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What's New on the MCI Website

13 March 2011: Added new articles on the Holy Mysteries, Baptism, and Chrismation, and an article on Singing the Baptismal Services.

13 March 2011: Added new articles on the Divine Liturgy, the Divine Liturgy of Saint John Chrysostom, and the Divine Liturgy of Saint Basil.

17 January 2011: Added new articles on the feast of the Meeting of the Lord, and the magnification and irmos for this feast.

28 October 2010: Revised the overview article on Prostopinije.

23 October 2010: Added articles on the Metropolitan Cantor Institute, resources for students, and a list of handouts.

22 September 2010: Added an article on the Role of the cantor.

15 April 2010: Added an article on the Paschal season.

4 April 2010: Added articles on the Paschal troparion and the melodies to which it is sung; the hymn Having beheld the Resurrection and its Tone 6 Kievan melody; the Paschal stichera and their melody; and hymns of light, including You, O King and Lord and its melody.

29 March 2010: Added an article on Great and Holy Friday.

17 February 2010: Added twenty hymns for the Great Fast.

12 February 2010: Added errrata pages for the people's book for the Divine Liturgies of John Chrystom and Basil, and for the people's books for the Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts.

8 February 2010: Added recordings of the Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts to the Recorded Music page.

2 February 2010: Added an article on the Singing the Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts.

27 January 2010: Added an article on the Using the new books for the Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts.

21 January 2010: Added an article on the Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts.

7 January 2010: On the Links page, added entries for the Greek Catholic Eparchies of Kosice and Bratislava. Added five paraliturgical hymns for feasts from January through March.

2 January 2010: Added seven new articles about the feast of Theophany and its services.

27 December 2009: Added tweny-eight more paraliturgical hymns for the feast of the Nativity.

27 December 2009: Added seven more paraliturgical hymns for the feast of the Nativity.

24 December 2009: Added fifteen new paraliturgical hymns for the feast of the Nativity.

10 August 2009:  Added two new paraliturgical hymns for the feast of the Dormition.

7 August 2009:  Added a tutorial article on the Tone 1 samohlasen melody.

2 August 2009:  Added tutorial articles on the Tone 1 troparion, Tone 1 prokeimenon, and Tone 2 troparion melodies.

28 July 2009:  Added new paraliturgical hymns for the Transfiguration and Dormition.

26 July 2009:  Updated the Paraklesis booklet with corrections.

22 April 2009:  Added an article on stichera, and updated the Site Map.

21 April 2009:  Added articles on the Eight Tones, the Psalms, and psalmody.

11 April 2009:  Added new paraliturgical hymns for Pascha.

7 April 2009:  Added articles on Lazarus Saturday, Palm Sunday and Great and Holy Week.

24 March 2009:  Added articles on canons, katavasia, and kontakia, as well as additional hymns for the Great Fast.

25 February 2009:  Added articles on the oldest hymn to the Mother of God, Pod tvoju milost' / Beneath your compassion.

22 February 2009:  Added articles on the Tone 8 troparion and Tone 8 kontakion melodies.

15 February 2009:  Added articles on the Great Fast, and on two liturgical hymns: the Polyeleos, and By the waters of Babylon.

24 December 2008:  Added several new articles to the Christmas carols section of the Spiritual Songs category. Also began adding a site search feature.

22 December 2008:  Completed articles on the liturgical services of the feast of the Nativity.

10 December 2008:  Added new articles on the liturgical year and the pre-Nativity Fast.

8 December 2008:  Added About this site and Reference Desk articles.

10 October 2008:  Added breadcrumbs (for navigation) to the top of each page, and added a link at the bottom of each page pointing to a "Discuss this article" section of the MCI Forum.

5 August 2008:  Added a page for the Paraklisis service.

14 December 2007:  Major redesign, which we hope will provide room for growth and make it easier to find individual articles.

10 June 2007:  Added an additional Publications page for service books published by the Council of Hierarchs - and contributed materials to assist in their use.

28 February 2007:  Added an online forum for users of this website.  Questions and comments are encouraged!

25 February 2007: Added a new publication, the Order of the Third Hour, for parishes that celebrate the Third Hour before the Divine Liturgy.

22 June 2006: Added a revised Daily Vespers book and a booklet for Small Compline.

30 May 2006: Added pages on the Archieratikon, Psalter, Gospel Book, Apostol, Octoechos, Menaion, and Menologion.

29 May 2006: Added pages on Liturgical books, including the Liturgikon, Horologion, Euchologion, Triodion, and Pentecostarion.

21 May 2006: Added pages on Matins and the Hours.

20 May 2006: Added pages on Vespers, Compline and the Midnight Office, and updated the Site Map.

19 May 2006: Reorganized the Publications page and added several new items.

19 November 2005: Added the contents of the Carpatho-Ruthenian Plain Chant collection to the Recorded Music page.

31 October 2005: Added the archives of the old CANTOR-L mailing list.

28 October 2005: Added a Church Slavonic page, and supporting files, from Mr. Steve Puluka.

27 August 2005: Added pages on Hymns (both liturgical and non-liturgical) and the daily liturgical cycle.

18 August 2005:Added Links and Resources pages.

15 August 2005: Added a Liturgical Calendar for 2005, with links to service music.

11 August 2005: The website has been updated with consistent styles throughout; watch for new articles!