Liturgical Texts
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Songs of the Fathers
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And the child was three years old, and Joachim said,
Let us invite the daughters of the
Hebrews that are undefiled,
and let them
each take a lamp, and let them stand
with the lamps burning,
so that the child may not turn back, and her heart be
captivated from the temple of the Lord.
And they did so until they went up into
the temple of the Lord.
And the priest received her, and kissed her,and
blessed her, saying,
The Lord God has magnified your name in all generations.
In you, in the last days, the Lord will reveal the redemption of the children
of Israel.
And he set her down upon the third step of the altar,
and the Lord God sent
grace upon her;
and she danced with her feet,
and all the house of Israel loved her.
Protogospel of James 7:2-3
On these pages you will find, in the main, translations of our Orthodox liturgical and patristic texts. Most of the latter are of texts which have not been previously translated into English, or which are only available in rare or outdated versions.
Links:
Parish of St Anthony and St John the Baptist, Islington
http://www.orthodox-islington.org.uk
As there is now a great deal on these pages, I have decided to draw attention to recently added material by listing it here and adding the necessary hyperlinks, and reminders, with hyperlinks, to appropriate pages from earlier years.
My more recent translations of our liturgical texts contain notes, including biblical and patristic cross references, as well as discussions of rare or interesting words and expressions. For this reason I shall put them up in both HTML and PDF formats. In this way they can easily be downloaded for liturgical use without footnotes.
On the web site of the parish of St Anthony and St John the Baptist in Islington you will find a simple Commentary on the Divine Liturgy.
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