Divine Liturgy
A guide to the movement of the service, the readings, the altar, and the prayers that shape Eucharistic worship.
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- What is the Divine Liturgy?
- What are the main parts of the Divine Liturgy?
- What is the Offering of the Lamb?
- How has the Coptic Orthodox Church chosen the Scripture readings, and what does their order mean?
- Why is the Gospel read with candles, incense, and procession?
- How do I know when the most sacred part of the service is happening?
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- What service am I actually attending?
- Why does Sunday morning seem to include more than one service?
- What is Vespers?
- What is Matins?
- What is the Raising of Incense?
- What is the difference between the Divine Liturgy and what other churches call Mass or worship service?
- Why is the service longer than what I’ve experienced?
- Why do people come and go at different times during the service?
- Why does the priest choose one Lamb from the holy bread?
- Why is the chosen bread called the Lamb?
- Why does the priest wash his hands during the service?
- What is the Pauline Epistle reading?
- What is the Catholic Epistle reading?
- What is the Praxis or Acts reading?
- What is the Synaxarium?
- Why do we read about saints during the Liturgy?
- When does the homily happen?
- Why is the homily sometimes shorter than I expected?
- What is the Creed, and why does everyone say it together?
All questions
- What service am I actually attending?
- Why does Sunday morning seem to include more than one service?
- What is Vespers?
- What is Matins?
- What is the Raising of Incense?
- What is the difference between the Divine Liturgy and what other churches call Mass or worship service?
- Why is the service longer than what I’ve experienced?
- Why do people come and go at different times during the service?
- Why does the priest choose one Lamb from the holy bread?
- Why is the chosen bread called the Lamb?
- Why does the priest wash his hands during the service?
- What is the Pauline Epistle reading?
- What is the Catholic Epistle reading?
- What is the Praxis or Acts reading?
- What is the Synaxarium?
- Why do we read about saints during the Liturgy?
- When does the homily happen?
- Why is the homily sometimes shorter than I expected?
- What is the Creed, and why does everyone say it together?