[B-Greek] A question on the Greek mass

Carl Conrad cwconrad2 at mac.com
Mon Sep 29 09:06:39 EDT 2008


The Greek text of the Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom regularly-used in  
North American Orthodox churches is accessible at:
http://www.goarch.org/en/Chapel/liturgical_texts/liturgy_chrysostom_greek.asp
= http://tinyurl.com/3kzggx

A YouTube recording of the liturgy from Agios Dimitrios Greek Orthodox  
Church in Constantinople with Ecumenical Patriarchate Bartholomew of  
Constantinople:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhbsae-Dytg

No doubt our Orthodox list-members may be able to offer other,  
probably better sources and resources in response to the request.

Carl W. Conrad
Department of Classics, Washington University (Retired)

On Sep 29, 2008, at 12:03 AM, Leonard Isaksson wrote:

> Hello there,
>
> I am wondering about the Greek mass for a funeral.  I have read, so
> well as I am able, the Requiem Mass in Latin, and was struck by the
> 'Dies Irae'.
>
> Now I am wondering whether anyone has the text of the Greek mass, or  
> if
> that extends back far enough that it would be considered a part of the
> Greek on this site.  I would think so.
>
> My father just died.   Upon the death of my mother, while I am
> Protestant, and not Roman Catholic, I did employ the introit and part
> of the sequence, the Dies Irae.  So powerful a statement.  The RC  
> folks
> who were there, followed the introit after hearing it in Latin.
>
> Now I am wondering about the Greek service.  I do not speak modern
> Greek, and any Koine  pronunciation, while I greatly admire the work
> that Mr. Buth has done, I would stumble over.  But I would like to  
> know
> where one may find the text of the  Greek service, since so far as I
> gather, it must date back to the mediaeval Greek church.
>
> I hope this is the right place to ask this.
>
> Leonard Isaksson







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