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pjw
30th November 2005, 09:48 PM
hi all,
i was wondering if there's an orthodox equivalent of the book of common prayer? perhaps including:
Divine Liturgy (perhaps not just St. John Chrysostom's, but St. Basil's, St. James', and St. Tikhon's as well?)
Baptism & Chrismation Service
Holy Matrimony
Order of Confession
Anointing of the Sick
Ordination Rites
and any other rites and ceremonies of the Church?
perhaps also including the Creed, the Decrees of the 7 Councils, and other key Orthodox Documents?
thanks so much!

sdcheung
30th November 2005, 09:52 PM
It's called the Book of Needs.
The Euchologion and the book of liturgies is The Priests service book with the Liturgies, Vespers, matins and Complines.

gzt
30th November 2005, 09:58 PM
Not really. A typical prayer book, like the Jordanville or something, will have daily prayers, Chrysostom and Basil's liturgies, some stuff for Pascha and material from vespers and matins, some other prayers [akathists, preparation for communion, maybe a preparation for confession and a list of useful stuff to know], and that's about all. Nassar's book, published by the Antiochians, probably has the most of that sort of material, but I don't know whether it has the daily prayers and it's very large.

pjw
30th November 2005, 10:07 PM
where could I get a digital copy of the following things:
the Baptism and Chrismation service
the Marriage service
the ordination service
orders of confession or similar
the service for anointing of the sick

these are the things I'm really looking for, the decrees of the councils and most other things I can get online, but I can't find these anywhere
I already have copies of the Liturgies of St. John Chrysostom, St. James, St. Basil, and St. Tikhon (Western Rite).

pjw
30th November 2005, 10:07 PM
never mind, I found it now:
http://www.goarch.org/en/chapel/text.asp

Oblio
30th November 2005, 11:14 PM
www.fatheralexander.org has most of those from the Slavic tradition