Agape Vespers Languages

[E.C.]

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]

Spanish, German and Latin.

 

[Chesterton]

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]

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

 

[Chesterton]

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]

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

 

[GreekOrthodox]

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

1. Oh hai. In teh beginnin Ceiling Cat waz invisible, & he maded the skiez & da earths, but he no eated it.
2. The earths wus witout shapez & wus dark & scary & stufs, & he rode invisible bike over teh waterz.
3. & Ceiling Cat sayz, i can haz lite? & lite wuz.
4. & 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]

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.]

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

1. Oh hai. In teh beginnin Ceiling Cat waz invisible, & he maded the skiez & da earths, but he no eated it.
2. The earths wus witout shapez & wus dark & scary & stufs, & he rode invisible bike over teh waterz.
3. & Ceiling Cat sayz, i can haz lite? & lite wuz.
4. & 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]

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

 

[prodromos]

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

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]

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

(holding tongue...)

 

[nutroll]

(holding tongue...)

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

 

[ArmyMatt]

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

if only...

 

[prodromos]

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

Here is true wisdom.

 

[Mary of Bethany]

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

 

[Chesterton]

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]

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

 

[prodromos]

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.]

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