Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts

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Eastern Christian liturgy Eucharistic service liturgical service

The Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts is a solemn Eastern Christian service, celebrated mainly on weekdays of Great Lent, in which Holy Communion is distributed from previously consecrated Eucharistic gifts without a full Eucharistic consecration.

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Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Eastern Christian liturgy → Eucharistic service → liturgical service →
alsoKnownAs	Liturgy of the Presanctified → Presanctified Liturgy →
associatedWithPractice	fasting → increased prayer → prostrations →
associatedWithSeason	Lent →
celebratedBy	bishop → presbyter →
celebratedDuring	Great Lent →
celebratedOn	Friday of Great Lent → Wednesday of Great Lent → certain other fasting days → weekdays of Great Lent →
contains	Great Entrance with presanctified Gifts → Old Testament readings → Vespers → communion of the faithful → psalmody →
doesNotInclude	Anaphora of the Divine Liturgy → full Eucharistic consecration →
languageVariant	Church Slavonic form → Greek form → various vernacular translations →
liturgicalCharacter	penitential → solemn →
liturgicalRank	Lenten service →
mainPurpose	distribution of Holy Communion →
observedBy	Byzantine Catholics → Greek Orthodox Church → Russian Orthodox Church → Serbian Orthodox Church →
presanctifiedGiftsConsecratedAt	previous Divine Liturgy →
regulatedBy	Typikon of the Byzantine Rite →
relatedTo	Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great → Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom →
theologicalEmphasis	penitence and preparation for Pascha → reverence for the Eucharist →
traditionallyAttributedTo	Gregory the Great → Pope Gregory the Dialogist →
usedInChurch	Byzantine Rite → Church of the East traditions → Eastern Catholic Churches → Eastern Orthodox Church → Oriental Orthodox Churches →
uses	previously consecrated Eucharistic Gifts →

Referenced by (13)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts ("Presanctified Liturgy") → Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts ("Liturgy of the Presanctified") →	alsoKnownAs
Great Entrance → Little Entrance ("Divine Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts") →	usedIn
Great Entrance with presanctified Gifts ("Liturgy of St. Gregory the Dialogist (Presanctified Liturgy)") →	associatedWith
Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom →	contrastedWith
Great Entrance with presanctified Gifts ("Great Entrance of the Divine Liturgy with anaphora") →	differsFrom
Eastern Orthodox Christianity →	hasLiturgicalForm
Liturgy of the Catechumens ("Divine Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts") →	partOf
Great Entrance with presanctified Gifts →	performedDuring
Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great →	relatedTo
Byzantine Rite ("Divine Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts") →	specialOccasionLiturgy
Triodion ("Presanctified Liturgy") →	usedFor