Guestbook
Dear Guests:
We
wish to say to all of the people who thank us here that we are grateful to be
able to be of help to those who chant in the holy services of our Orthodox
Church. All the feedback we receive
is very important in motivating us to continue our work. It has taken years of
countless hours to put this together, but we feel it was a needed resource for
the Church. If you have left a specific question we have replied beneath your
comment. You can also email, text, or call us with specific questions or
requests at takistan@yahoo.com or
517-980-3830.
Nancy
and Stan Takis
COMMENTS
(from newest to oldest. If you have visited before, refresh the page for the
latest additions):
Name: Nicholas Polydorou
Email: telecast81@gmail.com
Comment: It is with great enthusiasm that I write to you after stumbling onto your website. I appreciate the amount of work it must have taken you to put it all together. I LOVE IT!
Relating
to the Liturgy, I was working with Word using the Snipping Tool to paste in the
musical PDF in order to provide the singers a better flow of the music while
providing the musical response for each phrase the priest says. I got up to the
Our Father and then I discovered NewByz and was
delighted to see that you already had done all of the work in both Greek and
English. Not only that, but you provided an MP3 of the musical phrases for
those who can not read music. Your website is a goldmine of information, thank
you so much!
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Name: Julian Garcia
Email: dodgerman2021@gmail.com
Comment: Thanks for such a great resource. Many
blessings.
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Name:
Chris Mouzourides
Email: crides@outlook.com
Comment: I
have downloaded many documents from your website in the past and help me to
understand Byzantine music. I am very grateful to you.
May
God give the strength to continue this good work.
Reply: Thank you,
Chris!
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Name:
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Name:
Vincent
Comment: I’m
praying to the Lord the Father to continue my singing in Enschede
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Name:
Louis Lambros
Email: louis.lambros@gmail.com
Comment: Member
of St. Sophia GOC Choir,
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Name: Lynne
Vasiliades
Email: lvasiliades@mi.rr.com
Comment: Hi
Stan and Nancy - Thank-you for this site. I was looking for music for a Holy
Week hymn. Kali Anastasi!!
Reply: Kali Anastasi, Lynne!
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Name: Thomas
Carroll
Email: fr.tomcarroll@gmail.com
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Name: Aaron
Fekaris
Email: afekaris@live.com
Comment: Your
website is teaching me how to sing better and to read Greek better. Thank you.
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Name: Patti
Guzik
Email: Kuklama@aol.com
Comment: I
am the manager for our Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church choir here in
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Name: Alexander
Lynch
Comment: Christ
is Born! Thank you for this resource!
Reply: Glorify Him!
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Name: Pirotis
Email: gpirotis@gmail.com
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Name: Niko Gonatos
Comment: I
absolutely love this site!! I am one of the organists at St. Nicholas in
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Name: Terry D
Hartman
Email: tdhartman22@gmail.com
Comment: I’ve been
using your site as a reference for a while and need to tell you thank you! This
is awesome.
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Name: Ryan
J. Kiel
Email: mrryanjkiel@gmail.com
Comment: Your
website is excellent. Thank you for this amazing resource. I am the Choir
Director and Organist at St. Athanasios Greek
Orthodox Church of Paramus,
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Name: Sophia
S Konstantarakis
Email: skonstantarakis@gmail.com
Comment: I
want to say THANK YOU for this wonderful resource of Orthodox music. I can’t
tell you how often I use it. May God bless you for all your efforts and for the
ministry you provide for the Orthodox Church. Thank you!!!
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Name:
Frank L. Reder
Email: ilarecsec@buckeye-access.com
Comment: I
am the Choir librarian for Holy Trinity in
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Name:
Phoebe Jonas
Email: vpjonas@aol.com
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Name:
Jeremiah
Email: jerry_skong@yahoo.com.sg
Comment: Dear
Nancy and Stan, Christ is risen! Thank you for your website which has been
helpful to me as an English-speaking Orthodox who serves at the kliros. I am trying to learn to chant in Greek and find
that the romanisation you provide in the scores
helps.
