Hymn of Entry
Hymn of Entry

Author: Archimandrite Vasileios (of Stavronikita)

Publisher: St Vladimir's Seminary Press

Published: 1984

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780881410266

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"Theology, as seen by Archimandrite Vasileios, is by its very essence liturgical; it is not a philosophy or a system but the expression of the Church's mystical life. "The first Christians lived their theology totally and with the whole of their bodies, just as they are baptized with the whole of their body and soul into the new life ... Thus their liturgical gatherings were an initiation into the mystery of theology ... The mystery of theology was celebrated in their lives, and they attained to the knowledge which is eternal life.""--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

The Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts
The Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts

Author: David Drillock

Publisher: St Vladimir's Seminary Press

Published: 1990

Total Pages: 272

ISBN-13: 0881410977

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Complete music and text for the Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts. With rubrics and two appendices containing all the necessary texts from the Triodion and the Octoechos in new translation.

Daily Prayers for Orthodox Christians
Daily Prayers for Orthodox Christians

Author: Dr. John (Ellsworth) Hutchison-Hall

Publisher: St. Eadfrith Press

Published: 2012-07-29

Total Pages: 137

ISBN-13: 0615666205

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A daily prayer book following the Tradition of the Russian Orthodox Church. This book is ideal for daily personal use. Included are Morning and Evening Prayers; Prayers at Meals: Akathists to our Sweetest Jesus Christ and our Most Holy Lady the Mother of God; Canon of Preparation for Holy Communion; Thanksgiving after Holy Communion; and The Order for Reading Canons and Akathists When Alone.

At the Lighting of the Lamps
At the Lighting of the Lamps

Author: John McGuckin

Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers

Published: 2016-12-21

Total Pages: 85

ISBN-13: 1532616597

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The Christians, from the very outset, committed their theology and prayer to the form of the song. The hymnal elements in the New Testament are among the earliest of all strands, some of them composed within a decade of the death of Jesus. From the third century onwards it was their custom to light the lamps of the house when dusk fell, and sing a hymn, for the onset of evening marked the new liturgical day in the earliest centuries. This collection of some of the most charming of the hymns of the Early Church presents the original Greek and Latin verse with a facing translation and a pronunciation guide for the Byzantine Greek. They range from simple chants such as the Phos Hilaron, comparing Christ to the "cheerful light" of a lamp, to sophisticated pieces by some of the great rhetoricians such as Gregory Nazianzen, Ambrose, Synesios, and Romanos. This is a book that will delight both academic and church readerships.

The Harp of Glory
The Harp of Glory

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Published: 2010

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780881410549

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"The Harp of Glory is a major hymn sounding the praises of the Theotokos, from the heart of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church in its Golden Age. It is a text hardly known in the Orthodox or Western churches, even though it is truly a religious and literary treasure of world significance. It approaches closely to the character and genius of the Byzantine Akathist to the Mother of God (which it seems to know in part) but is so profoundly rooted in a different indigenous experience that it surely deserves the title of "An African Akathist." This beautiful lyrical poem will be of interest to all who follow the rise of biblical exegesis in the ancient church, and forms of the great devotion to the Mother of God that is characteristic of the eastern churches. It is also an exquisitely crafted love song to the Virgin (troubadour style), from a monk scholar-musician wandering the highlands of Ethiopia, long ago."--Publisher's website.