Denver Church Music Federaon Makes the First English Translaon of the George Violakis Typikon Available in America The present work makes available to the Greek Orthodox Church in America, for the first me in complete English translaon, the most authoritave guide to the order of its services, namely the Typikon of the Great Church of Christ. This new, hardbound Bilingual Edion of the Typikon (1155 pgs) is idencal in every respect to the George Violakis Typikon. Project History This trease was originally composed aer extensive study and deliberaon by a commiee consisng of four Hierarchs and George Violakis, the Head Chanter (Protopsals) of the Patriarchate of Constannople, appointed by the Holy Synod of the Patriarchate of Constannople. It was wrien by Violakis himself and published in Constannople in 1888. The Holy Patriarchate established the Violakis Typikon as the sole authoritave document outlining and spulang the order (taxis) of all the services celebrated within the Church.

Throughout the centuries, the Church has made a connuous effort to make its services more inspiring to its worshipers, thus producing over me several Typika, each one amplifying and refining its predecessor. It was this desire to preserve and perpetuate the order and beauty of our church services in America that impelled George T. Demos, M.D., former President of the Naonal Forum, to republish the Typikon by George Violakis. Dr. George wished to reassert the Typikon’s sacramental authority and raise its awareness of our Church in this country by casng the book into a bilingual format; the English translaon aligned with and facing the original Greek text exactly, page by opposing page. The English translaon was undertaken by Rev. Robert Athas, who, as both scholar and praccing liturgist, brought to this demanding task an expert, inmate knowledge of Orthodox ritual. Fr. Athas had already translated the Triodion secon in the Violakis Typikon as his thesis for his Master of Divinity degree at the St. Vladimir Theological Seminary in New York. Dr. George enlisted the aid of Dr. Theodore Bogdanos to contribute to the further refinement of the translaon and the work’s editorial form. To make the work’s contents more accessible to today’s user and since the original Violakis Typikon was based on the Julian calendar, Dr. Demos and Dr. Bogdanos equated each Julian date with its exactly corresponding date of the Gregorian calendar, which is in use in the Church today. Addionally, Dr. Demos and Dr. Bogdanos updated the complicated secon where the yearly shiing Movable Feasts coincide variously with the Immovable Feasts, whose dates have been fixed for all me. Dr. George added an extensive glossary of terms related to the Typikon; compiled and adapted from various sources. Dr. George fell asleep in the Lord in 2012. Aer his death, Dr. George Stefanidakis of Houston, Texas completed the process for prinng the final version. Dr. Bogdanos fell asleep in the lord in 2019. The publishing arm of the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Denver Church Music Federaon produced this Bilingual Edion of the Typikon. Publishing was made possible by a generous gi from Mr. James Economou, a former choir director of the Greek Orthodox Church from Tulsa, Oklahoma. Availability through the Publishing Arm of the Denver Church Music Federaon Greek Orthodox clergy, seminarians, chanters, and choir directors will find the Bilingual Edion of the Typikon of immediate use. The Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Denver Church Music Federaon sells the Typikon. All proceeds from book sales are used to offset markeng expenses and to fund future publishing projects. The Denver Federaon currently manages a catalogue of 40 publicaons, including sheet music of individual Orthodox hymns, Divine Liturgy hymnals, folios of the special hymns ed to a parcular Feast Day of the Church, music for youth choirs, and service books. One example, our previous publicaon, The Byzanne Liturgy: Hymnology and Order, by Theodore Bogdanos, edited by George T. Demos, M.D., provides the proper order of service for any Divine Liturgy and offers, in chant form, all of the special hymns that might be substuted into the services.

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