Reply: Truly, He is risen. Very happy to help.
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Name:
Emily Spanos
Email: sonapsen@gmail.com
Comment: This
is a great site! God Bless all who were involved with this site’s development.
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Name: Fr. Matthew Swehla
Email: frmatthew@vegasgreekorthodox.com
Comment: Dear
Reply: We have put it up under the “Divine Liturgy”
section of the main page.
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Name: Bill Meinweiser
Email: wmeinwe@gmail.com
Comment: Thank you for your work and collection of the
Psalms with their tones. I am just starting out cantoring
for my United Methodist congregation and your examples have been a wonderful
reference.
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Name: Terry Hartman
Email: tdhartman22@gmail.com
Comment: This
site is awesome! Thank you for using your gifts to put all this together for
The Church. A true servant of the Lord. Terry
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Name: Toula
Comment: Thank you for such an informative website! As a lay
person I am on a journey to understand more fully the Greek Orthodox Church
service. My Greek is basic, and to listen to the archaic Greek often spoken
and/or chanted during services is difficult without some English translation to
guide me. Your PDF references are equally wonderful to provide direction and
sequence to the services. Efharisto! Rgds,
Reply: Parakalo!
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Name: Linus
Hollis, ScD
Email: linus.hollis@gmail.com
Comment: Brava, thank you for the wonderful resource.
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Name: Robert Taylor
Email: robertot916@gmail.com
Comment: Thanks so much. I found O Virgin Pure, Western
score, in Greek and English. – Robert
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Name: Frank L. Reder III
Email: ilarecsec@buckeye-access.com
Comment: This is a very well organized and fabulous
resource!
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Name: Zoi Fontaine
Email: tamtamkitty@yahoo.com
Comment: Glory to God for your website! I have been tasked
with learning the tones in order to teach others in my parish. I have studied
Western music all my life but have no experience with Byzantine music at all. I
wish to immerse myself in this and your website.
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Name: Elaine Trainor
Email: elainemtrainor@gmail.com
Comment: THANK YOU FOR THIS INCREDIBLE WEB PAGE! Finally,
English language Byzantine hymns in Western notation that don’t dumb down the
melodies.
Reply: We work very long and hard at metering the English
to the melodies while retaining the clarity, flow, and poetry of the words. We
do not wish to sacrifice either the traditional melodies or the magnificent
texts.
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Name: Peter Joannidis
Email: petrosi@yahoo.com
Comment: Wow! A great assemblage of
information. What an effort -- to be commended. Thank you and God bless
you.
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Name: George
Email: ggavallos@icloud.com
Comment: Love your website. Use much of your music. Do you by
any chance have the Greek Nation Anthem in Greek/English.
Kalli Anastasi. Thanks.
Reply: We do have it.
It’s in the “Anthems” section of Individual Hymns.
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Name: Nikolla
Email: franc.nocaj@gmail.com
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Name: Anne Conover
Email: rappahannockchamberensemble@msn.com
Comment: God bless you and all who made this site possible
for Western musicians. I cannot tell you how wonderful it is to have this
generous resource.
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Name: Julian
Email: justjr0305@gmail.com
Comment: I came upon your site by accident. It has helped
me provide English translations for our little choir at St. George Greek Orthodox
Church in
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Name: Athena
Comment: What a wonderful and beautifully done website. As
the organist of my church, I find the information and music available extremely
helpful! Thank you for all the time it must have taken to put this together.
Well done!
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Name: Δάφνη
Comment: This site is wonderful, thank you!
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Name:
John Kokenis
Comment: Thank
you for this wonderful compilation of hymns. I have been searching for a while
and, by God’s Grace, I found NewByz.
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Name:
Tony
Email: tony@pgdlaw.net
Comment: Thank
you for a great web site. God Bless you.
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Name: Father
James Adams
Email: jta53@hotmail.com
Comment: I have
just found your website and it is beneficial to all choir directors and clergy.
Thank you.
Answer: You’re welcome, Father. Thank you for letting us know.
