Comments on: The Athanasian Creed from the Russian Orthodox Psalter http://orthodox.net/redeemingthetime/2009/11/11/the-athanasian-creed-from-the-russian-orthodox-psalter/ McKinney TX Homilies, scripture commentary, spiritual reflections Mon, 09 Jan 2012 18:12:34 +0000 hourly 1 By: Natalia Arzhantseva http://orthodox.net/redeemingthetime/2009/11/11/the-athanasian-creed-from-the-russian-orthodox-psalter/comment-page-1/#comment-2366 Natalia Arzhantseva Sat, 14 Nov 2009 11:58:18 +0000 http://orthodox.net/redeemingthetime/?p=1323#comment-2366 Deborah, to me it's also TOO strange...especially that someone tries to comprehend...God. I wonder if the feasibility of this might really seem realistic to anyone.... Deborah, to me it’s also TOO strange…especially that someone tries to comprehend…God. I wonder if the feasibility of this might really seem realistic to anyone….

]]> By: Natalia Arzhantseva http://orthodox.net/redeemingthetime/2009/11/11/the-athanasian-creed-from-the-russian-orthodox-psalter/comment-page-1/#comment-2365 Natalia Arzhantseva Sat, 14 Nov 2009 11:54:26 +0000 http://orthodox.net/redeemingthetime/?p=1323#comment-2365 Oh, I hear for the first time that the prayers within Kathismas exist only in Russian Psalter!!! i was sure they were there & are there in all langguages to which they are translated! When i started reading the Psalter, what attracted me most of all is these prayers! Some time had to pass before I developed the taste for the Psalms themselves. When I took up reading the Psalter (in Slavonic) I was afraid I'd not be able to understand the letters, it seemed to me so unlike Russian. But to my surprise I encountered no difficulty. Thank God! Now I adore the Psalter, always take it with me when travel, as well as my "pocket" Gospel, and happy about it. besides, the Psalter is a GREAT means of consolation for a soul, when we suffer... BTW: I've recently learned that not all the Psalms belong to St David. Only 15 of them. Others were composed in the same manner by righteous people. Unfortunately, I have no more details about that, as well as who wrote those wonderful prayers following the Kathismas, and when... Oh, I hear for the first time that the prayers within Kathismas exist only in Russian Psalter!!! i was sure they were there & are there in all langguages to which they are translated! When i started reading the Psalter, what attracted me most of all is these prayers! Some time had to pass before I developed the taste for the Psalms themselves.

When I took up reading the Psalter (in Slavonic) I was afraid I’d not be able to understand the letters, it seemed to me so unlike Russian. But to my surprise I encountered no difficulty. Thank God! Now I adore the Psalter, always take it with me when travel, as well as my “pocket” Gospel, and happy about it.

besides, the Psalter is a GREAT means of consolation for a soul, when we suffer…

BTW: I’ve recently learned that not all the Psalms belong to St David. Only 15 of them. Others were composed in the same manner by righteous people. Unfortunately, I have no more details about that, as well as who wrote those wonderful prayers following the Kathismas, and when…

]]> By: Natalia H. http://orthodox.net/redeemingthetime/2009/11/11/the-athanasian-creed-from-the-russian-orthodox-psalter/comment-page-1/#comment-2353 Natalia H. Thu, 12 Nov 2009 05:38:49 +0000 http://orthodox.net/redeemingthetime/?p=1323#comment-2353 I really enjoyed reading the Slavonic Psalter with the prayers in between the Kathismas. I wasn't aware that the English version didn't have them. Actually, 'once upon time', when I was an unruly novice in a convent, I was told to "go to your cell and read the entire Psalter with the prayers and prostrations betwen the Kathismas". I did, and it only took me about 7 hours straight. :-) Of course, at the beginning it was sooo haaaarrrrrd, but by the time I was done, I almost regretted it was over, I wanted to go on! So you can have it as a personal testimony of how beneficial the Psalter and those prayers are for one's soul (even if the soul doesn't know it yet or thinks otherwise). Nat P.S. David told me not to post this, lest it become Father's new epitimia of choice... I really enjoyed reading the Slavonic Psalter with the prayers in between the Kathismas. I wasn’t aware that the English version didn’t have them.

Actually, ‘once upon time’, when I was an unruly novice in a convent, I was told to “go to your cell and read the entire Psalter with the prayers and prostrations betwen the Kathismas”. I did, and it only took me about 7 hours straight. :-)

Of course, at the beginning it was sooo haaaarrrrrd, but by the time I was done, I almost regretted it was over, I wanted to go on! So you can have it as a personal testimony of how beneficial the Psalter and those prayers are for one’s soul (even if the soul doesn’t know it yet or thinks otherwise).

Nat
P.S. David told me not to post this, lest it become Father’s new epitimia of choice…

]]> By: Deborah http://orthodox.net/redeemingthetime/2009/11/11/the-athanasian-creed-from-the-russian-orthodox-psalter/comment-page-1/#comment-2351 Deborah Wed, 11 Nov 2009 23:25:12 +0000 http://orthodox.net/redeemingthetime/?p=1323#comment-2351 It seems strange to me that someone would reject the God they cannot comprehend. One would think you would be a whole lot more skeptical of a god we COULD comprehend with our limited, darkened minds. It seems strange to me that someone would reject the God they cannot comprehend. One would think you would be a whole lot more skeptical of a god we COULD comprehend with our limited, darkened minds.

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