Compline, Midnight Service, and Matins; the Hymn for the Day and

the Collect-Hymn from the Canons being used also at the Liturgy on

the following morning. There are eight complete sets for each service

mentioned, for every day in the week, all during one week being sung in the same Tone. ( 5 ) T h e Monthly Mittha, in twelve volumes, which contain the order of services for all the fixed days in the year celebrating some special event in the history of the faith or the Church, or commemorating a Saint or Saints. All the Mindya contain the Prayers for Vespers and

(6) T h e volume known as the AnthoCbgz'on, or Prdaditch?raya Minkya

(Festival MitzPya) contains the Services for the Twelve Great Feasts.

(7) T h e Fasting Tri6dion (Pdsinaya Tn'6d) contains the variable

portions of the services on the movable days which constitute the preparation for the Great Fast (Lent), and during the entire Great Fast. It is so called because the Canons have only Three Odes (or ThemeSongs), instead of the' customary nine- practically eight -which are in t h e Book of the Eight Tones (Oktdikh).

(8) T h e Tavysttufya Tridd (Flowery Triddion), or Pentic~strf~on,

contains the order of services during Easter-tide, beginning with Easter and ending with Pentecost, including the following day, Whitsun

Monday, - which is the real Pentecost, or Day of the Spirit, Sunday

being called Trinity Day. (9)The Apbsfol contains the Acts of the Apostles, the Epistles, and

the Graduals, Introits and Anthems for the Feasts.

For their guidance in the use of these complicated volumes the ecclesiastics have a volume entitled the Typikdn, Usirfv, or Rule, which provides regulations for all possible contingencies.

(10) The Great Trdbnik, or Book of Needs, which contains all the

Sacraments (except the Holy Communion and Ordination), - Baptism, Chrismation, Confession, Matrimony, Unction of the Sick; together with various other services, such as the Reception of Converts from various other Churches, the Tonsure of Monks, the Anointment of

the Emperor at his Coronation, and so forth ; also private services, such

as Prayers at the Birth of a Child. the several Funeral Services, the Consecration of a Church, the Blessing of a New Dwelling, and so forth. ( I I ) A Book of Te Deums and Prayer Services (MoliPbny) for different occasions.

(12) The Irmoldgian, which contains the Theme-Songs of the Canons,

and certain Services of Song in honour of Our Lord, the Birth-giver of God, St. Nicholas, and others. It will be seen that I have been confronted with the problem of rejection, as well as of judicious selection. I may add, that many things are done or said "by custom " which are not mentioned in the printed books. These I have included. I have used the King James version of the Bible for the Scripture lessons ; and the Psalter contained in the Book of Conlmon Prayer for

the Psalms and Verses, with occasional exceptions, when the exigencies

of the Slavonic version or adaptation to special cases or services required slight changes. My book has been revised by a very able and thoroughly competent priest, to whom I am greatly indebted for indispensable services in supplying me with the unrecorded points of the ritual (established by usage) referred to above, and for making sure that I have accurately expressed the dogmas of his Church, and have properly carried out the complicated arrangement entailed by my plan for rendering the services intelligible. I alone am personally responsible for everything : the suggestion that the book was needed, and the plan without which it would have been impossible; for the execution ; for occasional invented words, and

for the language, in general and in particular, except in the case of the incomparable rendering of the Prayer of St. Chrysostom, which I have taken from the Episcopal Book of Common Prayer ; and of course the passages from the Bible, as above stated. His Grace, the Most Reverend Tikhon, Archbishop of North America and the Aleutian Islands, has, by his deep interest and practical aid, been of inestimable service, and I thank him most warmly.

His High Excellency, K. P. Pobyedonostzeff, formerly Procurator of

the Holy Synod of Russia, has for years past shown sympathetic and

practical interest in my work, which has encouraged me during serious difficulties, and has been profoundly appreciated. The Holy Synod of Russia has defrayed in part the cost of publishing this volume ; and his High Excellency Count Sergius I. Witte has contributed very liberally to this object. I am sincerely grateful to them. I wish, ako, to express my obligations to the late mitred Archpriest, Father Feodor Pavlovitch, of Tzirskoe Se16, for many books and much important information. Memory Eternal ! I t is fitting that I should commemorate last of all my book's first friend, -his Grace, the Most Reverend Archbishop Nicholas, formerly Bishop of Aleutia and Alaska, now appointed a member of the Council

of the Empire, and of the Holy Synod. H e was the first person to whom I imparted my intention of making this gift of love to his Church, the first to see and to approve of my systematic arrangement and of the manuscript. He gave me a complete set of the valuable Slavonic Service Books above mentioned, and others, and has constantly used his power to the fullest extent to render possible this publication, affording me, meanwhile, the invaluable help of his fervent sympathy in my long and difficult task. To all these friends I now say, with sincerest gratitude, in the language of the Church which they love so well, Many Years ! It is my earnest hope that this/Service Book may not only be of some

use to the Russian Church in North America, for the use of which, in public worship, it is designed, but that it may help the other Churches -especially those of the Anglican Communion, to one of which I am myself attached - to a right understanding of the Holy Orthodox- , Catholic Apostolic Church of the East. NEW YORK,October, 1906.'

