A Special Hierarchical Divine Liturgy @ the Annual Pilgrimage on Zvir Mountain - Litmanová, SK

ByzCathCantor · #1 Aug 8, '12, 9:36 am

perhaps a less weighty post for a change ...

A Special Hierarchical Divine Liturgy - Pilgrimage (Otpust) on Zvir Mountain - Litmanová, SK

Video clips of the Hierarchical Divine Liturgy celebrated as part of the annual pilgrimage (otpust) in Litmanová, Slovakia on the 5th of August 2012 were recently posted to YouTube.

The Litmanová Otpust is sponsored by the Metropolitan Archeparchy of Prešov. This year, in celebration of the 1,150th anniversary of the arrival of Sts. Cyril & Methodius in the region (then known as Great Moravia), Metropolitan Babjak welcomed the head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, His Beatitude Sviatoslav Shevchuk, as well as other bishops and dignitaries from neighboring Greek Catholic eparchies and Roman Catholic dioceses. As the ranking hierarch, His Beatitude served as the main celebrant.

At the moment, the clips are included at the beginning of a playlist, the first twelve (12) clips are of the Hierarchical Divine Liturgy. The clips are not in chronological order. A list of the specific clips in order, with descriptions and loose translations, can be found here: Highlights from the Litmanová Otpust HDL (5 Aug 2012)

Although the clips are a bit choppy at times and the cumulative video is not a complete recording of the Divine Liturgy, there are many "gems" that can be heard in these clips. Prostopinije (Carpatho-Rusyn Plainchant) at its best, courtesy of the Blessed Bishop Paul Gojdich Choir and an estimated 20,000 faithful pilgrims!

lssanjose · #2 Aug 8, '12, 10:52 am

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perhaps a less weighty post for a change ...

A Special Hierarchical Divine Liturgy - Pilgrimage (Otpust) on Zvir Mountain - Litmanová, SK

Video clips of the Hierarchical Divine Liturgy celebrated as part of the annual pilgrimage (otpust) in Litmanová, Slovakia on the 5th of August 2012 were recently posted to YouTube.

The Litmanová Otpust is sponsored by the Metropolitan Archeparchy of Prešov. This year, in celebration of the 1,150th anniversary of the arrival of Sts. Cyril & Methodius in the region (then known as Great Moravia), Metropolitan Babjak welcomed the head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, His Beatitude Sviatoslav Shevchuk, as well as other bishops and dignitaries from neighboring Greek Catholic eparchies and Roman Catholic dioceses. As the ranking hierarch, His Beatitude served as the main celebrant.

At the moment, the clips are included at the beginning of a playlist, the first twelve (12) clips are of the Hierarchical Divine Liturgy. The clips are not in chronological order. A list of the specific clips in order, with descriptions and loose translations, can be found here: Highlights from the Litmanová Otpust HDL (5 Aug 2012)

Although the clips are a bit choppy at times and the cumulative video is not a complete recording of the Divine Liturgy, there are many "gems" that can be heard in these clips. Prostopinije (Carpatho-Rusyn Plainchant) at its best, courtesy of the Blessed Bishop Paul Gojdich Choir and an estimated 20,000 faithful pilgrims!

I would love to attend a pilgrimage! Ive been scrambling for work, so I had to put that on hold. As the saying goes, there's always next year (is there?

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ByzCathCantor · #3 Aug 8, '12, 11:20 am

Regrettably, Litmanova is a bit of a hike from Oregon. There are a few pilgrimages here in the U.S., including the annual Labor Day Weekend pilgrimage to Mt. St. Macrina near Pittsburgh. We are going to a small one in Sloatsburg, NY this weekend. There may be one or two Orthodox-sponsored events closer to you. Perhaps some of the other CAF contributors may know ...

lssanjose · #4 Aug 8, '12, 11:24 am

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Regrettably, Litmanova is a bit of a hike from Oregon. There are a few pilgrimages here in the U.S., including the annual Labor Day Weekend pilgrimage to Mt. St. Macrina near Pittsburgh. We are going to a small one in Sloatsburg, NY this weekend. There may be one or two Orthodox-sponsored events closer to you. Perhaps some of the other CAF contributors may know ...

Yeah, there's one this weekend, in Olympia, Washington: St. George Byzantine Catholic Church, for Friday, and Saturday. It's a last minute arrangement of mine, as I wasn't sure I'd be able to attend, because of my work schedule, at that time. Now, it's kind of opened up where I could attend on Saturday, but I'll have to make some calls.

