Liturgical Texts

Study texts of the following liturgical services are in preparation and will (hopefully) be online very soon. Using the official, normative Slavonic editions published by Rome for the Ruthenian recension as the standard, the translations offered here for private study will be in full conformity with both the Liturgical Instruction and Liturgiam Authenticam (meaning they will be complete and literally accurate translations).

Vespers - Evening Prayer of the Day

• Great Vespers as a Vigil
• Great Vespers not as a Vigil
• Daily Vespers on Ordinary Days
• Small Vespers before a Vigil
• Great Vespers followed by the Liturgy

Compline - Night Prayer

• Great Compline
• Small Compline

Matins (Orthros) - Morning Prayer

• Matins at a Vigil on a Feast
• Matins at a Vigil on Sunday
• Matins on an Ordinary Day (not at a Vigil)

The Hours & Typica

• First Hour
• Third Hour
• Sixth Hour
• Ninth Hour
• Typica

Divine Liturgy

• The Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom - See this work in progress. [The linked file is now almost a year out of date. much work has been done on it and we hope to provide an updated version very soon.]
  
• The Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great
• The Divine Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts

Other Services

• The Office at the Parting of the Soul from the Body
• The Funeral (Panachida / Parastas) - The Office for the Burial of the Dead (Laymen) - This edition provides a parochial version of the traditional Byzantine Funeral, abbreviated from the version provided in the Trebnik, including the Small Panachida, the Great Panachida (Church Funeral) and the Internment. The English texts are taken from the 1975 Ruthenian edition of the “Office of Christian Burial according to the Byzantine Rite" published by Byzantine Seminary Press. Several corrections have been made to the texts prayed by the priest and deacon but the people’s texts are unchanged from the earlier editions. This edition does not combine the Great Panachida (Parastas) with the Divine Liturgy. A fuller update is also in progress.
• The Funeral (Panachida / Parastas) - The Office for the Burial of a Child
• The Funeral (Panachida / Parastas) - The Office for the Bural of the Dead (Priests)
• The Requiem Office for the Dead (A General Panachida / Parastas)

Other Texts (all in pdf)

• Divine Litugy Music Book (1964 Translation with the Complete Liturgy)
• Pre-Christmas Vespers
• Pre-Christmas Moleben
• Christmas Carol Book
• Readings for Theophany
• Readings for Great and Holy Week
• Readings for Great and Holy Saturday
• Texts for a Divine Liturgy for Life (Pro-Life Liturgy)

The texts provided on this website are to be considered as study texts for personal use.If you would like a "paper copy" suitable for duplication please contact us.