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Euchologion >

The Order of Crowning with Divine Liturgy

The following texts are based on the work of the Inter-Eparchial Liturgical Commission of the Byzantine (Ruthenian) Catholic Metropolitan Church of Pittsburgh, and being made available for study by cantors enrolled in the courses of the Metropolican Cantor Institute. These texts are unofficial and provisional, and you should obtain episcopal permission before using them for any purpose other than private self-study.

If the Divine Liturgy has not already been celebrated on the day the crowning is to take place, and the celebrant wishes to celebrate the crowning together with the Divine Liturgy, the following order is to be followed.

The celebrant is fully vested for the Divine Liturgy, and performs the preparation of the gifts of bread and wine before the beginning of the service.

If the betrothal has not already been celebrated for the couple, then it is celebrated in the narthex before the service.

The Rite of Crowning is celebrated as far as the removal of crowns, except that after the prayer, “O Lord our God, in your saving providence…”, the litany that follows it and the Lord’s Prayer are omitted, as these will form part of the Divine Liturgy.

The clergy remain in the nave of the church throughout the rite of crowning until the prokeimenon.

After the removal of crowns, the celebrant and deacon enter the sanctuary and the Divine Liturgy proceeds from the Prayers of the Faithful and the Cherubikon.

The Divine Liturgy is celebrated as usual through the Ambon Prayer. The newly-married couple are the first to receive Holy Communion after the celebrant, concelebrant(s), and deacon.

After the Ambon Prayer, the service concludes with that portion of the service of crowning that follows the rite of Holy Communion, from the prayer, “God, our God, you came from Cana of Galilee…” through the ceremony of the common cup. Then follow “Blessed be the name of the Lord….” and the remainder of the Divine Liturgy, with the singing of Many Years for the newly-married couple. The dismissal prayer includes “who by his presence in Cana of Galilee showed marriage to be honorable” and the commemoration of “our holy father John Chrysostom…”