liturgy

One thing I really wish would stop is the practice of putting monetary offerings right on the altar table, and also the incorrect use of the word “Offertory” to refer to the practice. In the context of liturgics, Offertory refers to the procession in which the unconsecrated bread and wine is...

I love the gorgeous Evangelical Catholic worship that we see associated with LCMS/LCC parishes in North America, such as that of my friend @MarkRohfrietsch, and which historically the Church of Sweden and the Augustana Synod were known for. I am curious, to what extent does this high church...

I want to have an open ended discussion with members of Traditional Theology who have a strong connection to, or are priests, deacons or readers/lectors/psaltis in, liturgical or semi-liturgical churches, like my friends @MarkRohfrietsch , @hedrick , @Pavel Mosko, @dzheremi, @GreekOrthodox...

I thought about posting this in Traditional Theology, but we have some new members who I think are interested in liturgics, who I am not sure are familiar with that forum. I would respectfully ask that if you aren’t familiar with lectionaries or are opposed to them, you post a separate thread...

Your post made me reflect on the interesting fact that in the history of the Christian church, in the past four centuries, the forcible implementation of a new liturgy substantially, or in some cases, only slightly, different from the old one, has produced some fairly spectacular schisms. The...

Other than the liturgical rite in which you worship at your church, which form of the liturgy do you like the most? For me its a toss-up between the Ambrosian Rite of Milan, whose vestments, liturgical colors, lectionary, service structure and hymnography I adore, and the West Syriac Rite...

Christian Worship This new hymnal looks pretty interesting to me. I noted with pleasure that it included the Byzantine Rite Litany of Peace, which is in the 1959 Lutheran Hymnal and Service Book, but not the Lutheran Book of Worship (the ELCA “Green Book” and the LCMS “Blue Book” which is a...

Those on Facebook may be interested in joining this group pertaining to an upcoming resource: The Anglican Office Book “The Anglican Office Book is a complete resource for the recitation of the Daily Offices of the traditional 1928 Book of Common Prayer, supplemented with anthems, hymns...

In this forum we haven’t been talking much about Traditional Theology of late, so I thought we might have a thread to talk about the musical heritage of traditional theology. @dzheremi - your church has Tasbeha, one of my favorite traditions of ancient hymnody (as far as ancient church music...

Christ is Risen! Blessings during this Paschal octave. These 50 days are truly "one great Lord's Day" as St. Athanasius put it. Currently, I am engaging in an in-depth study of the Scriptures, but I am also researching things liturgical. My current engrossment revolves around liturgical...

Christ is Risen! Blessed Paschal octave to every Catholic who observed Pascha yesterday! (I know there are some Eastern Catholics on older calendars still preparing for the high holy days). Given the "qurantine," I spent most of the Triduum following the Supreme Pontiff's liturgical...

Now with so many people staying home, here is a review of some parishes with live streaming of services. (Consider what kinds of services they have, whether there is a sermon, video and audio quality, artwork) Holy Trinity Orthodox Church (OCA), East Meadow (Long Island), NY Wednesday, March 25...

Hi all, So I was just reading over today's readings in my Church (if I can't get to it physically, which I can't right now for various reasons, I figure I can at least still do that), and I noticed that one of the saints commemorated in today's Synaxarium entry is St. Marouta the Bishop, who I...

I am writing this book review as a practice to force me to critically engage with the book more and I am posting this because it will force me to be accountable to actually writing these reviews. I hope it is helpful to anyone interested in the book. And please feel free to push back if you...

Except it isn't that sinful. I recently moved to the greater Las Vegas area and am amazed by how many churches are here and how many people go to church. There is a problem however, and that is that there are not enough church services on Sunday evening or on weekdays, which does create...

I know that many of you are battling with loneliness, so I wrote a short guide on how to use the loneliness based on the Holy Fathers with some common pitfalls. Hope this helps! Feedback wellcomed!

[By this, of course, I mean the diptychs in a liturgical setting, not the common art term for icons and paintings set in a diptych (two-fold) arrangement.] The diptych was once a literal object kept in the local church, made of wax tablets onto which the names of the living and departed...

Any aspect in comparison to non-traditional ones?