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Name:
Georgia Booras
Email: georgia.b@comcast.net
Comment: Wonderful
website! As the choir director in
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Name:
George Gavallos
Comment: Excellent
web site! Great tool. I use it a lot. Keep up the good
work to the Glory of His Name. Question: do you have the Salutations, The
Canon, Odes 1-9 in Byzantine notation with the same
exact lyrics? It would help me if available. Thanks Again.
Answer: We now have it available in Byzantine notation on
our services page. http://newbyz.org/services.html
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Name:
Tony Vatousios
Email: vatousiosfamily@gmail.com
Comment: Thank
you for your great resource. I am the Choir director in
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Name:
George
Email: ggavallos@msn.com
Comment: Lovely
Website! Question, Will the Roubanis version of Kassiani, at the top of the page, have a MIDI/Audio file
anytime soon? It would be a great help for us here at St. Sophias
GOC in
Answer: We now have
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Name: Andreas
Email: Andreasc_18@hotmail.com
Comment: Beautifull web page. I cannot find the hymn Simerom tis Sotiriou.
Can you please help? I learnt this song as a child and would like to re-learn
it.
Answer: This apolytikion is
located under the Annunciation, March 25, of the Menaion
section of the hymns page. Here is a direct link to the hymn: http://www.newbyz.org/annunciationtrop.pdf
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Name: Anne Ktorides
Email: annamlk@earthlink.net
Comment: Terrific
job organizing and updating all these hymns... you make it so much easier for
us non-Greek speakers to find and sing understandable hymns for the liturgy!
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Name: Irene Georgantas
Email: irenegeorgantas@gmail.com
Comment: Keep up the good work.
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Name:
Betty Papas
Email: vasssou@verizon.net
Comment: Your website is a delight. I was so glad to
receive St. Katherine’s hymn. Thank you.
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Name:
Advayananda
Email: advayananda@yahoo.com
Comment: Living
in
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Name: Julia C.
Email: jcbluesridgesinger@gmail.com
Comment: Hi. Thank
you for these resources, which I found today. I am just newly exploring
Orthodoxy, and, though I grew up with sung Liturgy, it was in a
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Name: Athena Gouios
Comment: Thank so much for “Eis Pasa tin gein.” It was a hard
Communion hymn to find. You made my day.
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Name: Kathy Harris
Email: harris_kathyl@yahoo.com
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Name: Stephanous
Tanner
Email: stflaox@aol.com
Comment: Thank
you so much for all that you do. I have learned so much from the study of your
pages. You provide a remarkable asset for us faithful which are far from the
hub and cities.
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Name: Voula
Brown
Email: voula@garlic.com
Comment: I’m the
choir director for the Holy Trinity GO church in
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Name: George Kafantaris
Email: george@kafantaris.com
Comment: Great website. I wish there was more audio to
correspond with the music sheets and articles.
Answer: We now have
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Name: John Haydukovich
Email: haydukovich@yahoo.com
Comment: Great site
... I don’t have a good midi player - need mp3’s of each hymn. NEW to Greek Chant and Greek Liturgy.
Answer:
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Name: Gregory Latoja, Jr.
Email: gregory_latoja@yahoo.com
Comment: Great
website! Great job!
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Name: Richard
England
Email: rkengland@salisbury.edu
Comment: As a
convert, I find your collection of hymns extremely useful, especially when I
have to direct the choir here in Ocean City MD! Thank you!
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Name: Tony Vatousios
Email: antoniosvatousios@danvers.org
Comment: Thank you
for this site. It has helped me on a short notice find
stuff. I am a choir director and psaltis in
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Name: Dimosthenis Kouskoukis
Email: dimokous@gmail.com
Comment: I chant in
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Name: James
Raptis
Email: raptis@centurylink.net
Comment: Dear Stan
and Nancy: Thanks to our priests using your texts for Lenten services I have
also now discovered a wealth of information for learning to chant. May God’s
grace continue to shower your efforts for His glory.
