Divine Service (Eastern Orthodoxy) The word may be used also of
the Divine Liturgy, though its normal connotation is the Daily
Office. For Orthodox Christians, the serving of God in divine
worship is an obligation of every Christian. This obligation
involves both private and public worship. In Orthodox theology,
the first divine service was offered by Adam and Eve together in
the Garden of Eden. In Paradise, divine worship consisted of
freely glorifying God, which came naturally to them as a result
of their unimpeded theoria (vision of God in his Divine
Energies). After the Fall of man, this theoria became clouded,
and worship required effort on the part of man. Now divine
service was accomplished in the form of sacrificial offerings,
penance and prayer. These sacrifices were later codified in the
Law of Moses. Thence forward, only specific offerings were made,
by specific persons (priests), in a specific manner, and at a
specific place (eventually, the Temple in Jerusalem), and
specific liturgical days and f