Orthodox Lent, Holy Week, and Easter


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Selected liturgical texts and commentary from the services. A concise opening section outlines the development of this season in the Byzantine rite and its present patterns in the Orthodox Church. Introduces the reader to the richness of Orthodox liturgical prayer and provides Christians of all traditions with material for meditation and personal prayer.







The Lenten Triodion


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Together for a Season: All-age seasonal resources for Lent, Holy Week and Easter


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A practical companion through the Church's year for all those planning and leading all-age worship. It offers an array of creative material designed to bring to life the seasonal liturgy of Lent, Holy Week and Easter, including Pentecost.




The Lenten Spring


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Forty meditations on Great Lent based on liturgical, scriptural and patristic texts.




Lent, Holy Week, Easter and the Great Fifty Days


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This long-awaited companion volume to Howard E. Galley’s classic The Ceremonies of the Eucharist provides clergy, liturgical assistants, and altar guild members with clear, step-by-step guidance for the liturgies of Lent and Easter. In addition to background material for the traditions and theology of each season, Mitchell includes specific preparations and instructions for each liturgy of the paschal cycle—Ash Wednesday through Pentecost—as well as Tenebrae, the Way of the Cross, the Vigil of Pentecost, the liturgies of the catechumenate, and the chrism mass. He also provides helpful ideas for how the often complex liturgies of these seasons can be done simply and well by small congregations. Based on the liturgies of The Book of Common Prayer and the latest edition of The Book of Occasional Services, this ceremonial guide also draws on the paschal liturgies of other Anglican traditions, including those in Canada’s Book of Alternative Services.




Common Worship: Holy Week and Easter


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During Holy Week and Easter, through participation in a whole sequence of services, Christians share in Christ’s own journey from the triumphal entry into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday to the empty tomb on Easter Day. These are the richest liturgical days of the Christian year and this president’s volume contains all that is required for the differing services that are held in this ‘week of weeks’. Full contents: The Liturgy for Palm SundayThe Passion Gospels arranged for dramatic readingTexts for Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday in Holy WeekThe Liturgy for Maundy ThursdayThe Liturgy of Good FridayDramatised and Continuous Passion NarrativesThe scriptural Stations of the Cross and the ResurrectionHoly Communion Order One – in the centre of the book for ease of accessThe Easter Liturgy in fullNew musical settings for the Eucharistic prayers Due to the significant amount of movement in the observances of Holy Week and Easter, this volume is bound in a square format for ease of use both at the altar and in procession.




Orthodox Feasts of Jesus Christ and the Virgin Mary


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"This book presents selected Orthodox liturgical texts for feasts of the incarnation. Freshly translated into modern English, each day's material is introduced by a short account of its thematic sources, and accompanied by a brief spiritual and theological commentary. An opening section gives a concise account of the development of the liturgical calendar and the origins of these feasts in the Orthodox Church." "Orthodox Feasts of Jesus Christ and the Virgin Mary introduces Western Christians to the doctrinal richness of Orthodox liturgical celebrations of the Word become flesh."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved




Fasting As a Family


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Does every fasting day or season find you scanning your pantry shelves in a panic, wondering what in the world to cook for dinner? Help is on the way! Melissa Naasko, food blogger and mother of 11, will walk you through the process of stocking your Lenten pantry, planning meals, providing for tight budgets and dietary restrictions, and cooking easy, delicious, and varied fast-appropriate meals that both kids and adults will love. With worry about food a thing of the past, you'll be able to focus on the spiritual aspect of the fasts as never before. (Includes an extensive recipe section.)




Lent and Holy Week


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