[Magdalen] Happy birthday Eleanor Braun and Kate Conant - June 8

[Joseph Cirou]

Looks like you know modern Greek. I'm so bad with modern Greek that when I played the organ at Transfiguration and I was singing the chants Ihad to be reminded to sing Vasilevs instead of Basileus. I understood the liturgy, I didn't know the modern pronunciation. I'm a little better now.

Happy third day of the Feast and Happy Ascension. It's a bittersweet day. The Leavetaking of Pascha has occurred on both calendars. I get depressed at the end of Theophany and the Apodosis of Pascha, but I recover quickly. At least those on the Nicene computation have a short Feast of the Apostles. Ours is longer; but then the Melkites always have traditional dates and actual dates of the fast (g)

Joe





-----Original Message-----
>From: Kate Conant <kate.conant at gmail.com>
>Sent: Jun 8, 2016 1:33 PM
>To: "magdalen at herberthouse.org" <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
>Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Happy birthday Eleanor Braun and Kate Conant - June 8
>
>Hronia polla stin Eleanor!
>
>Many years to you (and me) ;)
>
>Thanks everyone.
>
>
>"What does the Lord require of you, but to do justice, love mercy, and walk
>humbly with your God?"
>Micah 6:8
>
>On Wed, Jun 8, 2016 at 2:07 AM, Joseph Cirou <romanos at mindspring.com> wrote:
>
>> Polychronia Pasi!
>>
>> (Mnohaja Lita Vsim)
>>
>> Ad multos annos omnibus!
>>
>> (Trying not to put Latin or Greek or Slavic endings on modern words(g)
>> Happy Birthday everybody  ( I have a short program that I will do on a
>> moment's notice and that I perform at least yearly for a very special
>> friend...I sing these ovations in various settings and in various
>> languages. Give me a phone number (hopefully yours) and I will serenade
>> thee on deiner geburstag!
>>
>> Joe
>>
>>
>>