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The Great Book of Needs, Expanded and Supplemented, Volume II: The Sanctification of the Temple and other Ecclesiastical and Liturgical Blessings

Translated from Church Slavonic with notes by St. Tikhon’s Monastery

Volume II of The Great Book of Needs, Expanded and Supplemented

“Let it be known that no one may found a church, whether constructed of stone or wood, except the Bishop himself, or an Archpriest, or one of the Priests, whom it shall please him to send with his special blessing, for this purpose. But if anyone shall dare, without the blessing of the Bishop, to begin the construction of the church, let him be subject to expulsion, for he has despised the authority of the Bishop.”
—“I. The Temple and Other Ecclesiastical Buildings Places: 1. The Order for the Founding of a Church and the Erecting of a Cross”

CONTENTS

Introductory Prayers
I. THE TEMPLE AND OTHER ECCLESIASTICAL BUILDINGS AND PLACES
1. THE ORDER FOR THE FOUNDING OF A CHURCH AND THE ERECTING OF A CROSS
2. THE ORDER OF PRAYER FOR THE PLACING OF THE CROSS ON THE ROOF OF A NEWLY-CONSTRUCTED CHURCH
3. DIRECTIVE CONCERNING CHURCHES, WHEN TO CONSECRATE OR NOT TO CONSECRATE
4. THE SERVICE FOR THE DEDICATION (CONSECRATION) OF A CHURCH
5. THE ORDER FOR THE CONSECRATION OF A CHURCH WHEN DONE BY A BISHOP
6. (ANOTHER) ORDER FOR THE CONSECRATION OF A CHURCH WHEN DONE BY A BISHOP
7. THE ORDER FOR THE CONSECRATION OF A CHURCH WHEN DONE BY AN EXPERIENCED PRIEST SENT FOR THIS PURPOSE BY THE BISHOP
8. THE OFFICE OF THE CONSECRATION OF HOLY ANTIMENSIA BY THE BISHOP, UPON WHICH THE PRIEST WILL SERVE DIVINE SERVICES, WHERE THE HOLY TABLE DOES NOT CONTAIN RELICS
9. THE OFFICE OF HOW TO PLACE THE CONSECRATED ANTIMENSIA IN NEWLY-CONSTRUCTED CHURCHES, GIVEN BY THE BISHOP TO AN ARCHIMANDRITE, OR AN IGUMEN, OR A PROTOPRESBYTER (ARCHPRIEST), OR A PRESBYTER, CHOSEN FOR THIS PURPOSE, AND WHO HAS EXPERIENCE
10. THE ORDER FOR THE BLESSING AND CONSECRATION OF AN ICONOSTASIS
11. PRAYER FOR THE RENOVATION OF A TEMPLE OF GOD
12. PRAYER FOR THE OPENING OF A CHURCH DESECRATED BY HERETICS: FROM OUR FATHER AMONG THE SAINTS, TARASIUS, PATRIARCH OF CONSTANTINOPLE
13. PRAYER FOR THE OPENING OF A CHURCH DESECRATED BY PAGANS OR BY HERETICS
14. PRAYER SAID AT THE ENTRANCE OF DIVINE LITURGY, BEFORE THE CUSTOMARY ONE, AT THE OPENING OF A CHURCH IN WHICH THE VIOLENT DEATH OF SOMEONE HAS OCCURRED
15. ‡THE ORDER FOR THE BLESSING OF THE FOUNDATIONS OF A NEW BELL TOWER
16. ‡THE ORDER FOR THE BLESSING OF A NEW BELL TOWER
17. THE ORDER FOR THE BLESSING OF A BELL
