The Typikon Decoded: A Manual of Byzantine Liturgical Practice

Author: Archimandrite Job (Getcha)

Form: Paperback

Pages: 313

An explanation of Orthodox liturgical practice, following the outline of the Typikon. Explains and traces the historical development of daily services, festal services such as Nativity and Theophany, and the Lenten and Paschal cycles. This book is unrivaled in its thorough examination of the origins, and meanings, of Orthodox liturgical life. Taken into account are also the practices of other jurisdictions. Developed from the author's course at the St. Sergius Theological Institute in Paris.