Meditations on the Divine Liturgy

by Nikolai Gogol

Overview

Meditations on the Divine Liturgy illuminates The Divine Liturgy of Saint John Chrysostom, the center point of the Orthodox Christian cycle of worship. Gogol offers a meditation both spiritual and practical, educating the reader as to the form and meaning of the liturgy. Drawing from both the early Church Fathers and his own experience in explaining the sublime rite, Gogol provides a window into his own spiritual life. This new edition is enhanced by both a subject and scripture index. Direct quotations from the liturgy are taken from the The Divine Liturgy of Our Father Among the Saints John Chrysostom (9780884653424), recently published by Holy Trinity Publications.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780884653431
Publisher:	Holy Trinity Publications
Publication date:	02/01/2014
Edition description:	Third edition
Pages:	128
Product dimensions:	4.90(w) x 6.80(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Novelist, dramatist, and satirist Nikolai Gogol (1809-1852) was a Russian writer of Ukrainian ancestry whose works deeply influenced later Russian literature through powerful depictions of a society dominated by petty bureaucracy and base corruption. Gogol’s best-known short stories — "The Nose" and "The Overcoat" — display strains of Surrealism and the grotesque, while his greatest novel, Dead Souls, is one of the founding books of Russian realism.

Table of Contents

Introduction vii

The Office of Preparation 1

The Liturgy of the Catechumens 21

The Liturgy of the Faithful 41

Conclusion 93

Appendix: A Short Life and Appraisal of N. V. Gogol 97

Notes 101

Subject Index 103

Scripture Index 113