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Akathist
A hymn of praise in twenty-five parts, listened to standing — the word itself means 'not sitting'. Usually read at a moleben.
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All-night vigil
The evening service on the eve of Sundays and great feasts — Vespers, Matins and the First Hour together. Despite the name it lasts two or three hours, not all night.
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Anaphora (Eucharistic canon)
The central prayer of the Liturgy, during which the bread and wine become the Body and Blood of Christ. It lasts ten to fifteen minutes.
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Compline
A short service before sleep, read after supper; in parishes it is heard mainly during Great Lent and on the eves of Nativity and Theophany.
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Divine Liturgy
The principal service of the Church, at which the Eucharist is celebrated and the faithful receive Communion. Served in the morning, lasting one and a half to two hours.
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The common prayer of the Church served according to a fixed order: an evening service the day before, and the Liturgy in the morning.
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Funeral service
The order of Christian burial, served over the body of the departed once and once only. It is constantly confused with the panikhida.
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Lesser blessing of water
A moleben with the blessing of water — the lesser rite, which may be served on any day, unlike the great blessing performed only at Theophany.
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Litia
A word with two meanings: a part of the vigil at which bread is blessed, and a short memorial service served at the grave or at home.
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Liturgy of St Basil the Great
The older and longer form of the Liturgy, served only ten times a year — on the Sundays of Great Lent and a few other days.
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Liturgy of St John Chrysostom
The ordinary form of the Liturgy, served on almost every day of the year — the one heard on any Sunday outside Great Lent.
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Liturgy of the Catechumens
The second part of the Liturgy, from the opening exclamation to the Gospel and the sermon — the part the unbaptised were allowed to attend.
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Liturgy of the Faithful
The main part of the Liturgy, from the Cherubic Hymn to the dismissal: the Eucharist itself and the Communion of the faithful.
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Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts
A Lenten service at which the faithful receive Gifts consecrated in advance, on the previous Sunday; no Eucharist is celebrated at it.
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Matins
The longest service of the daily cycle. Appointed for the morning, but in parishes it is served in the evening as the second half of the vigil.
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Moleben (service of supplication)
A short service of petition or thanksgiving, usually served after the Liturgy and lasting twenty to forty minutes.
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Nocturns (Midnight office)
The midnight service recalling the prayer in Gethsemane and the sudden coming of Christ; in parishes it is served once a year, before the Paschal Matins.
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Panikhida (memorial service)
A memorial service for the departed that may be served any number of times — on the third, ninth and fortieth day, on anniversaries and memorial Saturdays.
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Parastas
The great memorial service on the evening before a memorial Saturday — an extended panikhida at which the seventeenth kathisma is read in full.
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Polyeleos
The most festive part of Matins: all the lamps are lit, the clergy come out into the middle of the church, the magnification is sung and the Gospel is read.
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Proskomedia
The first part of the Liturgy: in the sanctuary the priest prepares the bread and wine and takes out particles for the living and the dead.
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The daily cycle of services
The nine services spread over the day, from Vespers to the Ninth Hour. The church day begins in the evening, not in the morning.
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The Hours
Four short services of three psalms each, tied to the hours of the day; the Third and Sixth are read before the Liturgy.
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Vespers
The first service of the church day, served in the evening; its themes are the creation of the world, the fall, and the waiting for the Saviour.