Definitions

53582254750_808c60ac5a_k

What is the hat you wear during liturgy called?

pexels-padrinan-1061140

Definitions Worship

What is the ‘Trisagion’?

439431932_841619701337502_5126080798072742265_n

What does the word “synaxis” mean? I hear it used in church, read it in the bulletin, and notice it periodically on our liturgical wall calendars.

pexels-ron-lach-10628592

We sing ‘Alleluia’ in church, but what does it actually mean?

Antimension

Definitions Worship

What is the Antimension?

pexels-monoar-rahman-22660-100733

What are the “Hours”?

I was reading the Book of Romans when I happened upon this verse: “I Tertius, the writer of this letter, greet you in the Lord” (Rom. 16:22). But I thought that St. Paul wrote this epistle. Am I wrong?

pexels-cottonbro-5986484

Who are the Sadducees?

pexels-erika-tamayo-554398995-17317448

I keep noticing on the church calendar that there are a series of “tones” listed for each week. What are these?