Sacraments and Rites of the Orthodox Church

Liturgical books. Such are the "Teaching News" in the Service Book, the rite of joining the Gentiles, the "Book of Prayer Songs," etc. This Trebnik is used in the performance of rites, the rites of which are absent in the Great Trebnik: for the opening of monasteries, for the discovery of holy relics. Thus, according to the rite set forth in the

Trebnik of Peter Mogila, the incorrupt relics of St. Mitrophan of Voronezh in 1832 and St. Tikhon of Zadonsk in 1861 were found.

Trebnik in three parts (in the form of three books). In the new Trebnik of 1980 and 1984 published by the Moscow Patriarchate, in addition to the content of the Lesser Trebnik in two parts (1956), separate rites and rites from other types of Trebnik and other liturgical books, in particular, from the "Book of Prayer Songs" were introduced.

The first book of the Trebnik contains the rites, sequences and prayers of the Holy Sacraments of Baptism, Chrismation, Confession, Marriage, the rite of Communion for the sick, the canon and rite for the separation of the soul from the body, the funeral service for the laity and the service of the pannikhida, the service of the lesser blessing of water and the general moleben to the Savior, the Mother of God and the saints, the moleben for the invocation of the help of the Holy Spirit before the beginning of a good work.

The second book contains the rites of the Sacrament of Unction, a moleben for the sick, for the pacification of the warring and the increase of love, for travelers, the rite of thanksgiving for the blessings of God, the rites for the consecration of various church accessories and divine services.

The third book (1984) includes the rite of the great blessing of water, the rite of the foundation of the church and the erection of the cross, the rite of consecration of the church, the rite of blessing of the new icon case for the storage of holy relics, the rite of blessing and consecration of the iconostasis, the rite of blessing the bell, the rite of the second marriage, the rite of the funeral of the deceased priest, the rite of burial of infants, the funeral service for the departed during Paschal Week, prayers for various needs (the blessing of grapes on the Transfiguration, meat and milk food for Pascha, the rite of consecration of the artos, etc.), the rites of joining the Orthodox Church, the consecration of the house, the rite of prayer for the deceased non-Orthodox, the prayer service for the New Year.

Rite of Those Who Unite from the Heterodox to the Orthodox Catholic Eastern Church

The book contains the rites of admission to the Orthodox Church of non-Christians and Christians of other confessions:

a) through the Sacrament of Baptism (pagans, Jews, Mohammedans);

b) through the Sacrament of Chrismation (Lutherans, non-anointed Catholics and Calvinists); c) through the Sacrament of Repentance (those who have been baptized and chrismated, but have fallen away from the Orthodox Church and have been led into schism).

The book is an excerpt from the Great Trebnik of some chapters (97, 98, 103-106) with several additional articles. The rite was published as a separate book in 1757 and then reprinted in 1845 and 1858.

The sequence of moleben

The book contains prayers and rites borrowed from the Great Trebnik: prayer hymns "against the adversary" (ch. 91), "in the time of no rain" and "in the time of ignorance" (chs. 80 and 81). The book also contains services that are not found in the Trebnik: thanksgiving for the receipt of a petition and for every blessing of God, the rite of blessing for a journey to those who want to sail on the waters, the rite of blessing a ship of war, a military banner, a new ship, digging a well and blessing it.

3. The Sacraments and Their Purposes