Denver Church Music Federa1on Makes the First English Transla1on 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 transla>on, the most authorita>ve 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 iden>cal in every respect to the George Violakis Typikon. Project History This trea>se was originally composed aHer extensive study and delibera>on by a commiIee consis>ng of four Hierarchs and George Violakis, the Head Chanter (Protopsal>s) of the Patriarchate of Constan>nople, appointed by the Holy Synod of the Patriarchate of Constan>nople. It was wriIen by Violakis himself and published in Constan>nople in 1888. The Holy Patriarchate established the Violakis Typikon as the sole authorita>ve document outlining and s>pula>ng the order (taxis) of all the services celebrated within the Church. Throughout the centuries, the Church has made a con>nuous 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 Na>onal 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 cas>ng the book into a bilingual format; the English transla>on aligned with and facing the original Greek text exactly, page by opposing page. The English transla>on was undertaken by Rev. Robert Athas, who, as both scholar and prac>cing liturgist, brought to this demanding task an expert, in>mate knowledge of Orthodox ritual. Fr. Athas had already translated the Triodion sec>on 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 transla>on 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. Addi>onally, Dr. Demos and Dr. Bogdanos updated the complicated sec>on where the yearly shiHing 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. AHer his death, Dr. George Stefanidakis of Houston, Texas completed the process for prin>ng the final version. Dr. Bogdanos fell asleep in the lord in 2019. The publishing arm of the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Denver Church Music Federa>on produced this Bilingual Edi>on of the Typikon. Publishing was made possible by a generous giH 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 Federa1on Greek Orthodox clergy, seminarians, chanters, and choir directors will find the Bilingual Edi>on of the Typikon of immediate use. The Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Denver Church Music Federa>on sells the Typikon. All proceeds from book sales are used to offset marke>ng expenses and to fund future publishing projects. The Denver Federa>on currently manages a catalogue of 40 publica>ons, including sheet music of individual Orthodox hymns, Divine Liturgy hymnals, folios of the special hymns >ed to a par>cular 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 subs>tuted into the services. Po> Doukas Publishing, Metropolis of Denver Church Music Federa>on .