Orthodox Calendar of Events

[MariaRegina]

Here's a site in which you can announce an event.

The Spirit of Orthodoxy Choir

Sunday, June 24th
5:00 pm

http://www.christianforums.com/showpost.php?p=35727584&postcount=32

[MariaRegina]

Constantine Zalalas to speak at Annual Parish Lenten Retreat

Where: Saint Nectarios Shrine, 20340 East Covina Boulevard, Covina, CA 91724

When: February 21 to February 23, 2004 Saturday through Monday

Cost: Suggested donation of $25 (luncheon provided each day)

Vender: Life-Giving Spring Orthodox Bookstore, Glendale, California

9:00 AM Divine Liturgy on Saturday and Sunday
4:00 PM concluding Vespers on Saturday
3:00 PM concluding Forgiveness Vespers on Sunday

9:00 AM Great Compline on Monday
10 AM Final presentation and discussion on Monday
Retreat concludes with the 12:00 pm luncheon on Monday

This retreat is geared toward Youth and Parents

Please check this website below and contact Father Ted if you plan to go.

http://www.SaintNectarios.org

P.S. This event was very spiritual and a blessing for all who attended.

[Photini]

Constantine Zalalas to speak at Annual Parish Lenten Retreat




I have some of the tapes where he has translated homilies from Father Athanasios Mitilinaios from Larisa, Greece. I listen to them in the car. He is a wonderful speaker.

[Oblio]

Middle Ga (USA) Sunday of Orthodoxy service at Holy Cross GOC (http://www.holycross.ga.goarch.org/) in Macon Ga.

[Michael the Iconographer]

Held at St. George
Antiochian Orthodox Church in Oakland
Artists, called iconographers, must follow a specific process to prepare and then actually
create an icon. During the festival, noted iconographers will not only explain
this process and the role of icons in Orthodoxy but also demonstrate and display their work.
Iconographers and exhibitors will sell icons, books, and other religious items
in a wide variety of price ranges.
This two-day festival promises to be an enlightening educational experience
for Orthodox and non-Orthodox alike. Come peer through a mystical window—and see
what’s on the other side.
ICONS: A M Y S T E R Y R E V E A L E D
FESTIVAL HOURS:
11:30 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Saturday, February 28
Noon to 5:00 p.m. Sunday, February 29
Location: St. George Church is located on the corner of (3400) Dawson Street and the Blvd.
of the Allies, between Magee Hospital and Schenley Park. Parking is located on the
Blvd. of the Allies. The church and church hall are handicapped accessible.
For more information, call Father Bill Evansky at 412-741-5008.
Admission is free
Festival sponsor: The Orthodox Clergy Brotherhood of Greater Pittsburgh

[MariaRegina]

double post - sorry

[nicodemus]

February 29th, 2004 - 5:30 PM - Sunday of Orthodoxy Vespers
Holy Trinity-Holy Cross Orthodox Cathedral
307 19th Street South
Birmingham, Alabama
(205) 716-3080

All four Birmingham area Orthodox parishes gather together for the celebration of the Sunday of Orthodoxy. Sometimes clergy from Huntsville & Montgomery also attend.

[MariaRegina]

Healing the Soul: Great Lent
Guest Speaker: Fr. Peter Gillquist
March 5,6&7
Hosted by Transfiguration Greek Orthodox Church


Retreat Schedule

Friday
7pm Akathistos

Saturday
9am Matins
9:30 Registration
10:15 Session 1- Overcoming the Obstacles
11:00 Byzantine Music Concert
11:30 Session 2- How do I get to God? Spiritual life moving toward God
12:30 Lunch
1:30 Session 3- Faith and Worship: Falling down before God
3:00 Great Vespers
4:00 Session 4- Coming to the Feet of Christ: Allowing God to help us.
5:00 OCF dinner with Fr. Peter

Sunday
9am Orthros
10am Divine Liturgy

If any of yall are in the Central Texas Area, please join us next weekend. Registration is $15 and includes lunch.

Information above is courtesy of Orthodox Texan

[MariaRegina]

New York City March 11-14, 2004.

SYOSSET, NY [OCA Communications] -- With the blessing of His Beatitude,
Metropolitan Herman, Primate of the Orthodox Church in America, and His
Eminence, Archbishop Peter of New York and New Jersey, the wonder-working
Tikhvin icon of the Mother of God (A brief history of the icon:
http://www.oca.org/pages/orth_chri/Feasts-and-Saints/June/Jun-26.html#1)
will visit New York City March 11-14, 2004.

Clergy of the OCA's New York City Deanery will meet the icon at Holy Virgin
Protection Cathedral, 59 East Second Street (212-677-4664)
(http://www.oca.org/pages/directory/listing.asp?KEY=OCA-NY-NYCPRV),
Manhattan on the afternoon of Thursday, March 11. At 7:00 p.m.
the same day a Service of Thanksgiving and the Akathist Hymn
in honor of the icon will be celebrated. The cathedral will remain open
until midnight to accommodate those wishing to pray before the icon.

From Friday, March 12 through Sunday, March 14, the icon will be available
for veneration at the Saint Nicholas Cathedral, 15 East 97 Street, Manhattan.
The historic cathedral serves as the representation church of the Patriarchate
of Moscow. Information on services at the cathedral may be obtained
by calling 212/289-1915.

The Very Rev. Sergei Garklavs, the icon's guardian, will accompany the icon
during its final visit to New York. In July, the icon will be solemnly
returned to the monastery in Tikhvin, Russia, after a 55-year sojourn in the US.

