Liturgy of the Myron in the Near East

μάρκελλος

Μάρκελλος Πιράρ, Γενικός συντονιστής
Abstract:

A new Greek ordo of the myron consecration in the scroll from Sinai Greek NF / E 55 witnesses the existence among the Greek Orthodox in the Near East of a rite, which has a little correspondence to the Constantinopolitan tradition. This rite is characterized by the great solemnity and spectacle. It is a distinct, long-lasting liturgy, which has a definite eucharistic form. It is close to Syriac and Coptic rites. The main parts of the rite – the Great Entrance procession, anafora, elevation of the new consecrated myron – were common in Greek, Syriac, and Coptic rites, as well as the main texts of consecration – two thanksgiving prayers, and Post-Sanctus. The congregation in the Near East was involved in the celebration and assisted, taking part in the liturgical dialogs and antiphons chanting, like in the “Samuel” chanting during the incensation of holy myron.
The liturgical evidence of Theodor the Lector about the establishment of the rite in Antioch, supported by the descriptions of myron consecration by Syriac commentators, an extraordinary role of the baptismal anointing and the exeptional attitude to the myron in general, awarded the same status as the Eucharist, allows us to assume the priority of the Syriac rite above Greek and Coptic, and its influence on them.
And last, but not least, Sinai Geek NF/E 55 sheds light on the lost rite in Vat.Gr. 1970, and on the part of the rite in the Typicon of Anastasis. It became clear now, that three manuscripts represent one rite, and that is the rite of Greeks in the Near East.
 

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