Review article
The Liturgy of the Holy Mistery of εύχέλαιον. The Anoiting of the Sick in Orthodox Liturgy
Ante Mateljan
orcid.org/0000-0001-6481-364X
; Catholic Faculty of Theology, University of Split
Abstract
The work presents the Liturgy of the Holy Mystery of
εύχέλαιον (the Anointing of the Sick) in the Orthodox Church,
continuing the previous work on the theology of this holy mystery (published in Crkva u svijetu 4/2011). The first part presents
liturgical development, particularly in the Byzantine Church.
The second part explains the main elements of celebration of
this holy mystery in the practice of the Greek Orthodox Church,
and then follows the central part of the work: Liturgy of the Holy
Mystery of εύχέλαιον according to the Book of Rites (Trebnik)
of the Serbian Orthodox Church. The third part presents the
same rite at the united Easterners (Greek Catholics), and also a
brief view of this holy mystery in the ancient Eastern Churches
(Coptic, Ethiopian, Armenian, Syrian and Assyrian/Chaldean
liturgical tradition). Finally, the author examines the possibilities
of liturgical enrichment of celebration of the Anointing of the
Sick in the Catholic practice.
Keywords
Holy Mystery of εύχέλαιον; anointing of the sick; Eastern liturgy
Hrčak ID:
74127
URI
Publication date:
17.11.2011.
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