Author Biography
David Mitchell James studied French, Russian and Greek at McGill University, from which he received a B.A. in Byzantine & Eastern European History in 1971. He was received into Orthodoxy on Lazarus Saturday 1969 at SS. Peter & Paul Cathedral in Montreal by the V. Rev. George Benigsen. After graduation, he served in the U.S. Army, where he studied Slovene at the Defense Language Institute and worked as a translator. He lived for many years in Rye, NH, and was a founding member of St. Xenia Orthodox Church in Methuen, MA. He has since retired to his native Maine.
Contents
How the Psalter is to be said Throughout the Whole Year
The Seven Bow Beginning
Prayers before reading the Psalter
The 20 Kathismata
Prayers after reading the Psalter
The Rite chanted Following the Departure of the soul from the body
Reading the Psalter for the Departed
The Rite for Singing the Twelve Psalms
Appendix: The Numbering of the Psalms