According to ancient tradition, the Tikhvin icon of the Mother of God is one
of several painted by Saint Luke the Evangelist. In the fifth century the
icon was taken from Jerusalem to Constantinople, where it was enshrined in
the Church of Blachernae, which was built especially for this purpose. In
1383, seventy years before the fall of Constantinople, fishermen on Lake
Ladoga in the principality of Novgorod in northern Russia witnessed the icon
miraculously hovering over the lake's waters amidst a radiant light. Shortly
after its miraculous appearance, the icon was discovered in several
neighboring towns, including the village of Motchenitsy on the bank of the
Tikhvinka River, before it finally appeared near the town of Tikhvin. A
wooden church dedicated to the Dormition of the Mother of God was built on
the site. In 1560, by order of Tsar Ivan the Terrible, a men's monastery was
established near the church. Over the centuries, the icon's fame spread far
and wide, with copies of the original adorning countless churches throughout
Russia and beyond.

During the World War II German occupation, the Nazis removed the icon from
the Tikhvin Monastery, from whence it was taken to Pskov and subsequently to
Riga, Latvia. When Riga was evacuated, Bishop John [Garklavs] of Riga, in
whose care the icon was placed, took the icon to Bavaria, where it was
venerated by Orthodox faithful who had been displaced because of the war.

While Soviet agents had spotted the icon, Bishop John was permitted to take
the icon to the US in 1949, where it was venerated for many years at the
OCA's Holy Trinity Cathedral in Chicago. After the death of Archbishop John,
Father Garklavs, his adopted son, became the icon's guardian.

Archbishop John had hoped that conditions in Russia would make it possible
for the icon to be returned to its original home in Tikhvin.

(c) 2003 Orthodox Church in America / Office of Communication -
info@oca.org

[MariaRegina]

Saturday, March 6, 2004 Today

Check www.receive.org for station times and places

Topic : Questions & Answers from our Listeners on Orthodox Christianity


Saturday, March 13, 2004

The Heritage of St. Tikhon’s & the 100th Annual Pilgrimage

Guests : His Grace Bishop TIKHON, Abbot St. Tikhon’s Monastery, V Rev John Matusiak (OCA Director of Communications), V Rev Michael Dahulich (Administrative Dean and Director of Admissions)


Saturday, March 20, 2004

Topic : Orthodoxy in Dixie

Guest : Fr. Joseph Huneycutt

Orthodox by choice, southern by the grace of God. Fr. Chris and Emmy welcome Fr. Joseph Huneycutt, a Southern Baptist who has converted to Orthodoxy.

Fr. Joseph shares his journey and walk of faith to Orthodox Christianity
living within the Southern Bible belt. Be sure to tune in this week for
a very eye-opening experience as we learn what Orthodox Christianity has
to offer the Christian American landscape; understanding the differences
and challenges of being Orthodox living within the Southern Bible belt
region.

Saturday, March 27, 2004

Topic : Same-Sex Marriage

Guest : Rev. Dr. John Breck

Has the issue of Same Sex Marriage led to a moral crisis in our nation?
What is the Orthodox Christian Tradition on Same-Sex Marriage; is it morally
and ethically acceptable? Rev. Dr. John Breck joins Fr. Chris and Emmy
as he will provide an Orthodox Christian perspective concerning the recent
developments regarding same-sex unions. Tune in this week for a very topical
broadcast and find out what is the message of the Orthodox Church that
can be shared with family members and loved ones who choose this lifestyle.

[MariaRegina]

St. Innocent Orthodox Church (OCA) proudly presents

Subdeacon Bernie Wilson

Speaking on the history and development of the Divine Liturgy

Location:

5656 Lindley Avenue in Tarzana, California 91356
Just north of the intersection of Burbank Boulevard and Lindley

When: Fridays of Great Lent

March 12

March 19

March 26

Time: Immediately following the 6:30 PM Pre-Sanctified Liturgy (around 7:30 PM)

Potluck Dinner - bring your favorite Lenten meal to share. Come and eat while Subdeacon Bernie Wilson gives his presentation.

[MariaRegina]

On Cross-Veneration Sunday, March 14, 2004, at 2:00 p.m.,

the Schola Cantorum of St. Peter the Apostle

will sing a concert entitled,

"O Cross, Our One Reliance, Hail!"

at historic St. Peter Church, 1533 E. 17th St., Cleveland, OH, 44114.

The concert will include music from the Eastern and Western Churches
about the Precious and Live-Giving Cross.

The program is as follows:

1. Vexilla regis (Gregorian chant; alternate verses set by Pergolesi)
2. Three Troparia for the Elevation of the Cross - Chant of New Skete
3. Khrestu Tvojemu - P. Honcharov
4. Stabant juxta crucem Jesu (Gregorian chant)
5. Predstoyashche Khrestu - Aleksei Lvov (1798-1870)
6. O quantum in cruce - Cistercian chant
7. Wondrous Cross - Paine Denson 1932 from The Sacred Harp
8. Salve crux arbor vitae - Jakob Obrecht

Intermission

9. In Paradise of Old - Ivan Moody (written for the Schola)
10. Crux fidelis - Jacobus Clemens non Papa (c. 1510 - 1556)
11. Responsory: Per crucem tuam (Sarum chant/J. Michael Thompson arrangement)
12. Troparion: O Lord, Save your people - Znamennyj chant
13. Kontakion: On the Victory of the Cross - Paul A. Nicholson

Number 13 is the COMPLETE text of the Kontakion as written by St. Romanos the
Melodist. The setting was written for the 10th anniversary of the Schola.
It is set with the refrain of the Kontakion composed for the singing of all those
present.

INFORMATION AND TICKETS... 216-861-1798, 216-861-1799

[MariaRegina]

St. Luke Antiochian Orthodox Christian Church
Garden Grove, California

Presents

2004 Parish Life Conference - June 29 to July 4, 2004

Keynote speaker: Archpriest Michael Ellias.

