interwiki, renameuser, Administrators
13,552
edits
Changes
→Deacon's and Litanies at Matins
A question for Fr. Andrew on his recent corrections. I don't have my books with me, but I think you are correct about the short litany after the royal psalms, before the 6 psalms being done by the priest only -- and I suspect that this is true regardless of Byzantine or Slavic variations. However, some of the other litanies you also tagged as being done by the deacon only in some liturgical practices. Are you sure about that? I know in Russian practice, this is not the case. And the times I served in Greek parishes as a deacon, they were done by the deacon just as in Russian practice. [[User:Frjohnwhiteford|Frjohnwhiteford]] 13:21, April 24, 2007 (PDT)
: I can't speak to the standard Greek practice on those litanies (not having any books with me), but I can say that the Antiochian ''Liturgikon'' has all the litanies before the Gospel sequence being done by the priest. Anyway, perhaps the wording should be "the deacon (or in some traditions, the priest)." (I also know that one Antiochian bishop in the US has instructed that deacons are to do those litanies.)
: I'm not sure what the actual Greek practice is, not having their ''Liturgikon'' on hand, but it may also be the case that deacons are "allowed" to do them, despite it not being explicitly their practice. That is of course assuming that their practice is officially the same as what I '''can''' document from the Antiochian ''Liturgikon''. —[[User:ASDamick|<font size="3.5" color="green" face="Adobe Garamond Pro, Garamond, Georgia, Times New Roman">Fr. Andrew</font>]] <sup>[[User_talk:ASDamick|<font color="red">talk</font>]]</sup> <small>[[Special:Contributions/ASDamick|<font color="black">contribs</font>]]</small> 14:23, April 24, 2007 (PDT)
