The Divine Liturgy

The Divine Liturgy is the most important service of the Orthodox Church. It’s the service where we partake of the Most Holy Body and Precious Blood of our Lord and God and Saviour Jesus Christ.

Parishes typically have this service on Sundays and feast days, but monastics sometimes have the great joy of experiencing the Divine Liturgy every day.

In the early years of our parish, our first rector, Fr. Seraphim Johnson, delivered a two-part sermon on the meaning of each thing that is done during the Divine Liturgy.

This two-part structure worked well, since the Liturgy is naturally divided into two parts: the Liturgy of the Catechumens and the Liturgy of the Faithful.

Since then, his two-part sermon on the Liturgy has been preached again in our church, and here we reproduce it for everyone.

Later on, Fr. Seraphim also responded to a question on why attending the Divine Liturgy is important for Orthodox Christians. You can read that here as well.

Incidentally, Fr. Seraphim was the father of our current rector, Fr. Stephen Johnson, who is our parish’s third rector since its founding.