Father's topic will be:

Let the little children come to Me, and do not forbid them; for of such is the kingdom of God. (Mark 10:14)

www.stlukesoc.org

registration@stlukesoc.org

[MariaRegina]

Jordanville, New York

http://sslm.hts.edu

JULY 11 - JULY 24, 2004

The Summer School of Liturgical Music at Holy Trinity Seminary was
established with the blessing of Metropolitan Laurus. The full
course of study consists of three summer sessions, at the end of
which the graduates will be certified as church choir directors
and/or readers. Academic credit is available. A non-certification
track is offered to those seeking enrichment in the area of Russian
Orthodox Music, but do not intend to become church readers or choir
directors. The course load, full or partial, may be agreed upon in
consultation with the school administration.

The course offerings are:
1.. History of Russian Church Music
2.. Music Theory and Musicianship
3.. Choir Conducting Techniques and Practicum
4.. Voice Class
5.. Liturgical Performance Practice
6.. Church Slavonic
7.. Liturgics for Choir Directors

The 2004 Faculty:
Dr. Joseph MacLellan, Brown University
Nikolai Myshkin, Moscow Conservatory
Anatoly Panchoshnyy, Gnesin Musical Academy
Natalia Panchoshnaya, Binghamton University
Rev. Andre Papkov, New England Conservatory
Elena Perekrestova, Harvard University

Registration Fees:
Tuition..... $400.00
Room & Board.$400.00
Total...... $800.00

Please make all cheques payable to Holy Trinity Seminary.

If the candidates are sponsored and paid for by their parish, a
discount of $50.00 is offered to the parish. In that case, payment
should be made by parish cheque. Students arriving from countries
with unstable currencies (Russia, South America) are eligible for a
special discount. For those students not taking the full course
load, each separate course is $75.00, plus the regular room and board
fee of $400.00. Instruction is given in Russian and English. While
knowledge of Russian is helpful, it is not essential for study.

For information, contact:
Rev. Andre Papkov
54 Fourth Street, Ilion, NY 13357
315-894-6274
e-mail: musicschool@msn.com

[Oblio]

Woohoo !

Our first newspaper announcment :clap:

(No jokes about typo's :) )

Directions at www.st-innocent.org

[Matrona]

Here's what I know so far for the area around Columbia, South Carolina...

Bridegroom Services:
Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday
7:00 PM
Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church
1931 Sumter Street
Columbia, SC 29201
http://columbiagreekorthodox.com

I'll try to find out info for the rest of the week ASAP.

Holy Apostles (OCA) apparently hasn't published their schedule, and the Antiochian parish is only able to do some Holy Week services here because they have to share their priest with an Antiochian parish in another part of the state. Needless to say, it's very difficult to coordinate things around here. :sigh:

[MariaRegina]

Holy Week at St. George's Ortodox Christian Church
8210 West Chester Pike, Upper Darby PA 19082

3 April 2004
Lazarus Saturday 09.00 Confessions followed by Orthros and Liturgy and breakfast

4 April 2004
Palm Sunday 09.00 Orthros 10.00 divine Liturgy followed by a hot brunch
19.30 Bridegroom Orthros

5 April 2004
Holy Monday 19.30 Bridegroom Orthros

6 April 2004
Holy Tuesday 19.30 Bridegroom Orthros

7 April 2004
Holy Wednesday 19.30 Holy Unction

8 April 2004
Holy Thurrsday 09.00 Divine Liturgy 19.30 Twelve Gospels

9 April 2004
Great Friday 09.00 The Hours 15.00 Unnailing Vespers 19.30 Lamentations (Nash)

10 April 2004
Holy Saturday 09.00 Divine Liturgy followed by the blessing of children's baskets 22.00 Rush and Paschal
Divine Liturgy followed by a hot breakfast

11 April 2004
Great and holy Pascha 12.00 Agape Vespers followed by an Easter Egg hunt

Information courtesy of Epiphany

[MariaRegina]

St. Nectarios Church
20340 East Covina Boulevard
Covina, California 91724

MONDAY, APRIL 5
7 PM ..... Nymphios (Service of the Bridegroom)

TUESDAY, APRIL 6
7 PM ..... Nymphios (Service of the Bridegroom)

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 7
9 AM ..... Pre-Sanctified Divine Liturgy
7 PM ..... Holy Unction (only Orthodox are allowed to be anointed - service starts at 6:30 PM)

THURSDAY, APRIL 8
9 AM .....Vesperal Divine Liturgy of St. Basil
7 PM ..... The Twelve Gospel Readings and Procession of Christ Crucified [powerful]

FRIDAY, APRIL 9
9 AM ..... The Solemn Hours
3 PM ..... The un-nailing of Christ from the Cross
7 PM ..... Lamentation Services (Epitafios) - [powerful]

SATURDAY, APRIL 10
9 AM ..... Vesperal Divine Liturgy of St. Basil
11 PM .... Matins of Pascha

SUNDAY, APRIL 11
12 AM .... Pascha Divine Liturgy
11 AM .... Agape Service (Gospel is read in various languages)

1 PM ..... Community Easter Picnic with roasted lamb

[MariaRegina]

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This week's message from Father Christopher Metropulos
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ONE LITTLE WORD
One thing I've learned in life is that things can get complicated very fast
when it comes to communications.

The fact is it is a wonder we humans can communicate at all with all of
the potential for misunderstanding among us. Now imagine two cultures,
two languages, and two groups of people who, over the centuries have lost
the ability to speak to on another, and the potential for miscommunication
intensifies. Add to this political and historical differences and it seems
that misunderstanding is more likely than actual communication.

This is the situation around the 11th century between Roman Christianity
and the Orthodox Christian world. What resulted is a schism that has persisted
for over 1000 years. The main reasons for this schism are both political
and theological.

One of the chief theological reason for this sad state of affairs is one
little Latin word: "filioque."

It means "and the Son" and it was inserted into the main creed of the Church
in Spain in the early centuries of the Church to fight against the heresy
of Arianism.

