The awe and beauty that pervade Orthodox worship are accompanied by a formidable complexity, which this book helps to clarify. Similar in style and format to These Truths We Hold, but devoted specifically to the services of the Church, it is organized into the following headings: the Christian Church Building, The Persons Who Perform Divine Services and Their Vestments, Public Worship, Great Vespers, Matins, the Liturgy, Special Features of Divine Service on Feast Days and in Fast Times, the Administration of the Sacraments, the Order of the Tonsure of a Monk, the Burial and Commemoration of the Dead, and Books Containing the Divine Service. Each heading is then divided into dozens of sub-headings, describing the worshiping life of the Church (and its puzzling variations) in satisfying detail. This welcome reprint of a pre-Revolutionary text maintains its usefulness as a source of concise information and description. 176 pp.
The awe and beauty that pervade Orthodox worship are accompanied by a formidable complexity, which this book helps to clarify. Similar in style and format to These Truths We Hold, but devoted specifically to the services of the Church, it is organized into the following headings: the Christian Church Building, The Persons Who Perform Divine Services and Their Vestments, Public Worship, Great Vespers, Matins, the Liturgy, Special Features of Divine Service on Feast Days and in Fast Times, the Administration of the Sacraments, the Order of the Tonsure of a Monk, the Burial and Commemoration of the Dead, and Books Containing the Divine Service. Each heading is then divided into dozens of sub-headings, describing the worshiping life of the Church (and its puzzling variations) in satisfying detail. This welcome reprint of a pre-Revolutionary text maintains its usefulness as a source of concise information and description. 176 pp.
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