ByzCathCantor · #5 Aug 8, '12, 11:31 am

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Yeah, there's one this weekend, in Olympia, Washington: St. George Byzantine Catholic Church, for Friday, and Saturday. It's a last minute arrangement of mine, as I wasn't sure I'd be able to attend, because of my work schedule, at that time. Now, it's kind of opened up where I could attend on Saturday, but I'll have to make some calls.

Oh wow - I almost forgot about St. George BCC and their OLPH Shrine!

Hope you can make it out there. Have not been, but have seen pictures - a beautiful church building - contemporary, yet an homage to the wood churches of Subcarpathian Rus'.

ByzCathCantor · #6 Aug 8, '12, 11:33 am

BTW - I am hoping some of our Ukrainian Greek Catholic friends take note the presence of His Beatitude Sviatoslav Shevchuk at the Litmanova pilgrimage. He was the main celebrant of the HDL.

lssanjose · #7 Aug 8, '12, 11:39 am

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Oh wow - I almost forgot about St. George BCC and their OLPH Shrine!

Hope you can make it out there. Have not been, but have seen pictures - a beautiful church building - contemporary, yet an homage to the wood churches of Subcarpathian Rus'.

I hope so, too. I do want to see if I can catch Father Pipta, as he presides over the Byzantine Church, in San Diego, CA, where my parents live. If/when I go back down south for vacation, that's where I'd like to attend liturgy.

Diak · #8 Aug 9, '12, 7:53 am

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We are going to a small one in Sloatsburg, NY this weekend.

Although I haven't been in a while (probably ten years), when I last I attended there were something like 4,000 amd bishops from the US, Canada, Australia and Ukraine.

The Zarvanytsia and Univ pilgrimages have brought hundreds of thousands of pilgrims per year to those holy places in Ukraine (over a million at one of the Zarvanytsia pilgrimages). At the Studite monastery in Univ on the Dormition there is an all-night Vigil, a procession with the Wonder-working Icon of the Mother of God of Univ and the burial shroud of the Mother of God, and in the morning the Lamentations of the Mother of God are sung at Matins.

ByzCathCantor · #9 Aug 9, '12, 8:30 am

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We are going to a small one in Sloatsburg, NY this weekend.

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Although I haven't been in a while (probably ten years), when I last I attended there were something like 4,000 and bishops from the US, Canada, Australia and Ukraine.

The Ruthenians are borrowing the site for what will likely be a fairly well attended pilgrimage for those of us on the East Coast that cannot make the trip to Uniontown on Labor Day weekend. I look forward to perhaps attending the next UGCC sponsored pilgrimage in the area.

BTW - I hope you enjoyed the video clips from the Litmanova pilgrimage. His Beatitute Sviatoslav was quite natural in working with / around the Prostopinije tradition and Slovakian language.

Diak · #10 Aug 9, '12, 9:11 am

I did indeed enjoy it and thanks for posting. Since Patriarch +Sviatoslav was the rector of the seminary in L'viv, and Mukachevo has sent a number of seminarians there over the years, the Prostopinje familiarity doesn't surprise me. Nor given his linguistic brilliance am I surprised at his grasp of Slovak. When he was in Chicago he moved from Ukrainian to English to Spanish and even Portuguese with facile ease. I suppose I am a bit surprised that none of the American BCCA bishops made it.

ByzCathCantor · #11 Aug 9, '12, 3:58 pm

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I did indeed enjoy it and thanks for posting. Since Patriarch +Sviatoslav was the rector of the seminary in L'viv, and Mukachevo has sent a number of seminarians there over the years, the Prostopinje familiarity doesn't surprise me. Nor given his linguistic brilliance am I surprised at his grasp of Slovak. When he was in Chicago he moved from Ukrainian to English to Spanish and even Portuguese with facile ease.

He is truly special, and I pray that he is drawn upon for the greater good of the entire Church.

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I suppose I am a bit surprised that none of the American BCCA bishops made it.

Indeed, I was a little disappointed as well. Normally Bishop John Kudrick of Parma would be the one to go on behalf of the American hierarchs. I suspect the vacancy in Passaic and other related matters may have prevented a visit. That said, Metropolitan Babjak did spend a fair amount of time with Bishop John's clergy and faithful during an extended stay, after the enthronment of Metropolitan Skurla. There is a strong bond, so I'm sure there are reasons why no one could attend (I would have gladly volunteered to go as a delegate).