Lenten Liturgics
Links on liturgical traditions and practices during Great Lent, including special services (the Divine Liturgy of St Basil, the Presanctified) and other liturgical Lenten practices.
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| 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... |
| Lenten Triodion http://web.ukonline.co.uk/ephrem/triodion.htm Texts from the Lenten Triodion in English translation (not complete). 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... |
| 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... |
| 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... |
| 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... |
| 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... |
| 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... |
| Prayers for Great Lent http://lent.goarch.org/prayers/ A collection of prayers recited during the Fast. 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... |
| 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... |
| 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... |
| 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... |
| 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... |