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Publications > Byzantine Catholic Church

 

Publications of the Byzantine Catholic Church

The following publications have been approved and promulgated by the Council of Hierarchs of the Byzantine Catholic Metropolitan Church sui juris of Pittsburgh, USA.     

• The Divine Liturgies of our Holy Fathers John Chrysostom and Basil the Great (2006, 467 pages; PDF (21 mb))
  Text and music for the for the people's parts of the Divine Liturgy of Saint John Chrysostom, as promulgated by the Council of Hierarchs on January 6, 2007;  responses and hymns set to Carpathian plainchant.  Additional copies can be purchased from the Byzantine Seminary Press for $15.00. See the errata page for corrections to these volumes.
  
  

  Ordinary	Front matter, Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom, prayers before and after Liturgy, anaphora of St. Basil, Vigil Divine Liturgy	PDF (5.2 mb)
  Octoechos	The Eight Tones for Sunday: stichera at Vespers, troparia, kontakion, prokeimena, alleluia	PDF (2.6 mb)
  Pentecostarion	From Pascha through the Sunday of All saints	PDF (2.9 mb)
  Triodion	From the Sunday of Zacchaeus through Palm Sunday	PDF (1.5 mb)
  Immoveable Feasts	From September 1 through August 31	PDF (6.6 mb)
  Commons	Common texts for the various classes of saints, and for the days of the week	PDF (3.3 mb)
  Special intentions	Texts and music for Divine Liturgies for various special intentions	PDF (1.0 mb)
  Additional material	General Moleben, Panachida, hymns, and glossary	PDF (1.6 mb)



•  The Cantor's Companion (111 pages; PDF)
  A companion text to The Divine Liturgies of our holy fathers John Chrysostom and Basil the Great (above), to be used by cantors and readers. Contains material on the role of the cantor, preparing for services, and the music in the new Divine Liturgies book, as well as references information such as notated pripivy for Vespers and psalms for use with Communion hymns. Additional copies can be purchased from the Byzantine Seminary Press for $10.00.
  
  
• The Divine Liturgies of our Holy Fathers John Chrysostom and Basil the Great (audio recording)
  This set of seven compact disks was prepared for use with the service book, The Divine Liturgies of our holy fathers John Chrysostom and Basil the Great (above),  and contains professional recordings of most of the music in that book;  they do not represent actual services, but are intended to be "clean" and precise recordings for use by cantors who are learning the melodies.  The individual selections on this CD set are available on the Recorded Music page;  additional complete sets of the compact disk recordings can be purchased from the Byzantine Seminary Press for $25.00.
  
  
• The Divine Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts (2010; people's book with music for stichera and prokeimena, 170 pages; people's book with music the ordinary only, 90 pages)
  Text and music for the Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts. See the articles on these new books, and on singing the service for more information.  These book are not available in eletronic form at the present time, but printed copies can be purchased from through the Eparchy of Parma web site. See the errata page for corrections to these volumes.
  
  

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Contributed materials for use with the official service books

The following files are not official publications.  They  have been prepared by the cantors across the Byzantine Catholic Church and made available to the Metropolitan Cantor Institute in order to assist cantors using the above materials.  They may be downloaded and modified as needed for local use.

• A complete Table of Contents for the Divine Liturgies book; also available ready for printing on legal size paper. After printing it out, you can fold it in half, trim it, and fit it into place in your copy of the Divine Liturgies book. According to cantor Robert Pipta, who provided it to us: "I carefully used a small drop of super glue to hold the TOC in place in the pew book between pages 2 and 3."
  
  
• A supplement for the Hierarchical Divine Liturgy, providing the texts and music to be used when the bishop is the celebrant at the Divine Liturgy of Saint John Chrysostom or Saint Basil the Great. (updated August, 2010)
  
  
• A summary sheet with Glory, Now and ever as sung before kontakia at the Divine Liturgy.  For days with proper kontakia, this reduces the need to flip to the eight tones section of the Divine Liturgy book just to find the doxologies.
  
  
• A collection of bookmarks, inserts or cue sheets, showing how some parishes inform the faithful of which music in the People's Book is to be used.
• Bookmark information for Paschal season and after Pentecost from Saint Thomas Byzantine Catholic Church, Gilbert, Arizona.
• Bookmark file from the Byzantine Catholic Community in Austin, Texas, in Microsoft Word format.   
• A seasonal insert from Nativity of the Mother of God Byzantine Catholic Church, Dubois, Pennsylvania, in Microsoft Word format.  
• A one-page outline of the Divine Liturgy from Saint Nicholas of Myra Byzantine Catholic Church, Greensburg, Pennsylvania, in MicroSoft Word format.  Includes musical settings to be used,  page numbers, and pointers to propers for June and July, 2007.
  
  
• A set of melodies for singing psalm verses at Holy Communion.  A simple, two-part melody is provided for each Cherubic Hymn melody;  each melody ends on the pitch that begins the Alleluia refrain.  This three-page document includes instructions for using the melodies, which were distributed as part of the 2006-2007 Metropoltan Cantor Institute in Pittsburgh.  These melodies can be used with this unofficial reprint of the Communion psalms from the Cantor's Companion, which have been pointed to match the psalm verse melodies.
  
  
• A four-part harmonization (SATB, 118 pages) of the responses and hymns of the Divine Liturgy, keyed to match pages 11-93 of The Divine Liturgies of our Holy Fathers John Chrysostom and Basil the Great.  This book is prepared in an 8.5 by 11 inch format for choir use, and should be considered a work in progress.  We invite comments and suggestions.
  
  
• The Divine Liturgy in Slavonic, a people's text with English rubrics, following the order of The Divine Liturgies of our Holy Fathers John Chrysostom and Basil the Great.   This booklet (28 pages, 14 sheets on legal size paper) was prepared by  Holy Ghost Byzantine Catholic Church in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and it intended for use in those parishes celebrating the Divine Liturgy in Church Slavonic, either in whole or in part.
  
  
• The Divine Liturgy in Church Slavonic, like the above, but containing music (multiple versions, in some cases) for the entire Divine Liturgy. This booklet (40 pages, 10 sheets on legal size paper) is ideal for cantors who sing all or part of the Divine Liturgy in Slavonic.

If  you have comments on these materials or suggestions for new ones, please post in the MCI Publications forum, or contact us directly.  

Thanks for Cantors Robert Pipta, Chuck Galbach, John Reed, Jim Sprinkle, Mark Worhatch, Joseph Ferenchik, and Father Deacon Paul Boboige for providing materials.