Annunciation. Special Service

Artos (Blessing). Breaking of the Ascension. Special Service . . . Assumption (Falling Asleep). Special Service Baptism : Prayers at the Reception of Catechumens Baptism Chrismation

Explanation (Appendix)

Blessing. of any object .

of Bread. Wine. and Oil (Litiyi) of Cheese and Eggs (Easter) .

of Fruit (Transfiguration) . of Grapes (Transfiguration) for a Journey (by land)

of Meat (Easter) .

of Palms (Palm Sunday) of the Waters (Grand. at Epiphany) (Lesser)

Burial of the Dead : Child . . . . AtEaster Laymen

Explanation (Appen*)

Canons for the Eight Tones Chrismation : Ordinary of Converts . Explanation Christmas (see Nativity of Christ) Church. Consecration of a Founding (Laying Comer-stone) . Explanation (Appendix)

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Churching of Women 269 Collect-Hymns in the Eight Tones 577 Communion. Prayers in preparation for 570 of Thanksgiving after . 123

147 Confession 287 Converts. Reception of 454 Chrismation of

463 Jews. Mahometans. Heathen 467 Easter. Special Service . 226 Blessing ; Breaking ; of the Artos 240 Cheese and Eggs ; Meat

241 Burial at

435 Table to find . . xix Eight Tones. Hymns and Canons in the . 577 Elevation of the Cross. Special Service . . . 167 Entrance into Temple of the Birth-giver of God, Special Service 171 204 Entrance of the Lord into Jerusalem (Palm Sunday). Special Service Epiphany. Special Service

182 Blessing of Waters at 189 xxi Epistles and Gospels. Matins and the Liturgy Requiem Services

xxii . . . Great Feasts

xxiii xxiv Saints in general . 264 Falling Asleep (Assumption). Special Service Fasts and Seasons xv Feasts and Fasts (Table) xiii 214

Friday. Great (Good). Special Service

: and afler the L i t u w , on the day of the Feast, in Russian churches, a service of thanksgivn i s celebrated, in commmoration of Russta's victory over A'a#oleon I. a n f t k e French.

T H EIMPERIAL

Feast in lace of the ordnary ones. Afler: Glory be to God on hjgh : hath bem r e a t h e n e r y mmt forth to the centre ofthe Temple, a n d # e m the Litzyd, with the B essing of the Loaves.

The Stanzas (StikAfrz'>of the Lited, in Tone I. Let heaven and earth

to-day prophetically exult, and let Angels and men spiritually rejoice : for God hath revealed himself in the flesh unto those who were in darkness and sat in the shadow, and hath been born of a Virgin. The cavern and the manger have received him; Shepherds proclaim the

THE NATIVITY OF CHRIST

marvel, and Magi from the Orient bring gifts unto Bethlehem. And we, also, with lips unworthy, do bring unto him praise in Angelic wise: Glory be to God on high, and on earth peace : for the Hope of the nations is come, and having come hath saved us from bondage to the enemy.

The Hymn a~ the Blessing of the Loaves, and: God is the Lord :

Tone N. Thy Nativity, 0 Christ our God, hath arisen upon the world as the light of wisdom. For at it, they who worshipped the stars were, by a Star, taught to adore thee, the Sun of Righteousness, and to know thee, the Orient from on high. 0 Lord, glory to thee. TXv Exalkztion of the Feast. We magnify thee, 0 Life-giving Christ, who for our sakes now art born in the flesh of the Virgin Mary, unwedded and most pure.

The Gradual (Prokimcn), in the Foudh Tow. Out of the womb,

before the morning star, have I begotten thee. The Lord sweareth and will not repent. Verse (Siikh): The Lord said unto my Lord : Sit thou at my right hand until I make thine enemies thy footstool. TXe Gos-2. Matt. i. 18-25.

TAcre is a procession from tAL Sanctuary, for tk Litiyd (see #age I I), a f k r : Glory to God in the highest: hath been read.

The Stanza for the Lit*, in Tone I. In the sixth month was the

Chieftain of the Archangels sent unto thee, a Virgin undefiled, to announce unto thee the word of salvation and to proclaim unto thee : Hail, thou who art made glad, the Lord is with thee ! Thou shalt bear the Son of the Father who was before the ages, and he shall save his people from their sins.

T H E ANNUNCIATION OF T H E MOST HOLY VIRGIN

The Hymnfor the Day ( Tropd~)),

in Tone IV. Today is the ,crown of our salvation, and the manifestation of that mystery which is from everlasting: The Son of God becometh the son of a Virgin, and Gabriel announceth the glad tidings of grace. Wherefore let us also c with him unto the Hirth-giver of God : Hail, thou that art full

the Lord is with thee !

The Exaltation ( Velztchrfnie). The song of the Archangel sing we

unto thee, 0 Pure One: Hail, thou that art full of grace, the Lord is with thee! 7Xe Gradual (Prokimen), in the Foudh Tone. Proclaim ye, from day unto day, the glad tidings of the salvation of our God. Verse (Sizrkh) : Sing unto the Lord a new song, sing unto the Lord, all the whole earth.

The Gospel. Luke i. 39-49, 56.