Given that the expected lifetime of magnetic tape is about 50 years, the Center has launched a major "emergency digitization" initiative in order to migrate these valuable and likely unique recordings to modern media. The recordings span a diverse range of content and genres, including musical events, radio interviews, church services, speeches, literary readings, and much more.
All Photos by Kate Duffy Photo Meatfare Sunday in our Church Orthodoxy in America. Ukrainian recorded sound archives. Powered by Orthodox Web Solutions. Home Back Print Top. For You are alone our sanctification, O Good One, and the brightness of our souls; And to You, as is fitting, as our God and Master, Do we all ascribe glory from day to day. And may this Eucharist be to me for joy, health, and gladness. And at Your awesome Second Coming, deem me, the sinner, worthy to stand at the right hand of Your glory, through the intercessions of Your all-pure Mother and all Your saints.
All-holy Lady, Theotokos, the light of my darkened soul, my hope and protection, my refuge and consolation, and my joy, I thank you that you have made me worthy, though I am unworthy, to partake of the pure Body and precious Blood of your Son. But as the one who gave birth to the true Light: enlighten the noetic eyes of my heart.
You who conceived the source of immortality, give life to me, dead in sin. You who are the compassionately loving Mother of the merciful God, have mercy on me and give my heart compunction and contrition, humility in my thoughts, and release from my captive thoughts.
And make me worthy until my final breath to receive without condemnation the sanctification of the pure Mysteries for the healing of both soul and body. And grant me tears of repentance and confession, that I may praise and glorify you all the days of my life. For you are blessed and glorified unto the ages. Priest: Lord, now let Your servant depart in peace, according to Your word; for my eyes have seen Your salvation, which You have prepared before the face of all peoples, a light to bring revelation to the Gentiles, and the glory of Your people Israel.
The grace that shone forth like a torch from your mouth illumined the universe. It laid up for the world the treasures of freedom from avarice. It showed us the height of humility. But while instructing us by your words, Father John Chrysostom, intercede with the Word, Christ, our God, that our souls be saved.
You received divine grace from heaven, and through your lips you teach us all to worship the one God in Trinity, all-blessed, venerable John Chrysostom. Rightly we praise you, for you are a teacher who makes clear the things divine. The Church was revealed to be a many-lighted heaven, which illuminates all of the faithful; standing in it, we cry aloud: O Lord, make firm this house. May He Who rose from the dead, [5] Christ our true God, through the intercessions of His all-pure and all-immaculate holy Mother; of the holy, glorious, and praiseworthy apostles; of name of the saint of the parish ; of our father among the saints John Chrysostom, archbishop of Constantinople; and of all the saints; have mercy on us and save us, for He is good and loves mankind.
Then both the Deacon and the Priest wash their hands and lips in the special drain in the holy Altar, divest themselves of their clerical vestments, and venerate and kiss the holy Table. They then exit the holy Altar, giving thanks to the Lord. If none of these applies, then simply May Christ our true God is said.
Celebrated by one Priest and one Deacon [1] Deacon: Master, give the blessing. Deacon: In peace, let us pray to the Lord. For the peace from above and for the salvation of our souls, let us pray to the Lord.
For pious and Orthodox Christians, let us pray to the Lord. For our country, for the president, and for all in public service, let us pray to the Lord. Help us, save us, have mercy on us, and protect us, O God, by Your grace. People: To You, O Lord. The Prayer of the First Antiphon Priest in a low voice : Lord, our God, Whose dominion is incomparable and glory incomprehensible; Whose mercy is immeasurable, and love for mankind ineffable: Look upon us and upon this holy house in Your loving-kindness, and grant to us and to those who pray with us Your abundant mercy and compassion.
And he intones: For to You belong all glory, honor, and worship, to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, now and forever and to the ages of ages. People: Lord, have mercy. And he exclaims: For Yours is the dominion, and Yours is the Kingdom and the power and the glory, of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, now and forever and to the ages of ages. The Prayer of the Third Antiphon Priest in a low voice : Lord, You have granted us to offer these common prayers in unison and have promised that when two or three agree in Your name, You will grant their requests.
