Video of Vespers of St. Demetrios October 25, 2009

Byzantine Churches in Constantinople By Alexander Van Millingen

I just briefly looked through this book. It looks pretty interesting. I'd like to list which Churches are covered when I get a few moments.

What is more exciting is the technology that Google has available on its books site (books.google.com)

I have to do some serious searching for other titles of interest.

Enjoy.

Papadopoulos on Violakis

Georgios Papadopoulos (Γεώργιος Παπαδόπουλος) on Violakis in his book Ιστορική Επισκόπησις.

Violakis was a year away from retirement when the book was published in 1904.

  Papadopoulos, who was a contemporary and  close friend of Violakis', gives little biographical information for the current Protopsaltis of the Great Church in this work, but rather refers to two of his recent publications that contain his complete biographies. 

Papadopoulos' most informative biographical sketch of Violakis is his address on the 4th of December 1900, on the occasion of Violakis' 60th year of musical service to the Church, and his 25th anniversary of being Protopsaltis.  The full work has been published by the Ecumenical Patriarchate in a supplemental issue of the Ecclesiatiki Alitheia (Εκκλησιαστική Αλήθεια).

Short History of the Typikon at the Psaltic Musings Blog

Read a short history of the Typikon from the Psaltic Musings Blog.

Fr. Constantine Terss, the author of the blog, gives a short history of the Typikon and its Palestinian and Constantinopolitan influences.

Online Version of the Typikon at typikon.gr

The site typikon.gr has an online version of the Typikon.

The author of the site has compiled a Typikon for parish use "based on the Typikon of Violakis and other, newer and older, Typika" as is stated on the site.

Site content is in Greek.

Click here to view the Typikon.

A note about online resources such as typikon.gr:

While the efforts of such sites as typikon.gr, are greatly appreciated and much needed, the accuracy of these sites cannot be verified. These sites should be used as aids to a better understanding of the Typikon, and not be substituted for the official editions of the Typikon. In no way does my listing of such sites endorse the validity of the content on them.