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  • 1Slavonic Language and Liturgy — • Although the Latin holds the chief place among the liturgical languages in which the Mass is celebrated and the praise of God recited in the Divine Offices, yet the Slavonic language comes next to it among the languages widely used throughout… …

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  • 2Liturgy of Saint Basil — Greek icon of St. Basil the Great. The Liturgy of Saint Basil or, more formally, the Divine Liturgy of Saint Basil the Great, is a term for several Eastern Christian celebrations of the Divine Liturgy (Eucharist), or at least several anaphoras,… …

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  • 3Liturgy — • A Greek composite word meaning originally a public duty, a service to the state undertaken by a citizen Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Liturgy     Liturgy      …

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  • 4Liturgy of the Hours — in a monastery of Carthusian nuns. This article refers to the Liturgy of the Hours as a specific manifestation of the public prayer of the Catholic Church. For its application in other communions, see canonical hours. The Liturgy of the Hours… …

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  • 5Liturgy of the Mass —     Liturgy of the Mass     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Liturgy of the Mass     A. Name and Definition     The Mass is the complex of prayers and ceremonies that make up the service of the Eucharist in the Latin rites. As in the case of all… …

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  • 6LITURGY — has conventionally been understood as the words that Jews recite in public worship. While written words are almost all that remains from earlier times, the study of liturgy today understands that the ways that these words are performed shapes… …

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  • 7Liturgy of St. Basil —     Liturgy of St. Basil     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Liturgy of St. Basil     Several Oriental liturgies, or at least several anaphoras, have been attributed to the great St. Basil, Bishop of Cæsarea in Cappadocia from 370 to 379. That St.… …

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  • 8Liturgy of Jerusalem — • The Rite of Jerusalem is that of Antioch Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Liturgy of Jerusalem     Liturgy of Jerusalem      …

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  • 9Liturgy of Addeus and Maris —     Liturgy of Addeus and Maris     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Liturgy of Addeus and Maris     This is an Oriental liturgy, sometimes assigned to the Syrian group because it is written in the Syriac tongue; sometimes to the Persian group because… …

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  • 10Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom (Rachmaninoff) — Liturgy of St John Chrysostom ( ru. Литургия Иоанна Златоуста), Op.31, by Sergei Rachmaninoff is one of his two major unaccompanied choral works (the other being his ( ru. Всенощное бдение) or All Night Vigil. The Divine Liturgy of St. John… …

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