Propers for July 4 - Independence Day
Father David Petras' annual typikon for 2008 notes that on July 4, the anniversary of the independence of the United States, we may use the Prokeimenon, Epistle, Alleluia, Gospel and Communion Hymn from the Divine Liturgy composed for the bicentennial of the United States. (In a separate communication, he added that the troparion and kontakion were omitted from this list unintentionally.) We have prepared a leaflet of these propers for those parishes which desire to use them. May God grant our nation a blessed and fruitful birthday!
Cantor's Day of Recollection - Eparchy of Passaic
As announced in Eastern Catholic Life, the newspaper of the Byzantine Catholic Eparchy of Passaic, a Day of Recollection for cantors will be held at Carpathian Village on Saturday, May 24, 2008, beginning at 10 AM. It will feature a talk by Father Michael J. Salnicky. For more information, contact Cantor Andy Drozdik at (570) 587-3790.
New Page for Draft and Pre-Release Music
To help ensure the quality of MCI publications, we are now making music and web pages available before official release, on the For Review page. Please take a look periodically, and send any comments of questions you may have!
Looking for Local Recordings of Prostopinije!
We would like to expand our archival collection of recorded prostopinije, old and new, in order to provide a record of prostopinje use in Europe and in the New World, to prevent any further loss of melodies, and to support the process of setting texts in English to the Church's plainchant.
Parishes or individuals with recorded prostopinije who are willing to grant non-exclusive webcast rights to the Metropolitan Cantor Institute are asked to contact the webmaster, Jeff Mierzejewski, at ByzKat@stny.rr.com. Along with the recordings themselves, please provide a description of where and when they were recorded, and the names of the cantor(s) if known.