🏷️ About: The GOA DCS (Digital Chant Stand) app for iPhone and iPad gives you access to a growing library of free online Orthodox Christian liturgical texts and music. It brings together available texts, musical scores and audio recordings of hymns and entire services, to facilitate learning, preparation, and performance in church.
The original translations of Fr Seraphim are being systematically replaced by horrendous new ones. It’s so sad — DigitalChantStand has become unusable liturgically.
Not sure if it is the diocese is responsible or not, but these new translations are simply unacceptable. They’re inaccurate, unpoetic, and cringey. I’m a proponent of updating works when necessary, but it is crucial to have the humility to acknowledge when a mistake was made in updating, and not doubling down on the changes merely for the sake of preserving pride and ego. Please revert to the old translations ASAP and I will return to using DigitalChantStand again, along with my original five star rating.
Great app. I wish it just had the tones like a piano so I can hear the notes.
I am an experienced western singer trying to learn the music of the Eastern Orthodox Church. This is a helpful resource for me. I do wish everything that is supposed to be sung has music or audio, but this has been a super helpful start. I also love hearing Fr Seraphim Dede’s voice (Father Bless!) - His style is simple and his voice is pleasant and not distracting :) Thank you!
I use this tool every day for the daily readings and honoring of the Saints. Also, our church uses it during Vespers service and other services that are outside of Sunday orthros & liturgy.
I use this every day, is invaluable to prayer life and following along with the hymns and prayers of the church, has the prayers, music in byzantine and western notation, and even recordings built in. Thank you so much for this!
The MP3s will not play if your iPhone is in silent mode, even if you adjust the volume.
DigitalChantStand offers the functionality of the DCS website. It allows the texts and music to be brought into DigitalChantStand while you have Wifi, and they are available within DigitalChantStand later even if you don't have a Wifi in the church. So helpful to have the service text and the music integrated and visible at the same time. What a great asset to the whole Church, thanks to the hard work of those at AGES Initiatives and the donations to this worthy nonprofit.
A great tool. I hope many use, learn, download and donate to help support this initiative.
Thank you.
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AGES Initiatives envisions all Orthodox Christian churches having the texts, music and trained singers needed to maintain the fullest possible liturgical life.
The GOA DCS (Digital Chant Stand) app for iPhone and iPad gives you access to a growing library of free online Orthodox Christian liturgical texts and music.
It brings together available texts, musical scores and audio recordings of hymns and entire services, to facilitate learning, preparation, and performance in church.
The translations, rubrics, Greek and English texts are for the purposes of worship only and are subject to change without notice and should not be construed as a commitment by the authors, translators, developers, and personnel associated with their publication.
For information about other versions of AGES DCS and the inclusion of different texts and music, contact AGES Initiatives.
