Eastern Liturgy Archives - Page 5 of 17

An Office Hymn from the East

May 5, 2019 Paul Inwood Eastern Liturgy Liturgy of the Hours

Here your servant waits for peace.

Holy Week, Pascha, and Piety

April 18, 2019 Nicholas Denysenko Eastern Liturgy Liturgical year

We need not fear death. To put it quite simply, God is telling us, “do not be afraid; all will be well.”

Lent, Lectionary, and Preparation for Repentance

March 4, 2019 Nicholas Denysenko Eastern Liturgy Lectionary / Liturgy of Word

One approach to lectionary reform would be to use the two pillars of Incarnation (Orthodoxy) and the Cross (veneration) as Sundays revealing Christ as the savior of humankind.

At Forty Days—The Offering of a Child

March 1, 2019 Teva Regule Eastern Liturgy Pastoral Theology Sacramental Theology

“The churching of a child is an offering to God and the altar is the place where we make such offerings.”

By what measure?

January 29, 2019 Teva Regule Eastern Liturgy Liturgical Movement Liturgy of the Hours

By what metric do we measure a liturgical reform?

Celebrating Holy Supper

December 29, 2018 Teva Regule Eastern Liturgy Ecumenism

The Holy Supper has allowed me to experience the birth of Christ as an event that we can participate in today, continuing to give birth to Christ in our own lives.