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Stephentlig
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And can I pray it daily? is it like a roman litany? Could you give me a link to one?
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ConstantineTG
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Here’s one written by Dr. Alexander Roman
vultus.stblogs.org/2011/04/akathist-to-blessed-john-paul.html
Yes, you can pray in private, and say it everyday. There are also Akathists (sometimes spelled Akafist) to Jesus and the Theotokos.
vultus.stblogs.org/2011/04/akathist-to-blessed-john-paul.html
Yes, you can pray in private, and say it everyday. There are also Akathists (sometimes spelled Akafist) to Jesus and the Theotokos.
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OrthodoxJosh
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goarch.org/chapel/chant/akathist
This link is the Akathist Hymn to the Mother of God.
An Akathist is a hymn of supplication or praise to a saint or even to Christ Himself. An akathist can be prayed daily or on certain feast days. I would consult my spiritual father before undertaking any prayer rule. Hope this helps.
The sinner,
Josh
Most Holy Mother of God save us!
This link is the Akathist Hymn to the Mother of God.
An Akathist is a hymn of supplication or praise to a saint or even to Christ Himself. An akathist can be prayed daily or on certain feast days. I would consult my spiritual father before undertaking any prayer rule. Hope this helps.
The sinner,
Josh
Most Holy Mother of God save us!
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Wesley7
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A long devotional prayer.
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Alexander_Roman
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An “Akathist” is a liturgical, devotional form of prayer that, ideally, contains 144 invocations/praises to our Lord, our Lady or the Saints. There are many, many Akathists and this site has numerous ones in Slavonic and other languages www.akafist.narod.ru
If you google the site “Ukrainian Orthodoxy” and go to the Prayer Corner, you will find Akathists there in English, including several written by me.
You can google “akathist to Pope John Paul II” and the one I wrote will come up. Also, the "akathist to Our Lady of Lourdes.|
I am deeply humbled that my akathist to Our Lady of Lourdes, Fatima and Guadalupe have all been sung at the respective shrines.
I’ve also written an akathist to the Anglican saint King Charles the Martyr that is used by Episcopalians and members of the Society devoted to him.
Finally, I’ve done one for Jan Hus which is used in a few German Lutheran parishes and by Czech Orthodox. The Czech Orthodox Church is preparing to canonize Jan Hus as an . . . Orthodox saint and has a formal icon of him and of Jerome of Prague, together with a Service in Czech.
Akathists can be prayed at any time both as part of liturgical services or as private prayer.
Alex
If you google the site “Ukrainian Orthodoxy” and go to the Prayer Corner, you will find Akathists there in English, including several written by me.
You can google “akathist to Pope John Paul II” and the one I wrote will come up. Also, the "akathist to Our Lady of Lourdes.|
I am deeply humbled that my akathist to Our Lady of Lourdes, Fatima and Guadalupe have all been sung at the respective shrines.
I’ve also written an akathist to the Anglican saint King Charles the Martyr that is used by Episcopalians and members of the Society devoted to him.
Finally, I’ve done one for Jan Hus which is used in a few German Lutheran parishes and by Czech Orthodox. The Czech Orthodox Church is preparing to canonize Jan Hus as an . . . Orthodox saint and has a formal icon of him and of Jerome of Prague, together with a Service in Czech.
Akathists can be prayed at any time both as part of liturgical services or as private prayer.
Alex
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I_Thirst
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Alex,
Could you explain what you mean by “sung”? I’ve seen your akathists, but I don’t see sheet music. Are they chanted recto tono or are there specific melodies?
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Alexander_Roman
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You are right - I have no idea about how to put such to music and have no singing voice (too bad my parents didn’t send me to singing school rather than have me play the piano . . . would have come in handy in EC seminary).
My stuff was put to music by others and given my knowledge and appreciation for music, I never asked to get a copy of any of that.
So I’m absolutely useless when it comes to this. The priest who sang my Akathist to our Lady of Lourdes did bring me a special Carmelite rosary as a souvenir though!
And what is “recto tono?” I’m almost afraid to ask . . .
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My stuff was put to music by others and given my knowledge and appreciation for music, I never asked to get a copy of any of that.
So I’m absolutely useless when it comes to this. The priest who sang my Akathist to our Lady of Lourdes did bring me a special Carmelite rosary as a souvenir though!
And what is “recto tono?” I’m almost afraid to ask . . .
Alex
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Aramis
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You’ll find annotations like “Тропарь, глас 4” and “Кондак 2”…
these are the melody indications.
There are 8 main tropar melodies, 8 kontakion (kondak) melodies, 8 theotokion melodies (which relate to the troparion melodies closely)…
By knowing the tone markers, and their associated melodies, one can comfortably sing most texts.
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I_Thirst
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You are right - I have no idea about how to put such to music and have no singing voice (too bad my parents didn’t send me to singing school rather than have me play the piano . . . would have come in handy in EC seminary).
