The Service of Preparation for Holy Communion: With Akathists to Our Saviour and the Theotokos

Publication Data: Boston, MA: Holy Transfiguration Monastery, 2006
Format: softcover
Number of Pages: 122
Dimensions (l × w × h): 12.3 cm × 8.4 cm × 0.9 cm
Additional Information: two-color printing, black-and-white illustrations
ISBN: 0‒913026‒60‒3

   
Translated by the Holy Transfiguration Monastery

“Properly speaking, the Prayers of Preparation for Holy Communion are read together with Small Compline in private. This is usually done at home, before the holy icons, on the evening before receiving the Holy Mysteries. [...]To the Service of Preparation for Holy Communion we have appended the Akathist to Our Saviour Jesus Christ and the Akathist to the Most Holy Theotokos. [...]It is our hope that with these services, our English-speaking Orthodox Christian flock will be able to partake more fully of the wellsprings of traditional Orthodox piety.”
—“Introduction”

CONTENTS

   Introduction
THE SERVICE OF PREPARATION FOR HOLY COMMUNION
   Small Compline with the Canon of Preparation for Holy Communion
      On the Following Day
      Thanksgiving After Holy Communion
AKATHISTS
   The Akathist Hymn to Our Sweetest Lord Jesus Christ
   The Akathist Hymn to the Most Holy Theotokos