"In a word, the most beautiful and usable Orthodox Holy Week Service Book we have seen in English." — Randall Mark Trainer

By Fr. Joseph Rahal; edited by Fr. John Winfrey.

This second edition is half the thickness of the first and is lighter in weight (even though it has 343 additional pages), thanks to the high-quality thin Bible paper which was used. It includes thorough rubrics in red. The pages have ornamental borders and are adorned with icons in classic Orthodox styling. The sewn binding lies flat and has ribbon markers in black and red. Both front and back covers sport a gorgeous ornamental Orthodox cross in gold, and the page edges are likewise gilded.

The text includes complete services, with rubrics and helpful instructions, for every service (all 19 of them) of Holy Week and Pascha. Includes the three Bridegroom services, the three Liturgies of the Presanctified Gifts; the service of Holy Unction; the Vesperal Liturgy and 12 Passion Gospels of Holy Thursday; the Royal Hours, Vespers, and Lamentations of Holy Friday; the Vesperal Liturgy of Holy Saturday morning; Great and Holy Pascha; and the Agape Vespers of Sunday afternoon. The translations are taken from the Liturgikon, the Service Book of the Antiochian Archdiocese, and the Psalter According to the Seventy. The texts of the hymns are taken from the widely-used Kazan Byzantine music books. The English is the traditional semi-Elizabethan style beloved in many parishes. Services are in sequence in the order they are performed: no flipping around needed.

Libraries, scholars, and all Christians who study and love the prayers and hymns of the ancient Church will welcome this volume.

Publisher Other Publisher

SKU 006786