Agape Vespers Languages

E.C. · Apr 27, 2021

One of my favorite parts of Pascha is reading and hearing the Gospel in multiple languages during Agape Vespers.

What languages do you read it in, can read it in, or hear? What's an interesting language you've heard before?
I'll be reading it in Modern Hebrew this year, but I have read it in Arabic, Spanish, and German before. I think the most interesting language I've heard was Cherokee and I always chuckle when someone reads it in Latin.

Not David · Apr 27, 2021

Spanish, German and Latin.

Chesterton · Apr 27, 2021

We read it in every language that anyone present is capable of. I never actually counted, but I'm sure some years it was over ten different languages. The most interesting was hearing it in Swahili.

prodromos · Apr 27, 2021

I want to know if Reader Joseph will be reading one of the Gospels in Klingon this year ^_^

Chesterton · Apr 27, 2021

E.C. said:
What languages do you read it in, can read it in, or hear?

I'm fluent in 7 languages, and by fluent I mean I can fluently say "Lord have mercy" in them.

ArmyMatt · Apr 27, 2021

my first time with this parish, so we'll see.

GreekOrthodox · Apr 28, 2021

We have one gentleman who recruits anyone he can find. In 2019, we had 15 or 16 readers. The most I've seen was in seminary at 26.

Does LOLcat count

Genesis 1

Oh hai. In teh beginnin Ceiling Cat waz invisible, & he maded the skiez & da earths, but he no eated it.
The earths wus witout shapez & wus dark & scary & stufs, & he rode invisible bike over teh waterz.
& Ceiling Cat sayz, i can haz lite? & lite wuz.
& Ceiling Cat sawed teh lite, to seez stufs, & seperatered the lite form dark & stufs but taht wuz ok cuz cats can seez in teh dark & not tripz ovr nethin.

GreekOrthodox · Apr 28, 2021

Chesterton said:
I'm fluent in 7 languages, and by fluent I mean I can fluently say "Lord have mercy" in them.

More importantly, can you give the correct title for the priest's wife in those languages?

E.C. · Apr 28, 2021

GreekOrthodox said:
We have one gentleman who recruits anyone he can find. In 2019, we had 15 or 16 readers. The most I've seen was in seminary at 26.

Does LOLcat count

Genesis 1

Oh hai. In teh beginnin Ceiling Cat waz invisible, & he maded the skiez & da earths, but he no eated it.

The earths wus witout shapez & wus dark & scary & stufs, & he rode invisible bike over teh waterz.

& Ceiling Cat sayz, i can haz lite? & lite wuz.

& Ceiling Cat sawed teh lite, to seez stufs, & seperatered the lite form dark & stufs but taht wuz ok cuz cats can seez in teh dark & not tripz ovr nethin.

If Klingon does, why not?

I have one friend who wants to do it in Hawaiian Pidgin

nutroll · Apr 28, 2021

We only have clergy read the gospel, but between Fr David and myself we do english, french, latin, greek, slavonic, and german.

prodromos · Apr 28, 2021

prodromos said:
I want to know if Reader Joseph will be reading one of the Gospels in Klingon this year

nutroll said:
We only have clergy read the gospel, but between Fr David and myself we do english, french, latin, greek, slavonic, and german.

I feel quite silly now. Of course Rdr Joseph will not be reading the Gospel in Klingon or any other language. This is where Fr Matthew brings up the topic of seminary again ^_^

ArmyMatt · Apr 28, 2021

prodromos said:
This is where Fr Matthew brings up the topic of seminary again

(holding tongue...)

nutroll · Apr 28, 2021

ArmyMatt said:
(holding tongue...)

I see you have the real gift of tongues....

ArmyMatt · Apr 28, 2021

nutroll said:
I see you have the real gift of tongues....

if only...

prodromos · Apr 28, 2021

nutroll said:
I see you have the real gift of tongues....

Here is true wisdom.

Mary of Bethany · May 2, 2021

We had 8 languages today - Bulgarian, French, Romanian, Russian, Latin, Spanish, Greek, & English.

Chesterton · May 2, 2021

We had 8 also - English, Arabic, Greek, French, German, Russian, Spanish and Portuguese. I know the lady who read Russian could have also read in Serbian and Slavonic, I don't know why she didn't. Maybe didn't want to be showing off? lol.

I was wondering, is this reading in multiple languages just an American or North American thing? Did they, or do they, do it in the Old World?

ArmyMatt · May 2, 2021

we had English, German, Georgian, Spanish, Pashto, French, and Greek.

prodromos · May 2, 2021

Chesterton said:
I was wondering, is this reading in multiple languages just an American or North American thing? Did they, or do they, do it in the Old World?

Our old parish in Greece did it.

E.C. · May 3, 2021

We had English, Greek, Spanish, German, French, Latin, and I did Hebrew.

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