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Reference desk > Resources

Resources

Academic & Instructional Programs

• Metropolitan Cantor Institute (Byzantine Catholic Archeparchy of Pittsburgh)
  66 Riverview Avenue, Pittsburgh,  PA  15214
  Phone: 412-231-4000  ext. 20
  Fax: 412-231-1697
  Website: metropolitancantorinstitute.org/CantorInstitute
  E-mail: vocations@archeparchy.org
  Offers Saturday programs for cantors of the Byzantine Catholic Metropolitan Church of Pittsburgh, covering cantor basics as well as continuing education.  Classes are conducted at the Byzantine Catholic Seminary.
  
• Byzantine Catholic Seminary
  3605 Perrysville Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA  15214
  Phone: 412-321-8383
  Website: byzcathsem.org
  Fully accredited institution offers academic courses in liturgy, chant and theology; open to cantors as well as seminarians and theology students.

Workshops and Conferences

• Archeparchy of Pittsburgh Office of Religious Education
  3605 Perrysville Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA  15214
  Phone: 412-322-8773
  Fax: 322-8737
  E-mail: mdobos@earthlink.net
  Sponsors enrichment workshops, educational programs and conferences throughout the year, such as the Byzantine Spirituality Conference (fall) and Women’s Day of Spirituality (spring)

Internet-based Resources

• mcimusicfiles
  A distribution list for music from the Metropolitan Cantor Institute.  
• prostopinije
  An archived Internet discussion group for cantors in the Byzantine (Ruthenian) Catholic and Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Churches, as well as chant scholars and others interested in prostopinije.  
• CANTOR-L (archives only)
  The predecessor to the prostopinije list,  in existence from 1995 to 1999 -- the years which saw a gradual renascence in the singing of Matins and Vespers in the Byzantine Catholic Church.  The archives contain discussions on a variety of related issues.
• orthodoxpsalm
  An archived Internet discussion group for Orthodox church singers
• podoben
  An archived Internet discussion group for the study of podobny singing in the Slavic traditions of the Orthodox Church;  contains much of interest to singers of prostopinije  
• typikon
  An archived Internet discussion group for those interested in the Typikon of the canonical Orthodox Churches.  Contains extensive and useful discussions of liturgical traditions, interpretation of the typikon in different circumstances, etc.
• ekdosis
  An archived Internet discussion group on technical aspects of publishing Orthodox Church music
• See also the Links section of this website.

Newsletters and Periodicals

• The Plainchanter
  An occasional journal of Ruthenian chant, now on sabbatical;  contact the editor if you have recommended subjects for future issues! Back issues are available in PDF format:  Issue 1 (February 1999)  Issue 2 (March 1999) Issue 3 (March 2000)
• Psalm Notes
  A semi-annual newsletter for Orthodox Church musicians, published by the Pan-Orthodox Society for the Advancement of Liturgical Music.
• The Tuning Fork
  "A Newsletter for the Orthodox church singer"

Instructional Materials

• The Byzantine Leaflet Series:
  A series of small publications on the traditions of the Byzantine-Slavonic Rite.
     Byzantine Leaflet 29: Vespers
     Byzantine Leaflet 31: Matins
  Printed copies and additional titles are available from the Byzantine Seminary Press (below).

Sources for Liturgical Books and Music

• Byzantine Seminary Press
  3605 Perrysville Ave., Pittsburgh, PA  15214
  (412) 322-8307
  http://www.byzantines.net/byzantinepress/
  source for Byzantine Catholic liturgical books, as well as the Bokshai Prostopinije
• Christ the Savior Seminary Bookstore
  225 Chandler Avenue, Johnstown, PA  15906
  (814) 539-0116
  http://www.acrod.org/seminarybookstore.html
  source for Carpatho-Russian Orthodox liturgical books
• Eastern Christian Publications
  P. O. Box 146, Fairfax, VA  22030
  (703) 691-8585
  http://www.ecpubs.com/
  publisher of Father David Petras' Typikon, as well as prayer books and service books
• Icon and Book Service
  1217 Quincy Street, NE,  Washington, DC  20017
  (800) 275-4566
  http://www.iconbook.org/
• Light and Life Publishing
  4818 Park Glen Road, Minneapolis, MN  55416
  (888) 925-3918
  http://www.light-n-life.com/
  good source of Orthodox service books and liturgical writings
• Loome Theological Booksellers
  320 North Fourth Street, Stillwater, MN 55082
  (651) 430.1092
  http://www.loomebooks.com/
  often carry out-of-print Church Slavonic materials
• Sisters of St. Basil the Great
  Liturgical Books
  Mount Saint Macrina, 500 West Main Street, Uniontown, PA  15401
  
• St. John of Kronstadt Press
  1180 Orthodox Way, Liberty, TN  37095-9720
  (615) 536-5239
  http://www.sjkp.org/
• St. Vladimir Seminary Press and Bookstore
  575 Scarsdale Road, Crestwood, NY  10707-1699
  (800) 204-2665
• Vatican Polyglot Press (Libreria Editrice Vaticana)
  Distributed through http://www.paxbook.com/
  Catalogue of Ruthenian Rite publications