Reference desk > Resources
Resources
Academic & Instructional
Programs
- Metropolitan Cantor Institute (Byzantine Catholic Archeparchy of Pittsburgh)
66 Riverview Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15214
Phone: 412-461-1676
Website: mci.archpitt.org
E-mail: mci@archpitt.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: www.bcs.edu
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
Website: www.archpitt.org/religious-education/
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 Mailing Lists
- 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.
- 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.
Sources
for Liturgical Books and Music
- Byzantine
Seminary Press
3605 Perrysville Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15214
(412) 322-8307
http://www.byzantineseminarypress.com/
source for Byzantine
Catholic liturgical books, as well as the Bokshai Prostopinije
- 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
- 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
Ruthenian and Carpatho-Russian
Churches:
Websites with
Collections of Prostopinije
General Music Theory
Liturgical Chant
Liturgical Theology, Texts
and Translations
Paraliturgical music
Rusyn History and Culture
Miscellaneous Links
