Books and chant
Obikhod
The collection of the most commonly used chants — and the plain melodies an ordinary parish choir sings most of the time.
Церковный справочник
Что означают слова, которые звучат в храме: облачения, богослужения, таинства, устройство храма.
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Books and chant
Octoechos
The book of the weekly cycle: eight tones, each with services for every day of the week.
Feasts and fasts
Old and new style
The Church keeps the Julian calendar, now thirteen days behind the civil one — which is why Christmas falls on 7 January: by church reckoning it is still 25 December.
Vestments
Omophorion
The broad band on a bishop's shoulders — the chief sign of his rank, signifying the lost sheep carried home.
Feasts and fasts
One-day fasts
Fast days that stand alone: most Wednesdays and Fridays, the eve of Theophany, the Beheading of the Forerunner and the Exaltation of the Cross.
Icons
Oranta
The Mother of God with hands raised in prayer; with the Child in a medallion on her breast the image is called the Sign.
Sacraments
Ordination
The sacrament in which, by the bishop's laying on of hands, a man is made deacon, priest or bishop. It is served only at the Liturgy and only by a bishop.
Vestments
Orlets (eagle rug)
A round rug showing an eagle above a city, spread beneath the bishop's feet.