A Practical Handbook for Divine Services

One way in which we can increase the talents given to us by God is “to celebrate a service in splendor” and thereby “communicate the word to those untaught.” (From the Aposticha of the Matins of Great and Holy Tuesday.) A Practical Handbook for Divine Services will serve as invaluable guides to all -- priests, deacons, servers, readers and singers --who seek to increase their God given talent in fulfilment of these words.                                          
It will also encourage all the laity who desire to enter more fully into an understanding of the Church’s Typicon, the “rule” which governs how Divine worship is offered in the church, and to internalize the principles that underpin it. Whilst drawn from Russian sources, the texts also touch upon differences found in Greek usage. This is also a valuable resource for any student of Christian liturgy.        

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Contents

Introduction vii

1. Little Vespers and the All-Night Vigil 1

2. The Third and Sixth Hours 40

3. The Divine Liturgy According to the Order of St John Chrysostom 43

4. The Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts 88

Appendix 1 Vestment Colors 99

Appendix 2 A Complete Collection of Canon Responses 103

Appendix 3 Notes for Concelebration by Priests in the Absence of a Bishop 107

Notes 114

Index 142