A Manual of the Orthodox Church's Divine Services

A comprehensive work that provides a complete but accessible narrative survey of everything pertaining to the Orthodox Church's divine services, complimented by helpful illustrations throughout. The author begins with a discussion of the nature and origin of divine worship followed by a description of the church building, the clergy who perform divine services and their vestments, and the cycles of public worship. The services of Great Vespers, Matins, and the Divine Liturgy are reviewed in...