Veľká sobotňajšia večerňa z Hostovíc, 14.12.2024. - YouTube - Great Vespers of the Holy Prophet Habakkuk (15 DEC,old calendar) from the village of Hostavice,Snina District,Presov Region,Slovakia

Habakkuk seems to have been a professional prophet,perhaps a priest in the temple at Jerusalem.He prophesied sometime between 605 BC and 586 BC.It was a low point in the Kingdom of Judah.Pride and evil were rampant.He conversed with God about this.Yet Habakkuk was certain God would punish the wicked in His own time.*Orthodox Church of the Protection of the Most Holy Theotokos*Priest:Father Peter Soroka*The opening bells are called the Zvon (all bells)*at the Great Entrance of Great Vespers:Premudrost,Prosi (Wisdom,Let us attend)*Mir sfem:Peace be unto all)*Priklonim:Bow your heads to the Lord.*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.

Večerňa z Parihuzoviec vo sviatok Uvedenia do Presvätej Bohorodičky,4.12.2024 - YouTube - Vespers on the Feast of The Entrance of the Most Holy Theotokos Into the Temple

from the village of Parihuzovce,Snina District,Presov Region,Slovakia*Orthodox Church of the Nativity of the Most Holy Theotokos*Priest:Father Peter Soroka*The little boy appears to have a vocation to the priesthood.Bless his pure heart.*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.*The Beatitudes are chanted at Vespers.*Mir sfem:Peace be unto all.Priklonim:Bow your heads to the Lord.Petition at Vespers:A Christian ending to our life,painless,blameless and peaceful,let us ask of the Lord.Grant this,O Lord.Muchanitsa:female Martyrs

Veľká sobotňajšia večerňa z Osadného, 30.11.2024. - YouTube - Great Vespers of St.Platon of Ancyra 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 Zvon (all bells).*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.*The little boy appears to have a vocation to the priesthood.Bless his pure heart.*At the Great Entrance of Great Vespers:Premudrost,Prosi:Wisdom,Let us attend.Mir sfem:Peace be unto all.Priklonim:Bow your heads to the Lord.A petition at Vespers:A Christian ending to our life,painless,blameless and peaceful,let us ask of the Lord.Grant this,O Lord.*Muchanika Platon:Martyr Platon-The holy Martyr St.Platon of Ancyra,now the capital of Turkey with 5.1 million people,was born in the city and was the brother of holy Martyr St.Antiochus the Physician.While still a youth,he left home and went through the cities,preaching the Word of God and amazing his audience with the presuasiveness and beauty of his speech,and his profound knowledge of Greek learning.Because of his preaching,he was brought for trial to the temple of Zeus before the governor Agrippinus.After many inducements to profess paganism,he was tortured,imprisoned and beheaded.*Source:The Orthodox Church of America and edited by Andrew Taylor

Večerňa z Osadného v predvečer Roždestvenskeho pôstu, 27.11.2024. - Vespers on the Eve of the Christmas Advent Fast 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 Zvon (all bells).*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.*The Beatitudes are chanted.*Mir sfem:Peace be unto all.Priklonim:Bow your heads to the Lord.

Veľká večerňa z Osadného v predvečer zosnutia sv. Jána Zlatousteho, 25.11.2024 - YouTube - Great Vespers of St.John Chrysostom 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 Zvon (all bells).*How beautiful the Carpatho-Rusyn chant is!I am Carpatho-Rusyn on my mother's side.*His Beatitutde Metropolitan Rastislav (Gont) of the Czech Lands and Slovakia is Carpatho-Rusyn.*The little boy apparently has a vocation to the priesthood.Bless his pure heart.*Premudrost,vonmem:Wisdom,Let us attend (at the readings of Great Vespers).*Mir sfem:Peace be unto all.*Muchanika:Martyr (St.John Chrysostom died in exile after many sufferings).

Večerňa z Osadného, 22.11.2024. - YouTube - Vespers from the village of Osadne,Snina District,Presov Region,Slovakia

Orthodox Church of the Ascension of Our Lord*Priest:Father Peter Soroka*Correction:The opening bells are called the Zvon (all bells).*I love the Carpatho-Rusyn chant.I am Carpatho-Rusyn on my mother's side.*His Beatitude Metropoltan Rastislav (Gont) of the Czech Lands and Slovakia is Carpatho-Rusyn.*The little boy appears to have a priestly vocation.Bless his pure heart.*Mir sfem:Peace be unto all.Priklonim:Bow your head to the Lord.*The Beatitudes are chanted at Vespers.*Muchanika:Martyr

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

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.

Večerňa z Osadného, 11.11.2024. - YouTube - Vespers from the village of Osadne,Snina District,Presov Region,Slovakia

Orthodox Church of the Ascension of Our Lord*Priest:Father Peter Soroka*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.*The bells at the beginning are called the trezvon.*The little boy appears to have a priestly vocation.Let us pray for him.*Priklonim:Bow your heads to the Lord.*Muchanika:Martyr*Proroka:Prophet

Veľká večerňa z Hostovíc v predvečer sviatku sv. Dimitrija Solúnskeho, 7.11.2024 - Great Vespers of St.Dmitry of Thessaloniki with Litiya from the village of Hostavice,Snina District,Presov Region,Slovakia

Orthodox Church of the Protection of the Most Holy Theotokos*Priest:Father Peter Soroka*The opening bells are called the trezvon.Premudrost,Vonmem: (Wisdom,Let us attend) at the readings of Great Vespers*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.*Priklonim:Bow your heads to the Lord.*Muchanika:Martyr

Večerňa z Parihuzoviec, 5.11.2024. - 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.Muchanika:Martyr

Veľká sobotňajšia večerňa z Osadného, 2.11.2024. - YouTube - Great Vespers from the village of Osadne,Snina District,Presov Region.Slovakia

Orthodox Church of the Ascension of Our Lord*Priest:Father Peter Soroka*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.*The little boy appears to have a priestly vocation.Let us pray for him.*In the East Slavic tradition,everything is chanted.*At the Great Entrance of Great Vespers:Premudrost,Prosi-Wisdom,Let us attend*Priklonim:Bow your heads to the Lord.*The bell-ringing at the beginning is called the trezvon.

