The Divine Liturgies of Saint John Chrysostom and Saint Basil the Great

New Liturgy book which is a comfortable size to hold and use.

Everything was great

Orthodox Christians would agree with Alexander Schmemann that liturgy is: “at the very center of the Church’s life and activity. “Given that, the liturgy must be dynamic and sensitive to the spiritual needs of the faithful living in the present and in new and diverse English speaking cultures. The recently published translation of the Divine Liturgies of Saint John Chrysostom and Saint Basil the Great accomplishes that challenge.A continuation of the always excellent work pinned by the Administrator and Principal, Professor David Frost, of The Institute For Orthodox Christian Studies, Cambridge, his diligent work on this English version of those liturgies provides us with a clear, authentic, and contemporary expression of those masterpieces. Credible resources trace the evolution of the liturgy used in Eastern Orthodox churches to accomplish the goal of meeting contemporary demands and needs. The works of Alexander Schmemann (Introduction to Liturgical Theology) and Hugh Wybrew (The Development of the Eucharistic Liturgy in the Byzantine Rite) provide excellent resources tracing those developments. Now comes Professor Frost with an offering that doesn’t change the liturgies but provides us with fresh and forceful translations of those magnificent worship guides. The inspired content of our beloved Divine Liturgy remains the same but how that content is expressed using Twenty-first Century language is refreshing and meaningful.The book begins with some short introductory remarks and then Frost addresses the events and motivation for the new translations beginning some 20 years ago when young people of the Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia asked the late Archbishop Gibran to provide a service in modern English. If young people then were asking for new translations, how much more so are those works needed now when one almost needs to understand a parallel language in order to navigate our high tech means of communicating.The publication of this book could not have been timelier or more welcomed.

Definitely useful for qidase!

Not sure about this one, I have given it 4 stars because the content is great but I really wanted the originals.I guess praying for Queen Elisabeth or for those who travel by air is a modern addition.Probably is 95% authentic but is it okay to trust something that is 95% kosher or 95% holy ?

Thank you