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The '''Typika''' is a service that is can be conducted when a [[priest]] or [[bishop]] is not present. TypicallyIn some jurisdictions, 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==
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. It should be noted that while this service is blessed in some jurisdictions, it is not universally accepted, nor is it of ancient origin. However, the idea of deacons bringing communion to those unable to attend the liturgy is an ancient custom, and so it can be argued that this ancient custom provides the basis for this more recent practice.
=== Typika on Days When there is No Liturgy , or a Vesperal Liturgy ===
According to the Typikon, Typika is appointed on those days when either there is no liturgy at all, or there is only a [[Vesperal Liturgy]]. Typika follows the Ninth Hour, and contains the Typical Psalms that would otherwise have been done as part of the 3 Antiphons of the Liturgy of the Catechumens. The text for this type of service can usually be found in the various Liturgicons and [[Horologion]]s.
[http://www.antiochian.org.au/content/view/493/21/ Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia, New Zealand, and All Oceania]
== External Links ==
*[http://www.saintjonah.org/services/horologion.htm The Reader Service Horologion]
*[http://www.saintjonah.org/services/howtodo.htm Practical Questions about how to do Reader Services (Russian Practice)]
*[http://www.saintjonah.org/typ/ The Variable Portions of Typika (Old Calendar)]
*[http://orthodoxinfo.com/praxis/services_nopriest.aspx Instructions on Reader Services]
*[http://www.saintjonah.org/services/readerservices.htm Comments by Archbishop Averky on Reader Services]
[[Category:Liturgics]]
