In their Introduction to Eastern Christian Liturgies (Liturgical Press, Collegeville, 2022) Alexopoulos and Johnson define “rite” as follows: A rite is a unique and integrated system of worship with its own rules […]
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In their Introduction to Eastern Christian Liturgies (Liturgical Press, Collegeville, 2022) Alexopoulos and Johnson define “rite” as follows: A rite is a unique and integrated system of worship with its own rules […]
Read moreI have already mentioned in the two “Altars and Alterations” posts that Patriarch Dwayhi (also spelt Doueihy and many variants) said that in his day (he died in 1704), the […]
Read morePart One In about 2011, HarperCollins published Norris J. Chumley’s Mysteries of the Jesus Prayer. It is not an uninteresting book, as a travelogue, but its value for me lies […]
Read moreIn the two access prayers of the Maronite Divine liturgy, the priest chants “Salaw 3alay, metool moran,” and crosses his hands over his breast, bows to the left and then […]
Read moreI write on 17 May in the Year of Grace, 2022, from Marazion, Cornwall, within sight of the former Benedictine monastery of Mount St Michael. To keep this short, it is a […]
Read moreThere is no mucking around with the Maronite icon for the Sunday of the Prodigal Son. The father of the parable is unequivocally shown as Our Lord Jesus Christ in […]
Read moreParts one, two and three of this series appear at http://www.fryuhanna.com/2022/01/28/ad-orientem-liturgies-part-i/ http://www.fryuhanna.com/2022/02/04/ad-orientem-liturgies-part-ii/ http://www.fryuhanna.com/2022/02/24/ad-orientem-liturgies-part-iii/ The Maronite and traditional Latin liturgies will have to be taken separately, and then compared. Once the Anaphora […]
Read morePart one and two appear at http://www.fryuhanna.com/2022/01/28/ad-orientem-liturgies-part-i/ http://www.fryuhanna.com/2022/02/04/ad-orientem-liturgies-part-ii/ The Maronite rite commences the liturgy of the Eucharist with an access to the altar (l-baytokh Aloho 3elet). It is specified only that […]
Read moreSunday of the Faithful Departed Fr Badwi says of this icon: “The eschatological world and the last day are open for the traveller passing from our world to the true […]
Read moreThe 500 Martyrs of Tyre We celebrate the feast of the 500 Martyrs of Tyre on 19 February each year. Why then? It falls within a period of specifically Maronite […]
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