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November 9, 2007
NEW RECORDING FOR SALE
The Church of Our Lord's Ascension in Gervais, Oregon, a parish of priested Old Believers under Archbishop Sofronii (jurisdiction of the Belokrinitsa Hierarchy of Old Believers, based in Braila, Romania), is pleased to announce the release of their first recording: a 2-CD set entitled "The Russian Old Rite Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom in Znamenny Chant." The entire service is sung in Church Slavonic. We have recorded the complete Divine Liturgy (sung in unison) for a typical Sunday, including three additional selections of alternate melodies. MORE... (including audio samples)

Significant Differences in the Manner of Worship Between the Russian Old and New Rites January, 2008

January 5, 2008: After much internal debate, I have decided to revise my classifications of hymnographic genres from 7 to 8, adding the Psalmodic (or Stichologic) Genre, which includes the responsorial-based singing of the Psalms at Vespers and Matins. In the majority of singing traditions, these have their own melodies and performance techniques, which justifies their classification as a separate genre. In light of this, every page under the category of Hymnography (see the left side-bar) has been updated and reorganized, with many more improvements and additions planned. (Some of the pages are mere place-holders and are waiting for me to add real content.)

September 2, 2007: The Regional Chant Systems pages have been consolidated, and will subsequently be revised in the near future. Several broken links have been fixed.

March, 2007: Musical Transcriptions of Paschal Hymns

March, 2007: Достойно есть, на 8 гласов. Знаменнаго распева.

March, 2007: Square-Note Fonts designed by Nikita Simmons

March, 2007: Instructions for Singing "LORD, I HAVE CRIED" according to the Russian Old Rite