liturgy

  1. The Liturgist

    Koiakh Psalmody

    During the Nativity Fast, or Advent, the Coptic Orthodox Church has a particularly beautiful set of hymns and services known as the Khiakh Psalmody (also spelled Koiakh). @dzheremi , would you be able to brief us on this Psalmody, what Sundays it will be served on (like, does it just happen on...
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    Lutheran official apologetic method related to Real Presence

    Which is the official position : Classical, evidential, presuppositional, or other ? From what I've seen it seems to be evidential, but I don't see why it can't be others also. I think this falls under epistemology and prolegomena. I could be wrong but from what I can understand as a layman...
  3. The Liturgist

    Prayer book versions in ACNA

    Out of curiosity, is the 2019 BCP mandated in ACNA, or are there still dioceses or parishes where the 1979 BCP, or the 1928 BCP, or the officially sanctioned traditional language version of the 1979 BCP, the Anglican Service Book, etc, are still allowed? I would assume the Reformed Episcopal...
  4. The Liturgist

    Exemplary Parishes, Cathedrals and Local Churches

    Since I have a thread for tracking parishes which are heterodox or depart in material ways from the expectation of their denominations, I thought it meet to create a thread for the opposite purpose. Thus, here are churches which, at the time of their entry on this list, impress me as to their...
  5. The Liturgist

    This is what Christian Worship Should Look Like

    I thought about posting this thread in Traditional Theology, where I have posted collections of thrilling liturgical worship before, however, recently I have added to my collection several worship services which are not liturgical, even if they are broadly speaking liturgical, or are from...
  6. The Liturgist

    Traditional Worship in the Calvary Chapel

    Having read with interest Chuck Smith’s Calvary Chapel Distinctives , I did not get the sense that there was anything prohibiting traditional or even liturgical worship in a Calvary Chapel, provided that the focus of the service was entirely Christocentric, and the preaching was based on...
  7. The Liturgist

    Some more beautiful liturgies, music and churches

    To start out with, I really liked this Church of England said Eucharist on Holy Wednesday of this year, from St. Marylebone in the City of Westminster (which is the largest and most populous Borough of London, home to Wesminster Abbey*, Westminster Cathedral**, Buckingham Palace, the Houses of...
  8. The Liturgist

    Catechizing at Evensong

    So recently it came to my attention that according to the 1662 and other editions of the BCP, a catechtical session is in theory supposed to follow the Nunc Dimitis, but in practice this is rarely if ever done, and I have never heard it. That said, a part of me is intrigued by the idea of...
  9. The Liturgist

    The importance of traditional theology and worship

    I find myself extremely bothered this evening, because, looking at this list of churches in Cambridge, MA, it dawned on me that the only churches there where one has some assurance of traditional theology, the Roman Catholic parishes and Christ the King Presbyterian Church (PCA) have the...
  10. The Liturgist

    Beautiful churches, vestments, sacred music and liturgies

    There have been some unpleasant threads lately for those of us in the Traditional Theology community, and it occurred to me it might be quite nice to invite my friends who participate in this forum, who include but are not limited to @MarkRohfrietsch @public hermit @concretecamper @prodromos...
  11. The Liturgist

    Happy Ascension Day

    Once again I find myself recommending a liturgy from All Saints Margaret Street, the excellent Anglo Catholic parish in London that historically rivals St. Magnus the Martyr (I greatly wish St. Magnus would livestream their services so we could do a comparison): Also, here is a good...
  12. The Liturgist

    Beautiful 1961 Documentary on Eastern Orthodox Holy Week

    As today is Great and Holy Friday on the Julian Calendar, I thought it meet and right to share this 1961 American documentary covering Antiochian Orthodox Holy Week Services, led by Metropolitan Anthony Bashir (Memory eternal, reposed in 1966) the predecessor of Metropolitan Philip Saliba...
  13. The Liturgist

    Livestreaming Protestant churches with traditional worship

    I am looking for recommendations across the broadest range of denominations for livestreaming Protestant churches with traditional worship. I have found some Moravian parishes, several Lutheran parishes, too many Anglican parishes to count, the Park Street Church in Boston (happily, since I...
  14. The Liturgist

    Christos Anesti!

    Christ is risen! Today we celebrate Gregorian Easter, and in one week, Pascha for the Orthodox Christians* and some Byzantine Rite Catholics, notably the Ukrainian Greek Catholics and Russian Catholics. Please post photos or videos of your Paschal services if available. *(except for the...
  15. The Liturgist

    Happy Palm Sunday

    I just wanted to wish everyone on the Gregorian Calender a blessed Palm Sunday. Our Coptic and Eastern Orthodox friends including but not limited to @dzheremi @Pavel Mosko @prodromos and @HTacianas will be celebrating Palm Sunday next weekend. Reader Chrysostom ( @Greek Orthodox ) is away...
  16. The Liturgist

    A beautiful perspective on the Priesthood

    I read this quote from the much respected Greek Orthodox Metropolitan Hierotheos Vlachos, which to me underscores the concept of the priesthood and episcopate in the traditional churches: “The Priest holds a great position in the Divine Liturgy, because he asks the Father to send the Holy...
  17. The Liturgist

    Any current or former Christian Church/Disciples of Christ members?

    I’ve been reading a book on your Eucharistic tradition and greatly enjoying it, so if there are any of you on CF.com, I would like to ask you some questions.
  18. The Liturgist

    Any members of the Christian Church/Disciples of Christ?

    Lately I have become fascinated with this denomination, in which Ronald Reagan grew up, interestingly; while I myself prefer infant baptism, I find myself fascinated by what seems to have been an ecumenical attitude on the part of Stone and Campbell before ecumenism was a thing, and also the...
  19. The Liturgist

    What Eucharistic Prayer Is This?

    At this lovely Reformation Sunday service held at Old North Church, a Eucharistic prayer was used which didn’t seem to correspond to any in the 1979 BCP. I even looked at Common Worship. Perhaps I missed something. The priest did say he and many congregants were originally of Lutheran...
  20. The Liturgist

    Does Your Church Recite the Creed on Sunday?

    I am seeking to find out how many members have the experience of Eastern, Oriental or Assyrian Orthodox, Roman and Eastern Catholics, most Anglicans and many Lutherans of hearing the Nicene, Apostles or even the Athanasian Creed every Sunday. If you are a member of a Protestant Church other...