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The '''Typika''' is a service that is conducted when a [[priest[[ or [[bishop]] is not present. Typically, it is a service led by a deacon although forms of the service can be led by laymen. When held in a church the doors of the iconostasis remains closed and the service is conducted in the nave.
==Description==
===Deacon's Typika===
This Typika service is a form of [[Pre-Sanctified Liturgy]] held by a [[deacon]] authorised by the local [[bishop]], when a [[priest]] is unavailable. The deacon distributes communion to the faithful present at the service.
===Monastic Typika===
This Typika service is held in [[monastery|monasteries]] and sometimes in parish [[church]]es, sometimes instead of [[Divine Liturgy]], sometimes immediately before Divine Liturgy. The text for this type of service can usually be found in the various Liturgicons.
===Reader's Typika===
This Typika service is a specific form of service which mirrors the Divine Liturgy. It is used when a priest is not available or when a worshipper cannot get to a church. It is led by a deacon, subdeacon, [[reader]], [[chanter]], or the eldest experienced layperson present, in that order, unless a bishop or priest determines another leader.
==Services==
*[http://www.antiochian.org.au/media/DeaconsTypikaWithHoursAu.pdf Deacons Typika Service]*[http://www.antiochian.org.au/media/ReadersTypikaWithHoursAu.pdf Readers Typika Service]
==Source==[http://www.antiochian.org.au/mediacontent/ReadersTypikaWithHoursAu.pdf Readers Typika Serviceview/493/21/ Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia, New Zealand, and All Oceania]
[http[Category://www.antiochian.org.au/content/view/493/21/ Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia, New Zealand, and All OceaniaLiturgics]]