What started out as a good intentioned attempt to protect the divinity
of Jesus boiled over into both a theological and political club that was
used against the Orthodox Church to force Her to submit to Roman authority.
The Orthodox said "no."

Well, some may say it is a silly thing to allow one little word to perpetuate
a schism that ought not to be. But wait a minute, remember what I said
earlier about miscommunication. The fact is precise definitions and careful
wording of our theological understanding is vital for a purposeful and
serious treatment of these heavenly truths. To do less is to risk mishandling
sacred truths. So, its important to be precise without attempting to say
too much. You can see where this might get a little frustrating!

However, when the Church is dealing with the foundational truths of the
Holy Trinity, then all the more care must be taken. And that is exactly
what the "filioque" controversy is all about. You see, the addition of
this Latin word in the Creed can (and I emphasize "can") lead to a misunderstanding
of the Person of the Holy Spirit, and touching something as fundamental
to our salvation as the work and Person of the Spirit merits hard work
and precise understanding.

That's where this week's CRTL comes into play. We will be hearing from
two experts; Dr. Robert Haddad, Professor Emeritus, Smith College, Massachusetts,
and Fr.Thomas FitzGerald, Th.D., Professor of Church History and Historical
Theology at Holy Cross in Brookline, Massachusetts. Both these men were
a part of the North American Orthodox-Catholic Theological Consultation
which recently concluded a four year study on this important issue.

Listen and learn how one little word isn't so little.

Also join us as we hear from regular contributor, Terry Mattingly, as he
tells us about the "Mystery Worshippers." How would your church rate?

Did you get to watch the live broadcast of our Pascha Service on the web?
What, you didn't know about it? Well, visit us at www.receive.org and check
out the Divine Liturgy link on the right hand side of the site.

Lots of things happening around here. I pray your Bright Week is going
well and you are still enjoying the Paschal celebration. Remember, it lasts
40 days, so don't let anyone tell you Easter only lasts one day!

Until next week.

Yours for the spread of Orthodoxy,

Fr. Chris Metropulos

P.S. Look for an important email from me soon.


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Parish of the Week
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St. Elijah Orthodox Christian Church in Oklahoma City, OK is our parish
of the week.

Fr. Constantine Nasr and the excting congregation at St. Elijah's is the
sole supporter of CRTL in the Oklahoma City area and we are grateful for
the forward vision of this Orthodox Christian community that has a national
reputation as a place of hospitality for those seeking the Orthodox Christian
faith.

Visit their web site and see what I mean: http://my.saintelijah.com/

Drop them an email at stelijah@stelijahokc.com and thank them for believing
in CRTL.

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Affiliate of the Week
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The Affilaite of the Week is KTLR 890 AM in Oklahoma City. They air CRTL
every Saturday at 10 AM.

Visit their web site at http://www.ktlr.com/ and thank David Rucker at
the station for his undying support of CRTL.

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This Week's Program on Come Receive the Light
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4/17/2004

Topic : AGREED STATEMENT ON FILIOQUE - What does this mean to me?

Guest : Dr. Robert Haddad

Title : Professor Emeritus, Smith College, Massachusetts

Guest : Fr.Thomas FitzGerald, Th.D.

Title : Professor of Church History and Historical Theology

What is the Filioque and why has it played such a big part of the schism
between the Orthodox Christian faith and the Roman Catholic Church? Join
us when Dr. Haddad and Fr. FitzGerald, representatives for the Orthodox
Christian Church, discuss the on going dialogue and the steps taken to
reach the current agreement.

Tune in and find out what this means for every Orthodox Christian.

The North American Orthodox-Catholic Theological Consultation concluded
a four-year study of the Filioque on October 25, 2003 when it unanimously
adopted an agreed text on this difficult question that has divided the
two communions for many centuries. This important development took place
at the 65th meeting of the Consultation, held at St. Paul’s College in
Washington, DC, under the joint chairmanship of Metropolitan Maximos of
the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Pittsburgh and Archbishop Pilarczyk of
Cincinnati.






Future programs can be found at http://www.receive.org/indexnew.php?menu=1&submenu=2 on our website.
Call today to see how you can assist the ministry and work with an ever
expanding national team of individuals to bring the program live to your
area or to seek national sponsors. Please call 1-954-522-5567 for further
information.

[MariaRegina]

St. Matthew Antiochian Orthodox Church
Presents a Symposium on:

“The Holy Spirit”

Speaker:

Father Thomas Hopko
Former Dean of St. Vladimir Orthodox Theological Seminary

Date and time:

Friday, April 23rd, 2004 at 7:00 p.m. and

Saturday, April 24th, 2004 at 10:00 a.m.

Hosted at:

St. Matthew’s Church in the Fellowship Hall
2368 Sonoma St., Torrance, California 90501
(Fr. Simeon Corona, Host Pastor)

Pre-registration is strongly recommended as space is limited!

Cost is: $20 (suggested minimum donation) which includes refreshments and lunch on Saturday


Please register by either contacting St. Matthew Church at 310-782-9468 or sending a check of $20 made out to St. Matthew Church (earmarked: Spirit Symposium) and mail it to the above address


Orthodox Literature and Icons will be available for Purchase


Please come during the glorious post-Pascha time as we anticipate the Coming of the Heavenly King, the Comforter, the Giver of Life, on the Feast of Pentecost!

