Readers Workshop, Session 1: The Purpose and Duties of a Reader 

Saturday 3/23/19
In this session we will cover the duties and responsibilities of a reader: What a reader should do and know; how to conduct a reader service; as well as some basic vocal techniques.
Handouts from the First Session
Prokeimenon/Epistle/Alleluia Sequence: bit.ly/3hjQMwg
Things a Reader Should Memorize: bit.ly/367hZx2
Sources: bit.ly/3w8oeLp
Glossary: bit.ly/3dw8L1y
Guidelines for a Reader Service: bit.ly/3dBtv86
Order of the Typika: bit.ly/3hbjyAw
Articles:
"Notes for Readers" by Dn. Sergius Halvorsen: bit.ly/365dfb0
"Instructions to Church Readers" by G. Shimansky: bit.ly/2Ubvf0R
"A Guide for Readers in the Orthodox Church" by Father Geoffrey Korz: bit.ly/3dzGVRL
"Preparing for Tonsure & Ordination as a Reader" by Fr Noah Bushelli: bit.ly/2UfUiA2
​Links:
"Practical Questions On How To Do Reader Service": bit.ly/3xaBpwY
"The Reader in the Orthodox Church" by Reader Vitaly Efimenkov: bit.ly/3wcCQtt
"Thoughts about the office of Reader in the Orthodox Church": bit.ly/3jA2equ
"When No Priest is Available: Reading the Service Books While Traveling or at Home": bit.ly/2UfdyNV
Liturgics Lessons from St. Tikhon’s Monastery: bit.ly/3xgK54Q
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Other resources:
Common Theotokia: bit.ly/3jDyuJ5
"Liturgics" by Archbishop Averky: bit.ly/3hlOFbg
Lenten Biblical Odes: bit.ly/3wfzMN4
Refrains at the Canons: bit.ly/363YqWt
Katavasiæ: bit.ly/3ydMgpP