washington on a regular basis to serve with...
Obviously this question really needs to be answered by a Priest who would know for certain but I can tell you from my experience in our Parish under two...
Someone may have helped you out here already but if you can get your hands on a copy of "The Order of Divine Services" published by St John of Kronstadt Press...
Does anybody have an English translation of either of the troparia to St. Anna of Kashin? (Or would anybody be willing to make one?) I have the slavonic...
Well, in absence of time that God have/has/will have, that question even shouldn't be examined. Why bother even doing yearly cycle of Holidays? But because we,...
Dear Nicholas, Christ is risen! Here are the two troparia of St. Anna of Kashin. I have the full Service and also the Akathist Hymn, should you desire them....
Isaac E. Lambertsen
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Reader Timothy Tadros said: Senior Clergyman is that a reader or subdeacon??? Not to cause confusion, if your not aware of the abuse in New Calendar churches...
Christ is Risen! It may not be so popular in the "Diocese of the West" and it may be "What an Idea" but it's very popular in missionary situations, I am not...
Dear Nikita, Christ is risen! Wasn't there a branch ("tok") of the Old Ritualists called the Diakonovtsi, where the deacons did indeed conduct the services. I...
Isaac E. Lambertsen
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Dear Ustav members, I am in need of you compassion and prayers. My psychotropic medications are out of balance and the result is causing me some embarrassment...
Really? I belonged to a new calendar church most of my adult life and I have never seen this and I heard of it only once and that was ages ago before I even...
A right spelling would be a "tolk", not a "tok" Subd. Kirill ... __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Win a $20,000 Career Makeover at Yahoo!...
Christ is risen! Michael Malloy wrote: I am in need of you compassion and prayers. Yes, of course. You're on my list now. Please let us know when things...
I would like to ask Nikita whether my understanding of this is correct: lacking a hierarchy and usually any clergy at all, the Old Believers encountered...
Dear Ustavniki, Our parish doesn't usually hold weekday services during Pascha, but we are celebrating St. George the Great martyr, by having a vigil (this...
Dear Isaac, Truly He is risen! Yes, there was a "tolk" called "Diakonovtsy", but I am not overly familiar with what they taught or believed. I know that they...
Christ is Risen! It was brought to my attention that St John Chrysostom mentions in his writings that when they processed to a Martyr's Chapel, the procession ...
Christ is risen! Dear Stephen, OK, I think we're really getting off-topic here, but I'll answer the question. You are correct in your understanding of all you...
Christ is risen! Sorry to distract, but our parish's 75th Jubilee is coming up in October, and the parishioner who made the great video of Met. Laurus's visit...
X.B.! B.B.! ... JRS: If you have the Veliky Sbornik, that book does include Vespers for Wednesday evening, with the chants for Mid-Pentecost at "Second ...
... X.B.! see http://www.liturgy.ru/docs/docs_all/graphics.php and follow the link for "Tsvetnaya triod'" t. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? ...
X.B.! The other day it noted a rather interesting detail from the older Typicon of the Great Church of Christ (from about the year 1,000 AD). There used to be...