[MariaRegina]

The Fellowship of Orthodox Christians in American (FOCA) presents

The Spirit of Orthodoxy Choir
Benefit for St. Herman's Seminary "Gifts of Love" Project
April 25th, 4:00 p.m. (reception to follow)

St. Peter and Paul Orthodox Church
109 Grand Street, Jersey City, NJ

Tickets are $15 general admission, $5.00 children
For more information contact Michael Kupec at 973-772-0730

[MariaRegina]

http://www.rocmconference.com/generalinfo.html

RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHOIR & MUSICIAN CONFERENCE

OCTOBER 6-10, 2004

SANTA ROSA, CALIFORNIA

COME AND TASTE THE WINE AND ENJOY THE SCENERY OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA

Note: Typically the lectures are in English and Russian - the chanting for
the services is fairly split between slavonic and english - in the past they even provide transliteration of the slavonic for those who desire it.

The conference will be held from October 6-10, 2004, in Santa Rosa, CA, in the beautiful Wine Country of Northern California. The purpose of this conference is to bring together choir members and conductors to explore the wealth and beauty of The Russian Orthodox Music. Participants will gain practical and theoretical knowledge and experience through lectures, workshops and rehearsals which culminate in festive pontifical services. Further, participants will have the opportunity to exchange ideas, get to know like-minded people and expand their liturgical repertoire.

The cost of the conference is $395.00 US per person if paid before August 1st, 2004. From August 1, 2004 to September 15, 2004 (late registration) the cost will be $450.00 US. After September 15th, 2004, no registrations will be accepted. Space is limited.

[MariaRegina]

There will be a Liturgical Music conference in Port Townsend, Washington, Thursday May 13th through Saturday May 15th. It will be hosted by St. Herman of Alaska Mission
(http://www.oca.org/pages/directory/listing.asp?KEY=OCA-WE-PTTSHA).

This conference is designed specifically for missions and smaller parishes.

Accommodations may be a bit difficult as there is an annual festival
in Port Townsend that weekend and hotel rooms are already becoming
scarce. If you are interested, make arrangements as soon as possible.

[MariaRegina]

There will be a Liturgical Music conference in Port Townsend, Washington, Thursday May 13th through Saturday May 15th. It will be hosted by St. Herman of Alaska Mission
(http://www.oca.org/pages/directory/listing.asp?KEY=OCA-WE-PTTSHA).

This conference is designed specifically for missions and smaller parishes.

Accommodations may be a bit difficult as there is an annual festival
in Port Townsend that weekend and hotel rooms are already becoming
scarce. If you are interested, make arrangements as soon as possible.

UPDATE ---

Diocese of the West Choir and Readers Liturgical Seminar

May 13-15, 2004

Port Townsend, WA

Tentative Conference Schedule


Thursday

3PM - 6PM Choir Director's Clinic

We will address as many of these topics as we can get to, beginning
with what the directors themselves feel as most urgent.

Beginning:

Steps to Building a Choir for Mission Parishes
Choosing appropriate music for your choir
Building a liturgical repertoire
Strengthening your core
Giving Pitches without an electronic device
Beginning Conducting
Effective Rehearsal Techniques
Organizing your music
Prioritizing your tasks



Advanced:

Developing your Choir Further for Established Choirs
Introducing Special Melodies
Special Services: Hierarchical, Funeral, Wedding, Panikhida
Expanding your repertoire
Special Topics (ie. setting stichera, working with Finale, etc.)

6PM-7PM: Dinner
7PM-9PM: Conducting & Rehearsal
Covering material for Matins & Friday Vespers


Friday

8:00AM Matins Choir Directors will sing
9:15AM Registration & Continental Breakfast
9:45AM Prayer for Beginning Work

Friday (cont.)

10:00AM - 11:15 Welcome from Father Nicholas
Liturgical Music: Our Heritage, Our Task - Fr. Lawrence
Briefly outlining the history of chant from Byzantine to late
Russian systems. Addressing the question of what our musical
tradition means to us today and what our responsibilities to it are
as chanters and readers.

11:15 - 12:15 Kievan Tones and Practice for Vespers - Macrina
12:15--1:00 Lunch
1:00 - 1:45 Topic TBA - Fr. Christopher

1:45 - 2:30 Practica (Choose one class)
A. Readers Class - Christopher Lewis
B. Basic Music Theory - Fr. Christopher
C. Advanced Rubrical Topics - Fr. Lawrence
D. Setting Kievan Stichera - Macrina

2:30 - 3:00 Creating a Prayerful Atmosphere - Macrina Lewis

3:00 - 4:00
Rehearsal of 2-Part Liturgy Music - Fr. Lawrence
Readers Class Continued - Christopher Lewis

4:00 - 4:30 Break
4:30 - 5:00 Warm-ups & Rehearsal for Vespers
5:00-6:00 Vespers
6:00-7:00 Dinner

7:00-9:00 Hymnography from the Sacred Fount - Christopher Lewis
Traces the inspiration of Orthodox poetry and hymnography from the
pre-Christian Greek classicists through the most famous liturgical
poets: Ambrose, St. John Damascene, Romanos, and others.

Saturday

8:30AM Divine Liturgy 2-Part Liturgy
9:45 - 10:30 Breakfast

Saturday (cont.)
10:30 - 11:30 Topic TBA - Fr. Lawrence
11:30 - 12:45 Singing Session w/ Vocal Technique - Macrina
12:45 - 1:30 TBA
1:30 Lunch

People can either leave after this or have a break before rehearsing
Vespers.

4:00 Rehearsal for Vespers

[Suzannah]

Labor Day Weekend Picnic, Festivities and Lectures. (Adapted from the flyer/advert.)

Friday, Saturday and Sunday
Sept. 3, 4 and 5th, 2004
St. Sava Mission, Jackson California

Orthodox Christianity: Defender of our Common Heritage by special guest Dr. Serge Trifkovic, Author, journalist and historian.

author of The Sword of the Prophet: Islam: History, Theology, Impact on the World.

"Dr. Srdja Trifkovic is a well known scholar who has combined his academic interests with a distinguished and varied career in journalism and public affairs.
B.A. , University of Sussex, England
Ph.D, University of South Hampton, UK.
Broadcaster, BBC World Service, London 80-86
Rose Hill College 97-98
Visiting Scholar, Hoover Institution.

