Divine Liturgy in Church Slavonic. February 6, 2020
On Thursday, February 6, 2020, Fr. Eduard Shestak celebrated the Divine Liturgy in Church Slavonic at St. Mary's Byzantine Catholic Church in Taylor. The choir of the church, directed by Steven Dougherty, responded in Church Slavonic. If you like this video and want to see more, please click subscribe! Thank you for watching.
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I attended a Byzantine Rite church growing up and through college. I am amazed how much of the Liturgy I can still sing from memory in Church Slavonic and I am Irish. I maintain a deep love of the liturgy.
@fayockphotography4367
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for your comment. Yes this Slavonic Liturgy brings back many memories from our youth. We never forget.
I am Eastern Orthodox and love my Catholic Byzantine Brothers & Sisters.
@fayockphotography4367
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for your kind words and views
@PrenticeBoy1688
2 жыл бұрын
I find the Rusyn way of singing the Liturgy particularly moving.
When I’m in college I attend the FSSP’s church in Providence RI, where the mass and sacraments are given in Latin. I understand that the eastern liturgies have historically been adapted to the native language because they are so much more verbose than the Latin Rite, but I still think retaining the ancient language does so much supernatural good and also does the added natural good of retaining a unique Ruthenian ethnic identity. I hope this beautiful language in more often heard in Divine Liturgies in America and that the Ruthenian Church has many converts and vocations attached to that great history.
Grew up with a Byzantine Catholic Church and love experiencing the mass.. I recognize the words… warms my heart and feelings of home..
@fayockphotography4367
Жыл бұрын
Thank you for your kind words. Yes Brings back a lot of old memories
Grew up hearing this, could sing along not fully knowing what I was singing but knew it was Godly. Miss it so much. My Byzantine church is almost exclusively English.
@fayockphotography4367
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for your comment. Some churches are trying to bring back some Slavonic into the Liturgy, but mostly english. I grew up with Slavonic and I really miss it a lot.
I am a Catholic of the Byzantine rite from Transcarpathia. Greetings from the Mukachevo Greek Catholic Diocese. The choir sings very well, in the tradition that we have in Ukraine.
@fayockphotography4367
2 ай бұрын
Thank you for your kind words. The priest is from Ukraine, not sure what region Very nice priest.
I am a byzantine canto in Granville , NY I miss our church. The diocese closed it in 2011. Thank you for sharing!
I have this liturgy streaming today....what a blessing I love the choir very traditional! Slava Isusu Christu!
@fayockphotography4367
3 жыл бұрын
Slava na v'iki! Thanks for your kind words. The choir is so good!!!!! I will let Steve the Choir director know. Enjoy Pass on the good word.
@PrenticeBoy1688
3 жыл бұрын
@@fayockphotography4367 Much better than having a single cantor.
I'm Roman rite, but I love the Eastern catholics.
@fayockphotography4367
3 жыл бұрын
Wonderful thanks for the comment
Thank you for such a beautiful sung Divine Liturgy - I'm Ukrainian Catholic
@fayockphotography4367
2 жыл бұрын
You are welcome. Thanks for watching and your kind words
@AR-ls5iu
2 жыл бұрын
Slava Ukraini!
@stank5857
2 жыл бұрын
@@AR-ls5iu Thank you, I am sure that us being Slav's we will continue the fight against the devil putin
@fayockphotography4367
2 жыл бұрын
Slava Ukraini!
@stank5857
2 жыл бұрын
@@fayockphotography4367 may I ask where this beautiful church is located?
I attended Saint Spyrdion Greek Orthodox Church San Diego and I’m in the choir
@fayockphotography4367
3 жыл бұрын
Wonderful thanks for your comment and dedication to the choir
God bless my beloved Byzantine Catholics brothers and sisters from a Roman Catholic
@fayockphotography4367
7 ай бұрын
Thank you God Bless
This mass was absolutely beautiful! Thank you.
@Michail_Chatziasemidis
4 жыл бұрын
It's a Divine Liturgy. Although basically the same with a Mass, they have different names, Mass being Catholic, Divine Liturgy being Orthodox.
@necksquad3222
4 жыл бұрын
@@Michail_Chatziasemidis This Divine Liturgy was Catholic
@StAnthonyPaduaRadTrad
3 жыл бұрын
@@Michail_Chatziasemidis this is also an Eastern Catholic Church. The Divine Liturgy is also Catholic.
Glad to see the Church has been improved.
Hooray!
Amin.
The Rusyns, Orthodox and Greek-Catholic, have the most beautiful chant tones in all of Eastern Christendom. I have a fantasy that the local ACROD parish would let me sing in their Saturday night vespers choir. I'm a Protestant, so I don't know if a) non-Orthodox people are allowed to join the choir, b) if they even have a choir at the vespers service Saturday night, or c) if I'd be any good.
