Love your videos man. You're a great help when one is wading through the plethora of reading material out there and seeking second opinions. The Lord is truly merciful and great! Praise be to God!
Great follow up video to rhe AF Psalter and Prayerbook. Yes, the translation of these books are probably the best for beginners to prayerbooks or psalters in that they are easy to understand but yet are translated in a dignified English text, without the Thees or Thous, that were used primarily to show reverence to God.
Thank you for the video. I am currently considering in purchasing a psalter with the kathismas. I always have to reference back to my table to know what kathisma/psalms that I will pray whenever I pray the Byzantine Hours. Hope you are having a Blessed Lent!
I appreciate your reviews. I'm a convert and I'm really trying to shape my prayer rule. I started with the Jordanville book, moved to the New Rome and now I'm going to try Ancient Faith. Each book has some great things about it.
@@williamroyals3540 Hey. Jordanville is a great book, I like the morning prayers, which it has many. It has the whole Divine Liturgy in it however, which I don't need on a day to day basis. New Rome has great construction and paper quality, probably the best. I think the font is the smallest of all these. The morning prayers are slim however but for me the biggest knock is that the font is just a tad too small. I keep wanting to come back to that book, but once you get used to large font in dim lighting its hard to go back. Ancient Faith is a good beginners book. I actually don't really even use it now though! It's the largest one, it doesn't feel as good in the hand. Some of the translations I like and some not so much. I am using the prayer book from St. Tikhons monastery. I just pick it up without even thinking, so that is a good sign. It's well made and the translations and prayers are good, similar if not the same as the Jordanville book. It seems like people criticize the book for not capitalizing certain words linked to the Godhead. They also knock it for being printed in China however they should note that every book that I have mentioned except for the Ancient Faith (at least deluxe) is printed in China. Ancient Faith Deluxe is printed in USA. Now that I have typed this all out I will revisit these other books and try them again :) All this aside, the most important thing is prayer daily, which can be a real struggle sometimes (like now for me). Whatever keeps you going is good!
What I’d like to see in a new edition of the AF prayerbook… include a Psalter, as well as an abbreviated menalogion as well as troparia & kontakia for the days of the week like the Publican’s Prayerbook. Buuuut, use the AF Study Bible Psalter. This would make an uncomplicated and robust, horologion-esque prayerbook for laity something like the BCP offices.
I'm assuming the Psalter was translated from the LXX, but I also noticed the numbering on the Psalm you read was "23 (22)" which makes me think maybe it's from the Masoretic text? Do you know which it was? I've had the paperback Prayer Book for some time and I really love it.
@Orthodox Review - one thing I don't recall you mentioning is the paper quality when compared between the two. I'm reading in reviews at Ancient Faith that the paper in the Psalter isn't as high quality as the prayer book. Is that true in your opinion?
@@OrthodoxReview Hi, Raphael, I think that what Symeon is referring to is that in some reviews some people have mentioned that the quality of the paper between both deluxe editions is different, i.e., that the paper in the deluxe edition of the Psalter is not as good as the paper in the deluxe edition of the Prayer Book. I also remember having read a couple of comments about that, which prevented me to purchase the Psalter deluxe edition. Do you notice any difference between both? By the way, enjoyed very much this review.
@@saulm58 You're spot on. That was what I was curious about. Real shame especially considering both deluxe editions are $40. Nonetheless, thank you both for clarifying, and answering the question. Also, the video was great, and I also enjoyed it.
Speaking of the HTM they just released a 2020 revision not sure if there's enough new content to make a whole video but may still be worth looking into?
There is an Orthodox prayer rule that involves reading certain groups of psalms referred to as kathisma on certain days of the week. Pocket psalters aid in this by featuring the psalms and the prayers said before and after. They are also very convenient for carrying around and reading psalms without the miniscule font of a pocket Bible.
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I recommend AF prayer books to new converts because of how easy it is to read, especially if you’re not used to all the “thee” and “thou.”
I agree. I got my start years ago with them, and they were very helpful for me due to their readability.
Love your videos man. You're a great help when one is wading through the plethora of reading material out there and seeking second opinions. The Lord is truly merciful and great! Praise be to God!
Great follow up video to rhe AF Psalter and Prayerbook. Yes, the translation of these books are probably the best for beginners to prayerbooks or psalters in that they are easy to understand but yet are translated in a dignified English text, without the Thees or Thous, that were used primarily to show reverence to God.
