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Product Description: Observers from Western churches never fail to be awestruck at a celebration of the liturgy in an Orthodox church. Naturally, many questions follow: How has the Orthodox liturgy been shaped? How different is it from the Eucharistic rites of the Western churches? Hugh Wybrew's authoritative, but splendidly readable, book traces step-by-step the story of the development of the Orthodox liturgy from the Last Supper to the present day and vividly conveys a sense of the experience of the worshipers...read more

Product Description: A description of Lent, Holy Week and Easter in the Orthodox Christian tradition, presenting selected liturgical texts from the services of its most significant days. Translated into modern English, each day's material is accompanied by a brief theological and spiritual commentary...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)