And he exclaims: For You, O God, are good and love mankind, and to You we offer glory, to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, now and forever and to the ages of ages. Lord, have mercy. The Entrance Prayer Priest in a low voice : Master, Lord our God, Who has established the orders and hosts of angels and archangels in heaven to minister to Your glory, grant that holy angels may enter with us, that together we may celebrate and glorify Your goodness.
Deacon: Wisdom. The Entrance Hymn, or Eisodikon, is chanted by all. Deacon: Let us pray to the Lord. The Prayer of the Trisagion Hymn Priest in a low voice : O Holy God, Who is resting among the holy ones, praised by the Seraphim with the thrice-holy voice, glorified by the Cherubim, and worshiped by every celestial power, You have brought all things into being out of nothing. Holy Immortal, have mercy on us. Deacon: Dynamis. The Deacon then addresses the Priest: Command, Master.
They proceed to the cathedra throne on high behind the holy Table , and as they approach, the Priest says: Blessed is He Who comes in the name of the Lord. Deacon: Master, bless the throne on high. Deacon: Let us be attentive. The Reader intones the verse of the Prokeimenon. The Reader identifies the Epistle reading. The Reader reads the specified Apostolic reading. The Prayer of the Holy Gospel Priest in a low voice : Shine in our hearts, O Master Who loves mankind, the pure light of Your divine knowledge, and open the eyes of our mind that we may comprehend the proclamations of Your Gospels.
People: Alleluia. The Holy Gospel Priest: Wisdom. People: And with your spirit. Priest: Let us be attentive. And the Deacon intones the prescribed pericope of the Holy Gospel. The Sermon According to ancient tradition, the sermon was delivered following the readings. The Deacon offers the Fervent Supplication. Lord almighty, God of our fathers, we pray You, hear us and have mercy. Again we pray for our Archbishop Name.
The Prayer of Fervent Supplication Priest in a low voice : Lord our God, accept this fervent supplication from Your servants, and have mercy on us in accordance with the abundance of Your mercy, and send down Your compassion upon us and upon all Your people who await Your great and rich mercy. And he exclaims: For You are a merciful God Who loves mankind, and to You we offer up glory, to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, now and forever and to the ages of ages.
The Deacon offers the Prayers for the Catechumens. Let us, the faithful, pray for the catechumens. That the Lord will have mercy on them. That He will teach them the word of truth. That He will reveal to them the gospel of righteousness.
That He will unite them to His holy, catholic, and apostolic Church. Save them, have mercy on them, help them, and protect them, O God, by Your grace. Catechumens, bow your heads to the Lord. And he exclaims: So that with us they also may glorify Your most honorable and majestic name, of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, now and forever and to the ages of ages. The Supplication of the Faithful Deacon: Again and again, in peace, let all of us, the faithful, pray to the Lord.
Deacon: Wisdom! The First Prayer of the Faithful Priest in a low voice : We give thanks to You, O Lord God of Hosts, Who has made us worthy to stand even now before Your holy Altar of sacrifice and to fall down before You seeking Your compassion for our sins and those committed in ignorance by the people. And he exclaims: For to You all glory, honor, and worship are due, to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, now and forever and to the ages of ages.
The Second Prayer of the Faithful Priest in a low voice : Again and countless times we fall down before You, and we implore You, O Good One, Who loves mankind: That You, having regarded our prayer, may cleanse our souls and bodies from every defilement of flesh and spirit, and grant to us to stand before Your holy Altar of sacrifice, free of guilt and condemnation. And he exclaims: That, ever guarded by Your might, we may ascribe glory to You, to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, now and forever and to the ages of ages.
The Great Entrance People: Amen. The Cherubic Hymn is chanted to the ellipsis: Let us, who mystically represent the Cherubim and who sing the thrice-holy hymn to the life-creating Trinity, now lay aside every worldly care. Deacon in a low voice : Let us pray to the Lord. The Prayer of the Cherubic Hymn Priest in a low voice : No one bound by carnal desires and pleasures is worthy to approach, draw near, or minister to You, the King of Glory.
The Litany of Completion The people respond with Lord, have mercy, after every petition. Deacon: Let us complete our prayer to the Lord. For the precious Gifts here presented, let us pray to the Lord. That the whole day may be perfect, holy, peaceful, and sinless, let us ask the Lord.
