The texts, music and commentary on this website were prepared by the Metropolitan Cantor Institute of the Byzantine Catholic Archeparchy of Pittsburgh. They are approved for provisional use in the Archeparchy, but are otherwise unofficial and should be considered superseded by any materials promulgated by the Council of Hierarchs.

Upcoming Events

June 12, 2010 - Additional Cantor Institute session (make-up from January), Byzantine Catholic Seminary, Pittsburgh, PA. --CANCELLED--

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Liturgical Calendar

July 25 is the ninth Sunday after Pentecost, and the feast of the Dormition of Saint Anna, the mother of the Theotokos.
Vespers (samohlasen) - Divine Liturgy

August 1 is the tenth Sunday after Pentecost, and the feasts of the Procession of the Holy Cross, and the Holy Maccabees.
Vespers (samohlasen) - Divine Liturgy - Lesser Blessing of Water

August 6 is the feast of the Transfiguration of our Lord, God and Savior Jesus Christ.
Vespers - Matins - Divine Liturgy

August 8 is the eleventh Sunday after Pentecost, and a post-festive day of the Transfiguration.
Vespers (samohlasen) - Divine Liturgy

August 15 is the twelfth Sunday after Pentecost, and the feast of the Dormition of the Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary.
Vespers (samohlasen) - Divine Liturgy

August 22 is the thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost, and a post-festive day of the Dormition.
Vespers (samohlasen) - Divine Liturgy

August 29 is the fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost, and the feast of the beheading of John the Baptist.
Vespers (samohlasen) - Divine Liturgy

complete liturgical calendar

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Byzantine Catholic Hymnal

The MCI has prepared a 55-page hymnal containing the hymns from the old Levkulic Divine Liturgies book, in English and Slavonic, along with the English and Slavonic texts of the major hymns of the Divine Liturgy. (We received several requests for Lenten hymns, and making this 2007 draft book available now seemed the simplest way to satisfy those requests.) We hope this helps parishes to add to their repertoire of spiritual songs (duchovňi pisňi ) sung before and after our liturgical services.

New cantor education program in the Eparchy of Passaic

The Eparchy of Passaic has announced a year-long program of cantor education, to be held simultaneously at several locations across the eparchy. See the announcement on the MCI forum.

Looking for Local Recordings of Prostopinije!

We would like to expand our archival collection of recorded prostopinije, old and new, in order to provide a record of prostopinje use in Europe and in the New World, to prevent any further loss of melodies, and to support the process of setting texts in English to the Church's plainchant.  

Parishes or individuals with recorded prostopinije who are willing to grant non-exclusive webcast rights to the Metropolitan Cantor Institute are asked to contact the webmaster, Jeff Mierzejewski, at ByzKat@stny.rr.com.   Along with the recordings themselves, please provide a description of where and when they were recorded, and the names of the cantor(s) if known.