Liturgy

Towards a Liturgical Musicology for Greek Orthodoxy in America

Presenter(s): 
Dr Alexander Leonidas Lingas
Associated Meeting: 
2009 Annual Meeting

Liturgical singing (psalmodia) is arguably an integral part of the lex orandi of the Orthodox Church, accompanying virtually every ritual action and providing the means by which nearly all texts are transmitted within common worship.

From the Liturgy of St. Basil to the Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom – When and Why: A Preliminary Report

Presenter(s): 
Rev. Alkiviadis C. Calivas
Associated Meeting: 
2009 Annual Meeting

Sometime between the 10th and the 11th centuries the Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom, for some unknown reason, became the principal Eucharistic Liturgy of Constantinople replacing the formulary of St. Basil the Great, which until that time was listed first in the extant manuscripts of the Greek Euchologia.

Toward a “Green” Liturgy: The Ecological Theology of Bartholomew I

Presenter(s): 
Dr. Christina M. Gschwandtner
Associated Meeting: 
2009 Annual Meeting

In this paper I seek to present the potential of the Orthodox tradition to make an important contribution to the contemporary discussion about how to respond to the environmental crisis (and especially regarding the role religious life and theological reflection may play in such a response).

Orthodox Festal Liturgies and Contemporary French Phenomenology: Liturgy as Liminal Experience

Presenter(s): 
Dr. Christina M. Gschwandtner
Associated Meeting: 
2011 Annual Meeting

In this paper I seek to show that contemporary French phenomenology (especially as represented by Jean-Luc Marion, Jean-Yves Lacoste, and Jean-Louis Chretien) provides resources for analyzing liturgy in general and Orthodox liturgy in particular.