Chapter One: The mystery or essence of the liturgy
Introduction We do not mean liturgy as a ritual, but rather the liturgy that is beyond the rituals. Rituals, as a collection of different and diverse human movements, are a precious heritage […]
Introduction We do not mean liturgy as a ritual, but rather the liturgy that is beyond the rituals. Rituals, as a collection of different and diverse human movements, are a precious heritage […]
Introduction These pages are not a new translation of the Divine Liturgy service written by Saint John Chrysostom. Nor is it a study for this service
Introduction: Preaching Elements in the Prayers of the Early Church Perhaps many of the first prayers, and in thanksgiving itself, were sermons, and carried
Ibrahim al-Tabarani was a Palestinian monk who died around the year 820 AD. He introduces himself by saying: “I am Abdullah from the family of Adam
Text: The Lord said: 31 “And when the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then he will sit on the throne of his glory. 32
Text: 14 “And as if a man on a journey called his servants and gave them his goods; 15 to one he gave five talents, to another two talents, to another one talent. Each
Text: 13:11……Our salvation is closer now than it was when we believed. 12 The night is far spent and the day is at hand; let us cast off the works of darkness.
Text: 6 But we have different gifts, according to the grace given to us: prophecy, then in relation to faith, 7 or ministry, then in service, or
Text: 10 But you have followed my teaching, my conduct, my purpose, my faith, my patience, my love, my patience, 11 my persecutions, and my sufferings, just as I had done nv
1. The Lord our God is one Lord. The Lord, your God, is one Lord (Deuteronomy 6:4), and He is known as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. The Father is different
“..And he will also come in his glory to judge the living and the dead. Whose kingdom has no end. We await the resurrection of the dead and the life of the age to come. Amen."
(Christ loved the church and gave himself for it) (Ephesians 5:25). (The church is one with the Lord. She is his body, his flesh, and his bones. The church is the vine.