Serbian Church support

[rusmeister]

We are now under the Serbian Church. Attended our first Liturgy. I understood half of the Liturgy with difficulty. (At least it’s a Slavic language). My iPhone is tied to the Russian App Store, which doesn’t seem to have much helpful in regards to the Church. Does anyone have helpful links for calendar, services, and readings?

 

[ArmyMatt]

check out the Serbian Archdiocese of N and S America’s page.

 

[ArmyMatt]

and related to that, the Serbian Seminary here in the US might have some books that can help.

 

[E.C.]

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This link on the Serbian Diocese of America page has some of the hymns in English, Serbian, and maybe Slavonic available for download on PDF.

St Sava's Seminary's bookstore page is undergoing a revamp from the looks of it, but their website says it should be up by October 15. If you can not wait that long, let me know and I'll reach out to the local Serbian priest here and see what he has available, knows, etc.

 

[ArmyMatt]

a Serbian monastery like St Herman’s in Platina also might have some stuff to help.

 

[rusmeister]

Contents
This link on the Serbian Diocese of America page has some of the hymns in English, Serbian, and maybe Slavonic available for download on PDF.

St Sava's Seminary's bookstore page is undergoing a revamp from the looks of it, but their website says it should be up by October 15. If you can not wait that long, let me know and I'll reach out to the local Serbian priest here and see what he has available, knows, etc.

I can’t wait that long. Thanks for anything you can do.

 

[E.C.]

I can’t wait that long. Thanks for anything you can do.

Email sent.

This parish is having their Serbian Festival this weekend, so if I don't hear back I have a great excuse to drop by. What is your language preference; English only, English and Serbian, or one of the two with Slavonic?

 

[rusmeister]

Definitely bilingual. English would be great, but I can work with Slavonic as well.

 

[notRusskiyMir]

We are now under the Serbian Church. Attended our first Liturgy. I understood half of the Liturgy with difficulty. (At least it’s a Slavic language). My iPhone is tied to the Russian App Store, which doesn’t seem to have much helpful in regards to the Church. Does anyone have helpful links for calendar, services, and readings?

Question: How did your church become under the Serbian Church? Sounds like this is a surprise to you. Just curious.

 

[ArmyMatt]

Question: How did your church become under the Serbian Church? Sounds like this is a surprise to you. Just curious.

I think it’s because he moved if I am not mistaken.

 

[gurneyhalleck1]

I attend a Serbian Orthodox parish. Here is the app I/we use:

Orthodox Calendar - Apps on Google Play

Orthodox calendar with lives of the saints, icons, troparions and kontakions.

play.google.com

 

[gurneyhalleck1]

And here is our diocesan website: Western Diocese - Diocese of Western America

The Eastern eparchy of the U.S. is this site: Home

They usually have all you need, Rus.

 

[rusmeister]

I think it’s because he moved if I am not mistaken.

That’s putting it mildly.
(insert sad smile here)

 

[rusmeister]

And here is our diocesan website: Western Diocese - Diocese of Western America

The Eastern eparchy of the U.S. is this site: Home

They usually have all you need, Rus.

Thank you very much!
I already have that app, but find Orthoprax to be a little more accurate to where I am.
What I can’t find is Serbian language support - Liturgical text, English or Russian/Serbian bilingual, preferably, to be able to follow along, especially on the harder and changing parts of services.

I was finally able to go to Confession this week after 4 months of the crazy situation we have found ourselves in. Found a priest that speaks English. Strangely enough, the priests don’t do Russian much around here, though they are both Slavic languages.

 

[ArmyMatt]

That’s putting it mildly.
(insert sad smile here)

sorry you’re going through some rough stuff, rus. prayers for you.

 

[Platina]

Bi-lingual English/Slavonic texts, including variable parts for Vigil: Liturgical Texts – Holy Mother of God Orthodox Church

 

[gurneyhalleck1]

sorry you’re going through some rough stuff, rus. prayers for you.

There's a lot of frustrations with Montenegro from the Serbian Orthodox point of view. Our priest face-palms a lot where that country is concerned. I wish Rus the best. I would tell him to come home to America, but with the LGBT perverse, violent, homeless-laden, crime-ridden, chaotic lunacy that is taking over this country, I'm not sure it's much of an upgrade!

 

[ArmyMatt]

There's a lot of frustrations with Montenegro from the Serbian Orthodox point of view. Our priest face-palms a lot where that country is concerned. I wish Rus the best. I would tell him to come home to America, but with the LGBT perverse, violent, homeless-laden, crime-ridden, chaotic lunacy that is taking over this country, I'm not sure it's much of an upgrade!

yeesh

 

[rusmeister]

Bi-lingual English/Slavonic texts, including variable parts for Vigil: Liturgical Texts – Holy Mother of God Orthodox Church

I actually know the unchanging parts of the Slavonic Liturgy quite well, and that’s where I don’t have a problem. The problem is where reading or chanting goes off in Serbian, and not Slavonic. My comprehension drops from 85+% to less than 20%.

 

[rusmeister]

There's a lot of frustrations with Montenegro from the Serbian Orthodox point of view. Our priest face-palms a lot where that country is concerned. I wish Rus the best. I would tell him to come home to America, but with the LGBT perverse, violent, homeless-laden, crime-ridden, chaotic lunacy that is taking over this country, I'm not sure it's much of an upgrade!

The Church here is Serbian. The would-be Montenegrin nationalistic “Church” is small, and largely underground here. They do things differently than in the Moscow region. Most women don’t cover, for example, but up to Communion, men do generally stand on the right and women on the left in my limited experience here. Many more icons seem to have been made in the Uniate, rather than Byzantine style.

My profession is a thankless one in the US, and not particularly respected or recognized. The only place you can make a basic living is in public education, and we both know how horrible that is now for the traditional Christian. I spent four years in the US learning that the hard way.