Divine Liturgy of Saint John Chrysostom

Η Θεία Λειτουργία του Αγίου Ιωάννου του Χρυσοστόμου

What is The Divine Liturgy:

The Divine Liturgy is a Sacrament. It is a sacret mystical action between God and man. It originated with the Last Supper.

The Apostoles, obedient to the Lord's command: "Do this in remembrance of Me" ,and observed it very regularly. Saint Paul gives a description of this service in his first Epistle to the Corinthians (Chapter 11, verses 23-24). Before the Gospels were written, Sacred Tradition provided the basis, the authority and the method for the observance of the Liturgy.

Words and phrases were gradually added to the emerging Liturgy. Some came from the Old Testament, some from the New, and still others from Sacret Tradition. More prayers and supplications were added to the original Liturgy as time went on. However, since the beginning of the fourth century, when Saint John Chrysostom complied the present form of the Liturgy, we have had no substantial variations. Throughout the centuries the Divine Liturgy has preserved its original features:

(1) It is a Remembrance of the Life, the Cross the Resurrection and the Ascension of our Lord Jesus Christ.

(2) It is a Sacrifice: "This is my body which is broken for you....This is my blood, which is shed for you and for many others...for the remission of sins." This service is the perfect sacrifice offered by the Only Begotten Son of God.

(3) It is a Communion: "Take, eat, this is my body...Drink of it all ye, this is my blood..." Worthily approaching the Holy Cup we receive Christ in our hearts. We receive forgiveness of our sins and we reconcile ourselves with God.

(4) It is Eucharist: Because the Divine Master offered an Eucharistian, a thanksgiving to God the Father, before He instituded the Sacrament. Whenever we receive the Holy Communion, gratefully we recall the love of Him Who died for us.

Through the Divine Liturgy man's humanity is united with God's Divinity. From the time of the Apostoles to the present day the Orthodox Church has celebrated the Divine Liturgy and will continue to do so until the consummation of the world.

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