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Chesnokov differentiates between a basso profondo whose range extends a little below C 2, and strong oktavists, whose range may extend as low as G 1 or F 1. Zlatopolsky can be heard singing down to C 1 in the Don Cossack's Choir performance of "Prayer for the Dead". He was the only person in recorded history who had the ability to sing this ...
Radonitsa (Russian: Ра́доница, Belarusian: Ра́даўніца "Day of Rejoicing"), also spelled Radunitsa, Radonica, or Radunica, in the Russian Orthodox Church is a commemoration of the departed observed on the second Tuesday of Pascha (Easter) or, in some places (in south-west Russia), on the second Monday of Pascha. [1]
A passage in the New Testament which is seen by some to be a prayer for the dead is found in 2 Timothy 1:16–18, which reads as follows: . May the Lord grant mercy to the house of Onesiphorus, for he often refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chain, but when he was in Rome, he sought me diligently, and found me (the Lord grant to him to find the Lord's mercy on that day); and in how many ...
The service is composed of Psalms, ektenias (litanies), hymns and prayers. In its outline it follows the general order of Matins [note 2] and is, in effect, a truncated funeral service. Some of the most notable portions of the service are the Kontakion of the Departed [note 3] and the final singing of "Memory Eternal" (Slavonic: Vyechnaya Pamyat).
Saturday is a traditional day of prayer for the dead, because Christ lay dead in the Tomb on Saturday. These days are devoted to prayer for departed relatives and others among the faithful who would not be commemorated specifically as saints. The Divine Services on these days have special hymns added to them to commemorate the departed.
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Koliva, also spelled, depending on the language, kollyva, kollyba, kolyvo, or colivă, [a] is a dish based on boiled wheat that is used liturgically in the Eastern Orthodox Church for commemorations of the dead.
Russian archives yielded more than 600 cases of church and civil prosecution of witchcraft, blasphemy and rational heresies in the 18th century. [4] Even in 1832, after Digest of Laws of the Russian Empire had been first codified under the leadership of Mikhail Speransky [d], witchcraft and sorcery still remained a subject of the secular Penal law.