Reply To: Week 1 Discussion Topic: Do You Chant Daily Services?
The Service follows festal rubrics if it is the feast of the Master, a feast of the Theotokos, or a Saint is celebrated to the 8th
The Service follows the Daily rubrics if the Saint is Semi-celebrated (to the 6th) or if the Saint is uncelebrated. Another indicator of a daily service is if the Octoechos is needed to complete the service.
I will begin the answer to the second question by saying that I wish our church did more daily services and I pray that we will soon, by the grace of God, have the ability to do so. We have been in tricky renting situation since covid and so somethings like our Wednesday vespers and bible study had to be temporarily stopped. By the intercession of St. Elias, our patronal Saint, and the mercy of God we have finally, a few weeks ago, purchased a building. I am hoping that since we now have an adequate facility to use we will be able to hold more services in addition to our current celebration of Sundays and Feast days.