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anaphoras

  1. The Liturgist

    ChatGPT as a liturgical development tool

    So I asked ChatGPT to write a sample anaphora based on Syriac liturgical patterns, which tend to be loose ans highly flexible, and then I had the output formatted into traditional Ecclesiastical English. The results are interesting, although the Sursum Corda looks weird (but then again, in the...
  2. The Liturgist

    Creeds and Creedal Variants, and Episcopal Eucharistic Prayers

    Merry Christmas to all members on the Gregorian Calendar. The Ethiopian and Coptic Orthodox Churches are among those who will be celebrating Christmas on the 6th and 7th. While reading my English translation of the Ethiopian Qedase (“Holies”, the Divine Liturgy) specifically to compare their...
  3. dzheremi

    Missing/lost anaphoras?

    Hi all, So I was just reading over today's readings in my Church (if I can't get to it physically, which I can't right now for various reasons, I figure I can at least still do that), and I noticed that one of the saints commemorated in today's Synaxarium entry is St. Marouta the Bishop, who I...