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Liturgics Resources Area
Documents on Liturgical Music
- A study on the history and practice of Orthodox music of the Byzantine style, tracing its origination and historical development. The text also discusses practical issues relevant to modern day chanters and choirs wishing to develop their musical praxis within the Church's theology of worship.
Documents on Liturgical Themes
- For the Feast of the Universal Exaltation of the Precious Cross (14/27 September), a study on 'seeing the Cross universally' as foreshadowed and predicted in the pages of the Old Testament, through the lense of the services of the Feast.
- A reflection upon the patristic conception of prayer as the source from which all good comes, drawing extensive quotations from the Fathers.
- The great psalm of repentance, often known simply as the 'Have Mercy', in English, Church Slavonic, Russian and Greek. This psalm should be memorised by every Christian for recitation before confession, communion, entering a temple, or other times of need.
Documents on Specific Liturgical Feasts
- A collection of texts drawn from the hymondy and services of the Church for the Feast of the Theophany of Jesus Christ, as well as from the service for the Great Blessing of Waters, which takes place during this feast. These texts reflect upon the baptism of Christ in the Jordan and the consequent revelation of the Trinity.
- Texts from the Feast of the Nativity According to the Flesh of Jesus Christ (Christmas), magnifying the Incarnation of the Saviour and setting forth the character of the Feast as it is commemorated in the Orthodox Church.
- A reflection upon the character of the 40-day fast preceding the Nativity of Christ, centred upon the Church's hymnody during the Fast and calling to mind the genuine need for a period of asceticism and inner reflection before so great a Feast.
- A reflection on the feast of the Annunciation and the place of the Mother of God in the economy of human salvation.