A little wonder, every day
Chrysostom’s Liturgy belongs to a wider tradition
Ікона Іоана Золотоустого другої половиниXVстоліття; не прижиттєвий портрет і не автограф літургії / John Chrysostom icon, second half of the 15 thcentury; not a lifetime portrait or liturgical autograph. Credit: photo by Wmpearl Anonymous Russian icon painter (before 1917) Public domain image (according to PD-Russia-expired ); CC0. http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/?curid=42731158
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Many Byzantine-rite Orthodox churches regularly celebrate the Liturgy of John Chrysostom. It is not the only form: appointed days use Basil’s Liturgy and other services. Historical liturgical development does not imply that one person wrote the entire present text unchanged at one moment.