THE GREAT
EUCHOLOGION
OF THE ORTHODOX CHURCH
CONTAINING
THE SACRED RITES OF THE SEVEN MYSTERIES,
the Orders for the Ordinations, the Service of the Consecration of a Church,
many other Sacramental Ceremonies and Prayers of Clergy,
and the Epistles and Gospels for the most formal Feasts.
Newly corrected with great
care
FROM OLD EDITIONS AND MANUSCRIPTS
with some necessary
additions
PAPADIMITRIOU PUBLISHING
ATHENS, MMXIV – 2014
CONTENTS
OF THE GREAT EUCHOLOGION
CONTENTS.....5*
Contents in English.....12*
INSTEAD OF PREFACE.....17*
INTRODUCTION.....27*
MEMORANDUM of corrections, restorations, and observations.....67*
FIRST PART
SACRED MYSTERIES AND
SERVICES
1. DIVINE LITURGIES AND COMMON SERVICES
Order of the ministry
of the Deacon.....1
Service of Vesper.....13
Service of Matins (Orthros).....25
Order of the divine and sacred Liturgy.....35
Brief explanation about the right part of the holy Bread.....45
The Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom.....47
The Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great.....75
Ordinance of the Divine Liturgy of the Presanctified.....99
Service of Vesper of the Presanctified Liturgy during the holy Lent.....101
The Divine Liturgy of the Presanctified.....111
The Festal Dismissals.....123
2. OTHER SACRAMENTS AND SERVICES
a) Orders for
Ordinations and Blessings of Clergy
Order for the Ordination
of a Subdeacon.....125
Order for the Ordination of a Deacon.....126
Order for the Ordination of a Presbyter.....130
Order for the Ordination of a Bishop.....133
Order with more details for the Ordination of a Bishop.....136
Order for the Ordination of a Bishop
according to Metrophanes of Nyssa.....144
Order for the Blessing of a reader and a cantor.....149
Order for the Elevation of an Archdeacon
or Great Economus or Head Priest.....150
Service for the Elevation of a Spiritual Father (a Confessor).....152
b) About the Birth, the Baptism and the Chrismation (Confirmation)
Prayer for a woman in
confinement on the 1st day after Child-birth.....154
Prayer for Blessing and Naming a child on the 8th day of the Birth.....156
Churching of a mother and child after forty days.....157
Prayer for a woman after miscarried.....160
Rulings on holy Baptism.....161
Order before holy Baptism (Making of a Catechumen).....164
Service of holy Baptism.....171
Prayers for the Ablution.....180
Prayers for the Tonsure.....182
Service for those who denied, and now
have returned to the Orthodox Faith.....183
Requirements for acceptance the Remigrantes
from the Jews to the Christian Faith.....189
c) Services and Prayers regarding Marriage
Service of
Betrothal.....194
Service of Crowning or Marriage.....198
Prayer for the untying of Crowns on the eighth day.....209
Rulings on second Marriages.....210
Service for a second Marriage.....210
d) Euchelaion and Confession
Service of the Holy
Oil (Euchelaion).....217
Canon for the Euchelaion.....217
Sanctification of the Holy Oil.....224
Service of those who Confess their sins.....248
Prayers for Reconciliation of Penitents.....249
Prayers for Repentant sinners.....250
Prayer of Forgiveness (post mortem).....251
SECOND PART
VARIUS SACRAMENTAL
CEREMONIES
a) For the holy Temple
Service and order of
Consecration of a Church.....252
Explanation of all the materials for a Dedication.....252
The Preparation of the holy Relics.....253
At Vesper.....255
At Matins.....259
At the Dedication.....265
At Liturgy.....284
Several Prayers of Consecration of a Church of Patriarch Kallistos.....286
Order of Consecration of Antimensia.....288
Order of unsettled Altar.....289
Order used in the foundation of a Church.....291
About Stavropegion (fixing a Cross).....292
Order of washing of the Altar on Maundy Thursday.....293
Order of Altar which vestments have destroyed.....295
Rites for reconsecrating desecrated Church.....296
b) Ecclesiastical Ministries and Monastic Tonsures
Order for the
promotion of an Abbot.....298
Order for the promotion of various persons.....301
Prayer for someone who comes for Ecclesiastical Ministry.....302
Service for a novice Rassophore.....302
Service of the monastic Lesser Schema.....304
Service of the monastic Great Schema.....313
Prayer in taking off the cowl.....329
c) Services and Prayers about several Blessings and Feasts
Service for the
Lesser Sanctification of the Water.....330
Service of the Great Blessing of the Waters (Epiphany).....337
Prayer of the Blessing of palm branches on Palm Sunday.....347
Service of the Holy Chrism (Consecrated Oil).....347
Service of the Sacred Washing.....350
Hortative Sermon for the Maundy Thursday.....356
Catechetical Sermon for the Sunday of Easter.....357
Service of Kneeling of the Holy Pentecost.....358
Prayer for Kollyva in the Commemoration of a Saint.....372
d) Services and Prayers regarding the end of the Human Life
Service at the Time
of Death.....373
Prayers at the Time of Death.....377
Information for how to bury the dead.....378
The common Funeral Service for all Christians.....379
Burial Service for Monks.....405
Funeral Service for Priests.....419
Funeral Service for Laymen.....448
Funeral Canon for Infants who died.....452
Prayer of Forgiveness for the deceased.....458
THIRD PART
OCCASIONAL SACRED RITES
1. Sacred Services in times of Calamity
Supplications and
Vigils
Small Supplicatory Canon to the Mother of God.....460
Canon of Supplication at the Confession of a sinner.....468
Service for various Entreaties and Vigils.....472
Supplicatory Prayer for every Entreaty.....478
Service for Drought.....480-486
Service in fear of an Earthquake.....494-502
Service at Infectious Disease and Famine.....503-514
Service in a Menace of War and in a Calamity.....516-530
2. Ceremonies and Prayers in various cases
For Persons that are
troubled with Unclean Spirits.....532-536
Canon and Prayers at Illness and Disease.....540-546
Prayer at the Foundation of a House.....546
Prayers for Buildings and various needs in a House.....547-552
Prayers for the needs of Farmers, Breeders etc......553-559
Prayers for Maritime Needs and on Blessing Travels.....560-565
Prayers for various other needs.....565-570
FOURTH PART
LECTIONARY (Epistles and Gospels to be used throughout the Year)
In September.....571
In October.....576
In November.....578
In December.....584
In January.....590
In February.....595
In March.....598
In April.....601
In May.....603
In June.....605
In July.....610
In August.....612
In Commemorations of Women Saints.....617
The Eleven Eothina (Sunday Morning Gospels).....621
Private Prayers (for Priests and Laymen).....630-631
Various Texts (useful mainly for Bishops and Priests).....635-637
FIFTH PART
NEW ADDENDUM
Doxology (Thanksgiving) for the National Day of 1940.....643
Doxology (Thanksgiving) for the New Year.....646
Doxology (Thanksgiving) for the National Day of 1821.....648
Service for the restoration of the marriage
of those who have been divorced.....650
Regulation for the service of the dedication of a church
(according to the Typikon of the Great Church of Christ).....652
The rite of dedication.....655
Regulation for the common Funeral Service
(according to the Typikon of the Great Church of Christ).....663
Epistle and Gospel for Infants who died.....669
Confession of Faith in the Ordination of a Bishop.....670
Order of the Sanctification of the Holy Chrism (Consecrated Oil).....674
SIXTH PART
Tables of
indexes.....683
Contents in alphabetical order.....716, 722