pish...it is the Internet. Make stuff up!

does that all of the time.

make a wish

lets talk about the last 10 days of Great Lent

not good about keeping the wine and oil fast. Wine-pretty good. Oil-no, we use it.

if you're not already, you should friend priestseraphim, my priest. he has a great blog.

Saturday night drinks...we make them special!

that her priest is so tech-savvy: podcasts, video casts, blog, and using ping.fm to post on all of it . . . not to mention facebook!

yummmm on the martini!

that one is mine...dh's is the old fashioned

OH I have read that website for years...is that your parish?

regular very very dry martinis with three olives . . .

I knew a guy who went there

yes, that's my parish, we're even breaking ground on a new building, finally!

when we meet, as I am sure we will someday, that's what we'll have!

*drool*

are you allowed wine and oil on weekend?

yes, btw just sent you a friend request.

yes we mutually friended each other. How fun. Had NO idea there were Orthodox plurkers

look at me! Uniter of the Orthodoxy across the US! (Yes, this is all about me)

so, have you ever sung with Cappella Romana?

maybe we do already know each other

yes, thank you Anna...you know ALL the cool people!

i never have sung with them, no . . . i'm still kind of new to the US again

ah. Where were you?

different places in europe, moved around a lot

nice. Do you make a full time living in music?

chants in Greek churches and Antiochian, but it is very much a part time gig...mostly weddings and funerals (are paid) regular services I

mostly volunteer, depending on the circumstances

often paid in the big Greek church for regular services as well, but that is normal for them to do so

i am a full-time classical musician, have been for over twenty years. i don't charge my church, though.

the same, but has friends who will not sing unless paid.

It is their opinion that they should be compensated for their training, preparation and rehearsal time.

for me it is a way to fully and wholly enter into the prayer of the church with no distractions. Pretty much the only way for me.

well, the other choir members have had training, preparation and rehearsal time . . . now if it was some other church that might differ.

i consider it as part of my "being in the life of the parish"

yes. When I am "hired" by another parish or I fill in for their choir director I am usually paid

how lovely to "meet" you in plurk land. I've always loosely followed your comments in HH's plurks

oh, why, thank you! *blush* I hope you'll drop by my bliki (link is on the profile page). I'm always looking for guest writers.

you might be interested in this then: fatherpatrick.wordpress....

interesting but he completely ignores homophonic chant, which is what is practiced in our parish.