Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Denver
Liturgical Resources
for Metropolis Clergy

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 English Liturgical Resources 

1. eMatins
Published by Saint Gregory Palamas Monastery in the Metropolis of Pittsburgh. The Monastery uploads .pdf files for the Sunday Matins and for some major Feast Days.

2. Cyberpsaltiri
Also published by Saint Gregory Palamas Monastery contains certain English translations from the Oktoechos, Triodion, Pentekostarion, and Menaion.

3. The Divine Music Project
Maintained by Saint Anthony Monastery in Florence, Arizona. The website contains more than 2000 pages of Byzantine music in Western and Byzantine notation in the style of chanting used on the Holy Mountain.

4. Learn to Chant
Maintained by the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America web site contains the texts for Sunday Matins published by Saint Gregory Palamas Monastery along with audio recordings of these being sung for instructional purposes.

5. Learn Byzantine Chant
Maintained by Holy Cross School of Theology, this web site provides a link to download an interactive Flash presentation.

6. Protheoria of the Typikon
published by Father Konstantinos Terzopoulos (Father Constantine Terss), this web site provides an English translation of the Greek Typikon. The Greek version of the Protheoria by George Violakis (1888) can also be viewed as a .pdf document.

7. Anastasis is the web page of the Monastery of Saint Andrew the First Called in Manchester, England. The monastery is within the Archdioccese of Thyateira and Great Britain of the Ecumenical Patriarchate. The site contains some English translations of the Paraklitiki, Triodion, PenteKostarion, Menaia, Euchologion. and Orologion.

Metropolis of Denver Liturgical Materials

The Denver Chancery Office has prepared the following draft provisional liturgical resources which are to be used solely and exclusively by pastors in the parishes of the Metropolis of Denver.

Note: These materials are preliminary and provisional. Please submit corrections to the Chancellor's Office.

Presanctified Divine Liturgy

Order of the Ninth Hour and Presanctified Liturgy (English) .pdf .doc

Holy Monday .pdf .doc
Holy Tuesday .pdf .doc
Holy Wednesday .pdf .doc

Sunday of Orthodoxy Procession of Icons

Order for the Procession of Icons on the Sunday of Orthodoxy .pdf .doc

Sunday Evening Lenten Vespers

Order of Sunday Evening Lenten Vespers .pdf .doc
Order of Sunday of Orthodoxy Pan-Orthodox Vespers .pdf .doc

Matins for Holy Thursday (Bridegroom Matins on Holy Wednesday Evening)

Bridegroom Matins on Holy Wednesday Evening .pdf .doc

Engomia for Holy Saturday (Lamentation Matins on Holy Friday Evening)

Engomia for Holy Friday Evening .pdf .doc

Apodosis of Pascha (The Paschal Hours)

Read in the narthex on Wednesday evening immediately prior to the Vespers of the Feast of the Ascension.
The Paschal Hours .pdf .doc

 Spanish Liturgical Resources 

1. Orthodox Spanish Liturgical Services
The web site of Saint George Orthodox Church (Orthodox Church in America) in Pharr, Texas. It provides a variety of Spanish-language liturgical resources.

2. Folletos Misioneros Ortodoxos (Orthodox Mission Pamphlets)
The web site of Bishop Alexander (Mileant) (†September 12 / August 30, 2004) of the Diocese of South America and Buenos Aires of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia (ROCOR). Contains a wealth of Orthodox texts, including:

3. eMatins (Español)
Saint Gregory Palamas Monastery in the Metropolis of Pittsburgh prepared the Ordinario de los Maitines en Español the Matins "ordinary" in Spanish.

 Greek Liturgical Resources 

The following links provide authoritative liturgical guidance according to the Typikon of the Great Church of Christ of the Ecumenical Patriarchate.

1. Kanonion of the Ecumenical Patriarchate for 2008
The Kanonion issued by the Secretariat of the Ecumenical Patriarchate.

2. Typikon of the Ecumenical Patriarchate for 2008
The Typikon as published in the Imerologion of the Ecumenical Patriarchate.

3. The Association of Constantinopolitan Friends of Music
Liturgical arrangement of the full texts of the hymns from the Oktoechos, Menaion, Triodion, and Pentekostarion for Sundays and Feast Days, as well as other materials.

It also includes a link to a Typikon page that contains the order of services for the next week or so.

4. Greek Liturgical Books
The full texts of the Greek Service Books: the Menaion, Synegdimos, Oktoechos, Triodion, Pentekostarion, and Orologion.

5. Orthros Anastasimatarion by Nicholas Roubanis
The Roubanis Orthros Anastasimatarion contains all of the music of the standard Sunday Orthros service in each of the eight tones of the Octoechos written in Western staff notation, Greek text. It can be used by chanters, to help train chanters, or to just learn more about Byzantine music for those who have difficulty with Byzantine notation.

6. Analogion is a Gree-language web site with links to numerous liturgical and ecclesiastical subject and topics. Among those of interest are:

7. Ekklisiastikon Typikon contains links to the 2008 Typikon according to both the new and the old calendars.