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Very interesting to see the variation between the greek and slavic menaia

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Using the St. Sergius Menaion
Jan 18: COMMEMORATION OF OUR FATHERS AMONG THE SAINTS ATHANASIUS & CYRIL, ARCHBISHOPS OF ALEXANDRIA
Feast Class: Simple
Reasoning: No Aposticha at Vespers, no Stichera of the Praises, No Great Doxology, Canon from Octoechos at Orthros
Jan 19: COMMEMORATION OF OUR VENERABLE FATHER MACARIUS THE EGYPTIAN
Feast Class: Semi Celebrated
Reasoning: Canon to 6 for the saint, although no aposticha for the saint, there is Doxastichon for saint at the apostiocha, no readings, no small vespers, no kathismata
Jan 24: COMMEMORATION OF THE HOLY XENIA, BLESSED IN CHRIST, THE HOMELESS WANDERER OF SAINT PETERSBURG
Feast Class: Celebrated
Reasoning: Small Vespers, 3 Readings, Kathismata, Polyeleos Kathismata, Orthros Gospel

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Christ is Risen!

My name is Eric Ortiz, and I live with my wife and four children in Northern Virginia. We attend Holy Transfiguration in McLean, VA, where I serve as a subdeacon. Funny enough, typikon 102 will be more practical to me personally than typikon 101 since, as subdeacon, I am often at the altar during festal services, while during daily services, I am normally at the kliros. I am not a very talented chanter, but I have been assisting as I can at the Kliros for about seven years. I am very interested in developing a deeper understanding of the typikon, so if I am ever called to ministry in the church as a deacon or priest, I can ensure services are being chanted correctly and provide mentoring as needed.

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After viewing this week’s lessons, I think that the difference between Daily services and Festal Services is the order of the service in the Horologion (i.e., the placement of certain litanies, the singing of the polyeleos), the performance of ritual actions (i.e., the entrance at vespers) and the book used for the hymns sung at the services (Menaion vs Octoechos). I have some experience performing daily services at home and church. My parish does a weekly Wednesday night service, which is a daily service if there is no celebrated saint. During the fasting seasons, we usually add services to the weekly schedule, which may be daily if it does not coincide with a feast. Usually, the menaion or typikon is the first book I look at to determine service “rank”; from there, I can look to the other service books to locate the appropriate hymns. My parish usually serves presanctified on Monday and Wednesday, Lenten Vespers on Tuesday, Great Compline on Thursday, Akathist & Small Compline on Friday,  Divine Liturgy on Saturday Morning,  Vespers on Saturday night, and Orthros & Divine Liturgy on Sunday. This regular weekly taxis gets shifted for feast days like 40 martyrs and Thursday of Repentance.

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