For the past five years, Dr. Trifkovic has been Foriegn Affairs Editor of Chronicles: A Magazine of American Culture published by the Rockford Institute. He is also Director of the Centre for International Affairs at the Rockford Institute. He maintains a continuous scholarly and journalistic publication record, and has published articles in, among others, The Times of London, San Francisco Chronicle, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Geopolitika (Belgrade), Segodnya (Moscow) , the South Slav Journal (London), Dialogue (Paris).

His Grace, Bishop Longin cordially invites you to the traditional Labor Day Weekend gathering at our St. Sava Mission in Jackson, California. Come and spend the weekend with the clergy, monastics and faithful from throughout our Western American Diocese.

A wonderful weekend is being planned with spiritual and social activities for all ages. The host parishes for this year's event are St. Steven's Cathedral in Alhambra and St. Sava Church in San Gabriel, California.

All activities to be held at the Mission.
Daily vespers and confession
Hierarchal Liturgy on Sat and Sunday
Afternoon picnics
Keynote and Interactive discussions
Youth rally
Parent/Teacher conference
Entertainment by the popular Kumovi Orchestra
Swimming pool at the Mission open daily
Arts and crafts
Bookstore

Schedule of Events

Friday, Sept. 3:
1 pm : Clergy Luncheon and Conference
Theme: Can Western Civilization Be Saved? - Dr. Serge Trifkovic
6pm: Vespers at Saint Sava Mission
7 pm : Dinner with an interactive discussion with Rt. Rev. Bishop Longin and Honored Guest, Dr. S. Trifkovic

Sat, Sept 4:
930 am : Divine Liturgy at the Mission
1130 am: All day picnic/bbq with live music from the Kumovi Orchestra
1230: Circle of Sisters : KSS semi annual meeting
1230-530pm: Open swimming at the Mission pool.
2-3pm: Reception in KSS hall with guest speaker
330-5pm: Parent/Teacher conference and Youth Rally for teens
6pm: Great Vespers at the Mission
7pm: Dinner and dance
10pm: closing

Sunday, Sept 5:
10am: Divine Liturgy at the Mission
1230 pm: Banquet in the St. Sava Mission Hall: Keynote address: Orthodox Christianity: Defender of a Common Heritage by Dr. S. Trifkovic
2-5pm: Open swimming
230-5pm: Music entertainment


Hotels:
Ask for the Serbian Orthodox Diocesan Days Rate.

Best Western Amador Inn
200 S. Hwy 49
Phone 209-223-0211
Rate: 72.00 per night
AAA discount

Jackson Gold Lodge
850 N. Hwy 49 and 88
Phone 209-223-0486
Rate: 67.50
AAA discount


Holiday Inn Express
101 Clinton Road
Phone 209-257 1500
Rate: 82.95


Hope to see you there!
:hug:
Love,
Suzannah

[MariaRegina]

FYI, this Sunday, August 22nd at 3:30 pm, some members of The
Spirit of Orthodoxy Choir will be making the 4th annual "pilgrimage"
to the grave of Sergei Rachmaninov and will be singing a panikhida
there. All are welcome to attend and to come to dinner with us
afterward at the Mont Olympos Diner (yes, they really spell it that
way) in Crestwood (not too far from St. Vladimir's). Directions to
Kensico Cemetery in Valhalla, NY can be found on their website:
www.kensico.org.

[MariaRegina]

Subject: OCA FALL 2004 LECTURE SERIES


ARCHDIOCESE OF PITTSBURGH AND WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA
ANNUAL FALL LECTURE SERIES

The Archdiocese of Pittsburgh and Western Pennsylvania (OCA) will
host the Annual Fall Lecture Series this year on Thursday, October
21 continuing through Thursday, November 4. The lecture series will
be held at Holy Assumption of St. Mary Orthodox Church, 105 S. 19th
St., Pittsburgh, PA. The lecture series is in honor of the
establishing of America's first monastery, St. Tikhon's Russian
Orthodox Monastery 100 years ago and will focus on The Monastic
Witness.
The first lecture will be a team presentation on the history of
monastic life in North America and the service of tonsuring a monk
by two of our Archdiocesan Monastics, Hieromonk Patrick and
Hieromonk David.
The second lecture will be unique as it brings a special guest
into our midst — His Grace, Bishop TIKHON of South Canaan, PA, the
Deputy Abbot of St. Tikhon's Orthodox Monastery. The evening will
begin with Vespers at 6:30pm and a short talk on prayer, followed by
dinner and an informal presentation on monastic life at America's
first monastery — St. Tikhon's Russian Orthodox Monastery. There
will be a free will offering for the dinner to benefit St. Tikhon's
Russian Orthodox Monastery.
The third lecture will feature another special guest and noted
local speaker, Mother Christophora, Abbess of Transfiguration
Monastery. She will be speaking on the history of one of our
regions greatest treasures and America's first women's monastery,
Transfiguration Orthodox Monastery, in Elwood City.
Please note that Vespers & Small Compline will be served at
6:30pm on each night of the lecture series.
A $15.00 registration donation is requested to help cover the
costs of the lecture series. Registration will be at the door. No
donation is requested for children and students.

[nicodemus]

FYI, this Sunday, August 22nd at 3:30 pm, some members of The
Spirit of Orthodoxy Choir will be making the 4th annual "pilgrimage"
to the grave of Sergei Rachmaninov and will be singing a panikhida
there. All are welcome to attend and to come to dinner with us
afterward at the Mont Olympos Diner (yes, they really spell it that
way) in Crestwood (not too far from St. Vladimir's). Directions to
Kensico Cemetery in Valhalla, NY can be found on their website:
www.kensico.org.
That seems like a cool thing to do.