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Name: Renee Root
Email: reneeroot@cox.net
Comment: Hello,
Answer: The apolytikion for St. Christina is the one for female
martyrs, which can now be found under the Menaion
section for July 24.
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Name: Alan T Chaddon
Email: achaddon@bellsouth.net
Comment: It is
terrific to see this music here. I am a convert singing in Holy Trinity GOC
church choir in
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Name: Seraphima
Email: SShagoury@gmail.com
Comment: Dear Stan -
thank you for your hard work in compiling all this information in English form.
I dispute with you, however, the use of the term first class second class and
third class Feasts, however; I would like to see this expression modified or
corrected.
Answer: I got this
information from the Orthodox Wiki, so I guess it could be a matter of some
debate. I’ll consult my priest.
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Name: Dr. Abert G. Fadell
Email: alfa4u@verizon.net
Comment: I am trying
to e-mail a letter to you, but I get a message that the recipient cannot be
found. Can you send me you current e-mail address. I used takistan@yahoo.com.
Answer: That’s the correct address. Please try again.
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Name: Peg Basile
Email: backhousepress@juno.com
Comment: I’m looking
for O mitran parthenikin,
the Kontakion for Jan 16, 23, & Feb 6th. Thanks, Peg
Answer: Look in the Menaion page
under February 2 – The Presentation of Christ in the
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Name: Matthew
Email: panayotopoulos@hotmail.com
Comment: Hi, great
work Would you be able to post the Byzantine music for Ευλογήσω Τον Κύριον and Ευλογει η ψυχή μοθ, τον Κύριον psalm 33 and 102 and 135 Greek
much appreciated. Keep it up
Answer: Ι hope
we will be able to put up some Greek Psalms in the near future.
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Name: Dena Platingos
Email: dplatingos@yahoo.com
Comment: I really
enjoy listening to and chanting Byzantine music.
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Name: Peter
Brooke
Email: pbrooke@phonecoop.coop
Comment: I’m just
amazed at what you’re doing. I’m several steps short of becoming a beginner in
this field (necessity through involvement in a small parish in
Reply: Yowsuh!
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Name: Guest User
Comment: Thank you
for your interesting and helpful work.
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Name: Fr. John Maheras
Email: vze3wpw9@gmail.com
Comment: Dear
Cousin, Fr. John Maheras here. Do you by any chance
have or know where I can find the Doxology in Plagal
Fourth? Plus, a grammatical observation. Is it Plagal or Plagial? I have seen it
both ways.
Answer: Plagal is correct. Papa Ephraim has the Plagal
Fourth Doxology on the St. Anthony’s Monastery website. I will be putting up a
version by
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Name: Rina Grosso
Email: grosso9396@optimum.net
Comment: Enjoyed
speaking to you on the 14th. Looking forward to meeting you
and Nancy in November. Enjoyed your lecture on the
computer. Best regards, Rina
Answer: Thanks, Rina. We had a
lot of fun in
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Name: Nikolaos Melikidze
Email: tbroladze@rambler.ru
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Name: Andrew
White
Email: awhite58@verizon.net
Comment: It was very
flattering to find a reference to my dissertation on your site -- glad you
found it worth reading. And the resources you’ve assembled here are wonderful!
I look forward to using them.
Best
wishes -- Andy
P.S.
-- If there is interest in a talk based on my work I’d be happy to arrange one,
so keep it in mind.
Answer: Thanks, Andy, and thank you for an excellent
thesis. I would love to see the National Forum arrange a talk at a Church Music
Institute. I will suggest it to Vicki Pappas.
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Name: Jon
Gillespie
Email: jon_gillespie@sweetwater.com
Comment: I am
working on a musical project, which includes an album of Greek Orthodox chant. It
has not been released yet, however, as I develop the web site and prepare for
release, I was hoping you might find it an interesting way to promote this
wonderful music.
Answer: Please keep me posted, Jon. My email is takistan@yahoo.com.
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Name: Gregory
Email: pilcher@suddenlinkmail.com
Comment: Good site!
