Hi All, Does "Before Thy Cross" replace "Holy God" until the Leavetaking of the Exaltation of the Precious and Life-Giving Cross (September 14), or just on the...
The service in the English Menaion is written as if it were a double commemoration, with 3 stichera at "Lord I have cried" for R. Zechariah, and 3 for R....
Also, the troparion in the English Menaion doesn't match the Troparion in the Typikon. The one in the typikon seems pretty close to the one in HTM Horologion:...
This is partly a translation question and partly about obtaining a liturgical book, so it's probably about half on-topic... I'm curious about the Slavonic...
... The original service in the Slavonic Menaion is to St. Zacharias alone. There is no mention of Righteous Elizabeth in this service. In the 18th century,...
... JRS: Of course, the Slavonic Psalter does say "na Gospoda i na Khrista ego". Both in Greek and in Hebrew (and with it, Syriac/Aramaic) the same word stands...
... Slavonic ... the ... It's not a Psalter, but a prayer book like the old "Svit" might serve your purpose. It has English on the left and Slavonic on the ...
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 for...
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 for...
Dear Ustavniki, For those who wish to perform the polyeleos-rank service to both Prophet Zacharias and Righteous Elizabeth, as provided in the Slavonic Menaion...
There are several Psalters in Slavonic for sale at http://www.bolero.ru/catalog-184037.html. This site has many liturgical books at reasonable prices, but I...
I am sure that there are some on this list who are familiar with the tradition of pouring water over the Cross at the elevation during the vigil. I have...
Dear Ustavniki, In my earlier posting of the rubrics for the commemoration of Saints Zacharias and Elizabeth on 5/18 September, there was an error in the ...
... wrote: "[NOTE: Fr. John Whiteford's website instructs us to use "As mediator standing between ..." twice and to not chant the Theotokion of the Ode. I have...
St. Elizabeth gets a lot of shrift on the feast of the Nativity of the Forerunner, as well as on the feast of the conception of the forerunner... and she gets...
In Cyprus they follow this custom of sprinkling the Cross during its elevation with rose water; I saw it once in the early 1990's in a church in London. In...
... Actually, in the original service to St. Zechariah, St. Elizabeth is mentioned in passing only four times. ... In the Russian Church, the various...
Dear Friends, I am trying to learn Matins so that I can say it as a reader. Could someone help me with a particular point. I found an excellent source for the...
Daniel Olson wrote "In the Russian Church, the various calendars, menologia and reference sources list St. Elizabeth along with St. Zechariah on 5 September. ...
I think this is simply an editing error - the result of absentmindedness when using the 'cut and paste.' Priest David Straut ... Dear Friends, I am trying to...
This may be slightly outside the normal scope of this list, but... Allowing for some variation between Greek and Russian practice, there seems to be a fairly...
Dear Steven; Two of the best sources in English would be Lossky & Ouspensky, The Meaning of Icons (St. Vladimir's Seminary Press). Constantine Cavarnos, Guide...
Glory to God for all things! Just got my first chance to look at this -- oh, my. I've been wondering where I could find the Octoechos in Slavonic, and here...
Hello all!!! I was wondering about the tones for the prokeimena at Liturgy. There are instances when some use a specific prokeimenon in the 4th Tone and ...
... There ... and ... the ... in ... Several years ago this item was questioned on this list. As I recall tone 4 for this prokeimenon occurs in festal Matins...
Due to circumstances beyond his control, our priest will need to be away on the feast of the Exaltation of the Cross. I'll do great Vespers the night before,...
... be ... of ... analogion ... festal ... I'm ... the ... Have ... Dear Silouan, Two points: 1. This part of the services, i.e., the elevation of the Cross ...
