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* The Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts ( which has no Consecration of the Gifts but distributes the Holy Mysteries from a Lamb sanctified in advance, always as a Vespers ( Liturgies on fast days always being served in conjunction with the office of vespers ) is celebrated only on certain weekdays of Great Lent: on Wednesdays, Fridays and any of the more important feast days which may occur ( however, if the Great Feast of the Annunciation occurs on a weekday of Great Lent, the Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom is celebrated ).
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Liturgy and Presanctified
Great Lent officially begins on Clean Monday, seven weeks before Pascha ( Ash Wednesday is not observed in Eastern Christianity ) and runs for 40 contiguous days, concluding with the Presanctified Liturgy on Friday of the Sixth Week.
Saint Gregory Dialogus, who is credited with compiling the Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts.
However, since it is considered especially important to receive the Holy Mysteries ( Holy Communion ) during this season, the Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts — also called the Liturgy of St. Gregory the Dialogist — may be celebrated on weekdays.
Because the Divine Liturgy is not celebrated on weekdays, it is replaced with the Typica, even on days when the Presanctified Liturgy is celebrated.
When the feast day of the patron saint of the parish church or monastery falls on a weekday of Great Lent, there is no Liturgy ( other than the Presanctified ), but fish is allowed at the meal.
Those who have the strength are encouraged to fast completely, eating only on Wednesday and Friday evenings, after the Presanctified Liturgy.
At the end of the Presanctified Liturgy on Friday ( since, liturgically, the day begins at sunset ) a special canon to St. Theodore, composed by St. John of Damascus, is chanted.
The next day ( Thursday morning ) a special Presanctified Liturgy is celebrated, and the fast is relaxed slightly ( wine and oil are allowed ) as consolation after the long service the night before.
Since during Holy Week Vespers is usually joined to either the Presanctified Liturgy or the Divine Liturgy, and since the faithful must observe a total fast from all food and drink before receiving Holy Communion, it is celebrated in the morning ( Vespers on Good Friday is an exception to this, usually being celebrated in the afternoon ).
The Presanctified Liturgy is celebrated on each of the first three days, and there is a Gospel reading at each one ( during the Forty Days there was no Gospel reading unless it was a feast day ).
The Prayer of Saint Ephrem is said for the last time at the end of the Presanctified Liturgy on Holy and Great Wednesday.
Ordination of a bishop, priest, deacon or subdeacon must be conferred during the Divine Liturgy ( Eucharist )— though in some churches it is permitted to ordain up through deacon during the Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts — and no more than a single individual can be ordained to the same rank in any one service.
The Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts always is similarly combined with vespers, with the first half of Vespers ( up to and including the Old Testament readings ) making up a significant portion of the service.
On Great and Holy Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday the Divine Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts is celebrated, at which the faithful may receive Holy Communion from the reserved Holy Mysteries.
In many churches, especially Greek Orthodox, a service of Anointing ( Holy Unction ) is held on Wednesday evening, following the Presanctified Liturgy.
* Morning — Third Hour, Sixth Hour, Ninth Hour, Typica, Vespers ( sometime with the Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts or, on the Annunciation, the Liturgy of Saint john Chrysostom )
Basil the Great, the Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom, and the Liturgy of the Presanctified.
Liturgy and Gifts
In the Eastern Orthodox Church the bread and wine that are consecrated during the Divine Liturgy are referred to as " the Gifts.
In the Eastern Orthodox and Greek-Catholic Churches, the term " ablution " refers to consuming the remainder of the Gifts ( the Body and Blood of Christ ) at the end of the Divine Liturgy.
* The Rite of Peace comes at the beginning of the Liturgy of the Eucharist, before the Offertory ( Presentation of the Gifts )
The saint is shown consecration | consecrating the Sacred Mysteries | Gifts during the Divine Liturgy which bears his name.
The remaining loaves are blessed and offered back to the congregation after the end of the Divine Liturgy ( Eucharist ); this bread is called the Antidoron ( Greek: αντίδωρον, antídōron ), i. e. a " gift returned ", or " in place of the Gifts ".
In the Eastern Orthodox and Greek Catholic Churches, the pyx is the small " church tabernacle " which holds the Lamb ( Host ) that is reserved for the Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts during Great Lent.
* Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts
However, on Wednesdays and Fridays the faithful may receive Holy Communion from the reserved Mysteries ( Sacrament ) at the Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts.
At the Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts, some of the stichera from the previous night's Matins ( Lauds and the Aposticha ) are repeated at Lord, I have cried ( see Vespers ).