18. THE ORDER FOR THE BLESSING AND SANCTIFICATION OF THE PLACE WHERE THE BODIES OF CHRISTIANS WHO HAVE REPOSED WILL BE BURIED, THAT IS, A CEMETERY
19. THE OFFICE OF THE BLESSING AND SANCTIFICATION OF THE CROSS OVER A GRAVE
20. ‡THE ORDER FOR THE BLESSING OF A GRAVE (IN AN UNCONSECRATED CEMETERY)
II. ICONS
21. THE ORDER FOR THE BLESSING AND SANCTIFICATION OF ICONS OF THE MOST-HOLY LIFE-ORIGINATING TRINITY IN IMAGES OF THE THREE ANGELS, OR OF THE BAPTISM, OR OF THE TRANSFIGURATION, OR OF THE DESCENT OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
22. THE ORDER FOR THE BLESSING AND SANCTIFICATION OF ICONS OF CHRIST, OF THE FEASTS OF THE LORD, ONE OR MANY
23. THE ORDER FOR THE BLESSING AND SANCTIFICATION OF ICONS OF THE MOST-HOLY THEOTOKOS, ONE OR MANY
24. THE ORDER FOR THE BLESSING AND SANCTIFICATION OF ICONS OF A SAINT, ONE OR MANY
25. THE ORDER FOR THE BLESSING AND SANCTIFICATION OF VARIOUS ICONS, LAID OUT TOGETHER
III. OTHER LITURGICAL OBJECTS
26. THE ORDER FOR THE BLESSING AND SANCTIFICATION OF SERVICE VESSELS, THAT IS, THE PATEN, CHALICE, STAR AND SPOON WITH THEIR COVERINGS, WHEN BROUGHT FORTH TOGETHER
27. PRAYER OVER A NEW PATEN ALONE
28. PRAYER OVER A NEW CHALICE ALONE
29. PRAYER FOR BLESSING A NEW PATEN STAR SEPARATELY
30. PRAYER FOR BLESSING A NEW SPOON FOR THE DIVINE MYSTERIES
31. PRAYER TO BLESS NEW COVERS (AERS) USED FOR THE COVERING OF THE HOLY MYSTERIES
32. THE ORDER FOR THE BLESSING OF THE ILITON
33. THE ORDER FOR THE BLESSING OF THE INDITIA, OR VESTMENTS AND COVERINGS FOR THE DIVINE TABLE AND THE TABLE OF OBLATION
34. THE ORDER FOR BLESSING OF NEW CHURCH VESSELS, MANY TOGETHER OR INDIVIDUALLY, SUCH AS: THE CENSER, CHAFING DISH, ANAPHORA TRAY, SPEAR, VESSELS FOR BEARING WATER, AND OTHER ALTAR APPURTENANCES
35. THE ORDER FOR BLESSING A NEW ARK, OR A VESSEL INTENDED TO CONTAIN THE DIVINE MYSTERIES OF CHRIST
36. THE ORDER FOR THE BLESSING OF A NEW CHEST (ARK) (OR ANOTHER SUCH VESSEL OR REPOSITORY CONSTRUCTED IN CROSSWISE FORM, OR ANOTHER CHEST FASHIONED FOR THE PRESERVATION OF THE RELICS OF SAINTS)
37. THE ORDER FOR THE BLESSING AND SANCTIFICATION OF A NEWLY-FASHIONED CROSS
38. THE ORDER FOR THE BLESSING OF A CROSS TO BE BORNE ON THE BREAST
39. THE ORDER FOR THE BLESSING OR SANCTIFICATION OF NEW PRIESTLY VESTMENTS, THAT IS, THE STIKHARION, EPITRACHELION, BELT, CUFFS AND PHELONION
40. ‡THE ORDER FOR THE BLESSING OR SANCTIFICATION OF NEW DEACON’S VESTMENTS, THAT IS, THE STIKHARION, ORARION, AND CUFFS
41. ‡THE ORDER FOR THE BLESSING OR SANCTIFICATION OF NEW SERVERS’ VESTMENTS, THAT IS, THE STIKHARION AND ORARION
42. CONCERNING THE BLESSING AND SANCTIFICATION OF THE BOOK OF THE HOLY GOSPELS