Glad I found it. Do you have a setting in 4 parts of Let my prayer arise as
incense?
Answer: We have Kyrie Ekekraxa
from Vespers in each of the eight tones in Greek and English, but none in four
parts.
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Name: Fr. John Bociu
Comment: Thank you
for such a great effort and for a wonderful, excellent, well done job. God
bless you, your work and your family.
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Name: Melissa
Comment: Thank you
for your page. As a novice chanter, I can tell you I need as much help as time
allows.
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Name: Father Bob
Email: Padrerta@aol.com
Comments: Great
Website! Much information and lots of music not available
elsewhere. When I tried to access the guestbook via Foxfire it did not
connect. When I accessed the guestbook from AOL I was able to connect.
Answer: I think the problem has been fixed and was not
caused by which browser one uses. I think you connected on AOL after I fixed
the problem.
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Name: Vangeli Avgerinos
Email: aavgerinos80@yahoo.com
Comments: Excellent site!!!
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Name: leanna sterios-primiani
Email: lprimiani@gmail.com
Comments: Great site!
I’ve been looking everywhere for this info. and am thrilled to find it! I have a
question for you: I’m looking for either the written music (modern notation)
for the baptism service and/or a recording. Does that exist? Thanks!
Answer: Thanks, Leanna. I will
try to get the baptism music for you soon. I’ll send an email.
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Name: Mackie JV
Blanton
Email: buyurun7@yahoo.com
Comments: MAY GOD
GRANT YOU MANY YEARS
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Name: Martha Roldan
Email: keltyroldan@msn.com
Comments: Hello
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Name: Michael
Foster
Comments: Thank you
for all the effort in putting this together. It’s so helpful. God Bless.
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Name: Angelo Lampousis
Comments: Dear Nancy
and Stan, The very active Fr. Christopher Metropulos
of Orthodox Christian Network introduced a new pod-cast series in collaboration
with Cosmos FM and the Axion Estin
Foundation. Check the (top) news at the Axion Estin homepage: http://www.axionestin.org
Answer: Thanks, Angelo, for all the hard work you put in
on these things.
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Name: Fr. Gregory
Hohnholt
Email: fathergh@gmail.com
Comments: Fr. Stavros
from
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Name: Dr. Peter Jermihov
Email: pjermiho@triton.edu
Comments: I am a
trained musician/conductor who has directed Russian Orthodox Church music for a
long time. Now, I am serving as a choir director in a Greek Orthodox Church.
Your website is wonderful and so, so helpful! Thank you! Reader Peter
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Name: Thespina Macres
Email: choirdirectorz@comcast.net
Comments: Thank you,
thank you, needed hymns for Holy Sat AM - high school chant group. PERFECT!!
Blessed Triodion!
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Name: Stavrula Crafa
Email: stavrula@crafa.com
Comments: Great site.
But I’m trying to find English music for the hymn for St. Stefanos.
Can anyone help me? Thank you.
Answer: Look at December 27 under the Menaion/December
section.
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Name: philip xavier
Comments: Great
work!! May God Almighty continue to bless your ministry.
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Name: Emanuel Creekus
Email: mcreekus@mindspring.com
Comments: At a
community Christmas concert, your arrangements were a big hit! Will send you a message through your Yahoo club.
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Name: Christine Kerxhalli
Email: kerxhalli@aol.com
Comments: I can’t
tell you how helpful your website has been to me. I am the A Cappella Choir
Director at the Annunciation in
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Name: Dennis
Email: Dengreek@aol.com
Comments: Just became
aware of your site. What a great resource! I really appreciate the midi files too.
Keep up the terrific work!
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Name: Nikolaos
Email: Nikoinwinnipeg@msn.com
Comments: Very great
source of information and chanting material that would otherwise cost lots of
money. I have been using your text in our church since Easter. Thank you!
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Name: Laura
Email: hotshotsli@optonline.net
Comments: What a
beautiful & helpful site. I’ve been looking for the Lord’s Prayer transliteration
and found the entire Liturgy transliterated!