@fayockphotography4367
3 жыл бұрын
I'm sure they would be happy for you to join them. Try and let us know!!! Thanks
@PrenticeBoy1688
3 жыл бұрын
@@fayockphotography4367 Thank you for the encouragement.
@Canonicisme
2 жыл бұрын
However you should not protest too much during the chants, otherwise you are out :))))
@PrenticeBoy1688
2 жыл бұрын
@@Canonicisme Or perhaps I can introduce the Eastern Church to the Scottish Metrical Psalter! Traditionally sung a cappella, just like Eastern liturgical music.
My mothers’ mothers family was from taylor. My grandparents were from Pottstown.
@fayockphotography4367
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing and watching
@pauleahayko4441
Жыл бұрын
Pittston
Beautiful liturgy!! Where are you located?
@fayockphotography4367
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you!!! St. Mary's Byzantine Catholic Church is locate in Taylor, PA. Northest PA near Scranton, PA
@victorjiompkowski2286
4 жыл бұрын
Greeting from the Metro Detroit area. In particular St. Stephen's Byzantine Church in Allen Park, Mi. We no longer have a Slavonic Liturgy. I do miss it. You a beautiful voices in your choir. CHRIST IS AMONG US! VIC
@fayockphotography4367
4 жыл бұрын
He Is and shall BE thanks for your kind words. I will pass the note onto the cantor and choir director. My church is St. Mary's Byzantine in Hazleton PA. Fr. Peter Donish is our Pastor.
@franciskai4155
2 жыл бұрын
I was baptized in the Catholic Church at ten. I converted to the Orthodox Church in America when I was twenty eight. Now I came back to the Catholic Church. I like this Slavonic Divine Liturgy.
Strange to see no altar servers, even during the pandemic.
@fayockphotography4367
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for your reply. This was recored right before the shut down. Some of our churches have altar servers but not all. We are very lucky to have priests. We are very short handed at the present time.
is church slavonic like latin? That is, is it a 'dead' language that's not readily understood?
@mestredasdesilusoes7639
3 жыл бұрын
Church Slavonic is much closer to other Slavic languages than Latin, so while no one speaks it, it isn't hard to understand for Slavs, especially if they grew up with divine liturgies in the language
@fayockphotography4367
3 жыл бұрын
No it is not a dead language. Slavonic Liturgies are very common in our Byzantine Rite. Slovak is spoken by many of our parishioners. Many of our new priests who are coming from the Ukraine speak this language. More and more people are trying to learn and speak this language once again. I feel it is making a great come back.
@st_augustinus
3 жыл бұрын
As a Russian , I can understand almost 80% of Church Slavonic, but has always been a ‘written’ language ie nobody speaks it
@MRresoMC
3 жыл бұрын
@@fayockphotography4367 Slovak? Potom pozdravujem zo Slovenska! God bless you all.
@user-zi1gr1tz4s
3 жыл бұрын
Church Slavonic language is very much Russian language.
Is this mass online daily? Live
@fayockphotography4367
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for asking, this Liturgy is offered once a month on a Thursday night, in Taylor PA
@pauleahayko4441
Жыл бұрын
@@fayockphotography4367 how can I access this
@fayockphotography4367
Жыл бұрын
@@pauleahayko4441 Good Morning I do not think they livestream the Liturgy You can call St. Mary's in Taylor PA and ask them.
Slavonic language is the church language as the Latin. It is not local to any specific country. It is the church language for all Slavonic people. Do your search.
Ortodoxo ☦️
No incense, very surprised
Why don't you make it clear in your title that this is a Uniate liturgy?
@briandelaney9710
2 жыл бұрын
That word is about as outdated as your views
@ddawg6482
2 жыл бұрын
@@briandelaney9710 sorry, I meant to say "papist heretic subverter" liturgy
@Charon-5582
Жыл бұрын
@@ddawg6482 its in the description
@nicksprinkle9363
27 күн бұрын
Byzantine is correct proper title
@nicksprinkle9363
27 күн бұрын
Right @@briandelaney9710
They poke along way too slow
get out of here thats my wife's church
Looks like the Novus Ordo got a hold of this rite …
@kevinninja787
11 ай бұрын
Why do you say that!?
@factsfirst9163
7 ай бұрын
I concur
@nicksprinkle9363
27 күн бұрын
Yeah too modern tabernacle
@nicksprinkle9363
27 күн бұрын
Priest does it beatufully
To other Slavs the language may be "Ghurch Slavonic". No problem with that. To me it is 9th century Bulgarian.