Great Lent: A School of Repentance. Its Meaning for Orthodox Christians
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About This Book
This revised edition of Father Alexander Schmemann's Lenten classic examines the meaning of Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts, the Prayer of St Ephraim the Syrian, the Canon of St Andrew of Crete and other neglected or misunderstood treasures of Lenten worship. Schmemann draws on the Church's sacramental and liturgical tradition to suggest the meaning of Lent in our life. The Lenten season is meant to kindle a 'bright sadness' within our hearts. Its aim is precisely the remembrance of Christ, a longing for a relationship with God that has been lost. Lent offers the time and place for recovery...
Chapters (51)
- GREAT LENT A SCHOOL OF REPENTANCE
- CONTENTS
- GREAT LENT
- SUNDAYS OF PREPARATION
- 1. Humility
- 2. Return to the Father
- 3. The Last Judgment
- 4. Forgiveness
- LENTEN WORSHIP
- 1. The Great Canon of St. Andrew of Crete
- 2. The Prayer of St. Ephrem the Syrian
- 3. Biblical Readings2
- 4. The Lenten Hymns
- 5. The Psalter
- 6. The Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts
- 7. Liturgical Music and Vestments
- 8. Saturdays and Sundays of Lent
- HOW CAN WE KEEP GREAT LENT?
- 1. Fasting
- 2. Prayer
- 3. Spiritual Reading
- 4. Change of Life
- FOOTNOTES
- LENTEN PAMPHLETS
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