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  • Liturgical Reform after Vatican II

    The Impact on Eastern Orthodoxy

    Sacrosanctum Concilium (SC) was the first document promulgated by the Second Vatican Council. The impact of this document was broad and ecumenical—the liturgical reforms approved by the Council reverberated throughout Christendom, impacting the order and experience of worship in Reformed and Orthodox Churches. Unrecognized in most studies, the Orthodox Churches were also active participants in the ... Read more

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  • Icons and the Liturgy, East and West

    History, Theology, and Culture

    Edited by Nicholas Denysenko ...
    Icons and the Liturgy, East and West: History, Theology, and Culture is a collection of nine essays developed from papers presented at the 2013 Huffington Ecumenical Institute’s symposium “Icons and Images,” the first of a three-part series on the history and future of liturgical arts in Catholic and Orthodox churches. Catholic and Orthodox scholars and practitioners gathered at Loyola Marymount ... Read more

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  • Orthodox Christianity: The Basics

    Series series The Basics
    Resplendent icons, brilliant vestments, fragrant incense, and sonorous chants – the sights and sounds of the Orthodox Church have captured the imagination of people for centuries. Orthodox Christianity: The Basics is a compelling introduction to Orthodoxy’s origins in the apostolic era, historical development, doctrines, spiritual and liturgical practices, and the social challenges of the twenty ... Read more

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  • The People's Faith

    The Liturgy of the Faithful in Orthodoxy

    Works of liturgical theology tend to be produced by experts who draw from the sources and explain the meaning of the liturgy to the lay people. When such explanations are firmly grounded in the sources, the academy accepts and celebrates them as genuine works of liturgical theology. Liturgical theology requires an examination from a different perspective: the lay people's. How do the lay people ... Read more

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  • The Orthodox Church in Ukraine

    A Century of Separation

    Series series NIU Series in Orthodox Christian Studies
    The bitter separation of Ukraine's Orthodox churches is a microcosm of its societal strife. From 1917 onward, church leaders failed to agree on the church's mission in the twentieth century. The core issues of dispute were establishing independence from the Russian church and adopting Ukrainian as the language of worship. Decades of polemical exchanges and public statements by leaders of the ... Read more

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  • This Is the Day That the Lord Has Made

    The Liturgical Year in Orthodoxy

    How do Orthodox Christians celebrate Pascha (Easter) and Christmas? What is the purpose of the blessing of waters? How does the Orthodox liturgical year compare with Western Christianity? This book explores the meaning of the Orthodox liturgical year by analyzing the rituals, Bible readings, and hymns of the feasts. In addition to the main seasons and feasts--Lent, Holy Week, Pascha, Christmas, ... Read more

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  • The Blessing of Waters and Epiphany

    The Eastern Liturgical Tradition

    Series series Liturgy, Worship and Society Series
    This book examines the historical development of the blessing of waters and its theology in the East, with an emphasis on the Byzantine tradition. Exploring how Eastern Christians have sought these waters as a source of healing, purification, and communion with God, Denysenko unpacks their euchology and ritual context. The history and theology of the blessing of waters on Epiphany is informative ... Read more

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  • Theology and Form

    Contemporary Orthodox Architecture in America

    How do space and architecture shape liturgical celebrations within a parish? In Theology and Form: Contemporary Orthodox Architecture in America, Nicholas Denysenko profiles seven contemporary Eastern Orthodox communities in the United States and analyzes how their ecclesiastical identities are affected by their physical space and architecture. He begins with an overview of the Orthodox ... Read more

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  • Chrismation

    A Primer for Catholics

    What is chrismation? Nicholas Denysenko breaks open chrismation as sacrament of belonging by exploring its history and liturgical theology. This study offers a sacramental theology of chrismation by examining its relationship with baptism and the Eucharist and its function as the ritual for receiving converts into the Orthodox Church. Drawing from a rich array of liturgical and theological sources ... Read more

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  • The Church’s Unholy War

    Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine and Orthodoxy

    How did religion contribute to Russia's invasion of Ukraine? Heated disputes and alienation among Orthodox Christians in Ukraine and Russia contributed to Russian aggression in Crimea and Donbas in 2014, and the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022. This book examines attempts from the early twentieth century to the present day to liberate the Ukrainian Orthodox Church from Russian control. It ... Read more

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    The Rebirth of Orthodoxy in the New Russia

    A fascinating, vivid, and on-the-ground account of Russian Orthodoxy’s resurgenceA bold experiment is taking place in Russia. After a century of being scarred by militant, atheistic communism, the Orthodox Church has become Russia’s largest and most significant nongovernmental organization. As it has returned to life, it has pursued a vision of reclaiming Holy Rus’: that historical yet mythical ... Read more

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  • Lost Christianities

    The Battles for Scripture and the Faiths We Never Knew

    The early Christian Church was a chaos of contending beliefs. Some groups of Christians claimed that there was not one God but two or twelve or thirty. Some believed that the world had not been created by God but by a lesser, ignorant deity. Certain sects maintained that Jesus was human but not divine, while others said he was divine but not human. In Lost Christianities, Bart D. Ehrman offers a ... Read more

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