Wednesday, August 8, 2012

A Special Hierarchical Divine Liturgy - 5 August 2012 Litmanová, SK Pilgrimage (Otpust)

Video clips of the Hierarchical Divine Liturgy celebrated as part of the annual pilgrimage (otpust) in Litmanová, Slovakia on the 5th of August 2012 were recently posted to YouTube.

The Litmanová otpust is sponsored by the Metropolitan Archeparchy of Prešov. This year, in celebration of the 1,150th anniversary of the arrival of Sts. Cyril & Methodius in the region (then known as Great Moravia), Metropolitan Babjak welcomed the head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, His Beatitude Sviatoslav Shevchuk, as well as other bishops and dignitaries from neighboring Greek Catholic eparchies and Roman Catholic dioceses. As the ranking Eastern Catholic hierarch, His Beatitude served as the main celebrant.

This link (<= click here) will take you to a playlist - at the moment, the first twelve (12) clips are of the Hierarchical Divine Liturgy.  I will attempt to catalog them and update this post in a few hours with a list of the twelve videos in chronological event order.  By the way - some of the other ones in the playlist are worth a listen, as well, especially those featuring the voice of Hanka Servicka.

Although the clips are a bit choppy at times and the cumulative video is not a complete recording of the  Divine Liturgy, there are many "gems" that can be heard in these clips. Prostopinije at its best, courtesy of the Blessed Bishop Paul Gojdich Choir and an estimated 20,000 faithful pilgrims!

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