Veľká večerňa z Hostovíc v predvečer sviatku sv. Rastislava Moravského,10.27.2024 - Great Vespers with litiya of St.Rastislav,Prince of Moravia (9th century)

Orthodox Church of the Protection of the Most Holy Theotokos in the vllage of Hostovice,Snina District,Presov Region,Slovakia.Priest:Father Peter Soroka*It was St.Rastislav who invted two missionaries from Constantinople,Sts.Kyrill and Methodios,Apostles to the Slavs.They brought with them Old Church Slavonic,which is used to this day.It is the name day of His Beatitude Metropolitan Rastislav (Gont) of the Czech Lands and Slovakia,who is Carpatho-Rusyn.*The little boy appears to have a priestly vocation.Let us pray for him.*How beautiful the Carpatho-Rusyn chant is!I am Carpatho-Rusyn on my mother's side.*Premudrost,Vonmem:Wisdom,Let us attend (at the readings of Great Vespers)*Priklonim:Bow your heads to the Lord.

Veľká sobotňajšia večerňa z Hostovíc v predvečer Nedele svätých Otcov 1....Great Vespers of the Holy Fathers of the First Ecumenical Council (Nicene Creed) from the village of Hostovice,Snina District,Presov Region,Slovakia

26.10.2024 Orthodox Church of the Protection of the Most Holy Theotokos*Priest:Father Peter Soroka*I love the Carpatho-Rusyn chant.I am Carpatho-Rusyn on my mother's side.*Metropolitan Rastislav (Gont) is Carpatho-Rusyn.*Premudrost,Vonmem:Wisdom,Let us attend (at the readings of Great Vespers)*Prikloni:Bow your heads to the Lord.

Veľká sobotňajšia večerňa z Osadného, 19.10.2024. - YouTube - Great Vespers from the village of Osadne,Snina District,Presov Region,Slovakia

Orthodox Church of the Ascension of Our Lord*Priest:Father Peter Soroka*How beautiful the Carpatho-Rusyn chant is!I am Carpatho-Rusyn on my mother's side.*Metropolitan Rastislav (Gont) is Carpatho-Rusyn.*The little boy appears to have a priestly vocation.Let us pray for him,for "Then the Lord said to His disciples,The harvest is plentiful,but the laborers are few;thefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into His harvest." Matthew 37-38*Sts.Sergius and Bacchus the Martyrs of Syria (4th century)

Veľká večerňa z Parihuzoviec v predvečer sviatku sv. apoštola Tomáša, 18.10.2024 - YouTube - Great Vespers of the Holy Apostle St.Thomas from the village of ParihuzovceSnina District,Presov Region,Slovakia,

Orthodox Church of the Nativity of the Most Holy Theotokos*Priest:Father Peter Soroka*I love Carpatho-Rusyn chant.I am Carpatho-Rusyn on my mother's side.*Metropolitan Rastislav (Gont) is Carpatho-Rusyn.*Premudrost (Wisdom) Vonmem (Let us attend)-chanted befor the readings of Great Vespers

Večerňa z Osadného, 16.10.2024. - YouTube - Vespers from the village of Osadne,Snina District,Presov Region,Slovakia

Orthodox Church of the Ascension of Our Lord*Priest:Father Peter Soroka*How beautiful the Carpatho-Rusyn chant is!I am Carpatho-Rusyn on my mother's side.*Metropolitan Rastislav (Gont) is Carpatho-Rusyn.

Voskresná utreňa z Hostovíc na chrámový sviatok na počesť Pokrova Presvä...Vigil of the Patronal Feast Day from the village of Hostavice,Snina District,Presov Region,Slovakia

Orthodox Church of the Protection of the Most Holy Theotokos*Celebrant unidentified,assisted by Father Peter Soroka*I love the Carptho-Rusyn chant.I am Carpatho-Rusyn on my mother's side.*Metropolitan Rastislav (Gont) is Carpatho-Rusyn.*In the East Slavic tradition,everything is chanted.

Večerňa z Osadného, 7.10.2024. - YouTube - Vespers of St.Sergius of Radonezh from the village of Osadne,Snina District,Presov Region,Slovakia

Orthodox Church of the Ascension of Our Lord*Priest:Father Peter Soroka*How beautiful the Carpatho-Rusyn chant is!I am Carpatho-Rusyn on my mother's side.*Metropolitan Rastislav (Gont) is Carpatho-Rusyn.*

Veľká sobotňajšia večerňa z Hostovíc v predvečer Počatia sv. Jána Krstit...05.10.2024 - YouTube - Great Vespers of the Conception of St.John the Baptist from the Village of Hostovice,Snina District,Presov Region,Slovakia

Orthodox Church of the Protection of the Most Holy Theotokos*Priest:Father Peter Soroka*Metropolitan Rastislav (Gont) is Carpatho-Rusyn.*I love the Carpatho-Rusyn chant.I am Carpatho-Rusyn on my mother's side.*The little boy appears to have a vocation to the priesthood.Let us pray for him.*Priklonim:Bow your heads