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**KignPeeseeamn** · 04-12-2010, 01:37 PM

Vasiliki, the document in the second link you provided is stuffed full of so many liturgical and doctrinal errors, it would take days to point them out and analyse them. I suspect that this "priest" was never an Orthodox priest to begin with, given much of what he has to say, or, he was particularly deficiently educated in his priestly duties.

Here are but a couple of examples:
The reading of the Scriptures was restricted, and is still restricted, to the reading of specific passages during the worship service in the Church. There are 11 such readings. To these are added readings on the theme of various holidays. These readings are chosen from the Gospels and Epistles of the Apostles and mostly from the epistles of the Apostle Paul. It is very rare to hear readings from Peter or John, and other epistles are never read, as if they never existed. Eleven readings? He may be referring to the Resurrectional Gospels which are read in sequence at Saturday Evening Matins. It is well-known that the yearly cycle of daily NT scripture readings will cover practically the whole of the NT.

It is interesting to recall one other event from the reading of the parts of the Holy Scriptures, mainly the Psalms. It is true that several Psalms are read during various services: “Hours”, “Sixth Psalm”, and others. But these are only selected psalms, and
always the same. The other psalms remain unknown to church members. Incorrect. At every Matins service, there are three psalms appointed for each day of the week, known as kathismata, which are chanted following "God is the Lord" and the daily or festal troparion. In addition, other psalms, often in groups of six, are a permanent part of Matins, and the various Hours services, as well as Compline. Psalm 50 is also sung in its entirely at Matins after the Gospel, and other sections of Matins, when conducted in their full form, also include the reading of entire psalms. Parish abbreviations usually result in a few verses of these being sung.

In short, this article is simply a propaganda piece by sola scriptura apologists. Don't waste your time on it.

04-12-2010, 01:37 PM	#4
KignPeeseeamn Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 460 Senior Member	Vasiliki, the document in the second link you provided is stuffed full of so many liturgical and doctrinal errors, it would take days to point them out and analyse them. I suspect that this "priest" was never an Orthodox priest to begin with, given much of what he has to say, or, he was particularly deficiently educated in his priestly duties. Here are but a couple of examples: The reading of the Scriptures was restricted, and is still restricted, to the reading of specific passages during the worship service in the Church. There are 11 such readings. To these are added readings on the theme of various holidays. These readings are chosen from the Gospels and Epistles of the Apostles and mostly from the epistles of the Apostle Paul. It is very rare to hear readings from Peter or John, and other epistles are never read, as if they never existed. Eleven readings? He may be referring to the Resurrectional Gospels which are read in sequence at Saturday Evening Matins. It is well-known that the yearly cycle of daily NT scripture readings will cover practically the whole of the NT. It is interesting to recall one other event from the reading of the parts of the Holy Scriptures, mainly the Psalms. It is true that several Psalms are read during various services: “Hours”, “Sixth Psalm”, and others. But these are only selected psalms, and always the same. The other psalms remain unknown to church members. Incorrect. At every Matins service, there are three psalms appointed for each day of the week, known as kathismata, which are chanted following "God is the Lord" and the daily or festal troparion. In addition, other psalms, often in groups of six, are a permanent part of Matins, and the various Hours services, as well as Compline. Psalm 50 is also sung in its entirely at Matins after the Gospel, and other sections of Matins, when conducted in their full form, also include the reading of entire psalms. Parish abbreviations usually result in a few verses of these being sung. In short, this article is simply a propaganda piece by sola scriptura apologists. Don't waste your time on it.
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