Apotheoun Posted February 13, 2010 Author Share Posted February 13, 2010 An image of a bishop giving a blessing with the dikirion and trikirion: [img]http://www.holycross-hermitage.com/holycrosshermitage/gallery25/images/dsc04891.jpg[/img] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brightsadness Posted February 13, 2010 Share Posted February 13, 2010 [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJqQbvNDHHE"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJqQbvNDHHE[/url] From Forgiveness Vespers--beginning of Great Lent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Veridicus Posted February 13, 2010 Share Posted February 13, 2010 [quote name='Apotheoun' date='13 February 2010 - 04:54 PM' timestamp='1266101664' post='2056674'] An image of a bishop giving a blessing with the dikirion and trikirion: [img]http://www.holycross-hermitage.com/holycrosshermitage/gallery25/images/dsc04891.jpg[/img] [/quote] Do the dikirion & trikirion represent the two natures of Christ & and the Trinity? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apotheoun Posted February 13, 2010 Author Share Posted February 13, 2010 [quote name='Veridicus' date='13 February 2010 - 04:17 PM' timestamp='1266103037' post='2056683'] Do the dikirion & trikirion represent the two natures of Christ & and the Trinity? [/quote] Yes. The trikirion (signifying the tri-hypostatic Godhead) is always on the bishop's right, while the dikirion (signifying Christ's two natures) is always on the bishop's left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lilllabettt Posted February 13, 2010 Share Posted February 13, 2010 [quote name='Apotheoun' date='13 February 2010 - 06:54 PM' timestamp='1266101664' post='2056674'] An image of a bishop giving a blessing with the dikirion and trikirion: [/quote] Way cool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apotheoun Posted February 13, 2010 Author Share Posted February 13, 2010 [quote name='Lilllabettt' date='13 February 2010 - 04:25 PM' timestamp='1266103541' post='2056687'] Way cool [/quote] More images are available at the site below: [url="http://www.holycross-hermitage.com/pages/hermitage_photo_album.html"]Hermitage of the Holy Cross[/url] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Veridicus Posted February 13, 2010 Share Posted February 13, 2010 [quote name='Apotheoun' date='13 February 2010 - 05:22 PM' timestamp='1266103333' post='2056685'] Yes. The trikirion (signifying the tri-hypostatic Godhead) is always on the bishop's right, while the dikirion (signifying Christ's two natures) is always on the bishop's left. [/quote] I love that the Orthodox have [i]reasons [/i]for why they do things. lex orandi, lex credendi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Veridicus Posted February 13, 2010 Share Posted February 13, 2010 [quote name='Apotheoun' date='13 February 2010 - 05:30 PM' timestamp='1266103826' post='2056691'] More images are available at the site below: [url="http://www.holycross-hermitage.com/pages/hermitage_photo_album.html"]Hermitage of the Holy Cross[/url] [/quote] What is the bishop tracing on the laity's foreheads? Is he tracing the cross in oil? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apotheoun Posted February 13, 2010 Author Share Posted February 13, 2010 [i]More information from the Saint Elias website:[/i] In the Orthodox tradition, we refer to our parish Church as the "Temple" ("Khram" in Ukrainian). Christ Jesus is our Temple - the locus of our sacrifice of Praise and Atonement. Our Church buildings are symbols of the Christ - since they are the places where we gather to celebrate the Holy Mysteries and Divine Services. The very word "church" comes from "Kyriakon" (the Lord's House [greek] - cf. "Kirche" in German or "Kirk" in Broad Scots). Thus our Temples are architectural proclamations of the Salvation and Love of the Messiah God, who is Himself the Prototype and referent of the Old Testament Temple and the Mosaic Tabernacle. Architecturally and theologically, you will find many parallels between the Church building and the Old Testment Temple-Tabernacle, cf. I Kings 6:1ff. "The Doors the Doors" So, given that we pray facing East, the front entrance is at the Western end of the building (just follow the path up past the Bell Tower and through the front couryard. On the Lintels of the front doors of our Temple are inscribed the words of Psalm 5:7 - the same used in the introductory prayers of the clergy as they enter into the Altar: "I will enter Thy House, I will worship toward Thy holy Temple in fear of Thee." (If you are having trouble making it out, clue: it's in Old Church Slavonic) The front door of the Church are properly called the "Royal Doors", since our Churches, following the Orthodox Tradition, are modeled on Hagia Sophia, the Church of Holy Wisdom in Constantinople. The main front doors there are called the Royal Doors since those were the Doors by which the Emperor entered the Temple. (Nowadays, the "Royal Doors" are often conflated with the Holy Doors of the Iconostas.) Taken from: [url="http://saintelias.com/ca/church/temple.php"]The Temple[/url] To continue reading click the link above . . . then go to the bottom of the page and click "next." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apotheoun Posted February 13, 2010 Author Share Posted February 13, 2010 (edited) [quote name='Veridicus' date='13 February 2010 - 04:50 PM' timestamp='1266105019' post='2056708'] What is the bishop tracing on the laity's foreheads? Is he tracing the cross in oil? [/quote] Yes. At various times - especially at the end of a liturgy, but also at other times - the priest (or bishop) will anoint the people with holy myron. Edited February 13, 2010 by Apotheoun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apotheoun Posted February 14, 2010 Author Share Posted February 14, 2010 [url="http://saintelias.com/ca/etiquette/greetings.php"]Greetings and Salutations[/url] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Veridicus Posted February 14, 2010 Share Posted February 14, 2010 [quote name='Apotheoun' date='13 February 2010 - 05:52 PM' timestamp='1266105131' post='2056710'] Our Church buildings are symbols of the Christ - since they are the places where we gather to celebrate the Holy Mysteries and Divine Services. The very word "church" comes from "Kyriakon" (the Lord's House [greek] - cf. "Kirche" in German or "Kirk" in Broad Scots). Thus our Temples are architectural proclamations of the Salvation and Love of the Messiah God, who is Himself the Prototype and referent of the Old Testament Temple and the Mosaic Tabernacle. Architecturally and theologically, you will find many parallels between the Church building and the Old Testment Temple-Tabernacle, cf. I Kings 6:1ff. "The Doors the Doors" So, given that we pray facing East, the front entrance is at the Western end of the building (just follow the path up past the Bell Tower and through the front couryard. [/quote] I wish someone would remind Western Bishops, Priest, and architects of this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apotheoun Posted February 14, 2010 Author Share Posted February 14, 2010 Diagram of a Eastern Christian temple: [img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/14/Orthodox-Church-interior.jpg[/img] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Veridicus Posted February 14, 2010 Share Posted February 14, 2010 [IMG]http://i573.photobucket.com/albums/ss172/Veridicus21/CathedralofMaringa.jpg[/IMG] I think this one probably looks like that inside too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Veridicus Posted February 14, 2010 Share Posted February 14, 2010 [quote name='Apotheoun' date='13 February 2010 - 06:11 PM' timestamp='1266106312' post='2056719'] Diagram of a Eastern Christian temple: [img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/14/Orthodox-Church-interior.jpg[/img] [/quote] Is the Dome always Pantocratoros? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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