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	<title>Chant Notes: April 4-10, 2016</title>
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	<pubDate>Sun, 03 Apr 2016 18:43:07 +0000</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[We have completed the weeklong celebration of Pascha, the Resurrection of our Lord, and on the Sunday after Pascha, also called Thomas Sunday, we restarted the cycle of eight tones with Tone 1.  We will continue the eight week cycle of eight tones, one per week, until next Palm Sunday, 2017. During Bright Week, we &#8230; <a href="https://mci.archpitt.org/blog/podcast/chant-notes-april-4-10-2016/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Chant Notes: April 4-10, 2016"</span></a>]]></description>
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	<itunes:duration>12:58</itunes:duration>
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	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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	<title>Chant Notes: March 14-20, 2016</title>
	<link>https://mci.archpitt.org/blog/podcast/chant-notes-march-14-20-2016/</link>
	<pubDate>Tue, 15 Mar 2016 03:11:25 +0000</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[This is the sixth and final week of the Great Fast, which ends on Friday evening, completing the forty days of fasting. At noon each day in the sixth week, we continue to hear from the prophecies of Isaiah; this week those prophecies announce the coming salvation of the Lord. In the evenings, at Vespers &#8230; <a href="https://mci.archpitt.org/blog/podcast/chant-notes-march-14-20-2016/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Chant Notes: March 14-20, 2016"</span></a>]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[This is the sixth and final week of the Great Fast, which ends on Friday evening, completing the forty days of fasting. At noon each day in the sixth week, we continue to hear from the prophecies of Isaiah; this week those prophecies announce the coming ]]></itunes:subtitle>
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	<title>Chant Notes: March 6-13, 2016</title>
	<link>https://mci.archpitt.org/blog/podcast/chant-notes-march-6-13-2016/</link>
	<pubDate>Sun, 06 Mar 2016 19:45:28 +0000</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[This is the fifth week of the Great Fast, a week that is dominated by the singing of the Great Canon of Repentance of Saint Andrew of Crete, and two days dedicated to holy women: Saturday, to the Mother of God, and Sunday, to Saint Mary of Egypt. A canon is a sort of structured &#8230; <a href="https://mci.archpitt.org/blog/podcast/chant-notes-march-6-13-2016/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Chant Notes: March 6-13, 2016"</span></a>]]></description>
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	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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	<title>Music for Holy Week, Part 2</title>
	<link>https://mci.archpitt.org/blog/podcast/music-for-holy-week-part-2/</link>
	<pubDate>Sat, 05 Mar 2016 06:59:55 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[Metropolitan Cantor Institute]]></dc:creator>
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	<description><![CDATA[This is the second part of a two-hour presentation at St. John the Baptist Byzantine Catholic Cathedral in Munhall, PA, on the books to be used this year for Vespers with the Divine Liturgy on Thursday and Friday of Great and Holy Week, when the feast of the Annunciation (March 25) falls on Great and &#8230; <a href="https://mci.archpitt.org/blog/podcast/music-for-holy-week-part-2/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Music for Holy Week, Part 2"</span></a>]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[This is the second part of a two-hour presentation at St. John the Baptist Byzantine Catholic Cathedral in Munhall, PA, on the books to be used this year for Vespers with the Divine Liturgy on Thursday and Friday of Great and Holy Week, when the feast of]]></itunes:subtitle>
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	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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	<title>Music for Holy Week, Part 1</title>
	<link>https://mci.archpitt.org/blog/podcast/music-for-holy-week-2016-part-1/</link>
	<pubDate>Sat, 05 Mar 2016 06:59:26 +0000</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[This is the first part of a two-hour presentation at St. John the Baptist Byzantine Catholic Cathedral in Munhall, PA, on the books to be used this year for Vespers with the Divine Liturgy on Thursday and Friday of Great and Holy Week, when the feast of the Annunciation (March 25) falls on Great and &#8230; <a href="https://mci.archpitt.org/blog/podcast/music-for-holy-week-2016-part-1/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Music for Holy Week, Part 1"</span></a>]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[This is the first part of a two-hour presentation at St. John the Baptist Byzantine Catholic Cathedral in Munhall, PA, on the books to be used this year for Vespers with the Divine Liturgy on Thursday and Friday of Great and Holy Week, when the feast of ]]></itunes:subtitle>
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	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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<item>
	<title>Chant Notes: February 22-28, 2016</title>
	<link>https://mci.archpitt.org/blog/podcast/chant-notes-february-22-28-2016/</link>
	<pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2016 02:30:25 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[Metropolitan Cantor Institute]]></dc:creator>
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	<description><![CDATA[This is the third week of the Great Fast.  At noon each day, we continue to hear from the prophecies of Isaiah, and in the evenings, at Vespers or the Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts, the story of the Great Flood and the salvation of Noah in the Ark. As Father David Petras explains, &#8220;This &#8230; <a href="https://mci.archpitt.org/blog/podcast/chant-notes-february-22-28-2016/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Chant Notes: February 22-28, 2016"</span></a>]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[This is the third week of the Great Fast.  At noon each day, we continue to hear from the prophecies of Isaiah, and in the evenings, at Vespers or the Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts, the story of the Great Flood and the salvation of Noah in the Ark. ]]></itunes:subtitle>
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	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[This is the third week of the Great Fast.  At noon each day, we continue to hear from the prophecies of Isaiah, and in the evenings, at Vespers or the Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts, the story of the Great Flood and the salvation of Noah in the Ark. As Father David Petras explains, &#8220;This &#8230; Continue reading "Chant Notes: February 22-28, 2016"]]></itunes:summary>