At the Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts, some of the stichera from the previous night's Matins ( Lauds and the Aposticha ) are repeated at Lord, I have cried ( see Vespers ).
The Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts does not contain the Words of Institution, since it is actually a Vespers service at which the faithful receive from the Reserved Mysteries ( Sacrament ) which were Consecrated the Sunday before ( hence the name: " Pre-sanctified ").
During the Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts ( wherein Communion is received from the reserved Sacrament ), when the consecrated Holy Mysteries are brought out during the Great Entrance, everyone makes a full prostration — even the chanters stop singing and prostrate themselves while the entrance is made in silence.
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They may preside over a simple prayer service such as the Liturgy of the Hours which they are obliged to say with their community, speak about Scripture to their community, and give certain types of blessings not reserved to the clergy.
St. Gregory VII having, indeed, abridged the order of prayers, and having simplified the Liturgy as performed at the Roman Court, this abridgment received the name of Breviary, which was suitable, since, according to the etymology of the word, it was an abridgment.
The so-called Liturgy of Comprehension of 1689, which was the result, conceded two thirds of the Presbyterian demands of 1661 ; but when it came to Convocation the members, now more fearful of William's perceived agenda, did not even discuss it and its contents were, for a long time, not even accessible.
Although this space was discovered recently, and contains no identifying marks, many Christians believe it to be the tomb of Joseph of Arimathea in which the Syriac Orthodox celebrate their Liturgy on Sundays.
It comprises two main divisions: the first is the Liturgy of the Catechumens which consists of introductory litanies, antiphons and scripture readings, culminating in a reading from one of the Gospels and, often, a homily ; the second is the Liturgy of the Faithful in which the Eucharist is offered, consecrated, and received as Holy Communion.
The Eastern Orthodox Church also has ordination to minor orders ( known as cheirothesia, " imposition of hands ") which is performed outside of the Divine Liturgy, typically by a bishop, although certain archimandrites of stavropegial monasteries may bestow cheirothesia on members of their communities.
Customarily, the newly consecrated bishop ordains a priest and a deacon at the Liturgy during which he is consecrated.
The churches which broke from the Holy See in 1870 and subsequently entered into union with the Old Catholic See of Utrecht gradually introduced the vernacular into the Liturgy until it completely replaced Latin in 1877.
The International Commission on English in the Liturgy quickly prepared an English translation of the 1970 Roman Missal, which was approved by the individual English-speaking episcopal conferences and, after being reviewed by the Holy See, was put into effect in each of their countries, beginning with the United States in 1973.
Accordingly, the International Commission for English in the Liturgy prepared, less hurriedly than the first time, a new English translation of the Roman Missal, the completed form of which received the approval of the Holy See in April 2010.
Orthodox distinctives ( shared with some of the Eastern Catholic Churches ) include the Divine Liturgy, Mysteries or Sacraments, and an emphasis on the preservation of Tradition, which it holds to be Apostolic in nature.
Great Lent is unique in that, liturgically, the weeks do not run from Sunday to Saturday, but rather begin on Monday and end on Sunday, and most weeks are named for the lesson from the Gospel which will be read at the Divine Liturgy on its concluding Sunday.
On weekdays of Great Lent, the Divine Liturgy is not celebrated, because the joy of the Eucharist ( literally " Thanksgiving ") is contrary to the attitude of repentance which predominates on these days.
Technically, this is not actually a Divine Liturgy, but rather a Vespers service at which a portion of the Body and Blood of Christ, which was reserved the previous Sunday, are distributed to the faithful.
This is because the readings are particular to the Divine Liturgy, which is not celebrated on weekdays of Great Lent.
Before the Divine Liturgy on this day, a special service, known as the " Triumph of Orthodoxy " is held in cathedrals and major monasteries, at which the synodicon ( containing anathemas against various heresies, and encomia of those who have held fast to the Christian faith ) is proclaimed.
Also, when the supply of Chrism runs low, it is at this Liturgy that the heads of the autocephalous churches will Sanctify new Chrism, the preparation of which would have been begun during the All-Night Vigil on Palm Sunday.
This, like Good Friday is also a day of strict fasting, though a meal may be served after the Divine Liturgy at which wine ( but not oil ) may be used.
At the end of the Divine Liturgy, the priest will bless wine and bread which are distributed to the faithful.
Other tunes that also became attached to hymns were Cranham which is the usual tune to Christina Rossetti's poem In the Bleak Midwinter and Sheen which is attached to a versification of the recessional From glory to glory advancing from the Orthodox Christian Liturgy of Saint James.
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