- Pentecostarion Texts: Synaxaria, Troparia and Kontakia for Ascension and Pentecost.
- Illustrated Divine Liturgy: A brief explanation of the rite of the Eucharistic Liturgy illustrated with photos.
- The Divine Liturgy: The text of the Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom in Slavonic and English with commentary by Fr. Alexander Mileant of Holy Protection Russian Orthodox Church Los Angeles, CA.
- Orthodox Services in Jerusalem and Bethlehem: a listing of Church services in Chalcedonian and non-Chalcedonian Churches.
- Jerusalem Liturgy for Holy Week: A listing of Orthodox and non-Chalcedonian services in Jerusalem during Holy Week.
- Orthodox Christian Holy Week: A commentary on the services of Holy Week beginning with the Divine Liturgy of Palm Sunday and ending with the Midnight services of Pascha. A presentation of GAEPIS (Greek American Educational Public Information System)
- The Divine Liturgies used in the Orthodox Church: Commentaries on the Divine Liturgy.
- Directions of the Serbian Orthodox Church: Directions from the Holy Synod of the Serbian Church for the insertion of additional petitions in litanies.
- Jared's Liturgy Archive: A kind of Anglican Potpourri. Under the Orthodox section there is a Chaldean (Nestorian?) rite which, evidently has been tampered with during the course of translation; the rite of St. Germain used by the Kovalesky group in Paris center of the Orthodox Church of France (formerly under the ROCOR, Romanian Patriarchate, etc.) the Coptic (non-Chalcedonian) rite of St. Basil; the Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom more or less according to mediterranean usage; the Gul Mass used by the Old Catholics of Utrecht; the Liturgy of St. Tikhon (a makeover of the Communion service from the Anglican Book of Common Prayer for Orthodox usage in the Western rite of the Antiochian Archdiocese); the Syrian (Nestorian?) rite; and two versions of "Evening Prayer" according to the usage of someone called the East Syrian -- Antiochian (Chaldean) Orthodox Catholic Church of America -- no relationship to either the Chalcedonian Church of Antioch or the Jacobite Church of Antioch. On the other hand the Liturgy of St. James is included in the "Other Liturgies" section.
- The Liturgical Effectiveness of Pews: a critique of this recent phenomenon.
- Order of the Blessing of new Ecclesistical Vestments: trans. by Fr. Eugene Tarris from the Trebnik published by St. Job of Pochaev Monastery, 1944
The Western Rite
The Orthodox Church has always had and has always used multiple rites. Rites generally in use today include those of St. John Chrysosom, St. Basil the Great, and Pre-sanctified gifts (or St. Greagory). Because of this natural diversity, the Orthodox Church was, during the first decade of this century, asked to consider the possibility of a Western Rite which could be used outside of those indigenously Orthodox Countries in which the Byzantine or eastern rite was the norm. The result has been a far reaching discussion about what such a western rite actually is, when its use would be justified and by whom. There has been, under a variety of jurisdictions, a western rite in use in France since the 1920's, and since the mid 1970's the western rite vicariate in the Antiochian Archdiocese of North America has been particularly active. Thus the discussion is no longer in the realm of the theoretical, but is the daily reality of many Orthodox Christians in Europe and North America. The links below deal with this phenomenon
- The Western Rite in Holy Orthodoxy: A brief history as recorded by St. Mary's Western Rite parish in Denver, CO.
- Divine Liturgy of St. Gregory: The adaptation of the Tridentine Mass for use in Western Rite Orthodox parishes of the Antiochian Archdiocese.
- The Liturgy of St. Tikhon: The Holy Communion Service of the Anglican Book of Common Prayer as adapted for use by Western Rite Orthodox.
- Encyclical on the "Western ite" from Bishoph Anthony, Greek Orthodox bishop of San Francisco.
- Correspondence on the Western Rite: between Bishop Anthony of San Francisco and Fr. Paul Schnierla
- Notes and Comments on the Western Rite: by Fr. Alexander Schmemann
- On the Question of Western Orthodoxy: Correspondence between Patriarch Sergiuis and Vladimir Lossky
- The Unofficiail Western Rite Home Page: by member parishes of the Antiochian Western Vicariate
- Some Thoughts on the Western Rite in Orthodoxy: by Bishop Kallistos (Ware)
- The Western Rite: Is it Right for the Orthodox?: by Fr. Michael Johnson, Tacoma, WA
- The Western Rite: Some final Comments: by Fr. Steven Tsichlis, Seattle, WA
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