Sacraments and Other Rites (Orthodox Christianity, vol. V)

by Hilarion Alfeyev

Publisher:

St Vladimir’s Seminary Press

, 2019

Overview

This is the fifth volume of a detailed and systematic exposition of the history, canonical structure, doctrine, social and moral teaching, liturgical services, and spiritual life of the Orthodox Church. The purpose of this series is to present Orthodox Christianity as an integrated theological and liturgical system, in which all elements are interconnected. This has been the law of the Church from ancient times: lex orandi, lex credendi, “the law of prayer is the law of faith.”

Volume One focused on the history and canonical structure of the Orthodox Church, Volume Two on the fundamental teachings of the Church, grounded in Scripture and Tradition, and Volume Three on the unique aspects of Orthodox art as expressed in its architecture, icons, and liturgical music. In Volume Four the liturgical life of the Orthodox Church—the history, structure, and meaning of the daily, weekly, yearly, and festal services—was explored in all its richness. This fifth and final volume is dedicated to the mysteries (or sacraments) of the Orthodox Church—baptism, chrismation, the Eucharist, confession, ordination, unction, and marriage—in addition to the services of monastic tonsure, Christian burial, the blessing of water, and the consecration of a church building, which were also regarded as mysteries by some of the fathers of the Church. Finally, this volume explains the remaining non-sacramental church services or rites that fall outside the daily, weekly, and annual liturgical cycle, such as molebens and akathists, and various blessings for people, objects, and occasions

Key Features

• Presents Orthodox Christianity as an integrated theological and liturgical system.
• Includes the mysteries (or sacraments) of the Orthodox Church.
• Explains the remaining non-sacramental church services or rites that fall outside the daily, weekly, and annual liturgical cycle.

Product Details

• Title: Sacraments and Other Rites (Orthodox Christianity, vol. V)
• Author: Hilarion Alfeyev
• Series: Orthodox Christianity
• Publisher: St Vladimir’s Seminary Press
• Print Publication Date: 2019
• Pages: 300
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• ISBNs: 9780881416435, 0881416436
• Resource ID: LLS:ORTHOXTNVOL05
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2024-09-19T21:03:26Z

About Hilarion Alfeyev

Hilarion Alfeyev (born 24 July 1966) is a bishop of the Russian Orthodox Church. At present he is the Metropolitan of Volokolamsk, the chairman of the Department of External Church Relations and a permanent member of the Holy Synod of the Patriarchate of Moscow. He is also a noted theologian, church historian and composer and has published books on dogmatic theology, patristics and church history as well as numerous compositions for choir and orchestra.