A Manual of the Orthodox Church’s Divine Services

Description

A
comprehensive work that provides a complete but accessible narrative survey of
everything pertaining to the Orthodox Church’s divine services, complimented by
helpful illustrations throughout. The author begins with a discussion of the
nature and origin of divine worship followed by a description of the church
building, the clergy who perform divine services and their vestments, and the
cycles of public worship. The services of Great Vespers, Matins, and
the Divine Liturgy
are reviewed in detail, as are festal services, and different services of need:
Baptism and Chrismation, Confession, Ordination, Matrimony, Unction, Prayer
Services, Monastic Tonsure and Burial, and the Consecration of a Church. Of
particular interest is a rare discussion of the rite of the Coronation and
Anointing of a Tsar.

Originally translated
and published in Albany, New York in 1899, this edition has
been re-edited to
reflect current English-language liturgical usage. It is suitable both as an introduction to
Orthodox worship for the inquirer and as a convenient reference work for those
already familiar with the intricacies of Orthodox
services.