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	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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	<title>Chant Notes: February 15-21, 2016</title>
	<link>https://mci.archpitt.org/blog/podcast/chant-notes-february-15-21-2016/</link>
	<pubDate>Sun, 14 Feb 2016 19:33:28 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[Metropolitan Cantor Institute]]></dc:creator>
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	<description><![CDATA[This is the second week of the Great Fast.  At noon each day, we continue to hear from the prophecies of Isaiah, and in the evenings, at Vespers or the Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts, from Genesis and Proverbs.  On Monday through Thursday, we hear the story of Cain and Abel; on Friday, we begin &#8230; <a href="https://mci.archpitt.org/blog/podcast/chant-notes-february-15-21-2016/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Chant Notes: February 15-21, 2016"</span></a>]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[This is the second week of the Great Fast.  At noon each day, we continue to hear from the prophecies of Isaiah, and in the evenings, at Vespers or the Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts, from Genesis and Proverbs.  On Monday through Thursday, we hear th]]></itunes:subtitle>
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	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[This is the second week of the Great Fast.  At noon each day, we continue to hear from the prophecies of Isaiah, and in the evenings, at Vespers or the Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts, from Genesis and Proverbs.  On Monday through Thursday, we hear the story of Cain and Abel; on Friday, we begin &#8230; Continue reading "Chant Notes: February 15-21, 2016"]]></itunes:summary>
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	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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	<title>Chant Notes: Sunday Afternoon Vespers in the Great Fast</title>
	<link>https://mci.archpitt.org/blog/podcast/chant-notes-great-fast-sunday-afternoon-vespers/</link>
	<pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2016 22:54:49 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[Metropolitan Cantor Institute]]></dc:creator>
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	<description><![CDATA[This podcast explains how to lead the singing of Sunday afternoon Vespers in the Great Fast, using the following Metropolitan Cantor Institute books: The Order of Vespers on Sunday Afternoons in the Great Fast Cantor Verses (Prypivy) in the Eight Tones for Vespers and Matins]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[This podcast explains how to lead the singing of Sunday afternoon Vespers in the Great Fast, using the following Metropolitan Cantor Institute books: The Order of Vespers on Sunday Afternoons in the Great Fast Cantor Verses (Prypivy) in the Eight Tones f]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[This podcast explains how to lead the singing of Sunday afternoon Vespers in the Great Fast, using the following Metropolitan Cantor Institute books: The Order of Vespers on Sunday Afternoons in the Great Fast Cantor Verses (Prypivy) in the Eight Tones for Vespers and Matins]]></content:encoded>
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	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[This podcast explains how to lead the singing of Sunday afternoon Vespers in the Great Fast, using the following Metropolitan Cantor Institute books: The Order of Vespers on Sunday Afternoons in the Great Fast Cantor Verses (Prypivy) in the Eight Tones for Vespers and Matins]]></itunes:summary>
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	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>41:38</itunes:duration>
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	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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	<title>Chant Notes: Cheesefare Sunday</title>
	<link>https://mci.archpitt.org/blog/podcast/chant-notes-cheesefare-sunday/</link>
	<pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2016 15:59:39 +0000</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[As I explained in the last episode of Chant Notes, Cheesefare Sunday takes its name from the fact that it is the last day before the Great Fast, or Lent. According to the traditional rules of fasting, no meat, fish, eggs, or dairy products are eaten from the first day of the Fast until the &#8230; <a href="https://mci.archpitt.org/blog/podcast/chant-notes-cheesefare-sunday/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Chant Notes: Cheesefare Sunday"</span></a>]]></description>
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	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[As I explained in the last episode of Chant Notes, Cheesefare Sunday takes its name from the fact that it is the last day before the Great Fast, or Lent. According to the traditional rules of fasting, no meat, fish, eggs, or dairy products are eaten from the first day of the Fast until the &#8230; Continue reading "Chant Notes: Cheesefare Sunday"]]></itunes:summary>
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	<title>Chant Notes: February 1-6, 2016</title>
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	<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2016 02:20:24 +0000</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[This week is Cheesefare Week, the final week before the beginning of the Great Fast. The name &#8220;cheese-fare&#8221;, or &#8220;cheese-eating&#8221;, refers to the traditional fasting practice of abstaining from meat this week, while using up the cheese, eggs, and other foods that would not be eaten again till Pascha. Tuesday, February 2, is the feast &#8230; <a href="https://mci.archpitt.org/blog/podcast/chant-notes-february-1-6-2016/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Chant Notes: February 1-6, 2016"</span></a>]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[This week is Cheesefare Week, the final week before the beginning of the Great Fast. The name &#8220;cheese-fare&#8221;, or &#8220;cheese-eating&#8221;, refers to the traditional fasting practice of abstaining from meat this week, while using up the chee]]></itunes:subtitle>
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	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[This week is Cheesefare Week, the final week before the beginning of the Great Fast. The name &#8220;cheese-fare&#8221;, or &#8220;cheese-eating&#8221;, refers to the traditional fasting practice of abstaining from meat this week, while using up the cheese, eggs, and other foods that would not be eaten again till Pascha. Tuesday, February 2, is the feast &#8230; Continue reading "Chant Notes: February 1-6, 2016"]]></itunes:summary>
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