[Suzannah]

All women, Orthodox or not, are welcome to attend.

When: April 15 and 16 (I'm so sorry for being so late in posting this)
Time: Begins 4pm on 4/15 with activities/workshops scheduled thru Saturday. Friday evening is a welcome dinner with an address by His Grace, Bishop Longin. Saturday has workshops and talks, with breaks for luncheon and fellowship. Saturday night is Great Vespers at the historic St. Sava Church and Sunday morning is Divine Liturgy.

Where: St. Sava Mission, Jackson, California

Cost: FREE! Of course, the usual basket is passed around constantly for donations for lunch, etc. Your hotel room and transportation are the only costs. If you want to go though, pm me immediately so I can add you to our parish attendee list. (You're just joining our group so that the event organizers can sleep at night and not worry about what to do with you.)

What's the skinny??? The topic for this year's retreat is "Orthodoxy: The Answer to Ecumenism". Guest speakers and special address by His Grace, Bishop Longin.

Where to stay: Best Western, Jackson, California is the best option.
http://book.bestwestern.com/bestwestern/productInfo.do?propertyCode=05399


Other hotels:

http://www.courtstreetinn.com/
http://www.gatehouseinn.com/
http://www.wedgewoodinn.com/
Also:
National Hotel The
(209) 223-0500
2 Water St
Jackson, CA 95642
0.1 mi S - Directions (http://local.google.com/local_url?hl=en&lr=&sa=X&near=Jackson,+CA&radius=0&latlng=38348889,-120773056,8807265624596921254&q=/maps%3Fli%3Dd%26hl%3Den%26q%3Dfrom:Jackson,%2BCA%2Bto:%2B2%2BWater%2BSt,%2BJackson,%2BCA%2B95642&dq=hotels)

[MariaRegina]

Hi Elizabeth,
Here you go.
Thanks for spreading the news.
Anne

PSALM Inc. presents
Liturgical Singing Seminar 2007
Choral Leadership & Vocal Development

Featured Speakers:
Mark Bailey
Alice Hughes
Fr. Stephen Meholick
Anne Schoepp

January 26 & 27, 2007
Santa Rosa, CA

Hosted by St. Seraphim Orthodox Church, Santa Rosa, California
Registration $90
For information call or e-mail:
Fr. Lawrence Margitich (707) 584-9491 or lmargitich@sbcglobal.net
Anne Schoepp (831) 336-3019 or schoepp6@cruzio.com

PSALM’s Liturgical Singing Seminar provides participants from all Orthodox traditions to come together to grow musically, liturgically, and spiritually in our common ministry of liturgical singing. For more information about PSALM and its mission, visit www.orthodoxpsalm.org

This year's sessions will focus on practical skills. There will be two tracks; one for leaders, one for singers. Participants may switch back and forth as fits their needs, but tracks are designed to build progressively.

Schedule:
Friday
8:30 Registration Opens / Buffet Breakfast
9:00 Molieben for the Beginning of Instruction
9:45 Role of the Choir - Fr. Stephen Meholick (combined session)
11:00 Break
11:15 Choral Leadership: Conducting Technique I - Mark Bailey Vocal Development: Breath Support - Alice Hughes
12:30 Lunch
1:30 Choral Leadership: Choir Management - Alice Hughes Vocal Development: Basic Music Skills - Anne Schoepp
2:45 Break
3:00 Choral Leadership: Conducting Technique II - Mark Bailey
Vocal Development: Resonance - Anne Schoepp
4:15 Break
4:30 Rehearsal for Vespers - Alice Hughes
6:00 Great Vespers
7:00 Dinner
7:45 Rehearsal for Divine Liturgy - Mark Bailey

Saturday
8:00 Divine Liturgy
9:30 Breakfast
10:00 Teaching Music Skills - Alice Hughes (combined session)
11:30 Break
11:45 Choral Leadership: Rehearsal Technique - Mark Bailey
Vocal Development: Phrasing - Anne Schoepp
1:00 Lunch
1:45 Choral Blend - Alice Hughes (combined session)
3:15 Break
3:30 Rehearsal for Great Vespers - Nicholas Custer & Anne Schoepp
5:00 Great Vespers with Antiphonal Choirs
6:00 Bell-Ringing Demonstration - Fr. Stephen Meholick
6:30 Dinner
7:30 Wrap-Up - Speaker Panel

Speaker Information

Mark Bailey is a co-founder and board member of PSALM. He serves on the faculty of St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Seminary, where he conducts weekly and teaches composition, choral leadership techniques, and voice. He is widely published on topics pertaining to Orthodox liturgical music and leads frequent seminars on Orthodox music throughout the United States. Mr. Bailey also directs the Yale Russian Chorus, the New Haven Oratorio Choir, and the Westchester Concert Singers. His former positions include music director of the Manchester Symphonic Chorale, co-founder and director of the New England Benefit Orchestra, assistant conductor for the Heidelberg Castle Opera Festival, Heidelberg, Germany, and music director of the Festival Chamber Orchestra at Yale. Additionally, Mr. Bailey is a prolific composer of instrumental and choral/vocal music. Most of his compositions are written for Orthodox liturgy, and are sung in churches throughout North America and abroad. Mr. Bailey’s music performance degrees were earned at the Eastman School of Music (1984) and the Yale School of Music/Yale Institute of Sacred Music (1989), where he also studied liturgy and Russian.

