Manual of Divine Services vendor_Draw Near Designs Archimandrite Maxmos Constas

Archimandrite Maxmos Constas

having been compiled and edited by one of the greatest saints of Christ's Church

He felt a dire need to raise Christians to a higher spiritual level in a society which was rapidly changing

The early Fathers understood one of the Angels to be Christ Himself

Herman of Alaska Brotherhood and Monastery in California

Manual of Divine Services vendor_Draw Near Designs Archimandrite Maxmos ConstasThis comprehensive work on the Orthodox Church's divine services was originally translated and printed before the Russian Revolution, and has since been re edited to reflect current standards of English language liturgical usage. The author begins with a discussion of the nature and origin of Divine services. He describes the church building, the persons who perform divine services and their vestments, the cycles of public worship, Great Vespers,