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== Small vs. Little ==

A stylistic point: the opposite of "Little" is "Big", the opposite of "Small" is "Great" or "Large".

If we are not going to have "Big Compline" or "The Big Litany", I think we should stick with "Small" Compline, Litanies, and Vespers.

Bishop Kallistos uses "Small" and "Great" consistently in his texts, and I think he has probably the best sense of the proper use of English of any of the liturgical translators we have.

[[User:Frjohnwhiteford|Frjohnwhiteford]] 19:47, April 10, 2007 (PDT)

: Sounds good to me.

: BTW, I got your note via email.  Looking again over my books, I think you're right about Small Vespers being celebrated separately (but because of) the All-Night Vigil.  &mdash;[[User:ASDamick|<font size="3.5" color="green" face="Adobe Garamond Pro, Garamond, Georgia, Times New Roman">Fr. Andrew</font>]] <sup>[[User_talk:ASDamick|<font color="red">talk</font>]]</sup> <small>[[Special:Contributions/ASDamick|<font color="black">contribs</font>]]</small> 07:19, April 11, 2007 (PDT)