Alice Hughes is a co-founder of PSALM, Inc., where she currently serves as editor-in-chief for PSALM Notes and as treasurer. Ms. Hughes received her Bachelor of Music degree from the University of the Pacific in Music Education with a choral emphasis. She is also a founder of the West Coast Liturgical Singing Seminar, which has been hosting an annual conference since 1994. She currently serves as co-director at St. Lawrence Orthodox Church in Felton, California, with Anne Schoepp. Ms. Hughes, with Anne Schoepp, produces and directs recordings for Seraphim Six Productions. They are currently in production on their fifth recording, which features music from the Feast of the Elevation of the Cross. Ms. Hughes has been directing choral music and teaching voice since 1981, is currently the director of choral music at Pacific Collegiate School (grades 7–12) in Santa Cruz, California, and teaches at Bethany University in Scotts Valley, California. She also works as a vocal coach and musical director for several theater companies in the Santa Cruz area. Ms. Hughes is a strong advocate for music literacy and spends much of her time developing materials and methods for increasing sight-singing and listening/intonation skills for choirs.

Archpriest Stephen Meholick was born in 1952 in Northwestern Pennsylvania. As a young boy he served as apprentice to Cantor Peter Kennis, who learned Ruthenian (Carpatho-Russian) plainchant at St. Nicholas Monastery in Mukechevo. While attending Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, he lived with Mitred Archpriest Vitaly Sahaidakovsky and studied podobny or special melodies as sung at the Pochaev Lavra in Volhynia. He was ordained deacon in 1975 at St. Tikhon’s and assumed the position of seminary choir director and lecturer in liturgics and Church Slavonic. He received his Master’s degree from Marywood College in Scranton. In 1979 he was ordained to the priesthood and assigned to Cumberland, Rhode Island. While serving in New England he was appointed chairman of the Diocesan Music Commission and worked with longtime “kliros-mate,” His Grace, Archbishop Job. Archpriest Stephen is presently rector of St. Nicholas Church in San Anselmo, California.

Anne Schoepp, also a co-founder and board member of PSALM, began singing in church choirs at age eight, studied piano, voice, and violin in her youth, and holds a B.A. in Music from Stanford University (1985) with an emphasis in choral conducting and composition. Ms. Schoepp taught piano and voice privately from 1985-1992, has been directing choral and instrumental music since 1984, and has organized the West Coast Liturgical Singing Seminar since its inception in 1994. She composes and arranges church music primarily for use at St. Lawrence Orthodox Church in Felton, California, where she is conductor together with Alice Hughes. She also directs the parish Youth Choir, teaches K–8 music at St. Lawrence Academy, where three of her five children attend, and directs the annual children’s Christmas musical. Currently Ms. Schoepp and Ms. Hughes are in production on their fifth recording for Seraphim Six Productions, featuring music for the Feast of the Elevation of the Cross.

General Information

Location of Event: St. Seraphim Orthodox Church, 90 Mountain View Avenue, Santa Rosa, CA 95407.
Church phone number: (707) 584-9491

Meals provided: Friday & Saturday - breakfast, lunch and dinner


Accommodations: Rooms are available at the Good Nite Inn, which is about five minutes from the Church. You must make your own hotel reservations. To receive the group rate you must make reservations using the reference "LSS2007". A shuttle will be provided to the church.


Good Nite Inn, 5040 Redwood Drive, Rohnert Park, CA.
(707) 584-8180
(707) 584-1725 (fax)

Confirmation: "LSS2007”
Rates: single occupancy: $51.20 per night, including tax
Double: $62.65 per night, including tax
Cut-off date for this rate is January 21st, 2007.

Other local accommodations:
DoubleTree Hotel - Rohnert Park, CA (707) 584-5466 or (800) 222-8733
Best Western Inn - Rohnert Park, CA (707) 584-7435 (800) 780-7234

Transportation:
Arrange air travel into either San Francisco or Oakland International Airports. Airport shuttles will drop you at the Double Tree in Rohnert Park, which is approximately one mile from both the Church and the Good Nite Inn. If you will need transportation from the shuttle drop-off point to the Good Nite Inn or the Church please call the church at either (707) 585-9445 or (707) 584-9491.
Airport Express (Santa Rosa-Petaluma-Rohnert Park)
(707) 837-8700 or www.airportexpressinc.com
Service from San Francisco International Airport is every hour.
Service from Oakland International Airport is every two hours.


Make checks payable to: PSALM, Inc.
Mail completed form and payment to:
PSALM, Inc.
Liturgical Singing Seminar
P.O. Box 441
Santa Cruz, CA 95061-0441

Full payment of $90 must be received with this registration form by January 19, 2007.
No refunds will be made after that date.



Registration Form:
This form may be e-mailed back to Anne Schoepp: schoepp6@cruzio.com, but payment must be mailed to the above address.

Name:

Address:

Phone:

E-mail:

Parish:

Jurisdiction:

City:

I will need transportation from the Airport Express drop-off point
My estimated time of arrival at this drop-off point is
am / pm on January , 2007
I will need transportation from the Good Nite Inn to the Church on
Friday, Saturday, Sunday
I will be driving and can help shuttle passengers from the Inn to the Church.
I will be staying for Divine Liturgy on Sunday

I am a director chanter choir member
I sing S A T B

Please choose the track you would like to participate in:

Vocal Development
Choral Leadership

[cassc]

Saint Athanasius the Great Greek Orthodox Church will celebrate the Sunday of Orthodoxy with Pan Orthodox Vespers with clergy and laity from various Eastern Orthodox Parishes from the Greater Boston region.

:wave: Hope to see you there! :thumbsup:


When: Sunday February 25, 2007 5-6:30pm
Visit http://www.saintathanasius.org/ for directions

[MariaRegina]

The Spirit of Orthodoxy Choir

Sunday, June 24th
5:00 pm

Our Lady of Mercy R.C. Church
9 Parsippany Road
Whippany, NJ 07981

Tickets $10/adults, $5 under age 13

This concert will be the WORLD PREMIER of a new piece by Ivan Moody
called Behold the Bridegroom, which was written especially for The
Spirit of Orthodoxy Choir.

Also in the program are several pieces for solo and choir by
Chesnokov.