Thank
You!
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Name: Rdr. John Paise
Email: chefjohnp@hotmail.com
Comments: Great Site!
Gleaning lots of information. Keep up the great work.
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Name: Fr. Anastasios Gounaris
Email: father@holytrinityindy.org
Comments: Dear Nancy
and Stan, This site is a treasure trove. May God bless and keep you both so
that you may continue performing this invaluable service for our Church. May
you have a meaningful Holy Week and a joyful Pascha.
Fr. Taso Gounaris
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Name: J. Johnson
Email: abcmom3@cox.net
Comments: Thank-you, thank-you
for this website! YOU are AMAZING! It is FABULOUS! Everything I could ask for.
:)
Joanne
Johnson Director, Sunday School Choir, St. George,
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Name: George Lopos
Email: glopos@bellsouth.net
Comments: Is anyone
publishing Roubanis typeset in both Greek and
English? The manuscripts are quaint, but they are difficult to follow, and
especially if the singer doesn’t read Greek. Resetting them and translating it
would be a great contribution to the choir.
Answer: Greek version is finished and on the Orthros page.
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Name: Fotini Yiangou
Email: FrancesTGiagkou@aol.com
Comments: Good site .. pretty informative .. need more time to check it out more. Thank You.
Ciao,
Fotini
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Name: Lisette
Comments: Thank you. Very enthusiastic about this special site. Congratulations!
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Name: Diane Trimis
Email: dtrimis@hotmail.com
Comments: Very
informative. I got to the site via the SE choir federation. Your site has been
saved as a favorite. As a convert, the more I learn, the more I know that I
don’t know. Thanks.
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Name: George
Manos
Email: alex5154@aol.com
Comments: Thank you
for a super effort. George Manos, Music Director, St. John the Theologian
Cathedral, Tenafly, NJ
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Name: Joanne
Johnson
Email: abcmom3@cox.net
Comments: Junior
Choir director, St. George,
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Name: Terry Kastanis
Email: tkastanis@comcast.net
Comments: Just made
copies of your new Divine Liturgy, Greek and English. You both did a wonderful
job in pulling all this info. together in one volume. Thank you very much. The
Forum should adopt it in total and quit this Oli Mazi stuff. Regards, Terry
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Name: Jan Adrian
Email: jan.adrian@sbcglobal.net
Comments: Just
checking through my e-mail after the convention and saw Vicki’s note about you
and Nancy with your Website. So
I am checking it out - you did a great job. Again congratulations to both of
you on your award Saturday evening.
Jan
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Name: Suzy Balasis
Email: frazzledlib@gmail.com
Comments: I’ve just begun
exploring your website, but I’m very impressed at what I’ve seen so far. Thank
you for this contribution to the hymnology and practice of such in the Orthodox
Church is America.
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Name: Scott
Harrington
Email: scotthster@gmail.com
Comments: Dear
friend, I am new to Orthodoxy: prayer, etc. There is a lot to learn that is
new, such as the Ochtoechos, Book of Eight Tones.
Which English edition of this book would you recommend for someone new to learning
Orthodox Church hymns? Always, Scott Harrington
Answer: If you just need an English translation, you can
find one at: http://anastasis.org.uk/oktoich.htm
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Name: Steffi Tassos
Email: Steffi@KeepSafeMusic.com
Comments: Kali spera! I am a professional singer and have been chanting
for about 1 year now. My background is in popular music - in particular,
Gospel, R&B, and Country - so you can imagine the challenges I face in
trying to adapt my sound to the Byzantine style.
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Name: Timothy
Douglas Alvey
Email: alveydoug@hotmail.com
Comments: A great
resource you’ve got going here. I was referred by the St. Anthony’s site when
looking for a source for David Melling’s work. I was
a student at the recent Koukouzelis Institute
(organized by John Michael Boyer) where Fr. Ephraim (Lash) told me of Mr. Melling’s book.