My stuff was put to music by others and given my knowledge and appreciation for music, I never asked to get a copy of any of that.
So I’m absolutely useless when it comes to this. The priest who sang my Akathist to our Lady of Lourdes did bring me a special Carmelite rosary as a souvenir though!
And what is “recto tono?” I’m almost afraid to ask . . .
Alex
Recto tono means that you sing on do or any single note. You’ve probably heard it done before. It can be used with any text as a simple chant tone.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recto_tono
Thanks, Aramis! I’d suspected that, but I guess I haven’t yet seen an akathist with the tones indicated or the tone markers on the text.
I’m currently learning the tones for my UGCC.
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Vico
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Here are some recordings of the tones (Byzantine):
metropolitancantorinstitute.org/RecordedMusic.html
metropolitancantorinstitute.org/RecordedMusic.html
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ByzKat
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Just a caution - those are Byzantine Catholic tones (in the sense that the non-Ukrainian side of the Greek Catholics in the United States adopted the name “Byzantine Catholic” so people wouldn’t assume they were ethnically Greek Roman Catholics).
But they are not Byzantine chant tones; they are Slavic chant tones, in a Carpathian tradition known as “prostopinije” or “plain chant.”
Saints Cyril and Methodius seminary in Pittsburgh will be providing a distance learning course on Byzantine Catholic chant next Spring, and I am going to try VERY hard to make sure people understand the difference.
Jeff Mierzejewski
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Vico
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Thank you, Jeff, for the clarification.
Also here are some other resources:
stanthonysmonastery.org/music/Index.html
Akathist is here:
goarch.org/chapel/chant
Also here are some other resources:
stanthonysmonastery.org/music/Index.html
Akathist is here:
goarch.org/chapel/chant
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I_Thirst
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I haven’t listened to all of them, but the couple of Resurrectional Tones that I heard there are not the ones we use at my UGCC.
I think my local church is a bit unusual in its practice. The priest and the deacon use English (except in the beginning), but the congregation responds in Ukrainian (except for the Tropars, Creed, and Communion Prayer).
I’ve been learning the tones from The Divine Liturgy: An Anthology for Worship, and I know most of that setting for DL in English. I’m also trying to learn the Ukrainian setting from a book that Father gave me, but it’s in Ukrainian (I don’t know Ukr) – I know the melodies, but the pronunciation is a whole nuther ball of wax! I sound like I have a mouth full of pierogies.
Jeff, many of the tones I’m learning are listed as Galician. Any insight? I’m having some trouble digging up information about it.
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Vico
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Yes, I have compared the Anthology to the Byzantine Green Liturgy Book and they are different. That is one reason that the Ruthenian Greek Catholic and Ukrainian Greek Catholic Churchs are different…
From Byzantine came Bulgarian and Old Kiyevian and then mixed with folk music can Plainchant. Plainchant is related to Znamenny Chant.
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Aramis
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Further, they’re not the same tones as used in the Ukrainian nor Russian Churches… tho’ they’re pretty darned close, musically.
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PeaceSerenity
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Sorry to break in during the discussion of Byzantine Tones (not that they are not interesting… 
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My favorite Akathist is the Akathist to Our Sweetest Lord Jesus. You can find it here:
monachos.net/content/liturgics/liturgical-texts/235
My experience with Akathists is that they’re usually read and the “refrains” (for lack of a better word) such as “Alleluia” (or in the case of the Akathist to the Mother of God, “Rejoice O Bride Unwedded”) are sung/chanted.
Random side note: Akathist, as a word, means “not sitting,” hence people usually stand while reading it.
)My favorite Akathist is the Akathist to Our Sweetest Lord Jesus. You can find it here:
monachos.net/content/liturgics/liturgical-texts/235
My experience with Akathists is that they’re usually read and the “refrains” (for lack of a better word) such as “Alleluia” (or in the case of the Akathist to the Mother of God, “Rejoice O Bride Unwedded”) are sung/chanted.
Random side note: Akathist, as a word, means “not sitting,” hence people usually stand while reading it.
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Stephentlig
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How Long does it take you to pray an akatist?
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PeaceSerenity
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I would say about 15-20 minutes if you’re reading it by yourself, a bit longer if it’s being read/chanted in Church because there might be different beginning prayers/litanies.
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Stephentlig
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Thanks I often find it hard to read long texts off the computer screen. Can one obtain a book of akatists? or even E-book format?
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Vico
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This has two Acathists, 14 to 15 pages each, no music.
BYZANTINE BOOK OF PRAYER
(second editon 1995, English, hardbound, 6½ X 4½, $20.00, translations from Archbishop Joseph raya, Baron Jose de Vinck and Alleluia Press)
Includes Divine Liturgy of St. John and St. Basil, Moleben to Jesus, Moleben to Mary, Acathist to Jesus, Acathist to Mary, Paraclesis, Eight Tones of the Resurrection, private prayers and devotions, and other.
byzcath.org/byzsempress/
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