43. THE ORDER FOR THE BLESSING AND SANCTIFICATION OF ECCLESIASTICAL DIVINE-SERVICE BOOKS
44. THE ORDER FOR THE BLESSING OF INCENSE
45. PRAYER FOR THE BLESSING OF CHURCH CANDLES (FOR THE ALTAR)
46. THE ORDER FOR THE BLESSING AND SANCTIFICATION OF CHURCH BANNERS
47. PRAYER FOR THE SANCTIFICATION OF ANY OBJECT
IV. THE LITURGICAL YEAR
48. PRAYER AT THE NATIVITY OF CHRIST FOR SPIRITUAL CHILDREN (Dec. 25)
49. THE ORDER FOR THE BLESSING OF CANDLES ON THE FEAST OF THE MEETING OF THE LORD (Feb. 2)
50. PRAYERS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE HOLY FORTY-DAY FAST, WHICH THE PRIEST READS TO HIS OWN PARISHIONERS ON THE FIRST MONDAY OF THE HOLY GREAT FAST, OR ON ANY OTHER DAY OF THE FIRST WEEK IN CHURCH AFTER MATINS, OR AFTER THE HOURS
51. PRAYER OVER THE KOLIVA (IN MEMORY OF ST. THEODORE THE RECRUIT ON FRIDAY OF THE FIRST WEEK OF GREAT LENT)
52. PRAYER FOR THE BLESSING OF PALMS ON PALM SUNDAY
53. THE OFFICE OF THE DIVINE AND SACRED WASHING
54. THE OFFICE OF THE DIVINE AND SACRED WASHING (WHEN PERFORMED BY A BISHOP AND TWELVE PRIESTS)
55. ADDRESS OF OUR FATHER AMONG THE SAINTS JOHN CHRYSOSTOM, ARCHBISHOP OF CONSTANTINOPLE, ON HOLY AND GREAT THURSDAY
56. CATECHETICAL SERMON OF OUR FATHER AMONG THE SAINTS JOHN CHRYSOSTOM, ARCHBISHOP OF CONSTANTINOPLE, ON THE HOLY AND GREAT SUNDAY OF PASCHA
57. PRAYER FOR THE BLESSING OF FLESHMEAT ON THE HOLY AND GREAT SUNDAY OF PASCHA
58. PRAYER AT THE BLESSING OF CHEESE AND EGGS
59. PRAYER AT THE BLESSING OF THE ARTOS ON THE HOLY SUNDAY OF PASCHA
60. PRAYER AT THE FRACTURING OF THE ARTOS ON THE SATURDAY OF BRIGHT WEEK
61. THE OFFICE OF HOLY PENTECOST (THE KNEELING PRAYERS)
62. PRAYER AT THE PARTAKING OF GRAPES ON THE SIXTH DAY OF AUGUST (Aug. 6)
63. PRAYER FOR THEM THAT OFFER FIRST-FRUITS (Aug. 6)
64. PRAYER FOR THE SANCTIFICATION OF ANY FRAGRANT HERBAGE (Aug. 15)
65. THE ORDER FOR BLESSING KOLIVA (THIS IS KUTIYA, OR BOILED WHEAT, MIXED WITH HONEY AND DECORATED WITH VARIOUS SWEET FRUITS, AND BROUGHT TO THE CHURCH IN HONOR AND MEMORY OF FEASTS OF THE LORD OR OF SAINTS OF GOD)
66. THE ORDER FOR PERFORMING A CROSS-PROCESSION, (CALLED A LITYA) WHEN IT BE THE PATRONAL FEAST OF THE CHURCH, OR WHEN THERE BE A FESTIVAL AT THE FOUNDING OF A CITY, TOWN OR HOLY MONASTERY
APPENDIX: Dismissals
   DAYS OF THE WEEK
   FESTAL CYCLE
   LENTEN CYCLE
   PASCHAL CYCLE

Item Number: BKST702C
Publication Data: South Canaan, PA: St. Tikhon’s Seminary Press, 2000
Format: hardcover
Number of Pages: x + 376
Dimensions (l × w × h): 21.7 cm × 16.3 cm × 3.2 cm
Additional Information: two-color printing
ISBN: 1‒878997‒57‒2

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