For pardon and remission of our sins and transgressions, let us ask the Lord. And he exclaims: Through the mercies of Your only-begotten Son, with Whom You are blessed, together with Your all-holy, good, and life-creating Spirit, now and forever and to the ages of ages.
Priest: Peace be with all. Deacon: Let us love one another, that with oneness of mind we may confess: People: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit: Trinity, one in essence and undivided. The Priest venerates the covered Holy Gifts, saying privately: I will love you, O Lord, my strength; the Lord is my foundation, my refuge, and my deliverer.
The doors! In wisdom, let us be attentive! The Holy Anaphora Deacon: Let us stand aright! People: A mercy of peace, a sacrifice of praise. Priest: Let us lift up our hearts. People: We lift them up to the Lord. Priest: Let us give thanks to the Lord.
People: It is proper and right. We thank You also for this Liturgy, which You have deigned to receive from our hands, even though thousands of archangels and tens of thousands of angels stand around You, the Cherubim and Seraphim, six-winged, many-eyed, soaring aloft upon their wings, And he exclaims: Singing the triumphal hymn, exclaiming, proclaiming, and saying… People: Holy, holy, holy, Lord Sabaoth, heaven and earth are filled with Your glory.
When He had come and fulfilled for our sake the entire plan of salvation, on the night in which He was delivered up, or rather when He delivered Himself up for the life of the world, He took bread in His holy, pure, and blameless hands, and, giving thanks and blessing, He hallowed and broke it, and gave it to His holy disciples and apostles, saying: The Priest exclaims: Take, eat, this is My Body, which is broken for you for the remission of sins.
The Priest then says in a low voice: Likewise, after partaking of the supper, He took the cup, saying, The Priest again exclaims: Drink of this, all of you; this is My Blood of the new covenant, which is shed for you and for many for the remission of sins. Then the Priest says in a low voice: Remembering, therefore, this saving commandment and all that has been done for our sake: the Cross, the tomb, the Resurrection on the third day, the Ascension into heaven, the enthronement at the right hand, and the second and glorious coming again.
And he exclaims: Your own of Your own we offer to You, in all and for all. Priest in a low voice : Once again we offer to You this spiritual worship without the shedding of blood, and we beseech and pray and entreat You: Send down Your Holy Spirit upon us and upon the gifts here presented, The Deacon, gesturing with his orarion toward the holy Bread, says: Bless, Master, the Holy Bread. The Deacon, gesturing with his orarion toward the holy Chalice, says: Amen. Bless, Master, the holy Cup.
The Deacon, gesturing with his orarion toward both Holy Gifts, says: Amen. Bless, Master, both the Holy Gifts. Deacon: Amen. The Priest says in a low voice: So that they may be for those who partake of them for vigilance of soul, remission of sins, communion of Your Holy Spirit, fullness of the Kingdom of Heaven, boldness before You, not for judgment or condemnation.
Again, we offer You this spiritual worship for those who have reposed in the faith: forefathers, fathers, patriarchs, prophets, apostles, preachers, evangelists, martyrs, confessors, ascetics, and for every righteous spirit made perfect in faith, And he exclaims: Especially for our most holy, pure, blessed, and glorious Lady, the Theotokos and ever-virgin Mary.
The Priest says in a low voice: For Saint John the prophet, forerunner, and baptist; for the holy, glorious, and most praiseworthy apostles; for Saint s Name , whose memory we celebrate; and for all Your saints, through whose supplications, visit us, O God. And he exclaims: Among the first remember, Lord, our Archbishop Name ; grant him to Your holy churches in peace, safety, honor, and health, unto length of days, rightly teaching the word of Your truth.
The Deacon, facing the people, exclaims: And remember those whom each one of us has in mind, and all the people. People: And all the people. The Priest prays the following prayer in a low voice: Remember, Lord, this city in which we live, and every city and land, and the faithful who live in them.
And he exclaims: And grant that with one voice and one heart we may glorify and praise Your most honorable and majestic name, of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, now and forever and to the ages of ages. For the precious Gifts here presented and consecrated, let us pray to the Lord. Deacon: Let us bow our heads to the Lord. And he exclaims: Through the grace, compassion, and love for mankind of Your only-begotten Son, with whom You are blessed, together with Your all-holy, good, and life-creating Spirit, now and forever and to the ages of ages.
