As you may have read in other threads here, I go to a Protestant church and my parents are EO. However we live pretty far from the church, so they don't go often. When they do go, I come with them. However, the Liturgy there is in old Russian (Slavonic?) and I understand very little of it. My parents also don't understand it very well...we're all fairly new Christians and they are still learning about the EO church. It's just there's a lot of old Russian words that we don't know. So I was wondering, what exactly does the priest say during Liturgy? I'm guessing it's fairly similar all over the world? If anyone could help me out, that'll be great I want to visit an English speaking EO church sometime but it's also far away and I haven't yet had the opportunity to do that.
The only thing I can understand is "Lord have mercy" and when the Trinity is mentioned. I know approximately when people are supposed to cross themselves. But that's about it. Is Liturgy the same every Sunday?? lol! sorry I'm pretty ignorant. If anyone could give me a little summary of a typical Liturgy at their church, that'll be very helpful. When I go to the church I just stand there for two hours, pray silently, and look around at all the icons..lol..I wish I knew a bit more of what is actually happening around me.
On the website, there's a schedule for services for this month. For every Sunday, it says:
date - time - Liturgy - week # - and then mentions the names of saints or church Fathers.
What is the significance of the saints? Are they mentioned during the Liturgy??
thanks!!
The only thing I can understand is "Lord have mercy" and when the Trinity is mentioned. I know approximately when people are supposed to cross themselves. But that's about it. Is Liturgy the same every Sunday?? lol! sorry I'm pretty ignorant. If anyone could give me a little summary of a typical Liturgy at their church, that'll be very helpful. When I go to the church I just stand there for two hours, pray silently, and look around at all the icons..lol..I wish I knew a bit more of what is actually happening around me.
On the website, there's a schedule for services for this month. For every Sunday, it says:
date - time - Liturgy - week # - and then mentions the names of saints or church Fathers.
What is the significance of the saints? Are they mentioned during the Liturgy??
thanks!!