During the Lenten period the
Orthodox Church celebrates a number of services, which it doesn’t during the
rest of the ecclesiastical year. This is due to the mournful character of the
period, where the Divine Liturgy of St. John and St Basil is not celebrated
within the week. It is an evening service where we have a link between vespers
and Liturgy, where the main purpose is the frequent communion during this
period.
It is believed that the
Presanctified Liturgy was written by St James the brother of Christ, Basil the
Great, Epiphanius of Cyprus, John Chrysostom, Pope Gregory of Rome or Patriarch
of Constantinople Germanos I. However, recent research shows that neither one
of the above are actually the true authors of this Liturgy. Therefore,
the true author of the Presanctified Liturgy is unknown to us, unlike the
Liturgies of St. John Chrysostom, St. Basil the Great, St James, St Gregory, St
Mark and many more, which are celebrated all over the Orthodox world during the
rest of the year.
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