Worship ministries at St. Christina's involve many activities and involve those skills and talents of parishioners throughout the parish. We welcome you to explore our ministries and help our church grow strong and you to grow in your faith.
Bells are a distinctive part of Orthodox Christian divine services. Bells are used for a number of purposes during Orthodox church services, such as a summons for the faithful to divine services and to express the joy of the divine services of the Church.
The choir exists to join and lead the gathered family of God in the work of the liturgical life of the Church. In this sacred task, we proclaim the fullness of Christian truth as it has been preserved in Apostolic tradition and lived out today in the faith and practice of the Orthodox Christian Church. At St. Christina's, we sing music from the rich Slavic, Byzantine, Arab and North American traditions.
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Prosphora (Greek for "offering") is bread prepared for use in the Divine Liturgy. A portion of it, known as the lamb (or amnon) is cut out during the proskomedia which is consecrated during the Divine Liturgy to be the Eucharist, while the rest is cut up for the antidoron, the blessed bread distributed at the end of the liturgy. During its preparation, prosphora is stamped with an image usually including IC XC NIKA ("Jesus Christ conquers"), which is maintained during baking and then serves as a guide for cutting out the lamb during the proskomedia.
The office of Reader is granted by the bishop. One needs to be tonsured by the bishop as a Reader of the Church. A tonsured reader has the following kinds of duties:
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