The Divine Liturgy/The Byzantine Rite Eucharistic Liturgies
Liturgy also known as the Divine Liturgy The institution of the
Eucharist, that is, of the Mystic Supper by the Lord, is
recorded by St. Matthew 26:26-28; St. Mark 14:22-24; St. Luke
22:19-20, and the Apostle Paul, I Corinthians. 11:23-25. What,
was created at the Eucharist the gathering of our Lord Jesus
Christ and His Apostles was for our Lord, “to create the Holy
Eucharist and leave His own Being to the Church.” The term
(Liturgy) originally signified a public duty of any kind,
including religious assignments. In the Septuagint translation
of the Old Testament, the term is used for the first time to
denote services in the Temple. In its Orthodox usage the term
denotes the Eucharist as the chief act of public Christian
worship. In a derived sense, the term also denotes the text
containing the words and order of the Eucharist. There are three
main Orthodox Liturgies; St. Chrysostom’ s, St. Basil’s, and
Presanctified,. Another Liturgy, that of, St. J