March 28, 2020 The Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts The Divine Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts is an undeniable gem of the Lenten services of the Orthodox Church. One cannot understand the spirit…
March 21, 2020 Fun Facts about the Liturgy of the Apostle James Many Orthodox are aware of the existence of a special order of worship called the Divine Liturgy of the Holy Apostle James the Brother…
March 13, 2020 Prayer Lord Have Mercy: History and Use in Worship Lord have mercy is probably the most frequently used phrase in the Orthodox worship practice. Whenever a person enters a church – in the…
January 24, 2020 How and Why Did the Entrance Prayers Come into Being? Everyone who comes to the church early enough to attend the Divine Liturgy may see the clergy doing the so-called entrance prayers. What are…
January 17, 2020 What’s So Special about the Epiphany Eve Service? The great and bright feast of Epiphany is coming. It is called the Feast of Lights in liturgical texts because on this day the…
January 4, 2020 Why Is the Litany for the Catechumens Omitted Sometimes? We can often find that in the everyday liturgical practice of a parish, the litany for the catechumens, and thus the prayer for the…
November 22, 2019 The Problem of the Third Hour Troparion Interpolation The Orthodox have celebrated the Liturgy for more than two thousand years. The Liturgy has gone through a great deal of development, evolution and…
November 8, 2019 Division or Addition? In recent decades, thanks to the active revival of church life, the Russian Orthodox Church has seen an increase in the number of communicants….
April 23, 2019 Does Wine Turn into the Blood in Case of the Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts? The Orthodox Church holds an amazing and sublime service called the Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts during the Great Lent. This Liturgy is ‘abridged’,…
April 19, 2019 Cherubic Hymn and Great Entrance: What (Not) To Do? The Cherubic Hymn is a preliminary or prefatorial chant to the Eucharistic Canon, which culminates in the transmutation (that is, a sacramental transformation) of…