The Holy Communion Priest in a low voice : Hearken, O Lord Jesus Christ our God, from Your holy dwelling place and from the throne of glory of Your Kingdom, and come to sanctify us, You Who are enthroned with the Father on high and are present among us invisibly here.
Deacon: Let us be attentive! Priest: The Holy Gifts for the holy people of God. The Priest, dividing the Holy Bread into four pieces, says: The Lamb of God is apportioned and distributed; apportioned, but not divided; ever eaten, yet never consumed ; but sanctifying those who partake. The Deacon, taking the zeon, addresses the Priest: Bless, Master, the zeon. The Priest, blessing the zeon, says: Blessed is the fervor of Your saints, always, now and forever and to the ages of ages.
The Deacon pours from the zeon the needed amount into the holy Chalice, saying: The fervor of the Holy Spirit. The Priest prepares to receive Holy Communion. Then he says to the Deacon: Deacon, approach. The Priest, with the communion cloth in his hand, takes the holy Chalice, saying: Again unto me, Name , the unworthy presbyter, is imparted the precious and all-holy and life-giving Blood of our Lord and God and Savior, Jesus Christ, for the remission of my sins and life eternal.
He communes once from the holy Chalice in silence. Then he says: This has touched my lips, and the Lord takes away all my iniquities and cleanses my sins. He calls the Deacon again, saying: Deacon, approach again. The Priest communes him from the holy Chalice, saying: Again to you, Name , the most devout deacon, is imparted the precious and all-holy and life-giving Blood of our Lord and God and Savior, Jesus Christ, for the remission of your sins and life eternal.
The Deacon wipes his lips and the holy Chalice with the communion cloth, then kisses the holy Chalice and the hand of the Priest, who says:: This has touched your lips, and the Lord takes away all your iniquities and cleanses your sins.
Jean Hani, professor emeritus at the University of Amiens - where he taught Greek civilization and literature - has long labored to recover and illuminate various aspects of Christianity. His aim has been to integrate the latest findings in the history of religions with the perennialist spiritual perspective of such writers as Rene Guenon and Frithjof Schuon.
If in the first place our book is intended to be a personal homage to the Divine Liturgy, it also has another purpose. Without any doubt, the gravest symptom in the crisis the Western Church is currently undergoing - the effects of which on art we have already denounced in our book The Symbolism of the Christian Temple--is the calling in question of the very meaning and content of the Mass, given that it is the heart and vital center of the Church.
And we have made our feeble contribution to its defence. But our intention is not to become involved in theological quarrels. In this study our point of view is that of the historian of religions. What we wish to show is that the Christian mass is illumined in the light of studies concerning the universal schemas of the sacred to which it conforms.
Most assuredly, the Christian cult has its specificity, but that is for the theologian and liturgist to spell out. What we are proposing to do is to unravel the characteristics in the Christian cult linking it to the universality of the sacred. From the Introduction. For centuries the Historia Ecclesiastica of St Germanus was the quasi-official explanation of the Divine Liturgy for the Byzantine Christian world. A detailed introduction includes an exposition of mystagogical catecheses and the development of an historicizing system of liturgical symbolism.
Both liturgies express the essence of the Orthodox Christian faith, and have been in use since the early centuries of the Christian era. St Basil's Liturgy was for many centuries the most used, that of St John Chrysostom taking priority only in the early medieval period.
Though both have had material added to them, recent scholarship, by comparing phrases and expressions in the liturgies with works undoubtedly by the two saints, have established that the traditional attributions are likely to be correct. These two translations into modern English were first commissioned by Archbishop Gibran Ramlawi for the Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of Australasia, to meet a need expressed by the youth of the archdiocese for an elegant and intelligible translation of the services into a modern English that worshippers and visiting friends from varied ethnic backgrounds might find comprehensible and moving.
It is a fresh translation which brings the liturgy to life. Indeed, the move to good Modern English shows the Orthodox Liturgy to be something living, rather than looking like a fossil.
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