There also seems to be an extended version that may have been truncated.
In the St Mary Kitchener's publication ( http://web.archive.org/web/20140608061533/http://www.stmaryscopticorthodox.ca/content/servicebooks/KNEELING.pdf ):
It mentions a conti…
@minatasgeel the pdf doesn't include the missing bits :S Based on @aiernovi's note maybe the parts are:
Byzantine PrayersCoptic Prayers
You measure out the years for the living and set times of death, bringing down to Hades and raising up, fettering…
Thank you so much minatasgeel :)
minasoliman I agree.
"Love could not bear that..."
And
"Today is the day of Resurrection...
We celebrate the death of death, the destruction of hell, the beginning of eternal life. And leaping for joy, we cel…
Indeed He is Risen.
On a side note, there's a beautiful meditation on the Prostration prayers at Fr Steven Freeman's blog: http://glory2godforallthings.com/2014/06/06/pentecost-and-the-liturgy-of-hades/
I wonder what it means for us now that the p…
A few more authors that might be of help:
+ Fr Alexander Schmemman
+ Fr Robert Taft
+ Fr Aidan Kavanagh
+ Dr David Fagerberg
As Remnkemi mentioned these authors deal primarily with the Byzantine and Latin Liturgical Recensions but lots of what th…
Hi all this is sort of off topic but there's a really good book called "The Experience of God" by David Bentley Hart that discusses popular debates between Biblical Fundamentalists and militant Atheists. Here's the first of a five part review writte…
Thank you for sharing these.
For more on Liturgical Theology (which builds on the initial symbolism or explanation of rubrics) here are some resources written by various Orthodox and Roman Catholic writers:
"For Life of the World" by Fr Alexander S…
Hi Zoxsasi,
Christ is born. Happy Feast of the Nativity of our Lord.
From the link that minasoliman shared (thank you mina), the first article on Unity in Antioch by Abouna Charles Baz mentions:
With regard to the charge of “monothelitism (i.e. o…