Thank you for the video. I am currently considering in purchasing a psalter with the kathismas. I always have to reference back to my table to know what kathisma/psalms that I will pray whenever I pray the Byzantine Hours. Hope you are having a Blessed Lent!
I appreciate your reviews. I'm a convert and I'm really trying to shape my prayer rule. I started with the Jordanville book, moved to the New Rome and now I'm going to try Ancient Faith. Each book has some great things about it.
What did you like and not like about each of the three books?
@@williamroyals3540 Hey. Jordanville is a great book, I like the morning prayers, which it has many. It has the whole Divine Liturgy in it however, which I don't need on a day to day basis. New Rome has great construction and paper quality, probably the best. I think the font is the smallest of all these. The morning prayers are slim however but for me the biggest knock is that the font is just a tad too small. I keep wanting to come back to that book, but once you get used to large font in dim lighting its hard to go back. Ancient Faith is a good beginners book. I actually don't really even use it now though! It's the largest one, it doesn't feel as good in the hand. Some of the translations I like and some not so much. I am using the prayer book from St. Tikhons monastery. I just pick it up without even thinking, so that is a good sign. It's well made and the translations and prayers are good, similar if not the same as the Jordanville book. It seems like people criticize the book for not capitalizing certain words linked to the Godhead. They also knock it for being printed in China however they should note that every book that I have mentioned except for the Ancient Faith (at least deluxe) is printed in China. Ancient Faith Deluxe is printed in USA.
Now that I have typed this all out I will revisit these other books and try them again :) All this aside, the most important thing is prayer daily, which can be a real struggle sometimes (like now for me). Whatever keeps you going is good!
@@VincentTamer Thank you for your input!
What I’d like to see in a new edition of the AF prayerbook… include a Psalter, as well as an abbreviated menalogion as well as troparia & kontakia for the days of the week like the Publican’s Prayerbook. Buuuut, use the AF Study Bible Psalter. This would make an uncomplicated and robust, horologion-esque prayerbook for laity something like the BCP offices.
Glad to see you back bud!
Great video! Very interesting!
I'm assuming the Psalter was translated from the LXX, but I also noticed the numbering on the Psalm you read was "23 (22)" which makes me think maybe it's from the Masoretic text? Do you know which it was? I've had the paperback Prayer Book for some time and I really love it.
It's masoretic corrected for septuigent
I just wish it had the lenten hours divided up
@Orthodox Review - one thing I don't recall you mentioning is the paper quality when compared between the two. I'm reading in reviews at Ancient Faith that the paper in the Psalter isn't as high quality as the prayer book.
Is that true in your opinion?
It's a bit better in the deluxe edition
@@OrthodoxReview Hi, Raphael, I think that what Symeon is referring to is that in some reviews some people have mentioned that the quality of the paper between both deluxe editions is different, i.e., that the paper in the deluxe edition of the Psalter is not as good as the paper in the deluxe edition of the Prayer Book. I also remember having read a couple of comments about that, which prevented me to purchase the Psalter deluxe edition. Do you notice any difference between both? By the way, enjoyed very much this review.
Paper wuality has been the thing that turned me away from the Jordanville Prayer Book. Its like it was printed on printer paper.
@@NavelOrangeGazer yea, the older editions had much better paper
@@saulm58 You're spot on. That was what I was curious about. Real shame especially considering both deluxe editions are $40. Nonetheless, thank you both for clarifying, and answering the question. Also, the video was great, and I also enjoyed it.
A chart and the kathismas are enough I think
Imma be honest I'm NOT a fan of the ancient faith psalter although that's probably because I'm so used to the HTM which is my preference.
O feel ya
Speaking of the HTM they just released a 2020 revision not sure if there's enough new content to make a whole video but may still be worth looking into?
@@OrthoAutist I'll look into it
@@OrthoAutist looks to be nothing more than a new printing.
I don’t understand the purpose of a psalter if it’s just the psalms? Can’t you just use a pocket Bible with psalms? Or a Bible .
There is an Orthodox prayer rule that involves reading certain groups of psalms referred to as kathisma on certain days of the week. Pocket psalters aid in this by featuring the psalms and the prayers said before and after. They are also very convenient for carrying around and reading psalms without the miniscule font of a pocket Bible.
Also Orthodox psalters will have the Orthodox (LXX) numbering of the psalms. My kjv pocket NT Bible has the psalms but with the Protestant numbering.