Metalipsi
Service of Holy Communion without Divine Liturgy
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by Archbishop Joseph Raya
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32 pages — Spiral Bound, 5" x 7"
Madonna House Publications, 2002
From the Byzantine tradition: a stirring service of Holy Communion without Divine Liturgy
This compact and attractive book contains a series of prayers and hymns for a service of Holy Communion without Divine Liturgy — a service suffused with the spiritual power and majesty of the Eastern Church. Archbishop Joseph Raya, an internationally renowned authority on the Byzantine liturgical and spiritual tradition, includes an informative preface containing a Byzantine perspective on Holy Communion, explaining why it is the most sacred and most awesome sacrament of the Christian religion. Archbishop Joseph also brings all the richness of his deep, traditional, and wonderfully enthusiastic faith to brief meditations on the Church, explaining why the Eucharist not only symbolizes but also expresses the Christian reality of the Church. And that’s not all! He discusses union with Christ (showing why Holy Communion is the climax of our participation in the offering of Christ) — as well as Heaven, transformation into Christ, and much more.
Sturdily spiral-bound so that it lays flat easily on a crowded altar or service table, this book contains the hallowed Biblical hymn of repentance, Psalm 50; an ancient Canon of nine odes including prayers to the Theotokos, the Mother of God, translated by an Eastern nun from Old Church Slavonic; a prayer to the Theotokos by Paul the Cenobite; and four prayers of thanksgiving after Holy Communion. Hallowed by time and the profound devotion of multitudes of believers, these prayers will bring the splendor and reverence of the East to your Communion service.
About the Author
Archbishop Joseph Raya, the first associate priest of Madonna House, was deeply involved in the American civil rights movement, and later, while serving as Archbishop of Akko, Haifa, Nazareth and all Galilee, he campaigned for justice for Palestinians. A priest of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church who taught at universities in the U.S.A., Canada and Lebanon, Archbishop Raya is one of the world's foremost writers on Byzantine Christianity. He strives to bring a better understanding of the Byzantine rite Eastern Church to the Latin rite Western world.
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