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[[Euchologion|Primary Article]]
The Greek word "ευχολογιον" literally means "book of prayers". The Slavonic word Требник (''"Trebnik"'' ) literally means "book of needs. " This type of service book varies widely in contents and arrangemnents. The most comprehensive edition is The ευχολογιον το μεγα or '''Great Euchologion''' contains the prayers of the [[priest]], [[deacon]], and [[reader]] for [[Vespers]], [[Orthros]], and the Divine Liturgy; the six remaining sacraments, and other services of blessings (which in the west are often referred to as "sacramentals". There are also a variety of more concise editions, that contain only the most commonly done of these services. These texts are often called the '''Small Euchologion''' (''mikron euchologion''), and usually contains the forms for the mysteries ([[sacraments]]) other than the [[Eucharist]] and ordination, and other common services.
What distinguishes the services found in the Euchologion is that they are generally services that have are not appointed to be done at any given time according to the Church calendar, but are done as the need arises. Some services are associated with the liturgical calendar, however, such as the blessing of candles on the Feast of the Presentation, the blessing of Palms on Palm Sunday, etc.
[[Lenten Triodion|Primary Article]]
The '''Lenten Triodion''' ('book of the three odes') contains the propers from the beginning of the pre-Lenten season (the Sunday of the Publican and [[Pharisee]], the 10th Sunday before Pascha) until Holy Saturday.
*[http://www.anastasis.org.uk/triodion.htm Portions of the Triodion]
[[Typikon|Primary Article]]
The '''Typikon''' (also spelled as Typicon) is the "book of directives and [[rubrics]], which regulate the order of the divine services for each day of the year. It presupposes the existence of other liturgical books which contain the fixed and variable parts of these services. In the strict monastic sense, the Typikon of the monastery includes both the rule of life of the community as well as the rule of prayer." [http://www.goarch.org/en/ourfaith/articles/article8505.asp#_edn27]
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20080516121759/http://www.synaxis.info/typicon/ Typikon Translation Project], a project (now defunct [http://www.synaxis.info/synaxis/pages/about.html]) to translate the [[Sabbas the Sanctified|St. Sabbas ]] Typikon into English. includes a scan of the Typikon in Greek and Slavonic.
*Another English translation in progress of the [http://www.angelfire.com/journal2/typikon/ Russian Orthodox Typikon] (St. Sabbas)
*[http://users.forthnet.gr/ath/frc/psprotheoria.html Protheoria of the Biolakes Typikon], in English, tr. Rev. Dr. Konstantinos Terzopoulos
== Anthologion (''Sbornik'') ==
[[Anthologion|Primary Article]]
The '''Anthologion''' (''άνθολόγιον'') is a liturgical text that tries to encompasses as much of the basic liturgical textas as possible. An example of this text in Greek is the ''SynekthimosSynekdemos''. A Slavonic example is the ''Velikij Sbnornik''. The closest thing we have in English is the text:[http://www.light-n-life.com/shopping/order_product.asp?ProductNum=BOOK110 "Divine Prayers and Services of the Catholic Orthodox Church of Christ", by Fr. Seraphim Nassar]—commonly known as "The Nassar Five-Pounder."
Anthologia usually contain the daily the basic text of the Horologion, the Sunday Octoechos, the General Menaion, and Selections from the Menaion, Triodion, and Pentecostarion.
*[http://www.saintjonah.org/services/library.htm Practical Tips on How To Build a Liturgical Library]
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