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Historical Prospective of the Liturgy-Part V
DIVINE LITURGY OF ST. JOHN CHRYSOSTOM
PRAYERS BEFORE THE ICONOSTAS
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Preliminary steps… Preparatory prayers are in “Liturgikon” ;
These prayers must be said in Church before the iconostas;
Deacon stands at the priest’s right;
After the prayers both make three small bows;
While entering they say Psalm 5;
After entering: priest kisses the Gospel Book and hand cross; deacon: altar and hand cross;
This was introduced in the 12th century;
Even then it was uncomplicated until the 14th century;
13th century sources tells us there was only one prayer; and that priest must wash hands before venerating the sacred images;
Prayers in “Euchologia” were different from 11th-14th century an not strict;
Preliminary steps… The oldest Slav reference is from “Prague
Fragments” of a Glagolitic Missal;
In 12th-13th century five prayers were prescribed;
Many books followed Slav version of “Constitution of Philotheus”;
This was introduced to Churches of Russia and Bulgaria – 14th century;