the Office of Crowning

[Natalia Pylypiuk]

Pursuant to the thread initiated by Stephanie Sures...

The following description by Ivan Ohijenko (Metropolitan Ivan)
of the Chyn Vinchannja (Office of Crowning) draws on Petro Mohyla's
*Trebnyk* (1646) and casts some light
on the office as practiced in the Ukrainian Orthodox Church:

http://www.ukraine-church.com/chapter16.html

[Please note that  "ruskyj jazyk" in Mohyla's *Trebnyk* refers to
Ruthenian (i.e., Middle Ukrainian / Belarusan) and not to Russian.]
Evidently, in 17th c. Ukraine, the couple would be addressed in the
vernacular, rather than the sacral language, Church Slavonic.

See also:
http://www.ukraine-church.com/chapter17.html

Regards,
N. Pylypiuk

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Dr. Natalia Pylypiuk, Associate Professor
Modern Languages and Cultural Studies  http://www.mlcs.ca
200 Arts, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada T6G 2E6
voice mail: (780) 492-3498

Canadian Association of Slavists
http://www.ualberta.ca/~csp/cas

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