Orthodox Links Catalogue- Great Lent

Great Canon of St Andrew of Crete
http://www.monachos.net/library/Andrew_of_Crete%2C_Great_Canon_of_Repentance

Full text of the Great Canon in a formatted version, with complete rubrics for use in services. Scriptural references are also provided. The Great Canon is one of the great works, if not the great work, of the Church's 'hymnography of repentance', bringing the hearer into the story of scripture; filled with moving imagery intended to bring one to realise the depths of sin. Further details...

Akathist Hymn to the Mother of God
http://www.monachos.net/library/Akathist_Hymn_to_Our_Most_Holy_Lady_Mother_of_God_%28Theotokos%29

Complete text in English of the Akathist hymn to the Theotokos, as read during the first four Sundays of Lent, and in its entirety in the Fifth Week. On Monachos.net. Further details...

Hymns from Great and Holy Lent
http://lent.goarch.org/media/audio.asp

A collection of digital music files of hymns for the whole of Great Lent, Holy Week and Pascha. From the Greek Archdiocese of America web site. Further details...

Explanation of Triodion, Great Lent, & Holy Week, Leading up to the end of the Pentecostarion
http://www.serfes.org/orthodox/ExplanationofTriodion.htm

Basic descriptions of the outline of the Triodion and liturgical cycle of Great Lent. From Archimandrite Nektarios Serfes' web site. Further details...

Lenten Triodion
http://web.ukonline.co.uk/ephrem/triodion.htm

Texts from the Lenten Triodion in English translation (not complete). Further details...

Compline, Midnight Office and the Hours during Lent
http://www.sspeterpaul.org/CMOH.html

Rubrics for the celebration of these services during the Great Fast. Further details...

Divine Services - Texts and Guides
http://pages.prodigy.net/frjohnwhiteford/services.htm

Texts for many of the services, including reader services, many of which are said during Great Lent; from Fr John Whiteford's (ROCOR) website. Further details...

Service of the Triumph of Orthodoxy
http://aggreen.net/liturgics/triumph_orth.html

Liturgical rubrics for the first Sunday of Great Lent, including the anathemas of the service of the Triumph of Orthodoxy. Provided by Mr Al Green's web site. Further details...

Prayers for Great Lent
http://lent.goarch.org/prayers/

A collection of prayers recited during the Fast. Further details...

The Liturgical Cycle of the Great Lenten Period
http://lent.goarch.org/articles/lent_liturgical_cycle.asp

A study of the various services and cycles of Lent. By Rev. Pavlos Koumarianos, Ph.D., on the Greek Archdiocese of America web site. Further details...

The Life of St Mary of Egypt
http://www.monachos.net/library/Mary_of_Egypt%2C_Complete_Life_by_Patriarch_Sophronius_of_Jerusalem

The complete English text of the Life of St Mary, written by St Sophronius of Jerusalem. This Life is read during the fifth week of Great Lent. On Monachos.net. Further details...

The Saturday of Lazarus and Palm Sunday
http://www.goarch.org/en/ourfaith/articles/article8434.asp

By Rev. Alkiviadis Calivas, a look at the connected themes of Lazarus Saturday and the Sunday of Palms. From the web site of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America. Further details...

Akathist Hymn to Our Sweetest Lord Jesus Christ
http://www.monachos.net/library/Akathist_Hymn_to_Our_Sweetest_Jesus_Christ

While this akathist hymn is not liturgical prescribed during Lent, it is often used in home devotions during the Great Fast. On Monachos.net. Further details...

Lectionary of weekday Lenten readings
http://www.monachos.net/library/Lectionary_of_Lenten_Readings_for_Weekday_Services

A formatted collection of Old Testament weekday readings for the whole of Lent. On Monachos.net Further details...

Order of Matins during the Great Fast
http://www.sspeterpaul.org/Fmatins.htm

Order for matins as celebrated during Great Lent. Further details...

First Sunday of Lent: The Sunday of Orthodoxy
http://www.goarch.org/en/ourfaith/articles/article8127.asp

A look at the hymnography and symbolism of the first Sunday of the Fast, from the Greek Archdiocese of America web site. Further details...

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