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Name: Archpriest
Email: lansingmelkite@aol.com
Comments: XPICTOC
ANECTI! Very nice site. It was a pleasure to meet you at our food festival.
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Name: Fr. Elias Drossos
Email: frelia@bellnet.ca
Comments: What
wonderful work!! A great source of information for those who wish to gain a
deeper understanding and appreciation for Byzantine Music. Panta
Axios!!
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Name: Jim Vardakis
Email: ejv730@aol.com
Comments: I just
opened your website through Vicki. It is very interesting. I will look further
into it and let you know.
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Name: Presvytera Pat Tsagalakis
Email: p.tsagalakis@comcast.net
Comments:
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Name: George Mazarakis
Email: george@carteblanche.co.za
Comments: Congratulations
on your invaluable work and thank you so very much! I run a small choir in
Johannesburg, South Africa at the Chapel of the Greek School, SAHETI. MANY,
MANY THANKS!
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Name: Joanne
Patrick
Email: gabep@ptd.net
Comments: Thank you
for your website. I am choir director of Holy Spirit OCA in Wantage,
NJ. A most joyous Pascha to you! JP
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Name: Christina
Comments: Beautifully
done.
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Name: Vivi
Email: vivi_astefanei
Comments: Buna Ziua! Este foarte frumos si de buna
calitate ceea ce am gasit ca informatie pe acest sitte , ma bucur si sper sa
afle si altii despre dumneavoastra. Cu
respect din
Translation: Hello! The information I found on this
website is very beautiful and of good quality. I am glad and I hope to find out
more about you. With respect from
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Name: Najeeb Haddad
Email: phati129@yahoo.com
Comments: It’s a
great relief to find all these texts! God bless you.
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Name: Lara
Willingham
Email: larawillingham@yahoo.com
Comments: Thank you
so much for publishing our beautiful Orthodox hymns with English texts and Western
notation! I am an American musician who converted to Orthodoxy 10 years ago. I
enjoyed singing the beautiful hymns in the choir with our accomplished
well-trained director.
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Name: Diana Ott
Email: dianaott@juno.com
Comments: Dear
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Name: Artemis Palios
Email: jpalios1@tampabay.rr.com
Comments: Dear
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Name: George Dalagelis
Email: eleos3@verizon.net
Comments: Dear Stan
& Nancy: It was nice meeting and chatting with you in
Answer: The Plagal First liturgy
is now on the website in the Complete Liturgy book.
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Name: Stephen
Reynolds
Email: stephen_r1937@yahoo.com
Comments: Stan, there
is a lot of fine stuff here--thanks! I’m looking at your Name That Tone essay,
which I want to hand out to our parish group that is learning Byzantine
notation.
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Name: Stole
Email: mlsvk@yahoo.com
Comments: Brothers,
my name is Stole. I am psalti. I love very much Byzantine
music and I want a CD from this company. I am poor man. I not have money. GOD
WITH YOU.
Answer: We have not yet produced a CD of the music here.
Please refer to our MP3 page for free sound recording downloads.
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Name: Cathy
Email: cathtwlight@wol.co.za
Comments: We are a
poor seminary in
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Name: George
Black
Email: jorhay1@yahoo.com
Comments: Glory to
God for all things! Dear Mr. Takis, Just a little note
of appreciation and thanks for you and your family’s hard work on this
beautiful and informative web site. I also value and have learned much from you
and your input on the yahoo chant forums.
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Name: Michael Khoury
Email: michael.khoury@usa.net
Comments: Stan, I saw
the reference to your site and some of your posts on the PSALM list. While I
belong to an American parish in Detroit, I am interested in learning about the
chant form and will visit. Michael
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Name: Volkert Nicholas Volkersz
Comments: Stan, Thanks for all the help and information you’ve
provided me as I begin to embrace Byzantine music. And thanks for the
stimulating discussion you provide on the PSALM list.
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Name: George Tzougros
Comments: Thank you
for this wonderful resource! The choir here in Madison, Wisconsin loves your Enite that combines both Greek and English. I found it here
on your site! Again, thank you.