ΜΕΓΑΣ ΕΣΠΕΡΙΝΟΣ ΕΙΣΟΔΙΩΝ ΤΗΣ ΘΕΟΤΟΚΟΥ - YouTube - Great Vespers of The Entrance of the Most Holy Theotokos into the Temple

Members of the Russian expatriot community in Cyprus attend this parish.*Sofia proskomen:Wisdom,Let us attend (at the readings of Great Vespers)*Irini pasi:Peace be unto all.*Klinomen:Bow your heads unto the Lord.*Chant at the blessing of the loaves:Rich men have gone begging,but those who trust in the Lord shall not lack any good thing.

Aposticha Verse and Stichera 3, and the Kontakion of the Nativity of Christ

Večerňa z Parihuzoviec, 19.11.2024. - YouTube - Vespers from the village of Parihuzovce,Snina District,Presov Region,Slovakia

Orthodox Church of the Nativity of the Most Holy Theotokos*Priest:Father Peter Soroka*How beautiful the Carpatho-Rusyn chant is!I am Carpatho-Rusyn on my mother's side.*His Beatitude Metropolitan Rastislav (Gont) of the Czech Lands and Slovakia is Carpatho-Rusyn.*Priklonim:Bow your heads to the Lord.Mir sfem:Peace be to all.Muchanika:Martyr

Correction:Wrong patron saint

Dear Readers, I incorrectly stated that St.Arsenios is the patron saint of the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of New Jersey.In fact,it is St.Iakovos of Evia.* Andrew Taylor

Megalynaria of the Advent Paraklesis - YouTube

Katavasias of the 1st Canon of the Nativity of Christ - YouTube - choral version

Veľká sobotňajšia večerňa z Osadného, 16.11.2024. - Great Vespers of St.Ioannikios the Great from the village of Osadne,Snina District,Presov Region,Slovakia

Orthodox Church of the Ascension of Our Lord*Priest:Father Peter Soroka*The opening bells are called the trezvon.*I love the Carpatho-Rusyn chant.I am Carpatho-Rusyn on my mother's side.*His Beatitude Metropolitan Rastislav (Gont) of the Czech Lands and Slovakia is Carpatho-Rusyn.*Premudrost,Prosti:Wisdom,Let us attend (at the Great Entrance of Great Vespers)*The little boy appears to have a vocation to the priesthood,bless his heart.*Everything is chanted in the East Slavic tradition.*St.Ioannikios the Great the Venerable,Wonderworker was a tonsured monk in Asia Minor,Turkey in the eighth to ninth centuries.He was an itinerant monk who had the gift of healing.He ultimately took the side of the icons in the iconoclast controversy.He reposed at the age of 94.