tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2031371770440010046.post2052986839087972153..comments2024-02-24T19:28:28.716+11:00Comments on Psallite Sapienter: Sunday of the Blind Man: Vespers and Divine LiturgyJoshuahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17387698013828199070noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2031371770440010046.post-38028549682763761642013-06-19T20:08:20.608+10:002013-06-19T20:08:20.608+10:00Sorry - I meant to say "Psalms 140,141,129 an...Sorry - I meant to say "Psalms 140,141,129 and 116". I seem to recall that in Greek these four are named, after their first words, Kyrie ekakraxa!Joshuahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17387698013828199070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2031371770440010046.post-57560139693518833252013-06-19T20:06:17.515+10:002013-06-19T20:06:17.515+10:00Fascinating! Thank you ever so much for explaining...Fascinating! Thank you ever so much for explaining all this. My friend, Subdeacon Justin, is my usual source for all things Russian (he spent time at Jordanville prior to his coming into full communion with the Holy See), and is rather keen on Old Ritualist practices - he led the singing of "Lord, I have cried (Psalms 141, 129 and 116) in what he called, I think, a "stichological" Joshuahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17387698013828199070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2031371770440010046.post-53569137398361769072013-06-19T13:27:04.194+10:002013-06-19T13:27:04.194+10:00Third, the intoning of the small hours before Vesp...Third, the intoning of the small hours before Vespers and the Divine Liturgy is almost uniquely a Russian practice these days outside of monastic settings. I have heard different explanations for why that is the case. The idea that the Liturgy should be served after the Sixth Hour (Sext) is a Greek import into Russia, however. The Old Ritualists that have priests stick by the practice of serving Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2031371770440010046.post-87862566462644818112013-06-19T13:26:31.274+10:002013-06-19T13:26:31.274+10:00Having spent seven years in the (primarily Russian...Having spent seven years in the (primarily Russian) Orthodox Church, I thought I'd toss in some nerdy liturgical tidbits with the caveat that there probably are some distinctions between conventional Russian Orthodox and Russian Catholic praxis on things liturgical. However, from what you describe here, it seems like there is a substantial amount of convergence.<br /><br />First, the eight Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com