Lutheran churches and communities with Byzantine rite
Lutheran churches and communities with the Byzantine rite use the liturgy according to the Byzantine rite in their worship services .
liturgy
The liturgy is designed in a form that is strongly based on the liturgy of the Orthodox churches of Byzantine origin. There are some minor changes and it is kept in the local language.
The Ukrainian Lutheran Church also uses the Julian calendar like many Orthodox churches.
history
In 1933 a Lutheran liturgy based on the Byzantine model was created for the first time by Pastor Teodor Jartschuk for the Ukrainian Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Poland . This was based on a revised version of the liturgy of the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church in Ukrainian. Some parts have been changed slightly according to Lutheran theology.
The newly founded Ukrainian Lutheran Church took over this liturgy in 1996. A few other Lutheran communities also created their own liturgies based on the Byzantine model.
Churches and communities
Germany
- Eastern Church Convention Heidelberg
Slovenia
Czech Republic
- COENA
Ukraine
United States
- Grand Canyon Synod in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in the USA
- St. Valentine's Fellowship
literature
- Reinhard Thöle, Vasyl Rudeyko: church service book. The Lutheran Worship Service in the Byzantine-Slavic Tradition: A German-language study edition of the Worship Regulations of the Ukrainian Lutheran Church. In: Yearbook for Liturgy and Hymnology. Volume 43. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht Göttingen 2004, pp. 49–113.
- Reinhard Thöle: Love of Holy Communion. Eastern Church Convention. In: Anna-Maria from the Wiesche, Frank Lilie (ed.): Kloster auf Evangelisch. Reports from life together . Vier-Türme-Verlag, Münsterschwarzach 2016, ISBN 978-3-89680-904-9 , pp. 80–84.
Remarks
- ^ Liturgy in English Saint Sophia Seminary
- ↑ Ostkirchlicher Konvent ( Memento of March 23, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Homepage with explanations on liturgical practice