The Divine Liturgy

It was so good to see everyone again. It was also great to be able to attend the Salutations to the Mother of God (Χαιρετισμοί) within the Church of our host parish and enjoy more of their warm hospitality.  Next week it will be even easier as they will be starting the service even earlier just for us! I was also amazed to see the real effort people had made tonight preparing fasting food. An enjoyable lenten treat!

For those who couldn’t make it tonight you really did miss a lively and inspiring talk that was about the very centre of our Faith: The Divine Liturgy. Below I’m adding some resources for everybody so that we can much better understand something that is absolutely essential for our way of ‘being’  Orthodox Christians: The Divine Liturgy – The Eucharist.

First:

This is designed for school students in the UK, but is also good for us. Do you remember how Father Michael explained the significance of the prosphora bread and the preparation of the Eucharist?Well here is a video of what the priest does and an interactive prosphora which you can roll your mouse over and learn what each part represents! See also Introduction to Worship in the Orthodox Church for a more detailed look!

Or how about a narrated slide show with the priest explaining what happens in his parish?

Text of the Liturgy

A note about the different liturgies: The Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom is the one used throughout most of the year. The Liturgy of St. Basil is celebrated about 10 times a year, including the Sundays of Lent. During weekdays in Lent we have the Service of the Presanctified Gifts.

Various translations

• The Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom 1
• The Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom 2: Diocese of Sourozh translation into English
• The Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom 3
• The Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom: Text with Bible References and line-by-line Greek to English translations

• The Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great 1
• The Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great 2

• Service of the Presanctified Gifts

Articles

• Outline of the Divine Liturgy
• Orthodox Tradition and the Liturgy An introduction to Orthodox liturgical practice with lots of photos
• The Holy Eucharist
• Introduction to the Divine Liturgy
• Orthodox Worship
• Holy Eucharist
• Common Q&A about Communion etc
• The Divine Liturgy

Music for the Divine Liturgy

• Divine Liturgies Music Project

More fun Orthodox stuff from CLEO net

• Censing jigsaw
• Explaining basic elements of Orthodox Worship … like making the sign of the cross

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